Match Thread Barnsley Match Thread (3 Viewers)

[Otis]

09.17

 

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[Sky Blue Harry H]

What have they invested then?

They've taken our money and invested it, as per their promotional video below

 

[djr8369]

Said at the time but why were we watering the pitch after having had torrential rain?

Do you know what, I saw the torrential rain in the morning and I thought I’ll bet they’ll still water the pitch.

 

[NortonSkyBlue]

Not wrong am I. The same things happen for the same reasons.

No but you are boring. Change the record, nobody is listening and stop being so negative.

 

[Grendel]

No but you are boring. Change the record, nobody is listening and stop being so negative.

you seem to be listening

 

[baldy]

My mom today

You nominated your mom for man of the match?

 

[RegTheDonk]

How did he do?

Not a lot but with more time hopefully a great deal.
Had Cal released a long ball to him early we might have seen if his pace and skill were the reason for leaving him as a late sub vs tired legs. He fumbled one move for a goal kick but the crowd reacted with an unlucky applause rather than groans which shows people are excited by him and want him to do well. Indeed he came in to a thunderous applause you'd have thought Cyril had risen from the dead it was that positive. Doesn't look as physical as Wags so maybe he might get bossed and muscled but looks quick and mobile. Hope to see more of him.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

No but you are boring. Change the record, nobody is listening and stop being so negative.

You say that when I made a thread this week praising an individual player after a terrible team performance. You say it when I was proud of the Cup performance despite the result when others were slating the manager. Could give many other examples where I’ve found positive aspects to poor results or displays.

My bashing of the owners in January and since is hardly unique either. Yesterday you have folks criticising individual players for mistakes when the truth is most are running on empty so as I said, it’s not fair pointing the finger at them.

It’s bollocks quite frankly

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

Is it just me or do us Cov fans just like to complain about the same things over and over, there is a guy in my block who seems to yell at Sheaf from minute 1 till after the final wistle, Sheaf won the ball back and he started complaining, but anyways the point stands though we seem to moan about anything and everything even when we are doing well, yes not as well as the start of the season but still doing good just performance levels have dropped

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Is it just me or do us Cov fans just like to complain about the same things over and over, there is a guy in my block who seems to yell at Sheaf from minute 1 till after the final wistle, Sheaf won the ball back and he started complaining, but anyways the point stands though we seem to moan about anything and everything even when we are doing well, yes not as well as the start of the season but still doing good just performance levels have dropped

Behind me someone was seriously asking why Robins doesn’t try Jodi Jones up front instead of Gyo

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

Behind me someone was seriously asking why Robins doesn’t try Jodi Jones up front instead of Gyo

Someone asked why we haven’t subbed Jodi on after like 10 minutes non-ironically

 

[djr8369]

Not a lot but with more time hopefully a great deal.
Had Cal released a long ball to him early we might have seen if his pace and skill were the reason for leaving him as a late sub vs tired legs. He fumbled one move for a goal kick but the crowd reacted with an unlucky applause rather than groans which shows people are excited by him and want him to do well. Indeed he came in to a thunderous applause you'd have thought Cyril had risen from the dead it was that positive. Doesn't look as physical as Wags so maybe he might get bossed and muscled but looks quick and mobile. Hope to see more of him.

From what I recall he only had one touch? It was a bit frustrating that he had clearly come on to run into balls over the top but then players seemed reluctant to release any for him to chase. I guess it’s against the ethos of how we play which is generally to patiently build but then Gyro had successfully latched onto a number of balls over the top so there was clearly a lack of pace in the Barnsley back line to be exploited.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

You say that when I made a thread this week praising an individual player after a terrible team performance. You say it when I was proud of the Cup performance despite the result when others were slating the manager. Could give many other examples where I’ve found positive aspects to poor results or displays.

My bashing of the owners in January and since is hardly unique either. Yesterday you have folks criticising individual players for mistakes when the truth is most are running on empty so as I said, it’s not fair pointing the finger at them.

It’s bollocks quite frankly

Interesting to hear robins blame the Southampton game for a couple of poor performances. I did wonder at that

 

[Mcbean]

You nominated your mom for man of the match?

Errr like to point out that mom is no longer allowed it should be Pom - person of the match as god Forbid we might offend someone

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

From what I recall he only had one touch? It was a bit frustrating that he had clearly come on to run into balls over the top but then players seemed reluctant to release any for him to chase. I guess it’s against the ethos of how we play which is generally to patiently build but then Gyro had successfully latched onto a number of balls over the top so there was clearly a lack of pace in the Barnsley back line to be exploited.

