In a dire game at Oakwell, Burnley went down 1-0 to a less than impressive Barnsley team who now progress to the fourth round of the FA Cup. The Tykes might have found things more difficult had Burnley not been reduced to ten men following the sending-off of Brain Stock for a second yellow offence in the 36th minute and indeed the Clarets held on until the 85th minute before an error by Brian Jensen allowed substitute Barnsley youngster, Danny Rose to snatch the winner . This was certainly a game to forget, and despite being down to ten men better things would have been expected of the Clarets in a match which had very little action. The truth is Burnley had virtually no attempts on goal in a niggly match that did little to raise the spirits of Clarets fans. This was such a disappointing performance after the highs of Hillsborough on New Year`s Day and once again the result raised doubts regarding consistency and the ability to string two back-to-back wins together even against a side struggling at the foot of the Championship table. We can make excuses that through injury we missed a number of players such as Austin. Mee, Paterson and McCann but then the Tykes too put together a makeshift team having lost the on-loan services of Marcus Tudgay (also injured) and Jonathan Greening who have now both returned to their parent club, Nottingham Forest. Leading goal-scorer, Craig Davies too was also absent from the eighteen amidst rumours he is about to join Championship rivals, Bolton Wanderers. The only bright spot for the Clarets seemed to be the introduction of debutant Dane Richards from the bench in the 68th minute; for a time the Clarets looked a lot livelier but that soon evaporated. We simply have to quickly forget this game, take Stock (except we won`t have him for the next game) and move on, hoping we can get back to winning ways in the Championship when we face Crystal Palace in a tricky home game against the third-placed club next Saturday.
Team Sheet
It was obvious that we would be without Charlie Austin (gluteal/hamstring) and Ben Mee (medial knee ligament) for this clash and in the end Martin Paterson (thigh)and Chris McCann (hamstring) also remained sidelined following their injuries picked up in the previous game at Hillsborough. There was however better news for Dean Marney who returned to the starting eleven after missing out altogether against Sheffield Wednesday due to a thigh injury and Junior Stanislas also made a return after being named on the bench. He had missed the last three games due to a hamstring problem. Brian Jensen was also given out a run out in goal for the first time since the Carling Cup defeat away to Swindon last September. New winger, Dane Richards who only officially signed for the club on the 1st January and who had only just received international clearance was also drafted into the eighteen being one of the seven substitutes. In the end then we lined up 4-1-4-1 with Brian Stock in the holding role. Ings played on the right flank, Treacy out left with Wallace and Marney in the middle supporting Sam Vokes alone up front. The full line-up was as follows :
Jensen, Trippier, Duff, Shackell, Lafferty, Stock, Treacy, Wallace, Marney, Ings, Vokes
Subs: Grant, Edgar, O’Neill, Stanislas, Bartley, Fletcher, Richards
Full Match Report
It was perhaps surprisingly a warm, balmy day in Barnsley more reminiscent of spring than winter as Jason Shackell led his team onto the pitch in their blue away strip. The sun though would have little effect in raising the spirits of either team. Wigan referee, Paul Tierney got the game underway, the match soon deteriorating into a pretty scrappy affair with little action at either end. Even comeback kid, Keith Treacy, the hero at Hillsborough could do little to get the Clarets moving into fourth gear. The first 20 minutes passed with few attempts on goal at either end and a dire, stalemate looked to be on the cards for most of the first-half. The game deteriorated into a niggly game and was quickly becoming a massive yawn. Burnley had a chance in the eighth minute when Ings snook in from the right and charged down the middle through the heart of the Tykes defence before setting up Sam Vokes. Vokes though on the left side of the area got his angles all wrong and his shot curled past the keeper, Luke Steele only to fly just wide of the far post. A Wallace free kick from the left flank led to Duff heading over the bar before Wallace himself forced the Tykes keeper into saving his deflected cross underneath the crossbar. If Burnley were creating few chances, Barnsley were creating even fewer! Harewood had been quiet for most of the first-half but he was then involved in a controversial booking. The incident involved Brian Stock off-the-ball and both finished up with a yellow card. Both players appeared to fall out as the home side lined up a free-kick and in the end the referee decided to penalise both players even though Sean Dyche seemed pretty sure, Stock had been the innocent party. In isolation, it was just one of those bookings but for Stock the significance became clear when he picked up a second-yellow card for a blatant foul and was sent off with eight minutes to go after tugging O`Brien`s shirt just as he was about to line up a shot. With Burnley now down to ten men the home side sensed blood. David Perkins hit a shot from distance that curled just over the bar and then with seconds of the first-half remaining Scott Golbourne was ideally placed on the left side of the box but made a hash of his shot blazing it over the bar much to the relief of the Clarets!
