Biko!?I'd just like to say every time I see this thread title I think of anti-apartheid campaigner Steve Niko which then makes me think of the Simple Minds song.
Biko!?
Biko!?
Bloody predictive text!
And it was a Peter Gabriel song, Shirley?
Obika was not good. But the rest of the team was also not present. Why? Because Barnsley had hell of a team who basically are a Championship team. We would never have given a decent showing against that team even if the match was still going.
It's easy to find scapegoats but let's not forget the high level of the opposition.
Whilst I don’t agree with scapegoating Obika for yesterday’s performance (as I said in my player ratings, until Hall came on he was the only player who looked remotely threatening) the stark facts are that he missed decent chances at 0-0, 1-0 and 2-0.
All of which could’ve changed the game, two of which were pretty simple chances. In a game like that it is critical that if you get a chance you take it. As KR said in his interview - goalscorers help mask bad performances.
The reality is his chance conversion rate is poor. To miss THREE chances at critical times in a game like that makes him an easy target. He wasn’t the reason we lost. But he could’ve changed things and he didn’t - multiple times over.
At 0-0 he had acres of space in the area as a looping ball dropped perfectly. He could've and probably should've headed it, but he went for a side foot volley and completely missed it. Can't believe it isn't even on the extended 10-minute highlights to be honest, it was comfortably the best chance we had.He was shite, but I don’t remember him having 3 clear cut chances? I remember the back pass he did with his tame right footed shot and the time he fell over the ball when he got goal side of his man, but not sure about the 3rd?
At 0-0 he had acres of space in the area as a looping ball dropped perfectly. He could've and probably should've headed it, but he went for a side foot volley and completely missed it. Can't believe it isn't even on the extended 10-minute highlights to be honest, it was comfortably the best chance we had.
Sorry Malc but I don’t buy that. Yes the quality of the opposition was high. Championship relegation quality. If we have any ambition of going up this year, which KR and Tiger have stated then the team they’ve put together is simply not good enough. I would of at least thought we’d have given them a game but it was men against boys.
We played them at Wembley when they were a league above us and lost by one goal. They are now in the same league and we lose by 4! They wererelegated last year for a reason. We were just s**tTheir team was almost unchanged from last season. They were going to outplay any L1 team on the first day of the season by some margin, by virtue of knowing the system and their teammates.
We played them at Wembley when they were a league above us and lost by one goal. They are now in the same league and we lose by 4! They wererelegated last year for a reason. We were just s**t
Steve Nicol was anti-apartheid leader?! Wow!I'd just like to say every time I see this thread title I think of anti-apartheid campaigner Steve Niko which then makes me think of the Simple Minds song.