Paul Heckingbottom says he will be 'ruthless' with his team changes as he looks to recover from what he says was the most disappointing result in his nine months as Barnsley's head coach.
The 5-2 home loss to Nottingham Forest on Friday means the Reds have now conceded more goals at home than any Championship side while they have not won at Oakwell in seven games and have just one victory in their last 11 overall. They are in 18th place – their lowest position since the opening day of the season – four points clear of the relegation zone and seven adrift of the play-off positions.
The Reds now face a difficult trip to fourth-placed Birmingham City tomorrow with Heckingbottom tempted to drop several of the side that was beaten by Forest. He told the Chronicle: "We will make changes because we have to find a team that gets wins. We need to find the team that will be difficult to beat but poses a goal threat as well.
"We have been able to do that at times and competed in every game but we have to start picking up the wins. "We will be changing the team around until we find that magic spark. No one is going to be playing every game because we have a really busy period coming up.
"We have to be ruthless and not rely on the same people every week. "We need to nip this bad run in the bud and start picking up wins and points."
