ShrimperWatch - Barnsley at Home

If anyone needed a reminder that football is a funny old game, I think we saw it on Saturday at Roots Hall. Up front Goater laboured with little reward and Eastwood had too little service. Maher and Guttridge struggled to get the team moving with intense pressure from Barnsley and were hardly supported by Lawson who's not a winger byt he looks of it and Campbell Ryce who looks like he'll need time to settle. In defence we tried hard enough but struggled to cope with anything over the top and were frequently saved by great 'keeping fromFlahavan.

So we lost right? Well no
So we're third then surely? Well, no again.

Apparently such a lacklustre performance was actually enough to earn us a draw and leapfrog Huddersfield to 1st place. Like I say, it's a funny game.

Key Man: Flahavan. Probably should have made the saves he did but dealt with these well and handling was top drawer. Not much chance for the goal as you need your defence to be brave and clear those.