"We have to gain confidence from the things we're doing well"

Maybe, but even if he’d said said he needed to do things differently, the first reaction of many would’ve been ‘no s*** Sherlock’. He’s not going to win anybody over with what he says to the press, he’ll only do that with results on the pitch. Which he’s not getting.

People’s reaction to pre and post match press conferences just bemuse me. They’ve always been bland, even Val’s were the same cliches about intensity most of the time.

 

As I said in another thread, bringing on Moon because he has a long throw isn't something I would have done. However, while watching the game, it did occur to me that's what the manager may have done. The reason I thought that was Moon's throws were the only method by which we were getting in Birmingham's box. I admit it's a bit left field, and I'm not claiming it's a genius move, but at least it was an idea, an idea with a little bit of substance behind it and although it didn't work in the end, it didn't fail as such. I'm far more concerned that our manager doesn't appear to talk to our players during the game, that he doesn't attempt to rouse them or prevent their heads from dropping, I'm concerned he hasn't won a game, I'm concerned we don't look like winning a game and that I've seen little or no improvement since his arrival, but something a bit different to try to grab an equaliser I don't mind. At least it was something, maybe not something brilliant, but something, as so far I've basically seen nothing at all.

 

That might have been some people's reaction, but not mine. I'd really appreciate to hear some (any) honesty from all involved in the club right now.

 

Feel like the chicken flatbreads are getting unfairly targeted, they’re responsible for easily my most positive experience at Oakwell this season.

 

I can see small steps of improvement but that maybe down to Andersen and Morris gerrin up to speed, plus Poya taking his ultra negative hat off and trying to play in the oppositions haif.

Once again the tippy tappy from keeper and defence almost led to suicide, CUT IT OUT.

 

The reason we have more of an attacking threat is Carlton Morris being back. Vic was MOTM yesterday, but him, Iseka, & Oduor are not Championship level forwards. Cauley is... but for me he needs to be in a two up front with a physical striker, (like Morris).

Our midfield isn't up to it, but we keep playing Palmer.

Yesterday we were playing a terrible team on a bad run & predictably lost.

I find it hard to blame the players. It's pretty simple where the blame lies. Sadly we just get bull-poopoo talk from the CEO, who just explains he didn't know he was at a party & if he was no rules were broken, or something like that.

 

Could we play a couple in midfield?

 

Can’t see why not, we’ve got a couple of burnt chicken balti pies in there at the minute (no peas or gravy)

 

I did make that point during the game. We had a player that had scored 4 in 5, but we stuck him on the wing & played "2 lads that can't hit a barn door with a banjo" in the middle. One did knock one in with a ukulele. Shame he's not Makelele. I could be a poet, but I don't know it. Panic on the streets of Hoyland, Lundwood & New Lodge.

 

They won't cut it out though because if you read the thread on data and look at C Lee's interview the board want them to play tippy tappy out from the back football problem is the board won't stump up the cash to buy players capable of playing that way successfully. So Barnsley FC are stuck in a never ending loop of failure.

 

Only thing we're doing consistently well is losing

 

Very musical post. I'd go further and suggest that our strikers couldn't hit a dolphin's head with a harpsichord and couldn't hit a blancmange with a lute.
P.s. I have nothing against Dolphins.