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Barnsley (a) 7th January- Fa cup 3rd round

Reports and reaction from the 2005-06 season as Walsall finished 24th (R) in League 1
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Barnsley (a) 7th January- Fa cup 3rd round

Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:58 am

2-0 loss for me. Hope i'm wrong and that we do score :roll: .

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Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:39 am

3-0 loss for me, given that our strike force will probably consist of Nicholls. (And who knows, maybe Demontagnac or Daryl Taylor alongside him.)

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Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:10 am

Bristol Fan wrote:3-0 loss for me, given that our strike force will probably consist of Nicholls. (And who knows, maybe Demontagnac or Daryl Taylor alongside him.)


If he wakes up in time!!!!!!!!

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Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:11 am

2-0 or 3-0. Barnsley are a good side, especially at home but I'm hoping we can scrape a draw from somewhere to get a replay and that the players inexplicably respond to their managers assault on them on live radio. :roll:

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Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:14 am

1-0 to us would be a nice surprise...


Breath is not being held though :roll:

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Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:28 am

I really don't know why I'm saying this, but something in me says we'll win 1-0. I don't see us losing for some reason.

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Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:44 pm

Lets hope Ropes is fit and Ant has a blinder then maybe we can scrape a 0-0 and bring them back to fortress Bescot. If we can't score away when Leitao, Fryatt and Constable are playing then goodness knows what we'll be like without them.

Our old friend Mr Lee Mason is the ref (Previous encounter: Walsall 1 Coventry 6, lest we forget).

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Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:42 pm

The team usually dig in more when the pressure on Merse are increasing so I predict a win.. 2-1 to Saddlers.

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Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:56 pm

sorry im going for a 4-0 away defeat, and all hell to break lose when the final whistle goes and Merse has to walk past the fans

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Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:58 pm

3-0 to them.....simply cannot see where a goal for us is coming from......

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Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:25 pm

one thing about merson when we need a result the pressure is on
he some how digs out a result but this time all i can see is a heavy defeat

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Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:48 pm

Magic Man Fan wrote:Barnsley are a good side, especially at home


I wouldn't be getting optimistic or anything daft like that but at least one Barnsley fan on their (terribly messy but heavily used) message board doesn't think much of their home form.

http://www.barnsleyfc.org.uk/BBS/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=17664&mid=107987#M107987

Some folk are never satisfied though are they?

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Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:53 pm

Well I'd say 1 defeat in the league is excellent. Just like I'd say that our home form is good. Perfomances are different altogether though. I'd take our home performances if we could fluke the same results away from home.

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Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:23 pm

As said when the pressure is on Merson the team seem to perform- but now he seems to have lost the team and with only one forward, mixed in with our away form there is only going to be one winner really. 3-0 Barnsley.

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Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:31 pm

Barnsley 3
Walsall 1

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Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:32 pm

Wyrleysadler wrote:Barnsley 3
Walsall 1


I would have said that- but I can't see where the goal will come from.

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Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:07 pm

4-0 :cry:

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Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:30 pm

Shad wrote:
Wyrleysadler wrote:Barnsley 3
Walsall 1


I would have said that- but I can't see where the goal will come from.

well it could be an own goal, or anything

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Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:36 pm

I'm not saying I want us to lose, I desperately want a big 4th round draw, but if we do lose badly please let it be the time when we are releaved of Merson's "services".

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Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:24 am

its a cup game and the pressure is off the players as far as league results go and i have a sneaky feeling that we wil pull a rabbit out of the hat just like i feel we wil do against swansea in the ldv cup match so i am going for a walsall win.

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Thu Jan 05, 2006 9:45 am

Stu wrote:I really don't know why I'm saying this, but something in me says we'll win 1-0. I don't see us losing for some reason.


i have the same feeling.

Also the players feel that the pressure in on Merson, so it depends also on what the players want. If they want him to leave too and can't think they'll be motivated saturday. If they rather want him to stay we could have a rare away result.

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Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:23 am

away from home not as many fans no point trying but isnt that the same at home now with walsall in not slating us but they just dont care about our club :( the way our fans do and we have the number 1 fans who deserve so much better tahn this we stick with teh club when there is villa blues baggies up the road all premiersip teams but we are loyal and DESERVE BETTER

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Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:54 pm

my head says we will lose heavily, but for some reason my guts were suggesting a narrow saddlers win!!!
thats a 'were' rather than 'are', as ive found that ex saddler matt carbon is playing for then, described as 'the rock in their defence'. well thats at least 1-0 to them then as our ex-players always seem to score past us.

owell there is hope, he might not be fit :twisted:

http://www.barnsleyfc.premiumtv.co.uk/p ... 02,00.html

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Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:37 pm

5-0 and not to us

We're shafted now he seems to be staying.

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Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:14 am

2-0 :cry:

Our only hope is a solid defence and catch them on the break, unless someone new comes in today I wouldn't be surprised if Nichols and new boy James play up front,Just to see if we can upset them with pace, especially if Ishmel is out wide too.

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Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:14 am

3 - 1 to Barnsley :cry:

Can only see us scraping a consolation goal from someone obscure (Gerrard?) late on.

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Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:14 am

Acuman wrote:2-0 :cry:

Our only hope is a solid defence and catch them on the break, unless someone new comes in today I wouldn't be surprised if Nichols and new boy James play up front,Just to see if we can upset them with pace, especially if Ishmel is out wide too.


Will someone wake him up this time?

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Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:52 am

Ish is not being considered for the team. In fact, I don't know who will play. Presumably Oakes, Pead, Gerrard, Roper, Fox, James, Standing, Osborn, Nicholls and ?????? Is Wright fit? Maybe Bennett somewhere, McDermott, Kinsella, Staunton. Perhaps Rene can do a job up front.

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Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:55 pm

Ishmel shouldn't be considered for the first team for the rest of the month. He can see whether he prefers playing against 15/16/17 year olds on a Saturday morning, or playing in the real games on a Saturday afternoon. It is entirely up to him whether he wants to go the way of Leroy Williams or to a lesser extent, the same way as Kris Taylor - or turn himself into a solid professional. I have no sympathy either way, he made his bed so he has got to lie in it. (Pun intended...)

I think we'll sneak a draw. 1-1.

The new boys might give us some new drive, and might book up the ideas of the other players. If our defence can hold solid, and providing that Oakes doesn't lapse, then a draw is more than reasonable.
I can't see us winning, but hope springs eternal...

Also, it should probably be noted that there is no way Merson will go after Saturday's game, whatever the result or performance because it is a Cup Game, and defeats in Cup Games can always be spun towards the effect of 'concentrating on the league'.

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Fri Jan 06, 2006 4:21 pm

Agree with all the above, Jorge... Good post!

Except for the fact that I think (hope) that we'll score two goals... I can see us winning 2-1!!!

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