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[WhiteyBFC]

Heyup.

I'm a Barnsley FC fan, and I do my own blog.

I'm currently doing a preview of our next game (against you), and in it, I like to get the supporters view from the opposing side.

So if any of you fancy helping, by answering a few questions, I will greatly appreciate it.
Once finished, I'll link you to the blog, and I'll post a link on it, to this particular forum.

The questions....

1 - Your hopes for the season as Boro fans?

2 - Your opinion of your manager?

3 - A few thoughts on last season?

4 - Your key player(s)?

5 - Your fears?

6 - Your thoughts on Barnsley? Where we'll finish, our manager, etc etc?

7 - Score prediction?


Thanks for reading, and I do apologise if I've posted this in the wrong place or owt.

Much love,

Whitey.

[Ollie10]

1 - Your hopes for the season as Boro fans? - Would be disapointed to not atleast reach the playoffs

2 - Your opinion of your manager? - Mogga....If I could swap my Dad for him, I would!

3 - A few thoughts on last season? - Disapointing after our strong/positive start but progression from the strachan season...it was always going to be a stabilising year with a new gaffer and all.

4 - Your key player(s)? Too early to tell with all our new signings i would say...emnes on form causes trouble. Ledesma and carayol are tricky and bailey and thomson are solid and cretive...thats not to mention leadbitter who certainly has an eye for goal.

5 - Your fears? - The game after Barnsley

6 - Your thoughts on Barnsley? Where we'll finish, our manager, etc etc? - no offense, but relegation seems like a real possibility...especially with the Mido signing!

7 - Score prediction? Goughys Lot 1-3 Boro

[mcgannd]

1 better than last season

2. top notch

3. not quite good enough

4. If we can keep Tommo and Rhys fit and firing on all cylinders we might do quite well. Some of the new boys may yet steal the show

5. Injuries to key players

6. I thought your manager was a good bloke til he signed that fat pie eating Egyptian. He's a good player if he bothers but bothers he doesn't very often. I fear you'll struggle this year

7. If we are half as good as we were in the first half last year at your place. I'll be a happy bunny. Our attack and Robbo were unplayable that night

[lazarus75]

1.promotion.2.legend.3.disappointing but encouraging.4.emnes,Thompson,Bailey.5.spiders and moths.6.hope you do well but have a heffalump in mido who will be injured most of the season.6.score draw.sorry for the un-in-depth quality of my post but I don't have much time.

[neverbefore]

1 - Your hopes for the season as Boro fans?
We hope to at least be in the playoffs after finishing one place outside them last year. There is a huge amount of optimism around at the moment as we've managed to hold on to our more important players and signed a lot of decent players on the cheap including the return of the prodigal son, Woodgate.

2 - Your opinion of your manager?
You'll not hear many Boro fans say a bad word about our Mogga. He was a legend as a player and he's done a solid job as a manager. Since he came in he has gotten rid of most of the dead weight we had around here, and halfed the wage bill. He replaced these players with young, hungry players with a more attacking mindset. An odd time he plays players out of position and leaves subsitutions too late in a match, but overall we wouldnt want anyone else in charge.

3 - A few thoughts on last season?
Started off brilliantly, unbeaten for I think the first 12 games. It went sour from then, before picking up again. It ultimately ended in disappointment, finishing one place outside the playoff spots having been around the top 3/4 the majority of the season. The main reasons for failing to make the playoffs were poor home form, lack of creativity in midfield and playing a split striker system which didnt suit out players.

4 - Your key player(s)?
If they stay fit, its Woodgate, Rhys Williams and Kevin Thomson for me. Marvin Emnes will have an important role to play as well, as he was our main goal getter last season, but was criticised a lot for his inconcistency and his inability to keep hold of the ball for much of the season. Lukas Jutkiewicz has also come in for a fair few quid by our standards in jan of last year, so expectations on him will be high as well. We also have 3 or 4 youngsters bursting onto the scene right now, so it'll be important that they get some game time too.

5 - Your fears?
The fact that our main striker from last season is so inconsistent, and that the attacking players we have brought in are mainly from lower divisions. Could go either way, although early signs are promising. Also, we have a few injury prone players, Thomson, Woodgate, Williams and a few others that could break down at any time.

6 - Your thoughts on Barnsley? Where we'll finish, our manager, etc etc?
Barnsley, I haven't followed too closely to be honest. Looking at your squad, it doesn't look equiped for a midtable push. I feel it may be another relegation scrap for you this year, no disrespect of course. I like your club and would perfer to see them stay in this division than some others, so hopefully they will do so. I will however say that I despise the fat egyption that you've signed in the summer! I don't think you'll get anything out of him and he'll end up throwing a strop and getting fatter and fatter!

7 - Score prediction?
Lots of goals for boro in preseason, and lots conceeded. Same with Barnsley if the cup game was anything to go by! Gonna go for a 1-3 win for Boro.

Hope thats helpful fella

[cornishboroboy]

Flipping the coin. What are your views ahead of the game this Saturday?

