Now kicks off at 3:01

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11 minutes ago, Kane57 said:

I wish Connell played for us. He'd be our best midfielder by some stretch 

Reckon he'd love to come back personally. 

I always think left peggers have an elegance about em, like David Gower. 

Not so much super jimmy phillips

10 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

I don't.

 

He hardly touched the ball first half, much better second but because Phillips was introduced and they connected well, as they have over the years. Phillips was as big a difference maker for them

23 minutes ago, Kane57 said:

I wish Connell played for us. He'd be our best midfielder by some stretch 

Would he? What did he do today that was so good? First half he was fucking dreadful 

He scored a deflected shot. That's it. Plays the simple ball every time. He's hyped up every time we play them and makes no difference. He's fucking shit and he can stay there. 

The former Bolton player that a actually made a difference was Ogbeta. He had a good game when he came on made a big difference. Put some great balls in. 

Edited February 7Feb 7 by Arrested development

Not sure Connel gets in our team   
 

Class fisrt half. Probably the best so far this season at home in terms of appetite, intent, domination. Could’ve been 5. McAtee was knitting everything together and every set piece was on the money. 
 

fair play to Barnserley coming back into it, but once we settled again in the second half, we looked more like scoring another than conceding an equaliser. 
 

Just wish the score line would’ve represented the performance as the fans are still nervous as fuck, albeit much much better today  

54 minutes ago, superjohnmcginlay said:

Lovely win. 
 

great first half, they had a go and made it tighter than should’ve been but, 3 points. 
 

officiating in this league is abysmal. How was that not handball from the keeper. 

players to come in as well. Bodes well for an exciting run in. 

 

Right in front of us. It wasn’t even debatable.

Fantastic first half… thankfully we had the back up on bench to close the door on the comeback,  the scrap at the station was touch naughty… be some arrests methinks. 

2 minutes ago, desperado said:

Right in front of us. It wasn’t even debatable.

I was sat in line in West Upper, clear as day. Scott Oldham is a crap ref we've had previous with but wasn't helped there one iota by that linesman

1 hour ago, donkeyshorn said:

Can we say Dalby and Kevin Davies in the same sentence?

Reminds me of him.

After what I heard from the Wrexham fans when we bought him, this part of his game has really impressed and surprised me.

They were adamant he wasn’t a target man.

Well how wrong they were, that was absolutely SKD esque. Well played young Sam 👏

On 03/02/2026 at 15:57, Wanderlust said:

If we get at them from the off and score the first goal we should be fine, but if we concede first it could be tricky. 

I think you were right....but maybe you could have put we should be alright as long as we score the first 4 😀

That was like Orient a couple of years ago, 3 up at H-T.  And both times we conceded two in 5 minutes upto the 60th minute, then held on, wierd similarity.

Exciting game, proper match.

Having a player like Dalby away at Lincoln next weekend is going to be absolutely massive.

No injuries please.

Lincoln and Cardiff look untouchable but we can beat anybody on our day. And under Schuey I have faith in him when it comes to the really big games.

Long way to go still.

36 minutes ago, bwfc87 said:

One thing that really impresses me about Dalby is his temperament

I’m on a Sam Dalby love-in tonight. 100% agree on this. For the shirt-pulling and fouls against he gets, he never complains (perhaps he should!) and remains focused and resolute.

It was a fantastic forwards display from him today 

9 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Fantastic first half… thankfully we had the back up on bench to close the door on the comeback,  the scrap at the station was touch naughty… be some arrests methinks. 

That looked like a proper set-to.

Not sure who was who but they were all getting stuck right in. Doors will go in for that.

On 04/02/2026 at 11:26, masi 51 said:

You say same team so all of Conway, Sheehan, Simons, Gale, Rodriquez and Kenny do not start.......We will have some bench

Even I didn't think there would be no changes at all!  I just didn't expect to see any new signings.

Turns out only 2 of those 6 were even on the bench - it mattered not, great first half as per last week, job done.

13 minutes ago, ianofcleveleys said:

I was sat in line in West Upper, clear as day. Scott Oldham is a crap ref we've had previous with but wasn't helped there one iota by that linesman

Liner's job that too. Pathetic 

4 minutes ago, Kane57 said:

Liner's job that too. Pathetic 

He surely had the clearest view of the lot 

Perfectly ok with GJ out at LB by the way 

makes us look far more solid with Forino as one of the 2 CBs and as Johnstone is more defensively minded than Conway, we look a lot more organised and less open to the counter 

with CBT being so direct and his first thought being to get at their full back, we also don’t lose any attacking threat with Johnstone being in there 

5 hours ago, Ratwhite said:

Barnsley 0 please 

That was a whole lot better than the solid clean sheets we managed to get v Northampton, Stevenage and Bradford!  Great game, even better result.

5 hours ago, Whitesince63 said:

Why do keepers always save their best for us? Goodmans been shite all season but he’s keeping them in it.

Not really - Tickle at Wigan has helped us in both games and is supposedly decent, Burton keeper helped Dalby win it for us recently.  Not many games when the oppo keeper has had to save many decent efforts if we're honest.  Goodman played well today (ignoring the handball outside the box).

8 minutes ago, barrycowdrill said:

Perfectly ok with GJ out at LB by the way 

makes us look far more solid with Forino as one of the 2 CBs and as Johnstone is more defensively minded than Conway, we look a lot more organised and less open to the counter 

with CBT being so direct and his first thought being to get at their full back, we also don’t lose any attacking threat with Johnstone being in there 

Agree on this, he’s solid enough and can actually put a cross in too from deep.

Talking of full backs, it looked like Tutu’s injury was his knee - if so, we’re down to one right back for the foreseeable. Shame because he was really starting to settle into the role and actually looking more solid defensively.

19 minutes ago, gonzo said:

That looked like a proper set-to.

Not sure who was who but they were all getting stuck right in. Doors will go in for that.

 

Just now, Cheese said:

 

That the Preston side that?

1 minute ago, gonzo said:

That the Preston side that?

I haven't been on the train for about a decade, but I think so.

 

Just now, Cheese said:

I haven't been on the train for about a decade, but I think so.

Bizarrely just been talking about Phylis and her son Martin.

Thought of you and the Leyland lot straight away.

16 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said:

He surely had the clearest view of the lot 

He did. He was right in line of it. Absolutely bottled it could tell with how he reacted.