The 'Barnsley way' is total ballax. It ent existed. Conway just came out with some bullshyte about high press style after we beat Oxford 4-0 on the opening day of the 18/19 season.

Every head coach since hasn't followed suit. Each head coach since, has assessed his players and worked out what he thinks is best in order to get results. Even Duff last season didn't use high press as much as people think. A lot of the time our players dropped off. We specifically chose when to use high press tactics under Duff.

Ismaels use of the high press was constant. The objective being to condense the pitch and gain territorial advantage by pushing the opposition back. We played no passing football at all under Val.

Struber was different also putting the emphasis on creating a solid shape for the team and playing the ball through midfield and much like Duff, choosing when or not to high press during a game.

Stendel again was different. We high pressed under Stendel with the emphasis on getting the ball forwards quickly.


Now that's a run down of the different styles of our head coaches in the last 5 years with Schopp and Asbaghi left out because we know of Conways interference.

Where are the similarities in the styles of Duff, Ismael, Struber and Stendel?

The so called blue print is what Nudger sez, 'the barnsley way' but I've not seen evidence of any continuity from Stendel onwards.

The current head coach is still feeling his way in and deciding which formation and style of play suits his squad the best.

Each of our head coaches will have this head ache because our turnover of players is so big, we are left with no long term presence within the playing squad and a fresh canvas each season on which to try and paint a masterpiece. It's no wonder we are in Division 3