The Season So Far.

[Young_Nudger]

Yeh I can see how it would take several seasons to master the art of lobbing balls from the half way line in to the opposition's penalty box whilst three meatheads close them down .

Some hours on the training ground must have gone in to launching the ball straight from the kick off and out of play deep in opposition territory .

Whilst the Dutch had Total Football apparently we should adopt Total Hoofball that made 1980's Wimbledon look like Pep's Barcelona of 10 years ago .

By the way Morais wasn't a coach , he was Mourhino's water boy but the new ownership rather naively saw Real Madrid , Chelsea and Inter Milan on his cv .

His team talk consisted of getting down on all fours and barking like a dog .

True that .

That process of ‘lobbying the ball from the halfway line’ as you put it got the club into the Championship playoffs with a squad that cost relatively nowt.

That was after years of trying to get to that position doing it the old way - only to see us bouncing between the Championship relegation zone and the 1st Division.

Patrick Cryne changed the direction of the club and started the process of what we see now.
He knew we couldn’t compete doing it the old fashioned way - and HE TOLD US THAT on a few occasions.

The building of such a squad and system has clearly had to be started from scratch since the debacle of the Conway season.
But it’s started.
Although IMO it’s hit a bump in the road with the appointment of Collins.

[SBRed48]

That process of ‘lobbying the ball from the halfway line’ as you put it got the club into the Championship playoffs with a squad that cost relatively nowt.

That was after years of trying to get to that position doing it the old way - only to see us bouncing between the Championship relegation zone and the 1st Division.

Patrick Cryne changed the direction of the club and started the process of what we see now.
He knew we couldn’t compete doing it the old fashioned way - and HE TOLD US THAT on a few occasions.

The building of such a squad and system has clearly had to be started from scratch since the debacle of the Conway season.
But it’s started.
Although IMO it’s hit a bump in the road with the appointment of Collins.

It seems to me that since the "high energy/ high press system--The Barnsley Way--was introduced the facts are we have become even more of a yo yo club----

2018 Relegated under Morais
2019 Promoted under Stendel
2020 Avoided relegation with last kick of season under Struber
2021 Play Off Semi Finalists under Ismael
2022 Relegated under Schopp/ Ashbagi
2023 Play Off Finalists under Duff
2024 Neill & Jon ?