- Jul 28, 2010
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1) Smith-Brown out and Threlkeld back at right-back. Songo'o regained his place at the expense of Ness. The main talking point was Taylor in for the absent Ladapo. Rare bench spot in recent weeks for Ainsworth with Ness and ASB taking the other spots. Would we be 5-4-1 or would we go with Songo'o and Fox sitting? For those asking for Taylor to start - here it was.
2) Back 4 it was with Sarcevic off Taylor. Argyle started well and until we got caught on the counter with Threlkeld up field we were probably the better team. The referee waved advantage with the ball at Sarcevic's feet. He lost it and we were caught. The second soon followed which looked off-side. We now looked all over the place and a third followed direct from a free-kick.
3) Taylor got nothing out of the referee whilst Barnsley's third came from a free-kick on the Barnsley centre forward identical to those not given against Taylor. We were a long way second best to Barnsley and they didn't need the assistance. Barnsley finishing far superior to anything else I've seen this season at Home Park.
4) Adams was booed off at half-time and there was a chorus of "we want Adams out" from the tunnel side of the Demport. To be fair to him his side started and finished the first-half well enough. It was a 20 minutes spell in the first half that destroyed us. Letheren, Sawyer, Edwards and Jones will all have moments to forget. Sarcevic was poor.
5) Something needed to change at half-time. We needed to show that we weren't going to roll over and give us something to hope for with the two games to come. Started the second with tge same line up, same formation, same tactics!! Unsurprisingly Barnsley dominated again whilst our only tactic was knocking it long to Taylor with Carey and Lameiras picking up scraps and losing possession.
6) Songo'o tried hard and he made on bursting run which has almost ended with a goal for Argyle but the goalie and defence crowded him out. Letheren made 2 good second half saves. Into the last 20 and still Argyle were set up the same way as the kick-off. Surely we'd make some kind of attempt to change something which clearly wasn't working.
7) Finally we made substitutions. Lameiras, Fox and Taylor off. Anderson, Fletcher and Ness on. Subs that said more about keeping players fit for the two games to come. The 3 subs all looked up for it but it was too effing late as the Demport chanted. Barnsley should have added a 4th but missed the target with no challenge. Carey's chipped free-kick straight into the keeper summed it up.
8 ) Songo'o, Carey, Lameiras, Taylor and (even though he was having a poor game) Sarcevic at least tried. Fox was the only Argyle players who seemed able to find a green shirt. The defence was disorganised although Threlkeld had a good first 20.
9) The refereeing performance was inept but Barnsley were a class apart. We need to hope that others have an off day cos it's apparent we're not good enough for this division, at least under this manager.
Kyle Letheren - 7
Oscar Threlkeld - 7
Ryan Edwards - 6
Lloyd Jones - 6
Gary Sawyer - 6
Yann Songo'o - 7
David Fox - 7
Antoni Sarcevic - 6
Graham Carey - 7
Ruben Lameiras - 6
Ryan Taylor - 6
Kyle Letheren - unused
Niall Canavan - unused
Ashley Smith-Brown - unused
Jamie Ness - 5
Paul Anderson - 5
Lionel Ainsworth - unused
Alex Fletcher - 5
2) Back 4 it was with Sarcevic off Taylor. Argyle started well and until we got caught on the counter with Threlkeld up field we were probably the better team. The referee waved advantage with the ball at Sarcevic's feet. He lost it and we were caught. The second soon followed which looked off-side. We now looked all over the place and a third followed direct from a free-kick.
3) Taylor got nothing out of the referee whilst Barnsley's third came from a free-kick on the Barnsley centre forward identical to those not given against Taylor. We were a long way second best to Barnsley and they didn't need the assistance. Barnsley finishing far superior to anything else I've seen this season at Home Park.
4) Adams was booed off at half-time and there was a chorus of "we want Adams out" from the tunnel side of the Demport. To be fair to him his side started and finished the first-half well enough. It was a 20 minutes spell in the first half that destroyed us. Letheren, Sawyer, Edwards and Jones will all have moments to forget. Sarcevic was poor.
5) Something needed to change at half-time. We needed to show that we weren't going to roll over and give us something to hope for with the two games to come. Started the second with tge same line up, same formation, same tactics!! Unsurprisingly Barnsley dominated again whilst our only tactic was knocking it long to Taylor with Carey and Lameiras picking up scraps and losing possession.
6) Songo'o tried hard and he made on bursting run which has almost ended with a goal for Argyle but the goalie and defence crowded him out. Letheren made 2 good second half saves. Into the last 20 and still Argyle were set up the same way as the kick-off. Surely we'd make some kind of attempt to change something which clearly wasn't working.
7) Finally we made substitutions. Lameiras, Fox and Taylor off. Anderson, Fletcher and Ness on. Subs that said more about keeping players fit for the two games to come. The 3 subs all looked up for it but it was too effing late as the Demport chanted. Barnsley should have added a 4th but missed the target with no challenge. Carey's chipped free-kick straight into the keeper summed it up.
8 ) Songo'o, Carey, Lameiras, Taylor and (even though he was having a poor game) Sarcevic at least tried. Fox was the only Argyle players who seemed able to find a green shirt. The defence was disorganised although Threlkeld had a good first 20.
9) The refereeing performance was inept but Barnsley were a class apart. We need to hope that others have an off day cos it's apparent we're not good enough for this division, at least under this manager.
Kyle Letheren - 7
Oscar Threlkeld - 7
Ryan Edwards - 6
Lloyd Jones - 6
Gary Sawyer - 6
Yann Songo'o - 7
David Fox - 7
Antoni Sarcevic - 6
Graham Carey - 7
Ruben Lameiras - 6
Ryan Taylor - 6
Kyle Letheren - unused
Niall Canavan - unused
Ashley Smith-Brown - unused
Jamie Ness - 5
Paul Anderson - 5
Lionel Ainsworth - unused
Alex Fletcher - 5