Well, like most people in the UK, I know barely anything about Barnsley other than it is a nondescript industrial/mining town somewhere in South Yorkshire.
I do not really see them as true rivals but funnily enough, most Barnsley fans see the Mighty Whites as bitter rivals. I think this is more to do with most people in Barnsley supporting our Famous White Shirt then some guys who play for their local team.
Liam Kitching and Clarke Odour are ex LUFC and both may feature in this game. Not sure about the others we gave to them a few years back, like Halme
Barnsley may be 16th in L1 at the moment but their players will be up for this. A good crowd is expected as is a lot of noise!
I expect JM to rest a load and go for something like:
KK
Drameh Koch Struijk Helde
Forshaw Greenwood
Jimmy Klitch Sinister-Terror
Joffy
Like the Prem, 5 subs are allowed from 9 so I expect our bench to be something like:
Christy, Mullen, Cooper, Gray, Bamford, Darko, Llorente, James and Jenkins
So finally got to watch the game and I got 5 thing out of this game.
1) Cooper and Forshaw are barely able to fill the back up bench role for this new Marsh style.
2) Dremah, Summerville are going to be very good players.
3) Gelthart needs game time otherwise he will turn into another Roberts.
4) Greenwood needs to play as a Forward or number 10. He is not a DCM.
5) Sinesterra has a ridiculous ability to change speeds. He goes from zero to top speed in a heart beat and then drops it to slow in a stride and back to top speed again. It going to be hard to defend when he is fully fit.