Barrow (a) - 7 May 2022

[WasRambo]

Spotted Neverbrite on there shouting about driving a BMW.

Never fails to amaze me 

I thought the same..... Like they all ride tractors up there. They'll be asking for selfies sat on his bonnet....

[Risdene]

Good to see that you can take your drink to your seat to watch the barrow game at Sixfields.

I hope fans police any p*ssheads so it encourages a future rule change so we are treated the same as Franklin Gardens.

[guest2995]

i can’t make my mind up if it’s worth going to sixfields’s considering the size of the screen and the amount of people …. it’s a difficult one !
I hope McGowan is fit but if not i think i would rather see Harriman at RB so that it doesn’t disrupt our style of play from the last few weeks .
A back 3 or Hoskins at wing back changes things too much .
If it has to be a back 3 i would go for Dyche over Mills .

[everbrite]

i can’t make my mind up if it’s worth going to sixfields’s considering the size of the screen and the amount of people …. it’s a difficult one !
I hope McGowan is fit but if not i think i would rather see Harriman at RB so that it doesn’t disrupt our style of play from the last few weeks .
A back 3 or Hoskins at wing back changes things too much .
If it has to be a back 3 i would go for Dyche over Mills .

Worked ok against Exeter with Sammy at right wingback and Mills at LWB. However the 4 3 2 1 seems to suit us best so Harriman maybe best solution. Any news on McGowan injury?

[Risdene]

i can’t make my mind up if it’s worth going to sixfields’s considering the size of the screen and the amount of people …. it’s a difficult one !
I hope McGowan is fit but if not i think i would rather see Harriman at RB so that it doesn’t disrupt our style of play from the last few weeks .
A back 3 or Hoskins at wing back changes things too much .
If it has to be a back 3 i would go for Dyche over Mills .

Agree Harriman is less disruption.

Mills would be my preference over Dyche because the occasion will require experience and reading of situations (if 3 at the back)

We need goals so I would not change the front 4.

Hopefully fans will dig out their flags to populate the stand!!!

[Clarity]

Worked ok against Exeter with Sammy at right wingback and Mills at LWB. However the 4 3 2 1 seems to suit us best so Harriman maybe best solution. Any news on McGowan injury?

Not so sure, I think he should have done more to block the cross for their goal

[everbrite]

Not so sure, I think he should have done more to block the cross for their goal

Possibly - for me who was marking Nombe at the far post. Pretty sure Roberts would not enjoy being beaten at the far post so easily?

[Deepcut Cobbler]

https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/sport/football/brady-not-yet-ready-to-rule-mcgowan-out-of-barrow-game-3678357

[west stand oap]

After he left the game on crutches it seems unlikely that McGowan will be fit but a great bonus if he is. Harriman is the obvious like for like replacement but has not played for weeks and seems out of favour although I think he has never let us down. It would also mean we could keep the 4231 formation instead of reverting to 3 centre backs.
This is replacing a full back (McGowan) with another full back (Mills) but means dropping Sam deeper and then we have a front 3 instead of 4 and we need to win and score as many as possible.

[guest2995]

The other option is playing Kanu at RWB but that has to be a risk .
Dyche has also played there but he is surely too slow at this level .
I don’t think JB will want to lose Hoskins’ goal threat and so will play either Mills or Harriman on their wrong side .

[Larry]

I thought the same..... Like they all ride tractors up there. They'll be asking for selfies sat on his bonnet....

Did you research that on the internet?

[west stand oap]

In the unlikely event that JB does play Harriman it would be on his right side as he usually has played right back.

[Ragdoll Cobbler]

Can't see Harriman playing at all. Won't be anywhere near match fit as hasn't played for ages...

[CobblerForever]

Can't see Harriman playing at all. Won't be anywhere near match fit as hasn't played for ages...

Exactly and it's obvious our management team don't favour him. His mind must be on the future elsewhere as well.

Perhaps he'll pair up Zimba with Appere, move Eppiah to the Sam H forward thinking position and move Sam back to Right Back with a few days to ensure everyone knows what they are doing.

Kanu has done nothing to impress me and Mills always looks a weak link (though our management team clearly think he's viable).

I'm also assuming we need to get goals and the sooner the better.

[Peter Frost]

Can't see Harriman playing at all. Won't be anywhere near match fit as hasn't played for ages...

Didn’t stop the clown AB playing Clive Platt - and he hadn’t played or even trained for 7 weeks

[Larry]

Didn’t stop the clown AB playing Clive Platt - and he hadn’t played or even trained for 7 weeks

The clown still got us to the final.
Bayo went on Soccer AM. Same rules for for all the team.

[CobblerForever]

The clown still got us to the final.
Bayo went on Soccer AM. Same rules for for all the team.

There was a simmering disregard between player and manager all along. Remember the KFC cartons?

[Clarity]

The clown still got us to the final.
Bayo went on Soccer AM. Same rules for for all the team.

Not sure that's right Larry.

Platt 5 goals in 37 apps
Bayo 16 goals in 41 apps

Bayo scored in the semi-final and was dropped in the final for Platt who by his own admission was still injured.

[guest49]

Bayo could have broken some records if he’d seen his career out with us. He’s not done bad for a big lad.

[606 Parklands_Cobbler]

Bayo scored in the semi-final

I think you might have had too much wine on those days.