Two bits of play that made me think he looked a lot better than a Rochdale reserve team player and also why it’s better for him than walker to have 10-15 mins at the end of games for us

The beating the man and crossing was excellent and the run to the byline was unlucky
I was left confused why robins hasn’t brought him on for 5-10 mins at the end of the last 10 games

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Errr like to point out that mom is no longer allowed it should be Pom - person of the match as god Forbid we might offend someone

I prefer goat

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Interesting to hear robins blame the Southampton game for a couple of poor performances. I did wonder at that

Well 2 hours at full pelt against a top flight team followed by a game a few days later would be tough. Then add in that we’re dealing with 6 games in 3 weeks and actually I want to know why he waited until the last 10 minutes to make a change yesterday.

I didn’t see much point in rating players most of whom looked out on their feet from the beginning. Gyo’s weak shots a good sign of that

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Well 2 hours at full pelt against a top flight team followed by a game a few days later would be tough. Then add in that we’re dealing with 6 games in 3 weeks and actually I want to know why he waited until the last 10 minutes to make a change yesterday.

I didn’t see much point in rating players most of whom looked out on their feet from the beginning. Gyo’s weak shots a good sign of that

And maatsens crossing. He’s such a risk averse manager. Fair enough of course

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

And maatsens crossing. He’s such a risk averse manager. Fair enough of course

The Gyo chance early on I'm sure he'd bury in the corner if close to fully fit. Never stops working but desperately needs a rest

 

[fernandopartridge]

Two bits of play that made me think he looked a lot better than a Rochdale reserve team player and also why it’s better for him than walker to have 10-15 mins at the end of games for us

The beating the man and crossing was excellent and the run to the byline was unlucky
I was left confused why robins hasn’t brought him on for 5-10 mins at the end of the last 10 games

We were playing the worst team in the league tbf

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

I thought Oggy’s explanation of tiredness on the radio was very good when the bloke messaged in about the 60 miles a week he runs.

 

[Mcbean]

Having Waggy start it was an ideal opportunity to bring Tav on for a late cameo Without pissing Waggy off - all about man management

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

We were playing the worst team in the league tbf

True

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

I thought Oggy’s explanation of tiredness on the radio was very good when the bloke messaged in about the 60 miles a week he runs.

What did he say?

 

[Johhny Blue]

Errr like to point out that mom is no longer allowed it should be Pom - person of the match as god Forbid we might offend someone

Or thing of the match. Just in case

 

[Johhny Blue]

I thought Oggy’s explanation of tiredness on the radio was very good when the bloke messaged in about the 60 miles a week he runs.

What did he say?

He said “I run 60 miles a week”

 

[Home and Away!]

What did he say?

The guy texted in saying he's 50 years old and runs 60 miles a week,can't understand why elite footballers can't manage 2 games a week!
Oggy then said,ok but try running an xtra 20 miles a week ontop of your current mileage and see how you get on,saying that's what's being asked of a small squad currently....decent answer i thought.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

He said “I run 60 miles a week”

Lol oggys explanation I mean?

 

[Deleted member 9744]

This whole they're professionals and should be able to play lots of matches argument is stupid. Yes they can play lots of matches, probably every day in fact, but they won't perform to the best of their abilities.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Errr like to point out that mom is no longer allowed it should be Pom - person of the match as god Forbid we might offend someone

Isn't it racist to use that term, and just choose the best Englishman?

 

[Houchens Head]

Errr like to point out that mom is no longer allowed it should be Pom - person of the match as god Forbid we might offend someone

Person? What if they identify as a teapot or an ashtray?

 

[Mcbean]

Person? What if they identify as a teapot or an ashtray?

well either of them could cause a fence

 

[clint van damme]

The guy texted in saying he's 50 years old and runs 60 miles a week,can't understand why elite footballers can't manage 2 games a week!
Oggy then said,ok but try running an xtra 20 miles a week ontop of your current mileage and see how you get on,saying that's what's being asked of a small squad currently....decent answer i thought.

Bloke sounds like an absolute wank.

 

[fernandopartridge]

The guy texted in saying he's 50 years old and runs 60 miles a week,can't understand why elite footballers can't manage 2 games a week!
Oggy then said,ok but try running an xtra 20 miles a week ontop of your current mileage and see how you get on,saying that's what's being asked of a small squad currently....decent answer i thought.

Running in a straight line at a steady pace ≠ the same distance run on a football pitch, just ridiculous logic all round

 

[Houchens Head]

The guy texted in saying he's 50 years old and runs 60 miles a week, can't understand why elite footballers can't manage 2 games a week!
Oggy then said, ok but try running an extra 20 miles a week on top of your current mileage and see how you get on, saying that's what's being asked of a small squad currently....decent answer I thought.

I finished a marathon last week and I'm almost 70. Mind you, I still felt peckish after, so I followed it with a Mars bar.