ITFC vs Barnsley Fri 01/11/13

Tonight Town play Barnsley at home.

Brief report on Bolton 1 ITFC 1

First though a brief mention of last Saturday’s game at Bolton which finished as a 1-1 draw. Town played reasonably well and in many ways an away point is good. However an away point is only good if you can win your home games so it is important Town can win tonight against Barnsley.

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Barnsley are still struggling after their tough season last year but they are no easy push over. They are committed to winning and Town will need to at least match Barnsley for commitment and effort. Town players are skilful enough and as Mick says the team need to be ruthless and to be able to control games as circumstances need, something they have not been good enough at. The very pleasing aspect at Bolton was after going a goal behind they had enough spirit to score a goal to draw. The Town team must play what is in front of them and know when they have to dig in and contain teams and when they have to open up in search of goals and wins. This is matchplay and Town need to improve their match play so they do not let leads go, as at the away game at Derby and certainly at home they need to be proactive and seek a win while also being tight in defence and not making silly errors.

There still remains for me and many other fans the cloud of uncertainty about Mick McCarthy’s future in regard to the Ireland manager’s job. See the latest short video from YouTube with Mick here:

So well done Mick, you have done a great job for the Town and I hope you continue to do so!

COME ON TOWN…beat Barnsley tonight…Town team and fans can do it! COYB….