Quote Originally Posted by Young_Nudger View Post
Overview.
We are in a much better place to be successful than this time last season.

The club from top to bottom was in total disarray this time last season.
Since then the boardroom has been sorted - which is the most important thing.

Duff has come in and put the team back on track.
Two ways of looking at that.
Thanks to previous work within the club the playing style and players were already in place - Duff just needed to refocus the team.
IMO he should have been able to get promoted with the players at his disposal.
He failed because he was too cautious.
We scored 80 goals last season. 4th best in the league behind S Weds 81, Plymouth 82 and Ipswich 101.

Also we got 26 wins. Again, 4th best in the league.

I don't get how that is cautious.

As for the 'He should've been able to get promoted with the players at his disposal' comment, i absolutely disagree. We spent the bare minimum on players, we patched the squad up with loan players and budget wise we had the 12th best or worst budget in the division- Khaled has officially confirmed that too.

Duff worked wonders with the hand that he was dealt which is why most Barnsley fans are gutted to see him leave.

The next head coach has top weight on for us to challenge the top 6 if things go to script this summer and our best players depart.