Match Thread: Barnsley v Watford

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Barnsley 1 v 1 Watford
Marvin Sordell - 37 mín. 0:1
Andy Gray - 57 mín. 1:1



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The Tykes play host again for their second match after the international break and Watford travel up the M1 to Yorkshire for their first visit of the season.

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Barnsley

• The Manager – Keith Hill



Talking about the LeicesterCity game. “I'm happy with the performance - not happy with the reward. I'm really encouraged. The progression we've made as a squad was evident in that performance. We were expected to lose today. It's a great performance and it takes us to the next game which is a pressure-game.”

And the Watford match as well. "I would imagine there'll be a little bit of pressure on us to perform and get a result, and Watford will come here, sit deep, deny us space and try and get the twelfth man, the crowd, to support their strategy, rather than our crowd be patient with our strategy.”

• The Tykes

Luke Steele
Bobby Hassell
James McEveley
Stephen Foster
Jim McNulty
James O'Brien
David Perkins
Jacob Butterfield
Nathan Doyle for Danny Drinkwater - 83 mín.
Ricardo Vaz Te for Cameron Park - 76 mín.
Andy Gray - 57 mín.

Substitutes:
David Preece
Scott Wiseman
Nathan Doyle
Alistair Taylor
Ricardo Vaz Te

Update on the Tykes’ statistics

WATFORD​

• The Manager – Sean Dyche

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“At last the monkey's off our back. I thought we were very thorough in our performance levels today and we got what we deserved which we haven't done so far this season. We work hard as a group and the players are very responsive to what we do."

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“Our back five were excellent today. We have bags of honesty and there was plenty of effort. We have believed in our performance levels despite the results. I think they have been decent this season so far and our players think they have been decent as well. There's been no unease and they believe in what they do.”​

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• The Hornets

Scott Loach
Carl Dickinson
Martin Taylor
Adrian Mariappa
Lloyd Doyley
John Eustace
Troy Deeney for Mark Yeates - 64 mín.
Craig Forsyth
Jonathan Hogg
Andreas Weimann
Chris Iwelumo for Marvin Sordell - goal 37 mín. - 83 mín.

Substitutes:
Rene Gilmartin
David Mirfin
Troy Deeney
Chris Iwelumo
Joe Garner
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Update on the Hornet's latest statistics​

Who will win?

Current form
Barnsley suffered a three match losing run, including an embarrassing defeat to Morcombe in the League Cup at Oakwell, they have bounced back with a run of three unbeaten games with a win at Reading, their only victory this season. Strangely Watford's only win was also at Reading, a result that took the Hornets out of the bottom three positions.

Akureyri's Prediction: 1:1 After attaining their first win of the season at ReadingBarnsley will be a tougher proposition and the teams will cancel the other’s efforts.

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Oh sod it, I might as well go for my normal 1-3, with the norverners scoring first...

 

I have said 0-3 and i will stick by that this week!! We are on a high after our first win last time out and we will want to prove it was not a one off!!

 

Well done Aka. I'll go for a 1-2, got a feeling we're going on a winning run...

 

Nice thread ak, I'm going for a repeat of last week and 0-2 win to the hornets.

 

funny, that's usually my score too..and is again this week!

Good job again Ak, thank you.
I had no idea Matty Bevans' injury was so bad, no wonder he was so depressed on twitter
And Danny Drinkwater? They're welcome!

 

Nice one as ever ak ! Going to buck the trend here and go 1-1 !Barnsley also had their first win of the season as well!

 

I have gone for an away win 1-2, surely we can do this, a good test for us and this is the sort of game we should be winning if we want mid table or above security!

 

A great performance last week but I just can't quite see back-to-back away wins...I'll go 2-2

 

I have to admit, I don't know much, if anything, about Keith Hill.

Looking at that picture, I can confirm I hate the man. What is it with people wearing scarfs with that stupid knot?!?! I bet he is wearing a pin-stripe suit, with tan leather pointy shoes.

On that note, I am going for a final score of Barnsley 0-2 Watford, with Sean Dyche getting into a fight with that idiot, Keith Hill, in the 67th minute, resulting in Keith Hills's Louis Vuitton wallet getting slightly damaged.

 

I read Keith Hill has a big lump on his neck and hides it with a scarf his mother knitted for him.

 

I thought i would add this for a little light reading for the hornets

http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/9254564.Eustace_and_Forsyth_fit_for_Barnsley/

 

i agree with one of the comments on that article Dan...i don't think Hodson will get much of a look in this season.

 

I was more focused on the team news lol. But i do agree. With Dickinson in the team there is no need.

 

It's a shame that his game seemed to be improving, but he's been out-classed for now.

 

I have noticed the biggest Barnsley thread was done by a Southampton fan. It is bigger than all the others added together. We will have to write a lot to get to 338 posts.

 

And I may be away again tomorrow. Last Saturday I was away and we won so I may try that again.

 

With a bit of luck and with the wind in the right direction, I will be tuning up the cat's whisker to listen in.

 

I will be working , but will try to commandeer a computer!

 

On paper most fans would have this down as a relatively easy away game. Football isn't played on paper mind. Shame, because that would be an improvement on the stuff that we plough through every March.

I'll be controversial and say 2-2, with this being the first game of the season that we got more than we deserved.