Burnley now had to regroup and Dyche made the decision to replace Treacy with Edgar for the start of the second-half. The Clarets though continued to huff and puff without creating any chances and it was Barnsley who looked the most likely to score. Just 90 seconds from the restart, Stephen Dawson had a glorious opportunity to give the Tykes the lead. He picked up the ball on the edge of the box following a half-cleared corner but he miscued his effort and it bobbled away off-target. Dawson then had another chance which he fluffed 10 minutes later following some methodical Tykes build-up play down the left flank. Burnley attacks were few and far between with Sam Vokes now looking extremely isolated alone up front. On the hour mark though Vokes flicked on an Ings kick to find Wallace who cut the ball back to the Welshman. His shot though from just inside the area flew wide of target and the deadlock remained. It was now time for Dyche to introduce a fresh pair of legs so on came pacy winger, Dane Richards to make his debut with Wallace being the man replaced after 68 minutes. The Jamaican international was soon in the action too immediately winning a corner after sprinting down the right flank to liven up a Burnley contingent of over 1300 fans almost asleep with boredom! The winger was ready to impress again a few minutes later after this time charging through the middle before being tackled as he was about to line up a shot. It was the Oakwell curse that struck four minutes from time though just as it looked like a replay at Turf Moor might be on the cards. Brian Jensen was sadly to blame after misjudging a Scott Golbourne attempt that was more hopeful than accurate. The hapless keeper could only tip the ball onto the face of the crossbar before it fell nicely for substitute, Danny Rose to thump the ball into the roof of the net from six yards out to send the Clarets crashing out of the FA Cup at the third-round stage for the second season running. A game to quickly forget and one I already have! Let`s return to the more serious aim of trying to get promotion! Bring on the Palace at home next Saturday and consign this mess of a cup tie to the dustbin of history!
Match Stats
Barnsley: Steele, Dawson, Cranie, McNulty, Perkins, Golbourne, Kennedy (Cywka-67), O`Brien, Stones, Harewood (Noble-Lazarus-85), Dagnall (Rose-82)
Subs Not Used: Alnwick, Foster, Etuhu, Hassell
Goals: Rose 85
Booked: Yellow Cards for Harewood (24 mins) and McNulty (87 minutes)
Burnley: Jensen, Trippier, Duff (Bartley-83), Shackell, Lafferty, Stock, Treacy (Edgar-46), Wallace (Richards-68), Marney, Ings, Vokes
Subs Not Used: Grant, O’Neill, Stanislas, Fletcher
Booked: Yellow Card for Stock (24 mins) and then sent off for second yellow on 36 minutes. Yellow card for Marney (84 mins)
Possession: 49% Barnsley, 51% Burnley (Source: BBC Sport)
Ref: Paul Tierney (Wigan)
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We didnt play very well( particularly compared with SWFC) – but we had 10 men for about 50 minutes and we never looked in danger of conceding at all. It is disapointing to go out as Barnsley looked a very poor side. I thought our away support was very impressive. Regardless of the fact the first booking may have been mistaken identity – Stock should know better than to get a second yellow in that way.
Interesting that Swansea gaffer, Michael Laudrup is delighted to rescue a draw against Arsenal in the FA Cup BUT says a replay will stretch resources in a very busy January!!! Looks like another midtable Prem club being more concerned with progress in the Prem than the ‘Mickey Mouse’ FA Cup. More contempt??
Er… LAudrup says later in the article on this is that his concern is the 2-leg semi against chelski in the other cup.
Oh yeah the other Cup, how well did Swindon do again?
I read this report and was amazed as I felt i had been at a different match. it was a very good defensive display with 10 men away from home with enough chances to win ourselves. i wondered about posting that straight away but have logged on this morning to find 3 others saying the same. Fair enough tmp not having gone but he has a cheek for then telling those 3 people that they were wrong. He has no right to say that without attending
Just also read that Dale agreed roughly with my scoring of the game. I have looked on Clarets Mad as tmp has said above on there the are calling for the head of SD. All I can find is a report that is balanced. We had injuries to key players, Austin, Mee, McCann and Pato, we put out a strong side from what was left, we weren’t good, but we weren’t battered even playing 10 v 11 and that deserves a bit of credit, just like the 1,400 of us that lived the FA Cup dream for another year.
I am only trying to advise the people criticising the match report that I have received far more texts and read far more complaints on other message boards as well as listening to the match on Clarets Player to convince myself this was a shocking performance based on their comments. Dave Thomas is no mug either! Please stop trying to make out I am the only one taking this stance. The #twitterclarets comments sum up how many felt so you will have to live with what seems to be the majority opinion by some distance. The only mistake I may have made in the article having read it again, is that I was not generous enough towards the back four who did well to hold on for so long. The rest I still stand by based on others comments including those on Clarets Player from club representatives trying to put on a positive spin and finding it very hard work! [Edited by turfmanphil]
Oh well look on the bright side at least we don’t have to go to the great money-spinning KC Stadium again or maybe even Brisbane Rd!! 4th Round draw-Hull City/Leyton Orient v Barnsley
Can’t find the appropriate anti-Dyche thread on CM now! It was a bit heated and rude so may have been pulled. I was alerted to it by a post on #twitterclarets which read-‘Just had a quick look at Clarets Mad and Jesus,some people really have no perspective at all.Give the manager a chance.’ By all accounts it’s been going on for some time and there might be some earlier threads somewhere but I can’t be arsed looking for them
Actually it looks like #twitterclarets may have been calling for his head as well! One post reads-‘I don’t think we should be Dyche Out-ing. Who else could we afford? He’s given us more clean sheets than most Champ clubs. ‘ I don’t think anyone on VB has gone that far yet! At least I hope not!