(Sidenote - Boro-Unger could use the reply to incorporate into the section he has made for opposing fans views in his match thread)

[2plus2]

1 - Your hopes for the season as Boro fans?
Not expecting promotion, but would be disappointed if we can't make a genuine push for it. Finishing outside the top 6 would be an underachievement given the strides we've made under Mogga in the last couple of years.

2 - Your opinion of your manager?
Class act.

3 - A few thoughts on last season?
Did well. Crumbled near the end, but Mogga did an excellent job with what he had to work with. In the end I think it's fair to say that, despite having a chance, our squad just wasn't quite good enough.

4 - Your key player(s)?
Rhys Williams is the star - the most obvious PL quality player. But Mogga is trying to create a team. So, all of them. I have been impressed with a lot of individual performances pre-season (both new signings and youngsters) and, though we're not quite there yet, they're playing some nice stuff and showing signs of gelling as a team already.

5 - Your fears?
Injuries. We have a lot of injury-prone players. Often this plays a fairly prominent role in our downfall. This time round we seem to have decent depth to our squad though and a number of youngsters coming through who look mature enough to have a genuine impact. So it's not as bigger fear as in previous seasons. We concede a lot from set pieces. Hopefully that will no longer be the case with the excellent Woodgate in there alongside Williams who I expect to play this season in his more natural CB role. Oh, and we're prone to conceding late goals, not scoring enough and taking our foot off the gas! Hopefully the astute signings and the likelihood of a more offensive (hopefully prolific) style will make that less of an issue this time round.

6 - Your thoughts on Barnsley? Where we'll finish, our manager, etc etc?
Hmm. Don't mean to be harsh, but I really can't imagine you'll be up at the right end of the table. Butterfield looked a class act, but now he is gone. You'll have nothing but trouble with Mido. Even if he stars in one or two games, that's the best you'll get out of him. And Harewood is a bumbling fool. But I doubt you'll get relegated. Predict that you'll finish 15th-18th, with very little realistic promotion hopes, but generally nestled fairly safely above the relegation zone. Will admit that I know nothing about your manager. Though I have nothing against your club whatsoever and hope you do well (just not in the first match)

7 - Score prediction?
It won't be an easy game for Boro. Far from it. But we excel away from home. And we have the far superior team. A scrappy and tense first match of the season, but in the end I expect a close but deserved victory for Boro. 2-1.

(15-08-2012 04:16 PM)lazarus75 Wrote:  5.spiders and moths

[Ayresomeoriginal]

1 - Your hopes for the season as Boro fans? To finish in at least a play off place

2 - Your opinion of your manager? First Class having to work with a very tight budget after years of the club wasting money on under achieving players

3 - A few thoughts on last season? Got off to a great start but didn't sign an attacking midfielder and goalscorer in January to get us in the play offs

4 - Your key player(s)? The eleven that start the match on Saturday

5 - Your fears? None looking forward to a good season

6 - Your thoughts on Barnsley? Where we'll finish, our manager, etc etc?
Relagation is a likely prospect if your club are relying on Mido and he is already injured before the season starts, now you have Harewood who is just a journeyman no heart in the club

7 - Score prediction? 2-0 to the Boro

Hope you enjoy the game and all the best for the season you will need it

[stubbzy69]

1 - Your hopes for the season as Boro fans? Top 5 is a real chance this season

2 - Your opinion of your manager? Mogga is born and bred wouldnt want anyone else I hope he is here till his hips need replacing

3 - A few thoughts on last season? last season was a good bit of insight on how our manager will play once he gets his own players

4 - Your key player(s)? Rhys Williams, Ledesma, Juke, Steele, and most importantly THE FANS if they act up we can end up having a very bad season IMO.

5 - Your fears? Spiders, man boobs, cougers. seriosly though my fears for this season would be if rhys woodgate and thompson get long term injuries.

6 - Your thoughts on Barnsley? Where we'll finish, our manager, etc etc? Barnsley are a good side for what they get in terms of funding reckon 13th for you guys and probably between 11th and 16th for the next decade or so. seems a harsh judgement but to be fair the championship is a great league and finishing safe in it for any team is a good result.

7 - Score prediction Boro 4 Barnsley 2 Emnes Hat-trick Rhys williams. for you will go for Hoyte own goal and any one of your defenders scoring a header from a corner because we are lush at defending them lol

[BoroG]

1. Play-offs, I don't think that's unrealistic.

2. Mogga's a hero, wouldn't want anyone else

3. Last season was so frustrating, we stuttered and stumbled after Christmas, god only knows how we went into the last game still with an outside chance.

4. Emnes - this will be a massive season for him to see if he can push on, Thomson, Leadbitter and Ledesma - two new signings and one that'll feel like a new signing that hopefully will add something we lacked last season, creativity.

5. My fear is that the new squad take a while to gel, I know there'll be a period where they're all getting used to playing with each other but how long this takes I think will be key in where we end up.

6. I think you guys will be mid-table, not challenging for promotion but not threatened by relegation. I always thought the Mido deal will go one of two ways, it already looks like we know which path it'll follow. Harewood is a decent signing though (despite how much I dislike him), he'll grab you some goals.

7. I'll predict Barnsley (probably Harewood from a set piece) 1 - 2 Boro (Emnes, Leadbitter)