Dominik Frieser feared he would miss the play-offs when he hurt his hamstring last month but is delighted to be back for the semi-finals against Swansea Ci.
HERE we are then, the Championship play-offs. Those frantic May weeks in which four sides battle for the roughly £150million prize of Premier League.
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Analysis of Barnsley s 2-2 draw with Norwich City on the last day of the Championship season.
REDS MUCH BETTER IN GOOD WARM-UP FOR PLAY-OFFS
This game was seen as a perfect warm-up for the play-offs, against a high-quality side who play the possession-based football often employed by the sides Barnsley will face in their battle to reach the Premier League throughout May.
Although they were without key players Teemu Pukki and Oliver Skipp and had already won the title, Norwich provided a stern final day test.
Their squad had been recruited for about £20million – much more than Barnsley s but far less than some of their play-off rivals – while ten of them were full internationals and nine of the starters had played in the Premier League.
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Barnsley will play Swansea City in the Championship play-off semi-finals after finishing the league season with a 2-2 draw at home to champions Norwich City.
Cauley Woodrow opened the scoring then, after Norwich levelled within seconds, Conor Chaplin made it 2-1 late in the first half. City levelled again just after the break.
Bournemouth s loss to Stoke City means the Reds moved up one place to fifth and will take on fourth-placed Swansea in the semi-final first leg on Monday May 17 then visit them on May 22.
They finished with 78 points, which is their fourth best ever tally.
The home side delivered a good performance overall, as they were on top in the first half before their visitors had the better chances after the break as the game began to fizzle out.
A look back at yesterday's 2-0 defeat at Deepdale. REDS ‘SWITCH OFF’ WITH TOP 6 SECURED It is only natural that there would be a subconscious.