{"id":83687,"date":"2023-07-03T06:15:29","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T05:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/?p=83687"},"modified":"2023-07-03T08:55:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T07:55:25","slug":"classless-redfearn-claims-duffs-barnsley-task-was-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2023\/07\/03\/classless-redfearn-claims-duffs-barnsley-task-was-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Classless Redfearn claims Duff&#8217;s Barnsley task was &#8220;easy&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Michael Duff swapped Barnsley for Swansea City just a couple of short weeks ago he did so with the blessing and the backing of many people most of whom appreciated that he was taking on a challenge a division above just twelve months after taking over at Oakwell.<\/p>\n<p>In that season he almost got the Tykes a return to the Championship in a season where the top three all managed a tally of points that would have been enough to win promotion in every League One season of the past.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty aligncenter\"><a id='S85dVkxMS9h8qByJja_oiA' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1435887689' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'S85dVkxMS9h8qByJja_oiA',sig:'qjC8OepIn2WPWt0OUhA-kcHQclz2IAkGBjlsaHsVzl8=',w:'594px',h:'378px',items:'1435887689',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Barnsley&#8217;s fourth placed finish may have been some ten points back of the third placed Sheffield Wednesday that they eventually lost to at Wembley but their eighty-six point tally was still a good one especially given their relegation the season before.<\/p>\n<p>It is therefore somewhat bewildering that Neil Redfearn &#8211; the former Barnsley midfielder &#8211; took to Twitter over the weekend to claim that Duff had failed at the &#8220;easy&#8221; task of getting Barnsley promoted.\u00a0 Redfearn&#8217;s response was to the Swans official Twitter channel who were advertising their weekend press conference with Duff and the positivity that went with it.<\/p>\n<p>Redfearn claimed that Barnsley &#8216;choked&#8217; at Wembley against an average Sheffield Wednesday side &#8211; an average Sheffield Wednesday side that amassed 96 points during the course of the regular season.\u00a0 \u00a0And of course in a game where they were reduced to ten men shortly after half time before losing out to a last minute winner in extra time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Missed out on the easy bit ,getting Barnsley out of Lge 1 ( too good for Lge 1 struggle in the champ) and choked at Wembley v a very average Sheff W , so good luck Swans back to being average.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Neil David Redfearn (@neil_redfearn8) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neil_redfearn8\/status\/1675382436291551232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Redfearn&#8217;s comments are all the more amazing when you look at a managerial record that seems to span 33 games in charge at Leeds and 21 at Rotherham where he was sacked after just four months in charge.<\/p>\n<p>Redfearn made a return to football in December 2017 when he was appointed as head coach of woman\u2019s team Doncaster Belles and successfully guided them to the FA WSL 2 title six months later.\u00a0\u00a0He was on the move just a month later when he joined Liverpool Ladies as manager but resigned in September 2018 after just one game (a 5-0 loss to Arsenal Women).<\/p>\n<p>In June 2019 Redfearn was appointed assistant manager of Newcastle United\u2019s under-23\u2019s side but left just five months into the role after a reported bust-up with a member of his coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>To even compare Duff&#8217;s managerial record against Redfearn is somewhat akin to comparing the apple flavour of an apple against a Banana.\u00a0 \u00a0They simply do not compare and Redfearn&#8217;s comments largely smell of someone who had all his sweets stolen at school or maybe someone who just cannot accept that his post playing career is anywhere near as full as his playing career (we should not lose sight of his total playing career spanning almost 800 league games)<\/p>\n<p>It is hard to know why Redfearn made the comments that he did other than somewhere he felt that his 54 game managerial record could be translated into getting the Tykes promotion last season.\u00a0 \u00a0However, whichever way you look at it the comments are disrespectful and unnecessary.\u00a0 \u00a0 And thankfully met with the right reaction on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83689\" src=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Redfearn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Redfearn.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Redfearn-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Redfearn-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Redfearn-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Redfearn-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Redfearn-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Redfearn-1068x601.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Michael Duff swapped Barnsley for Swansea City just a couple of short weeks ago he did so with the blessing and the backing of many people most of whom appreciated that he was taking on a challenge a division above just twelve months after taking over at Oakwell. 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