Player ratings - Barnsley [A]

I’ll kick it off...

Starting XI:

Collin 8 - reliable as ever

Elliott 7 - solid
Webster 8 - dominant
Knight-Percival 8 - imperious
Iredale 9 - standout on his full debut

Scougall 8 - best performance yet
Jones 8 - kept things ticking over
Bridge 8 - pressed well and bagged the penalty

Thomas 8 - always dangerous
Loft 7 - worked his backside off
McKirdy 9 - nightmare for their back line

Substitutes:
Olomola 7 - put another good shift in
Hope 6 - kept the ball well, looked sharp
Hayden 6 - becoming a back-up striker

What an incredible night. Real team effort with some individual brilliance as we played them off the park. I’ll remember that one for a long time - get in there.

McKirdy seems to be getting better every game. Looking like a terrific signing so far.

Some dodgy passing at the back but great performance more of the same please.

Just goes to show - McKirdy when you look at his previous stats etc looked a bang average signing on paper but is turning out to be a real match-winner.

Maybe just maybe Pressley actually knows what he is doing!

beefsister wrote: Just goes to show - McKirdy when you look at his previous stats etc looked a bang average signing on paper but is turning out to be a real match-winner.

Maybe just maybe Pressley actually knows what he is doing!

Because players need to play every week be part of a team play in positions that suit them and the style of football that suits them,
Young players especially get bits and bobs of games filling in here and there and often cannot fulfill potential often feeling under pressure to perform as the bloke they are replacing is back next week or maybe the manager is a bit of a tinkerer like KC who had Devitt and Wyke in and out of team for a good while as examples once they got regular spots became favourites and bare in mind Devitt was already proven player...With Sheridan, Yates and Nadesan played every week after a while look how they flourished there stats probably went great at league level

It's amazing what a bit of faith and time can reward you with with inexperienced players

A few premier league clubs could do with adopting this train of thought.