I am also puzzled by VRs statement ‘Just also read that Dale agreed roughly with my scoring of the game’ Thats true but VR failed to mention he only gave one player a score above 5/10(Lafferty 6/10). In fact 9 of the players were rated BELOW 5 so that seems in line with the majority opinion that this was a very poor performance or am I missing a trick?
Well I enjoyed FA Cup 3rd Round Long Weekend. Couldn’t get to the game, but great action on telly and radio, plus lively debate on messageboards. Fantastic stuff for a Couch Potato. I’d like to say thank you to tmp for making me dig deep and realise how much I really like it! 🙂 I might even watch Cheltenham Toffees tonight!!!
Your mad!! lol
This was not an exciting game by any stretch of the imagination. But to play 10 v 11 for the amount of time we did and never look in danger of losing indicates to me that the lads must have done something right.
Never looked in danger of winning it either by all accounts with most complaining they didn’t even see a decent shot on goal Summed up really by ”Today has cost me £35 altogether, travel, ticket, food. I didn’t see one burnley shot on goal. Not happy ‘ as posted by someone on #twitterclarets. That also refers I assume to the first 36 minutes when we had 11 men on the pitch!?
I agree Dale and anyone who has any knowledge of how I score games would have realised I am a very low scorer. Defeats in my scoring world do not rate 8 or 9 players getting 7 or 8 as how do you score victories? It wasn’t an exciting game but it wasn’t as poor a perfomance as some would make out. I think with that tmp can congratulate himself on hits he was striving for……sadly nobody on Vital other than me Dale, Barnsey, Minivr and Bolton Claret seem to have been at the game and we all seem to agree on what we saw….
Well said VR. But I agree not many chances to score although Vokes did a repeat of his Sheff Weds no contact sitter missing. If that had been a league match we would have been very happy with a point against 10 men and I was more than happy with what looked like being a replay-we didnt have to win it on the day. As ever tmp is not prepared to budge an inch despite evidence to contrary. Has anyone got a picture of a mule for the website?
Evidence to the contrary? Give me a break. Did I imagine those twitter comments, Dave Thomas’s comments, the Clarets player comments? Did I imagine the texts from folk at the game? Get over it we were crap!! Is Claret Dale usually a low scorer? He agreed with yours VR?
Another interesting statistic which seems to suggest the FA Cup doesn’t have much of a pull, is the relative gates at Oakwell this season. The Championship game back in November bearing in mind it was on a Tuesday night pulled in 8610 , 1047 of them Clarets. Saturday’s FA Cup game pulled in just 5,091 (1396 Clarets). Hardly a ringing endorsement of cup fever?
The collapse in Barnsley attendance presumably has a lot to do with their slump in league form. How many would have gone if they’d been in a play-off position? 249 more Clarets went to the Sat Cup game than the midweek league game. Which means what? We seem to be debating at least 3 issues in a semi-muddled simultaneity (if there is such a word). First, does anyone care about the FA Cup? The answer seems to be definitely yes, given that people went, and then got upset when we went out. So I have to conclude that tmp’s wrong, wrong, wrong on that one. Second, did we play badly? On this I conclude that tmp does have people who agree with him and people who don’t. Third, did people who went think it was worth going? Again, I have to conclude that tmp does have some people who agree with him and some people who don’t. My impartial judgement therefore is that everyone is guilty of being a Claret, and I condemn them all to arguing about the experience for the rest of their lives. I wish to bring two additional charges myself in that I am in a better mood today now that the cursor on VB is working in real time rather than on a 2 second delay as it was for me for most of the weekend. First, if the cursor is also working better when I get back home, I may have to divorce my wifi hub and replace it with a younger model. But I will probably remain unconvinced about whether or not VB’s highly demanding adverts put some wider systems than their own servers under unnatural and unnecessary strain at times of high usage… and getting a diagnosis based on comparing like with like in the wide world of the web is harder than getting refs to be consistent. Second, given all of the above, I think it can be argued by any reasonable person that tmp’s headline for this story exaggerated whatever badness there was in the performance and made no allowance for the bold efforts of the 9 and a half (with BJ’s effort only counting as 50% at the death) to hang on. So I sentence tmp to having to carry on editing this site at our pleasure. If I had a jury to advise me, I would now dismiss them, but they’d probably be arguing even more than everyone else. Court closed?