Quote Originally Posted by Young_Nudger View Post
Leading on from the Barnsley v Orient thread where it goes onto discuss the tactics of Collins.

If any supporter thinks Collins is doing a good job then they either don’t understand what the club directors have been saying over recent years - OR they haven’t been listening to what the club directors have been saying in recent years.

Whichever way you describe the comments from the club - vertical football - Barnsley system - Barnsley Mould or the latest one the ‘Game Model’ there needs to be some clarity from James Cryne to say whether this way of doing things still exists..

Because the evidence on the field suggests that it doesn’t - or at least the boundaries have been blurred.
Stats - 60+% possession against Orient.
(Note - Liverpool who play a similar style to Barnsley have the lowest rate of possession in the Premier)

However, the evidence on recruitment suggests that the original blueprint is still in play i.e. strong fast athletic players that can both attack and defend are still being recruited.

The latest statements from the club saying that the Director of Football is to ensure the Game Model is followed throughout all levels at the club.
This statement has to be clarified.

Why is this important - because you only have to look through media outlets, message boards etc, to see that some supporters are mystified at what they are currently witnessing on the field.
I’d suggest that this is also responsible for flattening some of the atmosphere at Oakwell.

So - James Cryne.
Please clarify - what is the current ‘Game Model’ - and has it been changed this season???
Quite a number of points that don't pass the test of reality YN , although we've been down this road a number of times .

The Val way of playing was made up shyte , there was no " Game Model " then as there isn't now .

When Val was appointed he clearly assessed what he had to work with on the training ground and in his first three games .

His third game was a midweek away game at Cardiff City and we were well beaten 3-0 , a very weak performance which included Elliot Simoes , Simoes never played for the club again .

He clearly deduced that unless he came up with something with the players that he had at his disposal it was going to be a struggle to stay up .

His first job was to promote young Victor from the absolutely no where to give us some muscle up top and Victor played very well at Derby the next away game and even scored a cracker in a 2-0 win .

The system he deployed started to get some points on the board but the first sign of what was to come was a home game against Bournemouth which was covered by Sky TV , Mowatt , Kane and James spent the whole game lobbing balls from the half way line in behind the Bournemouth back three with our three forwards pressing them .

We lost 4-0 but it wasn't a 4-0 game , Bournemouth scored three worldies that night but that's the night Val knew he needed more muscle up top plus extra legs because our forwards that night were blowing out of their asses on 50 minutes .

What made Val ball work was when Morris and Dike arrived and we won 7 on the trot to hit the play off spots which we never relinquished .

That's what happened YN .

It was simply Val ball , there was no " Game Model " and when he left for WBA that was that .