Barnsley Away 12th Jan

Score? Were bubbles being blown?

 

Wasn’t it Barnsley where Gordon Watson scored that brilliant header, tues night game, the season we went up to the prem? There always seemed to be a reasonable ‘rapport’ between the clubs after that game where they went up playing us at Oakwell, remember that one.

 

Jacko had one happy monkey....

 

1-2 to the good guys
Went a goal down early 10 mins, then after HT Hartson leveled. Lamps came off the bench with 15 to go and got a winner within a minute. Happy days

 

If I had a quid etc.

 

I can see us taking quite a few over, tbh. We did take 3,100 over a few seasons back in L1.

Train return is £13 - but rail strikes could be a concern. Better off checking nearer the time.

Torchy has a couple of coaches going over - £15 (£13 to members).

 

I understand the Corn Dolly are running a coach anyone struggling with transport could give this lad a bell, nothing to lose, I don't have details as were going by car.

Ring Andy on +44 7596 156686

 

Northern Rail have confirmed that the RMT are striking every Saturday up to the end of January.
A mate who is a train driver has told me the RMT are planning to strike on every Saturday up to the end of May. But the can only schedule the strike days so far in advance.

 

He did. It was the game that lit his Barnsley career. Remember watching that and how we cruised the first 30 minutes and didn't turn up for the second half!!

 

700 sold So far

 

Remember the games in the 70's when there was little 'bonhomie' between the supporters of each club !!

 

I do, and our lot were far from innocent...

 

Yeh always the 600 seater Special Train, with the wonderful air conditioning on the way home due to the windows being smashed. Don't think Barnsley fans came to VP back then though for some reason...

 

for some reason, I remember one of the special trains costing 48p return.

 

Good evening Fellow City Gents,

I had some spare time this evening so I did a bit of research for the upcoming game against Barnsley just out of interest more than anything.

I've developed a bit of an obsession predicting scores within our league this season haha (sad t**t)

Thought I'd share - hope you like it:


LEAGUE POSITIONS:

Barnsley: 4th
Bradford: 20th


LAST SIX LEAGUE MATCHES

In a game full of ifs, buts and maybes: I will start off with an outline of both teams performances over their last 6 league outings:

CITY

V Plymouth DRAW
V Walsall WIN
V Scunthorpe WIN
V Sunderland LOSE
V Rochdale WIN
V Stanley WIN

TOTAL GOALS SCORED: 16
TOTAL GOALS CONCEDED: 4


BARNSLEY

V Wycombe LOSE
V Portsmouth DRAW
V Blackpool WIN
V Peterborough WIN
V Charlton WIN
V Luton DRAW

TOTAL GOALS SCORED: 6
TOTAL GOALS CONCEDED: 3


IN DEPTH ANALYSIS:

So yes, we know that Bradford have scored 10 more goals than Barnsley in their last 6 matches.
We also know that Bradford have only conceded 4 in their last 6 matches (only 1 goal in the last 5 games in fact).

With Barnsley scoring 6 and conceding 3.
HOWEVER, we can also note that City's previous 6 games have come against 4 teams who sit in the bottom half of the table and only 2 teams in the top half.

When looking at Barnsley's previous 6 games we can see that all their 6 games have come against teams which are in the top half of the table (4 out of the top seven!)


POTENTIAL IMPACT FACTORS:

Fa Cup 3rd round

Barnsley play premier league outfit Burnley this Saturday in the FA Cup - they won't have the advantage of a 5 day rest (Hopkin has told his City players to rest until next Monday as a reward for their good performances over the busy Christmas period).

In this big 3rd Round FA CUP clash, I believe Barnsley will 'fancy their chances' and as such will play a maximum strength team. This in turn could impact on the teams recovery for the city game and lead to potential injuries both of which could work in City's favour.

Local Derby:

With 2,500 travelling fans at Rochdale - we can predict a large away following for the bantams. It looks likely the game will have a big attendance.


PREVIOUS ENCOUNTER

City lost 2-1 to a 10 man Barnsley team in November. We can all recall a very well organised team - I would say one of the best, if not the best we have played this season.


FIXTURE COMPARISONS

City lost to Sunderland 1-0 (should have been 1-1)

Barnsley lost to Sunderland 4-2


JANUARY TRANSFER WINDOW

With the transfer window open both teams will be looking to strengthen. Barnsley are rumoured to be looking for a replacement striker, could this be finalised in time for Bradfords visit?


INJURIES

Hopkin states that Lewis O'Brien is unlikely to miss this fixture after leaving the field following a heavy challenge which resulted in stitches. Bradford are more than likely going to have a fully fit squad to chose from ahead of their trip to Barnsley.
Will Barnsley have the same advantage following their FA Cup game?


VERDICT

A tricky fixture, however I predict GOALS as I don't expect Barnsley to sit back and be quiet if we are fortunate enough to continue our goal scoring form.

With this in mind: I predict

2-2 DRAW

Although I hope we can get the 3 points! #CTID

Happy New Year to you all
Come on city!
CARTS

 

Solid work, I personally think we'll lose 2 1.

Their five match unbeaten run includes very, very tough teams, and there's a big difference between beating on-form sides with real quality than half-assed mid table sides and dross like Oxford and Rochdale.

 

Agree here. I think they are a very good team and we'll do well to get a point. For me, along with Portsmouth and Sunderland they are the only teams obviously better than us 'man for man'.

However, they have tended to struggle against teams who press and hassle them - so their style could fall into our hands

 

So another train strike, I thought that an agreement has been made to keep the guards on the trains so what are they striking for now?

 

Because they don't want to work if there is a 'Y' in the day...

 

Not particularly relevant, but the 2-1 win was in the EFL Trophy. We fielded Devine, Wright and Seedorf, so not our strongest side - though still relatively strong considering. The league result was 2-0 to them, and personally, they've been the best team I've seen this season by a country-mile. I'm hoping we can at least snatch a draw though.