26-12-2017, 22:34
Barnsley 0 Preston North End 0
Barnsley: Davies, Yiadom, Pinnock, Lindsay, Fryers, Gardner, Williams, Mallan, Isgrove (Barnes 74), Hammill, Bradshaw. Subs (not used): McCarthy, MacDonald, McGeehan, Ugbo, Thiam, Townsend.
PNE: Maxwell, Woods (Browne 78), Huntington, Davies, O'Connor, Pearson, Gallagher (Harrop 59), Barkhuizen, Johnson, Horgan (Mavididi69), Hugill. Subs (not used): Boyle, Cunningham, Welsh, Rudd.
Referee: Geoff Eltringham (County Durham) Atttendance: 14,014 (1,938 PNE)
always seemed like we wanted one touch too manyWell after battling through the snowy waste land to get to the game this can be best described as a Christmas Turkey, North End probably just about shaded the firqst half but possibly put their worst 45 minutes of the season in the second period.
Firstly the good news Cunningham was back on the bench since the injury in August, which may be as well as O'Connor had a horror of an afternoon against Hamill. We had the better of the early play hitting the post through Hugill and generally looking like we might score against a suspect home defence. Barkhuizen had plenty of joy but like Saturday got into good positions but
we were starting to struggle against the impressive Yiadom who gave the experienced Hamill a useful foil to play off. The full back had the home sides best effort well tipped away by Maxwell. Anothyer home effort went narrowly over the top however we forced a number of corners getting towards the break and generally looked the maore likely of the two tpo score with Horgan being the main danger although always tended to get the ball when we didn't have a player within miles of him.
Second half, apart from two shots and a corner created absolutely nothing and the home side certain looked the better side, lots of nice close passing by us which got us nowhere followed a long hopeful punt to the ever willing Hugill.
The home sided again were denied by Maxwell especially late on Barnes had a goal bound effort well saved by the keeper. The home side had a hugh claim for a penalty when Woods and Gardner met in the area after the home pllayer looked well placed. Mr Eltringham didn't give which probably means it was a nailed on penalty.
Seven minutes of extra time only prolonged the misery, put it down to experience.
Barnsley first team coach Jamie Clapham:
"It was a classic Boxing Day fixture. It was high energy, passionate game. It was enjoyable to be on the sidelines watching it.
"Preston are a good, solid team and their expectations will be to be in and around the play-offs.
"Their keeper made some good saves. I think we were on top in the first 15 minutes, then they really came into the game. In the second half I think there was only one team who looked like scoring, but it wasn't to be so we will take this point.
"The positive thing is the performance of the players. Over the past three games, the performance levels have risen to where we know they can be."
Preston North End manager Alex Neil:
"Tom Barkhuizen got into three good areas with chances to slide Jordan Hugill in, but he chose to either shoot or he fired it in without the pace or detail on it that it needed.
"Jordan himself hit the post with one and these are the margins between winning and losing. We've won a lot of games 1-0 this year because we score that chance when we get it.
"It was an old-fashioned game and we had chances in the first half, but in the second half we weren't creative enough in front of goal.
"We know we need to add more goals, I've said this for the past few weeks.."
https://youtu.be/hs2FiYsvCrc
Barnsley: Davies, Yiadom, Pinnock, Lindsay, Fryers, Gardner, Williams, Mallan, Isgrove (Barnes 74), Hammill, Bradshaw. Subs (not used): McCarthy, MacDonald, McGeehan, Ugbo, Thiam, Townsend.
PNE: Maxwell, Woods (Browne 78), Huntington, Davies, O'Connor, Pearson, Gallagher (Harrop 59), Barkhuizen, Johnson, Horgan (Mavididi69), Hugill. Subs (not used): Boyle, Cunningham, Welsh, Rudd.
Referee: Geoff Eltringham (County Durham) Atttendance: 14,014 (1,938 PNE)
always seemed like we wanted one touch too manyWell after battling through the snowy waste land to get to the game this can be best described as a Christmas Turkey, North End probably just about shaded the firqst half but possibly put their worst 45 minutes of the season in the second period.
Firstly the good news Cunningham was back on the bench since the injury in August, which may be as well as O'Connor had a horror of an afternoon against Hamill. We had the better of the early play hitting the post through Hugill and generally looking like we might score against a suspect home defence. Barkhuizen had plenty of joy but like Saturday got into good positions but
we were starting to struggle against the impressive Yiadom who gave the experienced Hamill a useful foil to play off. The full back had the home sides best effort well tipped away by Maxwell. Anothyer home effort went narrowly over the top however we forced a number of corners getting towards the break and generally looked the maore likely of the two tpo score with Horgan being the main danger although always tended to get the ball when we didn't have a player within miles of him.
Second half, apart from two shots and a corner created absolutely nothing and the home side certain looked the better side, lots of nice close passing by us which got us nowhere followed a long hopeful punt to the ever willing Hugill.
The home sided again were denied by Maxwell especially late on Barnes had a goal bound effort well saved by the keeper. The home side had a hugh claim for a penalty when Woods and Gardner met in the area after the home pllayer looked well placed. Mr Eltringham didn't give which probably means it was a nailed on penalty.
Seven minutes of extra time only prolonged the misery, put it down to experience.
Barnsley first team coach Jamie Clapham:
"It was a classic Boxing Day fixture. It was high energy, passionate game. It was enjoyable to be on the sidelines watching it.
"Preston are a good, solid team and their expectations will be to be in and around the play-offs.
"Their keeper made some good saves. I think we were on top in the first 15 minutes, then they really came into the game. In the second half I think there was only one team who looked like scoring, but it wasn't to be so we will take this point.
"The positive thing is the performance of the players. Over the past three games, the performance levels have risen to where we know they can be."
Preston North End manager Alex Neil:
"Tom Barkhuizen got into three good areas with chances to slide Jordan Hugill in, but he chose to either shoot or he fired it in without the pace or detail on it that it needed.
"Jordan himself hit the post with one and these are the margins between winning and losing. We've won a lot of games 1-0 this year because we score that chance when we get it.
"It was an old-fashioned game and we had chances in the first half, but in the second half we weren't creative enough in front of goal.
"We know we need to add more goals, I've said this for the past few weeks.."
https://youtu.be/hs2FiYsvCrc
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