Tough test for whom?

Barnsley supremo Neil Collins says ahead of tomorrow's game at Oakwell: 'Really tough test. When you look through their squad, top attacking players. Slightly slow start to the season but I think the position in the league probably doesn't do them justice. We'll need to be really at it on Saturday so it should be a really good game.'

Of course, you might as well talk up the opposition as it then looks better if you beat them and you have an alibi if you don't.

I had this down as a 3-0 defeat in the prediction league.  A bit pessimistic perhaps, but I would be pleased with a point.

CAS Trust is unsurprisingly pessimistic about prospects for the season without a good result at Barnsley: https://www.castrust.org/2023/12/the-real-battle-of-the-reds-this-weekend/