HAPPY CHRISTMAS KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rumour has it Keith Hill has been added to the Londontykes Yahoo group as he takes on board my advice and plays O'Brien, Perkins, Dawson....and Sir Bobby! I'm sure he'd have had Tudgay out as well, were it not for an injury depriving us of Davies.
'Fack me, how'd we lose to THEM?'* Well, I'll tell you how. We scored more goals than you. 1st half, we withstood a decent period of pressure then ran to the other end of the field and a smart move involved Dagnall (?) cutting inside, hitting a shot, the keeper saved and Dawson was left with a tap in. Great counter attack. Earlier, Henderson had blazed a penalty high and wide after what looked like an outlandish claim. Their guy cuts inside Wiseman, who appeared to pull his leg back as their guy takes a dive. The ref (Trevor 'Bloody' Kettle) takes an age to whistle, so much so I was convinced he'd blown for the dive. The linesman, meanwhile, saw nought.
2nd half, and our job is done when their midfielder is sent off for a challenge on Perkins. I could only see 2 blokes sliding in for a challenge, but to be fair to Pompey Ian, he called it straight away - their bloke 'scissoring' ours, with both feet off the floor. Of course, this is Barnsley and the job is never done. We spend half an hour playing on the break, and every time we had the ball it was 3 v 3 or 4 v 4. But we needn't bother trying too hard to score cos never in a million years will the Lions pull one back. Ha! One incident summed it up for me. We win a corner, it's taken short, then we play it back to Foster, 30 yards from goal and he punts it over the bar. Sorry, but how many times has Stephen Foster scored from 30 yards? And why, in a match against giants, are we not putting our biggest fellas in the box off a corner? Christ.
I tell yer wot, it only takes a cross from a dead ball for them to score (they had plenty of those, and as I said, they had 3 or 4 MASSIVE blokes). Or b) an aimless hoof down the pitch. I haven't seen it on telly yet, but one centre half takes more notice of the centre forward rather than the ball, and the ball clears his head, while the other centre half watches their other forward run past him and onto the hoof. We work so hard to take a lead and yet we can give them a goal from anything.
Thankfully, Millwall have scored too early. Although they had the momentum for a few minutes, they started committing way too many men to the attack (they have to learn when to settle for a point, the fools!) and I was increasingly optimistic we'd still steal it. I find it difficult to understand the psychology of (Barnsley) footballers. While we're winning 1-0, there is absolutely no need to force a 2nd, yet as soon as they realise the points are slipping away, they roll their sleeves up, dig deep....and hit them where it hurts.
MOTM? Everyone played well, everyone made mistakes.
*** Dawson. Redfearn does it again, as he drives from midfield and bags what coulda...shoulda....been the winner.
** Golbourne. Kept possession, clever balls down the line, always made himself available.
* Sir Bobby. Classic Sir Bob in the 1st half, as he held his defensive midfield position, drove forward when appropriate and threw himself into crucial blocks in the box when the defenders weren't up to the task. Welcome back!!!
Despatches:
Dear BFC, here's a tip for you. When the 2 midget forwards are up against 2 brick s***houses of a central defence, try NOT to spend the match kicking balls to their heads. They will not be able to hold the ball up, Millwall will win back possession and we will be back on the defensive foot. Just a thought. It was no surprise that when the winner came it was when we were playing the ball to feet and dragging (slow) defenders out to places they couldn't recover from. Another great breakaway goal, with Tudgay having so much time he turns around, looks at the linesman, cannot believe he's onside, then trundles towards goal before dinking the ball superbly over the keeper. 200 Reds fans go ballistic. 200 Reds fans start hiding their scarves for the journey out of the ground.
Defence: After Crainie went off injured, Wiseman came on as centre half. I'll not knock him for the penalty, cos as I said, I didn't think it was one. But he was given a torrid time at by their brick s***house of a centre forward and he took an early booking. So fair play to him when, during a lull in proceedings, he trotted over to the bench, had a word, and before you knew it, him and Stones had swapped positions. Well done that man.
Keith Hill: Well done on putting out a team of triers. But the substitutions were a tad strange. Tudgay was a virtual passenger in that last half an hour. And Hill would have been hung had we not won, taking off O'Brien for no particular reason.
Sir Bobby: The crowd let him know - he is the love of their lives. Can anyone tell me the last match he played? Yes, that's right, Charlton away. Coincidence?
JINGLE BELLS JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE ALL THE WAY, OH WHAT FUN IT IS TO SEE BARNSLEY WIN AWAY, OHHH.....
* said a bloke on the train.
Further despatches:
Golbourne threaded the through ball for the goal - which looked offside. Or was it Tudgay's turn of pace???
And it was NEVER a penalty in a gazillion years. Absolutely outrageous.
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