Barnsley Post Match Thoughts

[Millmoordays]

Barnsley fan in peace

I thought this would be a drab affair because it was two teams low on confidence and it proved to be the case. Two poor teams today with us being marginally better on the day.

In our two encounters this season, I have to say that I've never seen a Rotherham team put up that less of a fight. You guys must be tearing your hair out after seeing that. At least if you fought hard and lost or gave it a real go it would be at least something.

We have been so vulnerable at the back this season, and generally cave in when teams put us under pressure. Evans tactics were to sit back, allow us to have the ball and never really put us under pressure barring a spell at the start of the second half. We then break away and pinch a penalty which was your own undoing and it killed off whatever momentum you had going at that point.

I think it's worrying times for both sets of fans. I wasn't particularly chuffed with our own performance and lack of fight today but it was enough and as I say, Evans tactics certainly surprised me.

I?d be obliged if you kept your tongue in cheek in peace gloat to yourself. We know how bad we are without you coming on here.

[rolymiller]

He has to go. We have no spirit, no width, can't control a ball, can't pass a ball, can't shoot on target, can't cross a ball, we don't win 50 50s, no tactics, give the ball away too much. We can't even throw the ball to one of our own players half the time. We will go down under evans. Time for TS to act.It may be already too late though.

[sawmiller]

We?re going down

[Jimmy Badfellow]

I don't think that the people who didn't want Evans back thought this season would end up as bad as it has. It has been a decision that has totally backfired in every single direction. It's strange because even after the first half at Exeter on the opening day I was thinking that this doesn't look good but it's ridiculous to form judgements after 45 minutes of a 46 game football season..........or is it? Could this be the end?

[Millmoordays]

Give him a real reason to cry now. It's run its course, time to end the farce and let a serious manager settle in for next season.

Absolutely right. And this nonsense about we can?t go down better not turn, if it already has not, into complacency we will get mightily close.
Another reason to ditch evans now. Of course, we have to find a replacement and we know TS is not good at it.

[Millmoordays]

I'm too depressed to post a comment.

You just have done pal. A damning one.

[Millmoordays]

A couple of weeks ago I thought don't be too early to comment on the post-match thread, but today I am in complete and utter disbelief at how bad we are, I feel I have to comment early.
After the game at Barnsley you would think we would have been really up for this game, to show the fans and the chairman (remember him on TV during the Barnsley game) that game at Barnsley was a freak performance in a local derby, but no, SE/PR have failed to get those players up for that game. I think it is the worst performance (especially after we went behind) in a local Derby at home, I have seen in 20+ years, there was no real effort, no desire, no idea and they do not play as a team. So many times we get the ball, and there are no options for the player to pass to, lack of dropping into space, lack of running forward, there is nothing.
Barnsley deserved the win, they were the best of two very poor sides and Roberts had free headers all game, surely someone goes and blocks him?
We created nothing and when 10 minutes went up, our players seemed to despair rather than be motivated. I haven't seen very much in the last 8 games that shows that this group want to play for SE/PR, if anything at all.
Now I don't totally blame SE/PR the board haven't ensured that we have the depth of squad needed and we look very light in certain areas. It is alright doing a pathetic local rag interview with a tame journalist to say the budget is the biggest ever, but all the financial decisions are ratified by the board, that is what they have said. So they have agreed to spend the money on what SE and RS have come up with.
If the results go against us today we could be just 6 points of a relegation place.
The priority for the board now has to be L1 survival and for me that means topping the squad up with 1 or 2 uncontracted players (RS full time job is to know who) and then there has to be a decision about whether SE is capable of motivating this group to get over the line, otherwise make the change and get someone in who can, but god knows who would want it.

Utterly, entirely correct.

[wrinkly]

I've missed a few this season due to health problems. I really wanted to go today but wasn't up to it. I didn't even watch the coverage - followed the progress on BBC sport and on here.
From the comments on here I was better off at home.
In 60 odd years of following the Millers there have been lower points than this but I don't think I've ever been as disillusioned.
No honesty at the club. No bottle shown by players. No discernable style of play.
Seriously pissed off!

[RU66]

Never been sold on James. Pelly was he playing. Green he's a pretender. JCH he's gone. Get Artell in now to sort it for next season.

[great_fire]

We?re going down

Keep losing but staying in the same position so the other teams around us can't be winning either.