POYA ASBAGHI POST-SHEFFIELD UNITED Interviews Speaking after our 2-0 defeat against Sheffield United on Saturday afternoon, Poya Asbaghi believes Barnsley were the better team until conceding the opening goal. Continue reading on the official site...
I agree Poya, until they scored, we were playing well. I also agree about their first goal, it wasn't one or two players who switched off, it was everyone. Considering it was the entire team, do you think the coaching staff can take some responsibility for that? Is it instilled into them that the closest player to the freekick stands over the ball and takes an age to retreat, so the opposition can't take a quick freekick, you know, like every other team except Barnsley does? Are they drilled on the training field to be ready for the set piece as soon as the whistle goes for the free kick, like every other team are? And about that last half hour, do you believe your substitutions favoured us? When was the last time you made a substitution that improved the team on the field? How often have you made a substitution only for us to quickly concede a goal or two? Why do our entire team look absolutely shagged after 60 minutes where as every other team we play can continue for the full 90? We pride ourselves on having a young team, but week in, week out the fitness of the opposition is vastly superior to ours. In short, WTF are you doing in training? The evidence suggests you're all getting drunk and eating pies. What's obvious is there is nothing being done on fitness and game management.
TBF he has nowhere near a strong enough bench to change things much, but the least they can all do is get the basics right. We waste a lot of energy chasing the ball we all too often needlessly give away so cheaply. Our throw-ins are often the oppositions best weapon, never have I seen a team lose possession as often and come under immediate threat of conceding a goal. As the game went on in the first half yesterday and the start of the second half, I was feeling more confident we might not lose, but after we needlessly gave away that first goal I knew that was it.
