Yorkshire Relish. Away to Barnsley Sat Apr 12th 3-0'clock.

[TANGODANCER]

A potential spicy affair over the border. A twelve point advantage might indicate a win for the Whites on paper, but we're at the Oakwell and as the man says, we play on grass! and the Tykes await us with naught to lose and won't be in a mood for doing favours. Rotherham's boss admitted they were second best to us, but they got the points, so what benefit? Another Que-Sera-Sera magic affair, or a glorified Punch and Judy show. Choice is yours but few folk will risk their mortgage on the result.

Head East as the crow flies and Barnsley is where we'll land, so up and at em!

[BWFC_Insane]

Feels to me like a bunch of dead rubbers now. Roll on the summer and rebuild.

[TANGODANCER]

Feels to me like a bunch of dead rubbers now. Roll on the summer and rebuild.

Feels to me like we should fight to the last whistle. That's what it's all about surely? If I think otherwise, why bother supporting ? If we end the season obviously trying, great. We support (look up the meaning of the word) the club and players we have otherwise we're just Manchester United fans in miniature.



Edit: Will Forrester's hamstring injury has ruled him out for the rest of the League One season.

[Prufrock]

It makes him happy. We're two points off the play offs but he loves a Monday "I told you we were doomed". Whatever makes you happy.

[Armchair Wanderer]

Barnsley seem to be having a slightly worse season than they have recently. After the playoffs last time you could say similar to Bolton this season, but a bit worse from the table.

Is the away end still roofless? Might be a good day to go tomorrow, sunny. It's rained pretty constantly whenever I've been.

From a footballing point of view, I'm not against Baxter playing in goal but I miss the score predictions. Maybe someone else can step up!?

When was the last draw? Not for a while it feels like. I'll go with 0-1. Randell from the halfway line, absolute screamer. Santos returns and it feels like last season again. Actually, the defence is so solid it'd have to be 0-3. Randell, McAtee and Morley.

[Harry Genshaw]

The away end hasn't been roofless for a while has it? I've not been there for years but it always looks like a roof on there from games on the box.

Could be anything this. If we play like we did on Tuesday we'll win, if we sink back to Evatt ball we'll lose. I'll be optimistic and say 2-1 win.

[Armchair Wanderer]

You know when it feels like you couldn't get any wetter? That away end will always be roofless in my mind.

I just meant last season in terms of position in the table. The change was long overdue. I've been thinking about the "squad's too big" comments from January, for me that's my one "beef". Thinking about it, it's probably a good thing for the long term that no new players came in, but you can't win the league with a small squad so that comment doesn't make sense to me. Especially with games coming thick and fast and injuries, and the front two having to play most of the minutes. I'm sure there was discussion at the time and wheels were already in motion, no money, etc, but I wish he hadn't used those words!

[Worthy4England]

The league table isn't a bad guide at this stage. We win more than we lose but it's only 57% to 43% (horrendous). On any given Saturday we can pretty much do either. Gonna toss a coin.

[TonyDomingos]

It was roofless when I last went there: 1988 in the Cup!

[TANGODANCER]

It was roofless when I last went there: 1988 in the Cup!

Roofless? After years of standing on the embankment at Burnden, hail rain and snow, we became immune to weather.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

None of the five contenders for the final playoff slot are at home – Blackpool off again, the other four away.

The other three contenders active tomorrow visit teams in the bottom six; we're at the point where it's debatable whether it's better to face a mid-table team in flipflops or a battler fighting for their lives. I suspect the answer depends on your predilection. Barnsley are a better team than Burton, but are they showing it?

Answer's the same as it always was - keep winning, see what happens. Even if promotion's off the agenda - and only the most fatuous attention-seeker would claim that's definitively the case - these players may be playing for their future under the newish gaffer.
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[BWFC_Insane]

None of the five contenders for the final playoff slot are at home – Blackpool off again, the other four away.

The other three contenders active tomorrow visit teams in the bottom six; we're at the point where it's debatable whether it's better to face a mid-table team in flipflops or a battler fighting for their lives. I suspect the answer depends on your predilection. Barnsley are a better team than Burton, but are they showing it?

Answer's the same as it always was - keep winning, see what happens. Even if promotion's off the agenda - and only the most fatuous attention-seeker would claim that's definitively the case - these players may be playing for their future under the newish gaffer.
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I completely get what you are saying but I don’t think a single poster on this forum believes we are going up this season. Maybe they do and I’d be surprised but I just think we all know deep down it’s not happening.

