'Barnsley are not a relegation team' - Gerhard Struber

Gerhard Struber has been saying it for the last few weeks and now people might just be starting to believe it.
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Gerhard Struber

Barnsley are not a relegation team”.

The Reds' revival under their Austrian boss continued in style on Boxing Day as they followed up their last-gasp win over Millwall at the weekend with another late show, this time to earn a point against leaders West Brom.

Struber's men were the better side for much of the game at Oakwell but needed Aapo Halme's last-gasp goal to cancel out Filip Krovinović's clinical first-half finish.

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They are now only a point from safety, having been eight adrift after Struber's first two games.

Struber said: “I feel good and I am very happy with our performance.”

“I think we were very disciplined and created a lot of chances.

"I think West Brom were, as expected, a difficult team as league leaders, and I think after this game I am very happy with this team.

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“We were the better tea with the better chances and the right mentality and character and right match plan.

“The belief in our strength and match plan and we had the right punch and power to change the result. It was a very good game. We are not a relegation team.

“I think the points will come if we have the attitude like this. We have the right mentality to win games.

“A young team we never give up and with this attitude we can beat opponents.

"We have the right quality and also the right character to stay in this league.”​​​​​​​​​​​​​​