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JOHN McATEE PREVIEWS PLAY-OFF CLASH

2 May 2024

Interviews

JOHN McATEE PREVIEWS PLAY-OFF CLASH

2 May 2024

Reds striker John McAtee looks ahead to Friday's clash with Bolton Wanderers.

The on-loan frontman feels there's a real positive buzz around the place as Barnsley prepare for Friday night's Sky Bet League One play-off semi-final first leg under the lights at Oakwell. 

"I've been saying it all season but I believe in the lads," McAtee told us. "We're a tight-knit group, we're all really together and can't wait for these next two games.

"We can't wait. We're all excited and hopefully we can put in a good performance and give ourselves the best opportunity of getting to Wembley."

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The Reds and Wanderers have played out draws on both occasions when meeting in the regular season and McAtee is aware of the challenge ahead of his team but was quick to refer to the last encounter where the Reds did race into a two-goal lead.

"We've looked at the video analysis of the previous games, looked at where perhaps we went wrong in the last game, where we need to do better. 

"In that last game, for about 60 minutes we more than matched them.

"We know what we are capable of and we're looking forward to the game."


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