Quote Originally Posted by animallittle3 View Post
To be honest I don't think we are that bad a side , I wouldn't go as far as to say solid top six by any means but unfortunately today we were outdone by a genuine bit of quality for the Brum equaliser and a bit naive defensively for their winner .

We more than matched Brum for a large part of the game until Phillips was sent off and to be honest you couldn't really argue with the decision .

The problem for Clarke is that this is a results business and he's in the biggest job of his career where the expectations are a bit different to what he had at Port Vale , Walsall and Cheltenham .

This isn't a team I dislike , far from it , it's just lacking the real quality Barnsley supporters expect when in League One .

Clarke is what he is , a lower league manager who will probably spend his entire career in the lower leagues , he's not a bad HC but he's not a particularly talented one either .

You could argue the team are probably a mirror image of him .

The real question is where do we find the extra momentum needed to get out of this league .

Me neither although I suspect Hourihane may get an opportunity if the team falls further down the league .

Those empty seats at Oakwell seem to one's who deliver the bullet these days .
Agree with a lot of this.

I would say that I thought Phillips? first yellow was soft though. In fact, I know the officials have a tough time of it but they seemed borderline biased today. I will have to watch the highlights back but it looked like we were robbed of a nailed on pen and had it been Roberts pulling Stansfield down, he?d have pointed to the spot quicker than you can say ?15 million pound striker?. The linesman in front of the West Stand was one of the worst all season. Don?t think he put his flag up once in the first half but was putting it up loads in the second, even when he was in line with play.

Nwakali needs to start for me next game. He probably will do given Phillips? suspension.