The agony of a play-off final defeat can linger on strong over the course of a summer and maybe even more so when you know that your team has done nothing like justice for themselves with their performance which was the case for Steve Cooper and Swansea this afternoon. Steve…
There is little doubt that Barnsley manager Valรฉrien Ismaรซl is a class act and he showed that after the play off semi final when he immediately offered his congratulations to Swansea and admitted that they were clinical over the two games. Ismaรซl had seen his side put up a good…
โThere were 3,000 there but during the game it felt like 35,000″ – the words of Steve Cooper as he reflected on the ninety minutes that preceded his comment, a ninety minutes that was enough to book his side a place at Wembley and the chance to extract revenge on…
Barnsley head coach Valรฉrien Ismaรซl was taking heart from a play off match two years ago when he looked back on the result against the Swans last night and delivered a stark warning to Steve Cooper and his side that he sees the tie as far from over. It was…
Valรฉrien Ismaรซl may have seen his Barnsley side beaten in the first leg of the play off semi final against the Swans but he certainly wasn’t downbeat after his side’s performance and believes that they have the quality to get a result at the Liberty on Saturday and progress to…
Steve Cooper would have been a happy man last night having watched his side deliver a good performance to bring a 1-0 lead back to the Liberty in their play-off semi-final against Barnsley. Andre Ayew’s first half goal proved to be the difference between the two sides on the night…