We were pretty poor to be honest, and Barnsley looked far from relegation material.
All in all a draw is fair, we had our moments, but they were few and far between.
McCarthy - made a couple of decent saves, but his distribution is woeful....I found myself almost wishing Feds could get a couple of games at one point, I really don't think there's a great deal between them, and McCarthy will cost us at least one game this year if he keeps throwing the ball straight to the opposing strikers....
Gunter - had a good game again, looked just about our only threat when getting forward in the first half.
Pearce/Morrisson - pretty poor by their standards - Barnsley seemed to be able to cut through us at will at times...
Kelly - defensively Ok, but offered next to nothing going forward.
McCleary/HRK - neither produced a decent delivery all night. HRK marginally had the better game down to his goal.
Baird - poor game by his recent standards, provided little protection to the centre backs.
Guthrie - a good game, but prone to a few silly errors. Most of our good work was through him. Looked like he might have been struggling (injured?) when he came off.
ALF - had an OK game, should probably have scored in second half, but took one touch too many in my book. Was offside less than at the weekend.
Pog - another good game'. If we can keep him going like this, then he could go from zero to hero....
Akpan - made an immediate impact going forward, put ALF through for his chance.
McAnuff - looked rusty
Sharp - looked rusty
Can't believe how poor the attendance was - no atmosphere as a result (9084 the scoreboard showed I think).
Evening slightly marred by Scottish tosser who did nothing but moan about Pog (apparently we should be playing Sharp and ALF together), and then shouted for the ref to send McAnuff off when he wax booked - fortunately bloke in front of me took the initiative and told him to shut the oxf*rd up, but I was disappointed it didn't end in fisticuffs as it would probably have been more entertaining than the football.....
Back to Reading in well under three hours was a highlight.....
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Oh yeah, and getting a freebie courtesy of a comp ticket from Alex Pearce meant at least I didn't pay to watch that
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