BF I follow Barnsley

[Fox Talbot]

Richards MOM For me. Looks tougher, more mature, more confident, bigger?? than last season.

Meite is never going to be a really great player but his zest and eye for goal is very welcome.

Read somewhere that in this league if you’re in the top two after seven games you’ve got a 50% chance of going up. Almost every season one of the top two at this point goes up.

Mustn’t grumble about results so far and we did play very well v Derby.

[Lower West]

Meite is never going to be a really great player but his zest and eye for goal is very welcome.

Still only 24. In a better team will excel.

[Zip]

Meite is never going to be a really great player but his zest and eye for goal is very welcome.

Still only 24. In a better team will excel.

He is improving all the time. Interesting team selection for Paunovic next Saturday. Does Yak start? If he does then who drops out?

[JR]

A truly woeful, awful win,. The first half not a shot on target, gifted two really dubious reds especially the second.

Cabral - 7 one good save kept us in, but poor distribution.
Araruna - 5 sloppy.
Morrison - 6 better but a bit slow.
Moore - 5 not good enough.
Richards - 4 wont be here long.
Rinomhota - 6 fair, but needs to get his fitness back
Laurent - 4 cant see the point.
Swift - 4 better we cash him in quick, very poor.
Olise - 8 a great strike, classy player but needs to get more involved.
Ejaria -5 tricky but no end product
Joao - 4 Rubbish.

Meite - 7 made the difference.
Aluko - 6 a few flashes of potential, and put in some great crosses.
Puscas- 4 too greedy, not up to the championship, move him on.

“A truly awful, woeful win”

Please leave this board and don’t come back if that’s your attitude.

[Jack Celliers]

Meite is never going to be a really great player but his zest and eye for goal is very welcome.

Still only 24. In a better team will excel.

I got told on Friday, "you'll do well this season. You've got Meite haven't you." From a Millwall fan. If you score goals and are big and quick you will get noticed at this level.

[paultheroyal]

http://barnsleyfc.org.uk/threads/my-god-reading-are-bad.295371/

That is a car crash of a thread. What a bunch of mongs.

[Stranded]

If the flag hadn't incorrectly gone up against Swift in the first few minutes, we would likely have been 1 up early and a different game. Barnsley pressed brilliantly but we kept drawing fouls, whilst the first red was a bit lucky, I think we would have seen them lose a man eventually.

Defensively we looked pretty solid under pressure, Rafael had what 1 save to make. It was a sloppy performance but with enough flashes of quality to not get too het up over. We won't face too many teams pressing with such high intensity.

Think that's a pretty optimistic view of Swift breaking given he fluffed at least 1 if not 2 breaks against Derby and there was a defender right up with him.

Plus if my auntie had bollox etc.

Same could be used to counter the ‘we’d never have won if they hadn’t had 2 sent off’. They did, and one of the cards seems to have been the direct result of a tactical ploy by the manager !

Glad someone picked up on my point.

[Snowball]

Meite is never going to be a really great player but his zest and eye for goal is very welcome.

Still only 24. In a better team will excel.

Sheffield Utd?

[Snowball]

Meite is never going to be a really great player but his zest and eye for goal is very welcome.

Still only 24. In a better team will excel.

He is improving all the time. Interesting team selection for Paunovic next Saturday. Does Yak start? If he does then who drops out?

Swift?

[Zip]

Still only 24. In a better team will excel.

He is improving all the time. Interesting team selection for Paunovic next Saturday. Does Yak start? If he does then who drops out?

Swift?

It’s a big call.

[WestYorksRoyal]

I just feel inherently negative as a Reading fan recently. Our style of play isn't quite suited to being at home. We didn't cope with pressing in the 1st half. We only won because of red cards. Charlton started last season well and they went down.

I'm not sure how rational these thoughts are. Ultimately several years of dire football have ground me down. I'm now so cynical that I won't be excited until we're 12 points clear. Which is sad. 2 wins from 2 should be cause for excitement

[tidus_mi2]

http://barnsleyfc.org.uk/threads/my-god-reading-are-bad.295371/

That is a car crash of a thread. What a bunch of mongs.

The Barnsley lot have always come off like that, last season they were very outwardly celebrating Wigan's administration and point deduction that kept them up. I feel most other clubs in that situation would have been a lot more humble.

[Lower West]

Meite is never going to be a really great player but his zest and eye for goal is very welcome.

Still only 24. In a better team will excel.

He is improving all the time. Interesting team selection for Paunovic next Saturday. Does Yak start? If he does then who drops out?

