Just what the doctor ordered there.
Barnsley were poor, certainly, and will struggle to stay in this division on that showing, although they had a LOT of players out today.
The whole team performed well today, but Bridge, Barnes, Noone and Bruno were the pick. Bruno time and time again showed flashes of real quality - he could play as a winger easily. In the first half be combined exceptionally well with Noone and caused Barnsley all manner of problems.
CMS had more than a touch of luck with both of his, getting on the end of what seemed to be 2 goal-bound efforts from Barnes, but if that's what it takes to get him really going again then it's all good.
The only blot for Barnes was a needlessly niggly foul that the referee seemed to be allowing to let go with a stern warning, but Ashley seemed to talk himself into a card. Silly, if so.
LuaLua replaced Noone and brought more of the same for the final 20 minutes. After skinning his fullback for the umpteenth time he opted to shoot from a tight angle, blazing high when there were unmarked Albion players queuing up to make it an easy 6th.
A word about Harley - he got himself into good positions twice in his 20 minute cameo and could (should) have scored. Most notably Bruno floated over a lovely ball from deep which saw Harley running through from onside meeting the ball with his head with Gonzalez stranded. This effort ended up wide and seems to be a good summary of his Albion 'career' to date.
All aboard the Gus Bus again!
Barnsley were poor, certainly, and will struggle to stay in this division on that showing, although they had a LOT of players out today.
The whole team performed well today, but Bridge, Barnes, Noone and Bruno were the pick. Bruno time and time again showed flashes of real quality - he could play as a winger easily. In the first half be combined exceptionally well with Noone and caused Barnsley all manner of problems.
CMS had more than a touch of luck with both of his, getting on the end of what seemed to be 2 goal-bound efforts from Barnes, but if that's what it takes to get him really going again then it's all good.
The only blot for Barnes was a needlessly niggly foul that the referee seemed to be allowing to let go with a stern warning, but Ashley seemed to talk himself into a card. Silly, if so.
LuaLua replaced Noone and brought more of the same for the final 20 minutes. After skinning his fullback for the umpteenth time he opted to shoot from a tight angle, blazing high when there were unmarked Albion players queuing up to make it an easy 6th.
A word about Harley - he got himself into good positions twice in his 20 minute cameo and could (should) have scored. Most notably Bruno floated over a lovely ball from deep which saw Harley running through from onside meeting the ball with his head with Gonzalez stranded. This effort ended up wide and seems to be a good summary of his Albion 'career' to date.
All aboard the Gus Bus again!
