Thoughts on today
We flattened Barnsley 4-0, we're top of the league, but the score could easily have ended 7-3.
So how were we? Great going forward, featuring the scintillating talent of Adel Taarabt, who didn't give Barnsley's defense and midfield time to breathe. He was brilliant all day long - and funnily enough, he learned to pass, too. Faurlin did everything right - bar a short early on that went well wide- while Derry kept the midfield motivated and marshalled the midfield.
Defense-wise, the defenders did well in desperate situations - and there were a couple of those moments thanks to some terrible cross-catching efforts by Paddy Kenny. Orr looked very useful, and Hall put in the fourth and looked OK. Liegertwood came on and helped to set up the fourth with a sublime pass to Ephraim, and Gorkss was fine. Didn't see much of Hill, to be fair.
Our biggest complaint going into today's game was up front. Despite a well-taken penalty and good work rate, Helguson contrived to miss two absolute sitters (a header and a missed-tap in that can only be seen to be believed). Jamie Mackie worked his socks off too - the fans still loved the fact that at 3-0, he ran back to retrieve a lost ball- and he profiteered from an horrific goalkeeping mistake from Barnsley's keeper.
Rating: 4/5
And Barnsley?I can understand why Barnsley would have been pissed off. They played some lovely football going forward, they hit the post from a 25-yard strike in the first half, the penalty given against them (the Taarabt one) was a little weak, and they hit the post straight after Helguson's finish put us up 1-0. Not only that, but they had a penalty denied when Hall was adjudged NOT to put his hand in the way of the ball, even though to everyone else in the ground, he did a bloody good impression of Kobe Bryant. Unfortunately for Barnsley, Mark Robins' defense is bloody awful. Something will have to change, or they'll be relegation candidates - which is a pity, considering their lovely football.
Rating: 2.5/5
We flattened Barnsley 4-0, we're top of the league, but the score could easily have ended 7-3.
So how were we? Great going forward, featuring the scintillating talent of Adel Taarabt, who didn't give Barnsley's defense and midfield time to breathe. He was brilliant all day long - and funnily enough, he learned to pass, too. Faurlin did everything right - bar a short early on that went well wide- while Derry kept the midfield motivated and marshalled the midfield.
Defense-wise, the defenders did well in desperate situations - and there were a couple of those moments thanks to some terrible cross-catching efforts by Paddy Kenny. Orr looked very useful, and Hall put in the fourth and looked OK. Liegertwood came on and helped to set up the fourth with a sublime pass to Ephraim, and Gorkss was fine. Didn't see much of Hill, to be fair.
Our biggest complaint going into today's game was up front. Despite a well-taken penalty and good work rate, Helguson contrived to miss two absolute sitters (a header and a missed-tap in that can only be seen to be believed). Jamie Mackie worked his socks off too - the fans still loved the fact that at 3-0, he ran back to retrieve a lost ball- and he profiteered from an horrific goalkeeping mistake from Barnsley's keeper.
Rating: 4/5
And Barnsley?I can understand why Barnsley would have been pissed off. They played some lovely football going forward, they hit the post from a 25-yard strike in the first half, the penalty given against them (the Taarabt one) was a little weak, and they hit the post straight after Helguson's finish put us up 1-0. Not only that, but they had a penalty denied when Hall was adjudged NOT to put his hand in the way of the ball, even though to everyone else in the ground, he did a bloody good impression of Kobe Bryant. Unfortunately for Barnsley, Mark Robins' defense is bloody awful. Something will have to change, or they'll be relegation candidates - which is a pity, considering their lovely football.
Rating: 2.5/5
spot on mate
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