⚽ Match Thread vs. Barrow FC 22.10.24 [EFL L2]

[Jampie]

The only standout stat is our far higher possession. Otherwise pretty even and a draw is a reasonable result. Different roll of the dice and either team could have won that.

[irish_pie]

Absolutely robbed that point in fairness but who cares... showed a bit of grit to get that equaliser and keep the unbeaten away record intact... a game that won't live long in the memory but delighted with the point now

[CamPie]

Not great but we’ll take that and the unbeaten away record maintained. Definitely could have been out of it at half time but one thing you can say about this team is they know how to drag results out after being behind. I would expect us to beat Harrogate at home - very disappointed if we don’t - so we will be very much in the mix after roughly 1/3 of the season.

[Big Bob]

Well we stole a point after a very poor performance again!

It's these sort of games when we steal points like this that wins you promotion.
A good point away tonight

[marky]

Wow Barrow were robbed. We did play better in second half. Not in it at all 1st half, better second and a dubious penalty saves the day

Barrow were not robbed they were total garbage they sat back and invited Notts on. I'm pleased we're in a promotion place at the moment but Reez need to be looking at the stats and metrics. We can and need to do better.

[MAD_MAGPIE]

Despite our frailties conceding early goals and by all accounts we have not played well tonight we have managed to pick up a point on the road against a potential promotion/play-off rival. So have got a point ourselves but also stopped them getting three points and instead they only get a point.

That's what teams who are going to be up there at the end of the season need to be able to do turn possible defeats to draws and possible draws to wins especially against other teams chasing promotion. We would have lost that game last season.

With the injuries ravaging the side as well it makes it a good point gained.

[Mud Pie]

we had zero answer for their intensity first half, but they couldn't sustain it and we came back into it without ever really getting out of second gear. It's a 90 minute game ++ though, and we deserved a draw in the end - astonishingly for how at sea we were first half.

Pluses for me: our never say die ability, Brown and Martin both looked like they may still come good, Tsaroulla gets a great performance under his belt.

Minuses: we simply can't handle a man2man intense press - need answers now. Under the same heading, conceding in the first 10. Sort it out Stu.

[jackal2]

We can’t just continue like this, stumbling through games.

We got a (undeserved) point but these performances are bordering on shambolic at times. It won’t take much for these ‘lucky’ draws to turn into defeats and the type of run Maynard experienced when he arrived.

Well done Tsaroulla, only person who turned up.

You can't ignore the injuries we've suffered to key players like Edwards and Jones. At the moment it's all about grinding out as many points as possible, waiting for lads like these to return, and then hoping we get more luck on the injury front in the second half of the season.

[MancMagpie]

Watched the whole game on my stick..mainly on the Barrow stream as it wasn't liking ours....

Terrible first half but we looked much better 2nd. The Barrow commentators saying that we deserved a point. I agree.

We never gave up. We are made of far more metal than last season.

Well done Stuart and the lads. A very tough Tuesday night away game, coming away with a point from there will more than suffice! Especially with our ever elongated injury list.

[Elite_Pie]

You can't ignore the injuries we've suffered to key players like Edwards and Jones. At the moment it's all about grinding out as many points as possible, waiting for lads like these to return, and then hoping we get more luck on the injury front in the second half of the season.

That's how I see it. Stay in the mix until the transfer window opens, then hope our returning players and the radar can do the rest.