Barnsley fan pundit issues frank outlook on Barnsley’s transfer situation

This article is part of Football League World’s ‘Terrace Talk’ series, which provides personal opinions from our FLW Fan Pundits regarding the latest breaking news, teams, players, managers, potential signings and more…

Barnsley have experienced a very difficult 2021/22 season so far, coming as a huge surprise following their mightily impressive fifth placed finish last season.

The Tykes have shown some shoots of recovery in recent weeks under Poya Asbaghi, but it could be a case of too little too late with the gap to Reading in 21st place standing at nine points.

The appointment of Markus Schopp was an abject failure and Tykes supporters were looking to the January transfer window as an opportunity to turn things around to give them a fighting chance at staying in the division.

Barnsley fan pundit Joe Beardsall was left frustrated by the club’s limited business in January and feels that the board let the supporters down.

Speaking to Football League World, Beardsall explained: “I think the club’s got to look at themselves, the people at the club who are in charge of this sort of thing, look back to the summer and think – what were we doing?

“We knew Alex Mowatt was going, his contract was up, we tried to keep him, he obviously wanted to go to West Brom with Valerien Ismael, can’t blame him for that, wanted to progress his career.

“Priority number one in the summer – let’s replace Alex Mowatt – we did not do that.

“Then Michael Sollbauer goes as well, our experienced defender, the guy who, two years ago when we were in this situation facing a relegation battle, came in in January and was so instrumental in turning it around for us.

“His experience in that squad meant we stayed up for me (2019/20).”

“He leaves as well, you