“Is it too little, too late?” – Barnsley fan pundit delivers verdict on Poya Asbaghi’s job

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Football League World’s Barnsley fan pundit Joe Beardsall has praised Poya Asbaghi for turning around the Tykes’ fortunes recently – but is still yet to be fully convinced that he’s the right man for the club on a long-term basis.

It took a while for the Swede to get off the mark for the Yorkshire outfit since his November appointment, but that first victory finally came against Queens Park Rangers last month.

Barnsley have since won two of their next three games and it has coincided with bringing some fresh faces in during the January transfer window in Domingos Quina and Amine Bassi – both who have been match-winners already.

Having helped his club off the bottom of the table and into 22nd position in the Championship, Asbaghi has received praise from many but Bearsdall still wants to see more from him if he wants to believe that he’s the man to really take the club forward.

“I think it’s extremely difficult at this stage to say whether or not Asbaghi is the right man to take Barnsley forward after this season or not,” Beardsall said.

“He had the worst possible start to life at Barnsley – it took him 12 games to get his first win which was the longest wait in history for a new Barnsley head coach, and you could understand why a lot of fans were starting to say he was the wrong man for the job and some were saying that he should be sacked after such a run of poor performances and results.

“However something has clicked in the last few weeks, we’ve seen improvements in performances and a massive