Barnsley v Norwich City Match Thoughts

[animallittle3]

Excellent win for our boys yesterday and another great team performance. No one can question the effort and commitment from any of the players. Few things I took from the game though as follows;

1. Sibbick didn't look out of place and hopefully will slot back into the squad well. We defended brilliantly as a team.
2. Palmer was great first half, not sure what Val was referring to about him being tired. Kane looks second best to him right now.
3. Woodrow was 6 out of 10 again. Val definitely needs to freshen things up by using Morris in that position. Maybe that's his plan for Wednesday?
4. Frieser's end product is poor.
5. Mowatt gave his all from minute one and led the team brilliantly. Again, can't question his commitment.
6. Brittain was brilliant again, especially first half. Styles quality too. However I've noticed that come 65/70mins these two are getting tired and we as a team seem to go backwards a little. Those boys are doing lots of running and as a team we looked tired in the last quarter of the game.
7. Squad still looks light. In any game at this level if you're bringing on Schmidt or Miller you're going to struggle over the course of the season. Still need some new recruits.

Overall though thoroughly deserved win and proud to watch our team go through!

Good assessment Frog and can't argue with that , nail on the head .

[Barnsley Chop]

Good post Frog

[french_frog01]

Cheers fellas!

[animallittle3]

Decent assessment from Norwich on yesterday's game .

Good bunch the Norwich lads .

https://youtu.be/diJUHwOOKCU

[pass_and_move]

Pass when things get better I'd like to share a pint or two wi thi .

Not because of your last post but because tha a good kid and we are all tykes .

Absolutely nobody has the perfect life and sometimes we are too hard on ourselves .

If tha does this best then what can anybody do ?

There is absolutely no way anybody is going to judge anybody when you are amongst friends .

If there's any good to come out of the current situation then sticking together and helping each other out has to be top of the list .

Sometimes the little things in life can make a huge difference .

Tha reight Animal. Thanks for that mate

[Ponte_Steve24]

Cheers mate and the very best of luck to you too in your crusade mi owd. Problem is that lockdarn and Covid have brought a few things to the forefront of my mind from both a personal point of view and a domestic point of view that med me realise so much abart not only missen, but also things that I turned a blind eye to before and the sacrifice and commitment i make that has gone unnoticed.

I'm a shadow of unfortunately. Put on weight and feel shyte health wise and even more so mentally. Easily done when you realise that you're life is based on summat that means nowt and your opinions mostly count fo nowt.

Thing is, I've realised that trying to mek things work for the kids isn't necessarily the way forward if there's no balance or equilibrium in an adult relationship. They're (my kids) the ones suffering unfortunately and that is not reight. I'm unable to function properly and justifiably as a father and that meks mi guts wrench.

It's not just that mate, its other simple things that people tek fo granted and is not as forthcoming to me as it is the average neurotypical person.

For instance- PonteSteve Personal Messaged me on here when we laiked Sunderland at ooam in the Stendel 18/19 season, massive game and I decided to get a ticket. It were mi 1st match back at oakwell in a couple o years and he wanted to meet up for a beer. Lovely gesture I thought but I just couldn't face it unfortunately. Nowt against Steve (thy a top lad Steve btw) at all and I was a bit evasive in my reply to him. Unfortunately it was more to do with my own battle with autism and the apprehension of social situations. Its bloody difficult but then again, it always was and remains so.

Autism was only brought to light in the event of my eldest daughter being diagnosed with mild autism when she was 4. The more I read up on it, the more I recognized certain symptoms regarding myself. It's a long story mate but it's unbelievably difficult to handle to be perfectly honest. I've not been diagnosed with it because of my reluctance to visit a quack but I certainly fit the profile.

It doesn't upset me that I'm possibly autistic, it upsets me that I'm not understood and very often misconstrued. That's the real battle for folk of my generation. My daughter is far more understood from a social aspect in the present era but not where she can feel totally at ease. My problem is that I've lived with an alter ego and defiance for 30 odd years, most of my life and people are shocked when I tell them I'm most likely autistic and start being my real self.

Apologies for the long post and going O/T lads and lasses but I'm trying to come to terms with some big changes in my life. I shall fight on. I'm born and bred in this tarn and we dunt gu darn too easy du wi

I've been looking at myself a lot too recently Pass. I have low moments but I stick it out because it might just be lock down that's impairing my judgement. I've being over thinking stuff from my own point of view and that's not necessarily an epiphany it might be the wrong emotions going round in circles.

I've been selfish.

Anyway that's just me. I'm sure your personal reasoning is completely different. Great win on Saturday, more things to look forward to.

[pass_and_move]

I've been looking at myself a lot too recently Pass. I have low moments but I stick it out because it might just be lock down that's impairing my judgement. I've being over thinking stuff from my own point of view and that's not necessarily an epiphany it might be the wrong emotions going round in circles.

I've been selfish.

Anyway that's just me. I'm sure your personal reasoning is completely different. Great win on Saturday, more things to look forward to.

Mate we all can overthink things and get bogged darn by it. A think lockdarn has med many of us look long and hard in the mirror. Every person has a different battle to overcome and as you say, the personal reasons or circumstances can be different. We just gerron wi it best we can, that's all tha can do.

Thaz recently become a father and that in itself is a huge change and challenge Steve. Speaking from personal experience, I know it med me mature and become a better person. It took time mind. I came from a broken family and 6 month after mi first daughter wo born ad still not gorrit if tha gets mi drift. My epiphany came when a wo temporarily laid off from mi job fo 3 months and I had full responsibility for her while my missus wo art working, a 6 month old bairn, day in day art and it completely med me mate and the penny finally dropped fo what it's all abart. I'm not at all proud of the person I was thinking back, I was far too immature to handle the responsibility but there's no right or wrong to how tha can feel. Tha just strives to du thi best and deal wi life best tha can.

[Romared]

Pass stick at it mate , thas a lot going thy way , and plenty to look forrard to , tharra strong character , tharra on a downer just nar bi sounds onnit , thas plenty o mates on here that think a lot onthi , me included , av mi orn battles at minute , but al tell thi summat thas to keep positive , accept any kind words that are sed oneer as genuine , yuv all supported me this last 14 months , and it's very much appreciated , weer all behind thi and anyone else who maybe struggling , Keep the Faith , sincerely hope you start picking quickly , wiss all bi mendud soowin hopefully ,
Regards Roma

[EthelRed]

Pass and Steve, good luck to both of you, I sincerely hope you overcome your struggles. Lifes a challenge at the moment for all of us. The sooner we regain some normality the better.

I think that speaking out as you have done could be the first step towards things improving for you. At least I hope so. It takes some guts though to do it, well done to you. Theres some decent folk on this forum in my opinion and I think most of us would offer a helping hand or at least a message of support to anyone who needs it.

Post anytime you like if you need to get things off your chest or need a few words of support. All the best lads.

[pass_and_move]

Cheers gents. Nice of you both to say. I agree that there's some decent genuine people on here. Sometimes writing on here can help refocus your mind which is a good thing