Got to agree with you Helen, and it has been like that the last couple of games. Makes a refreshing change doesn’t it.
Helik had a good game. But my MOTM was Palmer. Scrapped away & let Mowatt have room. Alex wasn’t at his best, wayward passes & bad shooting. Palmer watched his back & covered both wings, when Styles & Brittain went forward. That work goes unnoticed to most people, but it’s how you win football matches..
No saves to make, but his sweeping up meant we could keep such a high line. Thought he had an excellent game
I’ve always been adamant we aren’t good enough to make the play offs but players coming back to fitness & Dike & Morris been massive improvements on Schmidt & Thomas gives us a chance. We can pretty much lose any player except Mowatt & the replacement isn’t much weaker which is pretty incredible for Barnsley at this level.
Not sure how good a team we have but the system, organisation and fitness are the most impressive I think I've ever seen in a Barnsley team.
Mowatt was man of the match for me, his shooting was off the boil but he covered every blade of grass , supplied quality all game & drove the team on , the captains armband means something to him & he was a leader for the whole 95 minutes .
The problem I'm having with the man of the match is that I'm starting to expect too much of the lads. For example; Brittain was fantastic yesterday and had he played like that several months ago would have certainly got my vote but now it's just his normal performance and somehow doesn't catch the eye quite so much.
We have so much strength in depth now, it's truly remarkable. Only the start of last month, we were saying we were only a couple of injuries away from plummeting back down to earth. Now with Dike, Morris and the return of Sibbick and Jordan W we now have able replacements all over the park. We've yet to see what Kitching can do as well
It seems like only yesterday that I was complaining about (a) our lack of any quality options on the bench; and (b) having an entire squad full of lightweight midgets. I don't know what's happened, cos most of the squad are the exact same players, yet the results just keep coming and coming. It's bordering on the miraculous. I love it!
I know, it's miraculous indeed. A lot of credit has to go to VI in my opinion, he's got all the players on board and they're literally running through brick walls for the big fella