Ejaria.

[Hendo]

He is improving all the time. Interesting team selection for Paunovic next Saturday. Does Yak start? If he does then who drops out?

Swift?

It’s a big call.

Possibly the right call and move either Ovie or Olise in where they are more suited.

[Snowflake Royal]

If the flag hadn't incorrectly gone up against Swift in the first few minutes, we would likely have been 1 up early and a different game. Barnsley pressed brilliantly but we kept drawing fouls, whilst the first red was a bit lucky, I think we would have seen them lose a man eventually.

Defensively we looked pretty solid under pressure, Rafael had what 1 save to make. It was a sloppy performance but with enough flashes of quality to not get too het up over. We won't face too many teams pressing with such high intensity.

Think that's a pretty optimistic view of Swift breaking given he fluffed at least 1 if not 2 breaks against Derby and there was a defender right up with him.

Plus if my auntie had bollox etc.

Same could be used to counter the ‘we’d never have won if they hadn’t had 2 sent off’. They did, and one of the cards seems to have been the direct result of a tactical ploy by the manager !

Absolutely, which is why I don't think you'll find me saying we wouldn't have won without the reds, but that we were somewhat lucky to get the reds and took advantage of them.

[Nameless]

Think that's a pretty optimistic view of Swift breaking given he fluffed at least 1 if not 2 breaks against Derby and there was a defender right up with him.

Plus if my auntie had bollox etc.

Same could be used to counter the ‘we’d never have won if they hadn’t had 2 sent off’. They did, and one of the cards seems to have been the direct result of a tactical ploy by the manager !

Absolutely, which is why I don't think you'll find me saying we wouldn't have won without the reds, but that we were somewhat lucky to get the reds and took advantage of them.

And why no one suggested you did...
Not sure why luck was involved. First one Joao was tripped by the last defender with a clear run on goal, second one was handball when ona yellow....

[CountryRoyal]

http://barnsleyfc.org.uk/threads/my-god-reading-are-bad.295371/

That is a car crash of a thread. What a bunch of mongs.

The Barnsley lot have always come off like that, last season they were very outwardly celebrating Wigan's administration and point deduction that kept them up. I feel most other clubs in that situation would have been a lot more humble.

Their forum does seem to be an amplified collection of their biggest tools. Always had good interactions with them in person.

[Snowflake Royal]

Same could be used to counter the ‘we’d never have won if they hadn’t had 2 sent off’. They did, and one of the cards seems to have been the direct result of a tactical ploy by the manager !

Absolutely, which is why I don't think you'll find me saying we wouldn't have won without the reds, but that we were somewhat lucky to get the reds and took advantage of them.

And why no one suggested you did...
Not sure why luck was involved. First one Joao was tripped by the last defender with a clear run on goal, second one was handball when ona yellow....

Last defender is an irrelevance.

For me, Joao was never beating the keeper to the ball, which makes it not a clear goalscoring opportunity, which makes it not a red.

I think what tipped the ref into the red is that there had already been one challenge taking down a player (Olise) trying to break through on goal (but who had absolutely no chance of getting to the ball first), so given this was closer and he'd already got a hard time from us on the first one he took the slightly easier option.

Also think it's hard to say the second was an arm in an unnatural position, but the game was already done by that point.

[Snowflake Royal]

Meite is never going to be a really great player but his zest and eye for goal is very welcome.

Still only 24. In a better team will excel.

He is improving all the time. Interesting team selection for Paunovic next Saturday. Does Yak start? If he does then who drops out?

Yes. Should be Swift.

Quiet against Derby. Bad against Barnsley. Not effective as a No 10, can't play wide right or wide left.

Will probably be Olise or Laurent.

I'd go
......Rino, Laurent
Meite, Olise, Ejaria
............Joao

I guess Velcro will go

.......Rino, Olise
Meite, Swift, Ejaria

[Lower West]

Still only 24. In a better team will excel.

He is improving all the time. Interesting team selection for Paunovic next Saturday. Does Yak start? If he does then who drops out?

Yes. Should be Swift.

Quiet against Derby. Bad against Barnsley. Not effective as a No 10, can't play wide right or wide left.

Will probably be Olise or Laurent.

I'd go
......Rino, Laurent
Meite, Olise, Ejaria
............Joao

I guess Velcro will go

.......Rino, Olise
Meite, Swift, Ejaria

Neither option looked balanced. Same old problem of shoe horning players into a formation. Poor recruitment policy is very apparent.