The fact that our RESERVES failed to completely dominate and wollop MK D 10-0 gives everyone the right to say they know whats best. Lets look from another point. We play a full strength side on TUESDAY, and then travel to Preston on FRIDAY and just say we get hammered cos they were all knackered... Would that please everyone.... NO because the fact is, we are playing better football in a better standard league (At last) and expectations have gone through the roof and some people think we have a god given right to outplay all teams at every game and win by a landslide... well guess what... EARTH, DOWN, BRING, BACK, TO..... So what, we lost last night, live with it it seems no matter what AR does/picks he will always be wrong in some peoples eyes, but lets look who MANAGED us into this league, and lets remind a few what HART/SPACKMAN/PARKIN did for this club. Yes a win would have been nice, forget the 12 quid, you have lost it, the TEAM played ***** and we lost... some of the players on the pitch last night didn't do themselves any favours, but some of our own FANS don't do themselves any favours by expecting too much. Leave it alone, we are in a better league, and travelling in the RIGHT DIRECTION (for once), one saying is more appropriate now than ever before ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY!!!!
I'm not that bothered we lost, see elsewhere. Just worried about the standard of backup available. I'd much rather win on Friday.
Having said that... I do think that some would be capable of at least raising their game for the first team (or league matches)
I agree Spoke to a few mates before the match and we were all in agreemnet. Friday was much more important than last night, but still wanted to progress. Thought that the team that started may have been good enough to win. Like others, I think it showed that we have no strength in depth, but having said that I feel that some of those on display last night can and have played a lot better in the red shirt. Roll on Friday and 3 points
which is what I was trying to point out here.... http://www.barnsleyfc.org.uk/bbs/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=46348&mid=288590#M288590 the fact we had a full reserve side out... you could play T.Henry in Frickleys side, would that give them the right to walk over teams, no, because there is eleven on the pitch. having one or two slight changes in the full strength side with our back up wouldn't damage the side so much, what I am saying is, we had ALL the back up playing in one match... What ritchie has done so far, is to at least provide cover in every department, while that cover is slightly sub standard to the full strength side, at least we have cover. When he (AR) originally took over we didn't have that, and players would play completely out of position. which in the first few weeks of him being appointed, that was his main aim. He now has that, and is trying actively to improve what we have (so we are led to believe anyway), but like he said, anything we do bring in has got to be better than what we have
Let me think back a few short months, didn't Donny Reserves come here and wallop our 1st team 5-2 in spite of giving us a goal start. Reserve teams can do the business (with the right motivation)
RE: easily your best ever post Who in their right mind keeps a check on my posts which I admit are mainly full of negativity.
What does Robert Atkinson have to do to get a game? Is he so bad that he cant even play in a "Reserve" team? If he is so bad, why are we wasting time and money on him?
These reserves are your fringe first team players, and you did have first team team players on show last night. The fact remains you failed to beat a 4th tier English football team at home. I have no doubt a full strength Barnsley team would have comfortably negotiated MK Dons. I am in no doubt a full strength Barnsley team has the capacity to avoid relegation, but the truth of the matter is, you will not have a full strength team for the whole season. You will pick up a dozen or more injuries throughout the season, some worse that others. Nonetheless the players from last night will be required to fill in. I think you need some quality signings, either on loan or permanent.
Its simple really One or two reserves in a first team squad will always RAISE their game. Field a full team of reserves they will all play to their reserve standard... Injuries we will get and will have to fill in with what we have got, but filling in is not the same as playing with a full reserve side they will be OK.
Did you not receive an e-mail stating who was monitoring your posts? And whose posts you should be keeping an eye on.
Drivel Did not go last night as I had a previous engagement but..</p> "The fact that our RESERVES failed to completely dominate and wollop MK D 10-0 gives everyone the right to say they know whats best."</p> Folks are pissed off because they payed 12 quid to watch the back up players which we are told represent the adequate cover we have in all areas who played crap and lost. Clearly the majority of these are not good enough to constitute adequate cover. We play a full strength side on TUESDAY, and then travel to Preston on FRIDAY and just say we get hammered cos they were all knackered... Would that please everyone.... NO </p> Did we need to play a full strength side then? could 3 or 4 more first teamers got us through? 2 games in 4 days asking too much for players these days? because the fact is, we are playing better football in a better standard league <b />(At last<b />) and expectations have gone through the roof and some people think we have a god given right to outplay all teams at every game and win by a landslide... </p> Who demanded we win by a landslide? Down to earth? Is it too much to ask expect to beat a team 2 leagues lower at home?? Nobody was asking to win the fecking champions league FFS. To be honest I would much rather win on friday and dont give much of toss for the cup this season. If, due to our lack of strength in depth (you know, I know, AR knows, The players know, GS knows, PC knows that this is the case. Its just a bit feckin galling that AR consistantly fails to admit it) we need to reduce the risk of injury to key players by not playing them in cup games then tough. It is though unlikely in future that the club will attract even mediocre crowds for such fixtures if they keep the relatively high prices for what is essentially a reserve fixture.</p> Why on earth is AR beyond criticism (some deserved, some undeserved) to some people is beyond me.</p>
