Looking forward to a better season at the 'well this year, An ex Leicester forward (not striker) who "couldn't keep them up last season", I think the jury will be out on that one, and regardless of what some say £1.2m is a lot of brass for a club like us, remember that other much touted £1m striker? Macedonian chap, made a real impact, well on the lasses in tarn anyway, what were his name now? he scored so many its hard to remember. But, as Scott K sez, us Barnsley fans are an optimistic lot - we've had to be - but I do think we will get a crack at summat this year, provided we can win one or two away. Come on yoo Reds!!

hassel is a gud player but most important this season is a goalscorer...which odejayi is defo not....anuva striker please davey!!!

wot tha on wi togwell can play either n hassel is also qualiti

Apart from having Togwell as a first choice defender (he is actually a transfer-listed midfielder who has never been a first team regular) you have it pretty much spot on.

You need to start with a solid defence in the Championship and the lack of pace that Souza has demonstrated is a worry - although to be honest the only person who ripped him apart last season was Frazer Campbell who I am sure he will be glad to see the back of. Stephen Foster is an outstanding defender and I'm amazed that he hasn't been a target for some Premier League teams. The addition of Moore to the squad should give us good experience and increase competition for places which was non-existant last season.

If we can keep our midfielders fit and on form then they have to be considered one of the most formidable in the division. Obviously being the optimistic Barnsley fan I am going to say that but in Campbell-Ryce, Howard, De Silva, Leon, Devaney and the new lads battling for a place in there this area of the field should not be a worry for us at all.

Our real problem is scoring goals, we dominated a number of games last season but just didn't have the quality up front to convert this into goals. We just couldn't 'scrape' wins when it mattered, this is how Bristol City and Hull did so well last season...they had games where they weren't at their best but were able to put at least one opportunity away.

Even going back to the league 1 days we were never particular prolific up front, and it is the same story where our strikers will have a good couple of weeks and then not score for months.

I really hope the Macken and Hume partnership works out and maybe they will get 30 goals between them, but if the club aren't looking for another striker at the moment they really should hold on to a bit of this cash that they claim to have in the event that the strike rate isn't what it should be.

Best we can hope for is the play-offs, would be very happy with mid-table.

not accurate!
togwell is not a centre back and we didnt even have darren moore last season