Romared Match Thoughts Barnsley v Luton Town

[Shadrack the Red]

Very pleased for fans like yourself Shad that have stuck it out these last two seasons at least and watched some of the dross served up .

Enjoy your evening , you've earned it mate .

Cheers Animal, enjoyed my evening of the old nectar and pleasant reflection , I have always been a rough with the smooth man and yesterday was indeed a smooth one, loved it ,more of the same would be welcome !!

[animallittle3]

Without wanting to take the gloss off such a fine win and performance , you still have to turn up and perform of course but i thought Luton were remarkably easy to play against none the less .

Their press was non existent and at no point did they try and low block us and deny us space , they were absolutely awful , naive and a tad arrogant i thought , why Jack Wilshere didn't at least introduce Jacob Brown who is quick and makes great runs I'll never know .

I wouldn't expect too many other teams to rock up at Oakwell for the rest of the season and play the same way which is the crux of this post .

The next stage of this renaissance is to be able to break down teams who won't be so charitable when they come to Oakwell , teams who make it difficult , put men behind the ball and won't let Clearly come inside .

Word gets around as it did under Daniel Stendel , the difference was the back four was solid as a rock and we weren't vulnerable back then whilst enjoying some serious firepower in Moore , Woodrow , Brown and Thiam .

One swallow and all that .

[Shadrack the Red]

Without wanting to take the gloss off such a fine win and performance , you still have to turn up and perform of course but i thought Luton were remarkably easy to play against none the less .

Their press was non existent and at no point did they try and low block us and deny us space , they were absolutely awful , naive and a tad arrogant i thought , why Jack Wilshere didn't at least introduce Jacob Brown who is quick and makes great runs I'll never know .

I wouldn't expect too many other teams to rock up at Oakwell for the rest of the season and play the same way which is the crux of this post .

The next stage of this renaissance is to be able to break down teams who won't be so charitable when they come to Oakwell , teams who make it difficult , put men behind the ball and won't let Clearly come inside .

Word gets around as it did under Daniel Stendel , the difference was the back four was solid as a rock and we weren't vulnerable back then whilst enjoying some serious firepower in Moore , Woodrow , Brown and Thiam .

One swallow and all that .

You are right the low block is difficult to break down and we struggle to break teams down with Rotherham being a prime example , although I did notice a subtle change of tactics yesterday , it was clear that we held back deeper than we had in previous home matches and with a young energetic midfield we actually pressed in the midfield and then played on the counter and despite having a lot less possession we produced a lot more attacks , as you point out Luton were poor but here was a side unbeaten in 6 with a recent 3 v 0 win at Stockport so it would be wrong to under value the win , the secret of course is to find some subtle change which helps us get round blanket defences , I suggest hunting in packs and moving the ball as quick as we can might bring us some joy but I am not a football coach and could be talking absolute Boll oc-s like I usually do , the one thing was clear though and that was that plenty of effort had gone on on the training ground and there was definitely more energy in our play , hopefully we take this tempo into the Stockport game, we will see .

[EthelRed]

Not seen the game yet, nor highlights.
5-0 not been seen for ages. Read Connell was tip top. Keep it there son along with yoga and blandy.

Phillips do we need him more than the money ?

On to Stocky!

[perkytyke]

Keeping the team together is key with a couple of additions in January! We need to have the strength off the bench which we had on Saturday!
What I noticed against Luton was the defending as a team and a desire to keep that clean sheet that has rarely been this season, players were throwing themselves in front of shots all over the place, a far cry from the injury time goal conceeded against Blackpool.