Valérien Ismaël

Ismaël happy with his Watford fightback

Valérien Ismaël was happy with the second half display shown by his side in last night’s 1-1 draw with the Swans but still felt that his players were too afraid to make a mistake and that is something that he wants to continue to work on. Watford looked like a…
Thursday, 7 March 2024, 8:12

Valérien Ismaël offers his congratulations to Swansea

There is little doubt that Barnsley manager Valérien Ismaël is a class act and he showed that after the play off semi final when he immediately offered his congratulations to Swansea and admitted that they were clinical over the two games. Ismaël had seen his side put up a good…
Saturday, 22 May 2021, 22:38

Barnsley boss takes heart from Derby County and Leeds United

Barnsley head coach Valérien Ismaël was taking heart from a play off match two years ago when he looked back on the result against the Swans last night and delivered a stark warning to Steve Cooper and his side that he sees the tie as far from over. It was…
Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 9:00

Ismaël – Barnsley have comeback quality

Valérien Ismaël may have seen his Barnsley side beaten in the first leg of the play off semi final against the Swans but he certainly wasn’t downbeat after his side’s performance and believes that they have the quality to get a result at the Liberty on Saturday and progress to…
Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 8:15

Barnsley head coach sees them as underdogs

You can call it mind games or you can call it a true belief but Barnsley manager Valérien Ismaël sees his side as the clear underdogs as he puts the final preparations into the work ahead of the first leg of the play offs on Monday. Barnsley will welcome the…
Saturday, 15 May 2021, 9:19

Barnsley boss on their “incredible” achievement

Have the mind games started already at Oakwell with Barnsley manager Valérien Ismaël already talking up their 5th place finish as “incredible” ahead of the two-legged semi-final with the Swans. The Tykes got a point yesterday against champions Norwich which was enough to lift them above Bournemouth into fifth and…
Sunday, 9 May 2021, 10:38