Barnsley 1-3 Swansea: Post Match Reaction

Last updated : 13 April 2009 By Rob Miles (barnsley Boy)
Reds boss Simon Davey could not bring himself to face the media so assistant manager Ryan Kidd stepped in:

"It was obviously disappointing. It is a hugely disappointing result. To lose 3-1 on your home patch is always disappointing but to do it at this stage of the season is very hard to take.

"We gave away some soft goals. The first ten minutes were always going to be important and we had to start the game well and be lively. We have been giving away a lot of soft free kicks in the last few weeks and we did that again today. We give them people to mark but the lad Williams has popped up on his own to score. We were always going to be chasing the game after then.



"We probably had more possession in the first half and I thought we played some good stuff at times which was better than we had done down here for a while. We had no end product, our decision making was poor and the lads looked low in confidence at times.

"We had to make a change at half time to go with two wide men and get crosses into their box. Swansea are the best footballing side in the division and if you do not match their three in the middle of the park then they will annihilate you. We tried to match them up in the first half and went three v three. We had to change it and go for it after the break but to be fair that did not really work and it was hard for us to chase the game.

"It is a massively damaging result to lose here. We cannot think about what other people are doing or have done and we have four massive matches left. We probably have to win two of them. We have to be positive now and look to go to Reading and get a result".