Match Thread Barnsley v Blades

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Blend-it-like-Harris said:
Robinson is a top class signing and looks value for money, and Didsy confirmed yet again what a class act he is. Impressive start from Ben Osborn too, and a more convincing performance from Freeman. Another surprising performance from Lunny, and he's starting to win me over. Apart from that dodgy spell I thought Ollie played well overall. We made Barnsley look much less than I suspect they are, and I think they'll be OK in the Champ. Hendo had nowt to do really.
The cameo from Morrison looked promising. If he clicks and stays focussed then I might consider breaking the habit of a lifetime and visiting one of those Betting shops you see all over the bleedin' place these days. What's the odds against a top 12 finish?
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I think people would be foolish to write Luton, Barnsley and Charlton off this season.

Charlton looked very good in the playoff games, Luton were a standout and hardly batted an eyelid after losing their manager, and Barnsley were always there, have backing and looked decent today.

Think the three teams that go down from the Championship will be teams that were there last season.
 
Baldock is strong as fuck. Definitely been in the gym. Weightsing every fucker in the past 2 games.
 
bromtom said:
I think people would be foolish to write Luton, Barnsley and Charlton off this season.

Charlton looked very good in the playoff games, Luton were a standout and hardly batted an eyelid after losing their manager, and Barnsley were always there, have backing and looked decent today.

Think the three teams that go down from the Championship will be teams that were there last season.
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Like the Prem then?...😈
 
Pinchy said:
As I have always said, Baldock is a very good player. Far better than Freeman.
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I really don't get the haste to get him out of the side from some.

People say holgate, who would cost 10m.plus. is he really any better?
 
Scooter_mcgavin said:
I really don't get the haste to get him out of the side from some.

People say holgate, who would cost 10m.plus. is he really any better?
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Baldock needs to work on just that one pass at the end of a move, everything else is great. He's a quality defender, fast, strong, tenacious, fit. Gets in good positions and works well with our other players.

Pass selection is surely a small thing to work on, he's been getting better every season anyway, he's one of the players I have no concerns over regards stepping up.
 
bromtom said:
Baldock needs to work on just that one pass at the end of a move, everything else is great. He's a quality defender, fast, strong, tenacious, fit. Gets in good positions and works well with our other players.

Pass selection is surely a small thing to work on, he's been getting better every season anyway, he's one of the players I have no concerns over regards stepping up.
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Unfortunately it’s not that small or he would have sorted it by now. As I have said previously he needs to stop crossing and start passing the ball.
 
As others have said its a friendly and getting up to speed is the key. Players looked sharper than Chesterfield. Barnsley were tidy in patches but we swamped them in the middle. Strange midfield formation to start Lundstram seemed to be further forward than the other two at times. Looks like the tactic for Bournemouth will be to start with these three and then bring Freeman on after an hour as we did to-day. Offensively we may be found wanting with this formation against premiership opposition.

Barnsley started the second half well after we dominated possession for most of the first half and scored a good breakaway goal. Unfortunately its the type of goal I can see us conceding often this coming season unless we find a player who can break opposition attacks up in the middle. In the current squad the only one anywhere near this seems to be Lundstram but he's not playing this position and was just getting back to his feet up front when Barnsley broke away and scored.

In the past when we have dominated games and then conceded out of the blue it has taken time to get back into the game but we now have a player who can score a goal out of nothing in Robinson and thats what he did immediately for the second.

The introduction of Freeman brought balance to the side and Fleck who'd had a good game suddenly had a midfield runner in front of him at No. 10. The third goal was quality and we looked much more of a threat with Freeman in front of Norwood and Fleck capped off by Freemans adding the fourth. Some nice touches from Ravel and an excellent debut by Osborn.

Early days but the formation that finished the game you would expect to be the one that starts against Palace. It will be a big step up from the likes of Chezzy and Barnsley but encouraging that the new players were the scorers to-day.
 

Thought Barnsley were absolutely awful to be honest.

0-7 wouldn't have flattered us and we weren't even trying.
 
What’s up with Jack ? Did he play at all ?
 
IOM Blade said:
Love that kit, especially in full lumo, shorts an all. We seemed to play much better in yellow shorts - think we only lost once when wearing them at Derby. Glad we are keeping the kit on this season.
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I think we should adopt it and always have it in our kit bag whether it be as a second or third kit.
 
