‘Painful to watch,’ ‘Absolutely embarrassing’ – Many Barnsley fans react to Cardiff display

Valerien Ismael’s perfect start to life as Barnsley manager came to an abrupt end after his side were comfortably beaten by Cardiff City on Tuesday evening.

Ismael’s arrival had seen the Tykes’ Championship results improve dramatically – taking six points from the two home matches against Queens Park Rangers and then Watford on Saturday.

Those two victories had seen the South Yorkshire outfit climb up to 15th in the table, moving six clear of the relegation-zone.

But Barnsley managed just four shots on goal throughout the 90 minutes last night, and were facing an uphill battle from the moment Junior Hoilett’s close-range strike put the Bluebirds into a fourth-minute lead.

Joe Ralls’ goal in first-half stoppage-time doubled Cardiff’s lead and ensured the game was over as a contest, before Harry Wilson’s stunning late effort completed the scoring for Neil Harris’ men.

Whilst Tykes fans have been delighted with Ismael’s start to life at Oakwell, they were fuming with the performance of many of their players at the Cardiff City Stadium – and took to social media to express their anger.

Check some of the best reactions below:

Influenced by injuries

Painful to watch

Schmidt, Miller and Vic shouldn’t be let anywhere near that first team bus

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— Ian Vodden (@ianvodden) November 3, 2020

Time for a forward clear out in January. Miller, Schmidt, Thomas, VIc, Green at minimum. Bring in some actual decent forwards.

— Hirst (@hirst952) November 3, 2020

Need a striker with some balls to put himself about. Striker's we have are just not good enough apart from woodrow

— Adrian Whittam (@adiewhittam) November 3, 2020

Tactics/strategy all wrong tneet. Playing long ball against Cardiff with Schmidt up top. We’ve got decent ball players, what’s going off? Smithies had his easiest game all season.

— perspective (@Daveureds) November 3, 2020

Horrific performance, put it behind us and prepare for Saturday – having an actual game plan might be a good start.

— James Walker (@notagammon) November 3, 2020

Simply not good enough

— Breathe Barnsley (@BreatheBarnsley) November 3, 2020

That final ball by Styles typified tonight’s performance absolutely shocking

— Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle i (@hemtyke) November 3, 2020

Absolutely embarrassing

— zzak_watson (@ZzakWatson) November 3, 2020

Poor performance tonight by all

— shaun windle (@shaunwindle7) November 3, 2020

Wow a night to forget

— Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle i (@hemtyke) November 3, 2020