Romared Match Thoughts Barnsley v Birmingham City

[NerfHerder]

To be honest I don't think we are that bad a side , I wouldn't go as far as to say solid top six by any means but unfortunately today we were outdone by a genuine bit of quality for the Brum equaliser and a bit naive defensively for their winner .

We more than matched Brum for a large part of the game until Phillips was sent off and to be honest you couldn't really argue with the decision .

The problem for Clarke is that this is a results business and he's in the biggest job of his career where the expectations are a bit different to what he had at Port Vale , Walsall and Cheltenham .

This isn't a team I dislike , far from it , it's just lacking the real quality Barnsley supporters expect when in League One .

Clarke is what he is , a lower league manager who will probably spend his entire career in the lower leagues , he's not a bad HC but he's not a particularly talented one either .

You could argue the team are probably a mirror image of him .

The real question is where do we find the extra momentum needed to get out of this league .

Me neither although I suspect Hourihane may get an opportunity if the team falls further down the league .

Those empty seats at Oakwell seem to one's who deliver the bullet these days .

Agree with a lot of this.

I would say that I thought Phillips? first yellow was soft though. In fact, I know the officials have a tough time of it but they seemed borderline biased today. I will have to watch the highlights back but it looked like we were robbed of a nailed on pen and had it been Roberts pulling Stansfield down, he?d have pointed to the spot quicker than you can say ?15 million pound striker?. The linesman in front of the West Stand was one of the worst all season. Don?t think he put his flag up once in the first half but was putting it up loads in the second, even when he was in line with play.

Nwakali needs to start for me next game. He probably will do given Phillips? suspension.

[Shadrack the Red]

Agree with a lot of this.

I would say that I thought Phillips? first yellow was soft though. In fact, I know the officials have a tough time of it but they seemed borderline biased today. I will have to watch the highlights back but it looked like we were robbed of a nailed on pen and had it been Roberts pulling Stansfield down, he?d have pointed to the spot quicker than you can say ?15 million pound striker?. The linesman in front of the West Stand was one of the worst all season. Don?t think he put his flag up once in the first half but was putting it up loads in the second, even when he was in line with play.

Nwakali needs to start for me next game. He probably will do given Phillips? suspension.

I also sit in the west stand and agree with your comments on the officials , I normally bite my tongue because the men in black have difficult job but those three today were bordering on border line cheats, the penalty he did not give in the first half was a disgrace, he had a great view and completely bottled it and you knew from the City fans that they got away with one, you could have heard a pin drop as they collectively held their breath waiting for the ref to point to the spot but he didn"t and from then on he just got worse , the linesman in front of the west stand could not keep up with play and in my opinion he resorted to guessing on a number of key decisions , they were totally inept. All in all I thought we made a decent fist of it and did not deserve to lose but like a lot of things in life you do not get what you deserve , we move on !