CarlMcBlade said:
This

This one hasn’t got Door Deals on the back in Hammer House of Horror writing.
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Haha, true nuff. Just can't see us re-releasing it because they'd want to charge full price and they know it'd look bad on the club.
 
Might upset one or two on here but I’m seriously concerned that Lundstram seems to even be near the starting 11. Don’t shoot me down all you lovers but we really do need better next season. If I’m wrong I’ll hold my hands up and pat the lad on the back
 
Paddy1 said:
Might upset one or two on here but I’m seriously concerned that Lundstram seems to even be near the starting 11. Don’t shoot me down all you lovers but we really do need better next season. If I’m wrong I’ll hold my hands up and pat the lad on the back
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At the beginning of pre-season I was of the same thinking pal, but from why I’ve seen of him (I saw the Betis and Barnsley games) I think I can see wilders thinking and I have to say, I think Lunny has done really well. Particularly off the ball as someone else mentioned, but also his work on the ball has been good for me (assists yesterday).

Norwood on the other hand, for me, could be the next player that we outgrow. That might be a very unpopular opinion but I think in the prem games will pass him by and he won’t bring as much to the party.

We will see I suppose.
 
Birdwell Blade said:
At the beginning of pre-season I was of the same thinking pal, but from why I’ve seen of him (I saw the Betis and Barnsley games) I think I can see wilders thinking and I have to say, I think Lunny has done really well. Particularly off the ball as someone else mentioned, but also his work on the ball has been good for me (assists yesterday).

Norwood on the other hand, for me, could be the next player that we outgrow. That might be a very unpopular opinion but I think in the prem games will pass him by and he won’t bring as much to the party.

We will see I suppose.
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Interesting observation and one thought by his last 2 clubs when in our current position.
As you say time will tell.
I'm interested to see how Lunny shows.
 
Addison said:
As others have said its a friendly and getting up to speed is the key. Players looked sharper than Chesterfield. Barnsley were tidy in patches but we swamped them in the middle. Strange midfield formation to start Lundstram seemed to be further forward than the other two at times. Looks like the tactic for Bournemouth will be to start with these three and then bring Freeman on after an hour as we did to-day. Offensively we may be found wanting with this formation against premiership opposition.

Barnsley started the second half well after we dominated possession for most of the first half and scored a good breakaway goal. Unfortunately its the type of goal I can see us conceding often this coming season unless we find a player who can break opposition attacks up in the middle. In the current squad the only one anywhere near this seems to be Lundstram but he's not playing this position and was just getting back to his feet up front when Barnsley broke away and scored.

In the past when we have dominated games and then conceded out of the blue it has taken time to get back into the game but we now have a player who can score a goal out of nothing in Robinson and thats what he did immediately for the second.

The introduction of Freeman brought balance to the side and Fleck who'd had a good game suddenly had a midfield runner in front of him at No. 10. The third goal was quality and we looked much more of a threat with Freeman in front of Norwood and Fleck capped off by Freemans adding the fourth. Some nice touches from Ravel and an excellent debut by Osborn.

Early days but the formation that finished the game you would expect to be the one that starts against Palace. It will be a big step up from the likes of Chezzy and Barnsley but encouraging that the new players were the scorers to-day.
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Freeman is a quality player. So is Robinson, So is Jags. So is Osborn.

Morrison can be..

Mousset - why not? Wilder doesn't waste/punt all that money (whatever the fee) and buy so shrewdly for all the others.
 
Nick Jansky said:
What were your thoughts on Lundstram?
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tbh - I didn't go to the game. I watched most of the highlights on the stream posted by Barnsley FC (well done Barnsley btw! - that was appreciated). It wasn't a great stream at first, very fuzzy. Then I realised it was because my Grandma has been using this computer looking at knitting porn and she gets bad hay fever this time of year and had sneezed several times over the screen.

I didn't realise he was even playing for about 15 minutes - then I saw the number 7 and he cluttered into a few players, bowling them over and getting a foul against him in the first instance, but ploughing a guy over in the next instance and getting away with it. I saw him do a very good pass and retrieve, a one-two, that took him into the box and he pulled it back lovely for one of our strikers. I think these were the highlights that I saw from his entire performance. To be fair, I thought he looked o.k. I thought as a team though we looked a lot better and more balanced when he came off and Freeman came on. The only thing I'd say is that I still think our team is a bit lop-sided. We look really good down the left - but much weaker on the right hand side, going forward. And unfortunately Lunny didn't do much to change that.
 

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