‘Bunny’s too tight to mention.’
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| It's a sign (literally!) Come on you Reds! |
With Bob back in Vienna, normal service was resumed with the Reds back to deserved winning ways against local traveller outfit Doncaster Rovers. In fact, the only surprise was it took 81 minutes to score, as we battered them in the 1st half only to come in scoreless. It coulda been 4 or 5, but for some great saves and poor finishing. Shame then (for the keeper) that when we finally made the breakthrough, it was his fault, as he pushed a soft Hourihane effort into the path of substitute Fletcher. Game over.
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| A damp day matchday. |
There was only one (enforced) change to the team, with Long having returned to Burnley, we upped our quota of Barnsley players in the starting XI to eight; Roberts was back, with Nyatanga on the bench. And aside from an early misunderstanding with Mawson which nearly let Donny in, he was generally solid. Or at least as solid as I’ve seen him. His distribution was poor at times though; Chris Morganesque.
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| The teams come out. |
Bree also looked a bit iffy at times, while it was a shame to see Aidey White get crippled. Although a poor tackle which rightly brought a yellow card, I don’t think their lad meant to harm him. Hope he’s back soon. His replacement, Williams, didn’t look great either. Still, for all that, we were in complete control and although we tailed off after the break, we could still bring on Fletcher and Scowen (for Isgrove and Brownhill) thereby upping the tempo and grabbing the winner.
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| Toby! Toby! |
Winnall continued his goal drought (nought in two) despite several chances, but he was in a positive frame, staying on his feet, etc. Hourihane again made tackles (who is this new bloke?) but his corner delivery was unimpressive, gently dinking them to the keeper. Oh, and what did he do with a free kick? Well, he kicked it over the bar of course. Why is he still allowed to shoot from free kicks? Surely we have other players who can also kick a ball over the bar?
*** Hammill. Who else? Head and shoulders above everyone else, as he has been since he came. Ripped them apart 1st half, brought a superb save from the keeper, tipping a 20 yarder round the post, as well as whipping in crosses and beating players all day long. So we stopped passing to him 2nd half. Twitter MOTM.
** Hourihane. Controlled central mid and got the shot in for Fletcher to score.
* Fletcher of Man U. Supersub does it again. What a player to be able to bring on and fair play to the management for leaving on Watkins and Winnall and really going for it.
Londontykes Top 3:
1. Hammill
2. Hourihane
3. Mawson
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| 'Barnsley's a sh*thole'. Oh, the irony. |
Despatches:It’s been a while since the away support have hit us with an early round of ‘Barnsley’s a sh*thole’ and it’s always hilarious when it comes from fans of a town (city) as salubrious as Doncaster. Still, he who crows last crows longest and I did enjoy ‘Donny’s a sh*thole, I’m glad we’re at home’.
Drink du jour: vodka and orange or JD and coke. Yes, fell asleep and missed my stop, but only by one. (I think my subconscious self heard ‘Peckham Library’ and I burst into life)
Away: 1,421. Good turnout from Donny, though they didn’t seem to have much other than those half hearted chants about what a grim place Barnsley is. Meantime, we had 1500 more home fans than usually turn out, which must have been a surprise to BFC as programmes had run out before kick-off.
On a related to nothing else note, I worked out yesterday that BFC have won their last 5 home league games I’ve seen, as well as the last 4 away games I’ve been to. I ought to be sponsored to attend. (ps, I’ll not be at Bury or Crewe, so expect the worst.)
Onwards and upwards!
The Damage:
19.10 travel
2 fanzine
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| Aidey White is carried off. |
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| The Ponty v Donny. |
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| The view towards the away end. |
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| Match action. |
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| Home time! |
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