Cardiff City v Barnsley Match Thoughts

[Doggydo]

It all goes to show how thin we are up front.
We’ve ONE striker at the club and the rest just aren’t up to this league.

[POGGYWELL]

Final whistle couldn’t come quick enough.

[animallittle3]

Well he knows the size of the job now , the injury free starting eleven is good enough to keep us in the league .

Two or three injuries to key players and we are exposed massively .

We ain't ever getting anything out of a championship game away from home starting like that .

Cardiff were workmanlike , nowt fantastic by any means and beat us easily .

If there's no intensity from the beginning and we concede early then you know we ain't coming back .

Some loans in January badly needed in my opinion because the squad tonight as being shown up for what many of us suspected when key players aren't available .

[Nozzer1953]

agree Doggydo, we only have one striker of championship quality. Tonight showed how thin our squad is. Second half had plenty of possession but only had two attempts. Cardiff had a striker who held the ball up, won headers and put our defenders under pressure.
Perhaps with the injuries we have we have to adapt the system we play so that at least we maybe able to get a point.
Need to get something on Saturday, then hopefully a fully fit squad after the international break.
The players put in the effort, but unfortunately too many of them are not good enough for the championship

[Romared]

Penalty ? Wilson dived ?

[animallittle3]

The result wasn't the issue for me , the performance was .

That's what's disappointed me the most tonight , two steps back , this could have been at the same stage last season after 9 games .

Absolutely no way is any money getting spent in January so it has to be loans to give the squad some depth .

I ain't thinking tonight we are bottom 3 by any means but if some depth ain't added to this squad in key areas we could easily be fighting for our lives .

[animallittle3]

Penalty ? Wilson dived ?

No , as clear a penalty as you'll see .

[Romared]

No , as clear a penalty as you'll see .

I didn't see it that way , it didn't really matter though , very poor performance , Odour looked reasonable tonight ,

[EthelRed]

Anderson would make a batter punter in the NFL than a centre half in the championship.

Why he thinks he can hoof it to the seven dwarfs up front and midfield leaves me baffled.

[SBRed48]

The reality of being a Barnsley Head Coach will kick in toneet.

No long rests between games as in Austria..Relentless here in England.

No "easy" games like in Austria with him being a coach of one of the top three clubs that dominate a 12 team league, a bit like being the Rangers or Celtic manager in Scotland.

Having to patch up a squad with little depth in quality, a hand dealt to all coaches here by Conway (arseoyle ) needing to throw in players not yet ready.

Injury problems caused by crowded fixtures, tiredness and no opportunity to rotate players

Other coaches are beginning to see how he sets teams up and will counteract it.

A lack of experience in his squad which will produce inconsistency in performances. A few "bullies" in the Cardiff squad who may overwhelm our kiddies on a wet Tuesday neet in Cardiff

By Valerie's own admission we were lucky against Watford. I am hoping the dam doesn't burst toneet and we end up with an arseoyling to take to Derby on Setdi. The Championship is a cruel place.

That lad knew worriwo talking abart this morning