Going through their match reports, it appears that Jim's being played as a central defender for Barnsley and not as a left-back.
The supporters around me in WSU who went to the Watford game (I didn't), and are very loyal to the entire team, thought Gonzalez was and is awful, and should be released, along with Ankergren.
The aim is the PL, and we have to make hard decisions. The squad cannot keep expanding out of sentiment.
Hold up, they decided a keeper who had a bad first half (no argument from me in that regard and I was there), on his debut, followed by a much improved second half (looked more comfortable with crosses than either of the other two all season) should be released? Off one game?
We remain the only club who decided he was a left-back. At Stockport he was a centre back, Michael Rose played at left-back for them. When we signed him it was obvious he had more about him than just playing in the centre and considering the options we had, they decided he was to be used as a left back. And he is quality there, but he seems better in the centre.
I would be happy with Painter being released, and Mattock being signed to play, McNulty coming in to cover both positions. Nothing wrong with having versatile players at the back, you never know when you're going to have a man sent off and decide to play with 3 centre backs.
You're new here aren't you, it's quite usual for players to only get 10 mins to prove themselves to some NSC posters