BARNSLEY’S decision to rip up the last year’s promotion- winning side gave many supporters the jitters.
Fulham certainly know the perils of such a strategy after last year’s £100m summer spree served only to ensure relegation. Yet if one display in August is hardly conclusive, this was a performance that suggests Barnsley will not suffer a similar fate.
It wasn’t just that Barnsley wanted it more. That would be disrespectful to the work done by Daniel Stendel and his army of new players. The Tykes were good. Pressing in packs. Driving forward...