[TANGODANCER]

Still very much "Best laid schemes of mice and men, oft gang aglay", as the man said (Robbie Burns ?) , with no money back guarantees. They'll be desperate to (im)prove points and we'll have to be right up for it. Not much more we can do than give our best. The rest is clear as treacle till 5-o clock tomorrow. I'll risk a 3-1 us forecast (maybe two or three nil? )

COME ON YOU WHITES....

[truewhite15]

None of the five contenders for the final playoff slot are at home – Blackpool off again, the other four away.

The other three contenders active tomorrow visit teams in the bottom six; we're at the point where it's debatable whether it's better to face a mid-table team in flipflops or a battler fighting for their lives. I suspect the answer depends on your predilection. Barnsley are a better team than Burton, but are they showing it?

Answer's the same as it always was - keep winning, see what happens. Even if promotion's off the agenda - and only the most fatuous attention-seeker would claim that's definitively the case - these players may be playing for their future under the newish gaffer.
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I completely get what you are saying but I don’t think a single poster on this forum believes we are going up this season. Maybe they do and I’d be surprised but I just think we all know deep down it’s not happening.

I think there's a chance of us going up. In the same way that there's a chance for Reading, Huddersfield, Charlton, Stockport, Wycombe and Weexham. Yes, the chances are higher for most of those. But we're in with a shout.

There was a sense of certainty that we were going up last season, and we saw how that ended up. Meanwhile, Oxford, who stumbled into the playoffs at the last minute from a similar position to us right now, got promoted and aren't doing awfully in the league above right now.

It's a funny old game.

[Prufrock]

Exactly. It's unlikely we'll go up, but also double digit % chance. So who knows. Far weirder things have happened in sport.

[BWFC_Insane]

None of the five contenders for the final playoff slot are at home – Blackpool off again, the other four away.

The other three contenders active tomorrow visit teams in the bottom six; we're at the point where it's debatable whether it's better to face a mid-table team in flipflops or a battler fighting for their lives. I suspect the answer depends on your predilection. Barnsley are a better team than Burton, but are they showing it?

Answer's the same as it always was - keep winning, see what happens. Even if promotion's off the agenda - and only the most fatuous attention-seeker would claim that's definitively the case - these players may be playing for their future under the newish gaffer.
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I completely get what you are saying but I don’t think a single poster on this forum believes we are going up this season. Maybe they do and I’d be surprised but I just think we all know deep down it’s not happening.

I think there's a chance of us going up. In the same way that there's a chance for Reading, Huddersfield, Charlton, Stockport, Wycombe and Weexham. Yes, the chances are higher for most of those. But we're in with a shout.

There was a sense of certainty that we were going up last season, and we saw how that ended up. Meanwhile, Oxford, who stumbled into the playoffs at the last minute from a similar position to us right now, got promoted and aren't doing awfully in the league above right now.

It's a funny old game.

There was a sense of certainty we’d fall short last season imho. And thus it played out.

You can simply look at the crowd the last two home games and how it’s felt. You can sort of tell when people think you are in a run in where you are in with a real chance and those crowds were both quite quiet and muted. Not a huge buzz of anticipation even after beating Wigan.

There is a mathematical chance we go up for sure. But don’t think we will? If someone said you’ve got to bet your house on the outcome and it’s your gut feeling - I can’t think many would bet the house on promotion.

[Bertie Wooster]

I can't think that many would bet £50 never mind their house. This current team do not have the character or characters to get promoted.

I really hope that I'm proved wrong, but I certainly fancy us to finally get out of League 1 next season, when SS hopefully brings in some steel, some pace, some physicality and some proper leaders.

[BWFC_Insane]

I can't think that many would bet £50 never mind their house. This current team do not have the character or characters to get promoted.

I really hope that I'm proved wrong, but I certainly fancy us to finally get out of League 1 next season, when SS hopefully brings in some steel, some pace, some physicality and some proper leaders.

Yeah it’s all about next season for me. Excited to see what Schumacher can do. I just hope he’s given the right tools and resources. I think it’s a totally different situation next season. It’s a shame he came in so late. Even a few weeks earlier and I think we’d have had a chance this season. We just needed different January signings - even just a proper striker might have been enough to give us a shot.

[Mar]

We can all say its about next season for getting promoted and progressing the club, but as it stands we've still got a chance this season.

It's an outside chance, but lets hope they give it a damn good go. Last season we should've gone up, this season we don't deserve to go up. So swings and round abouts lets hope they do it this season.

[Prufrock]

Other than if I could find a bookie riding his bike who'd offer me odds on Birmingham, I wouldn't bet my house on anyone going up.