Well, there probably aren’t many positives to come out of that result, but there is one that dwarves the rest of them.
I’m talking of course about Jordan Smith.
With regular number one Brice Samba suffering from a slight knee injury, the 25-year-old made his first league appearance since 2018 and certainly made up for lost time with a rather impressive display between the sticks, doing his very best to keep the hosts at bay when they were throwing everything at him.
With Barnsley having 20 shots in total, 7 of them on target and even hitting the woodwork on a few occasions, he was pretty under the cosh for the whole game, so to keep them out for as long as he could.
Does Jordan Smith have a future at Nottingham Forest?
Yes
No
Indeed, he was the only player that seemed to come out of the loss to Barnsley with any credit from the supporters, judging by their reaction on social media.
Jordan Smith MOM in a 1-0 defeat, about says it all!!! #nffc pic.twitter.com/JfTFObV4bD
— Geoff Cameraman (@n55ffc) July 19, 2020
Got to give massive credit to Jordan smith he was by far the best player today, save us numerous of times #NFFC
— Kieren (@kingkieren10) July 19, 2020
Well played Jordan Smith sat on the bench all season and did not let anyone down today – he deserved more, Worrall Grabban too the rest poor. #nffc
— Chris W (@trickyterra) July 19, 2020
Will say fair play to Jordan smith though! Proved me wrong👏#nffc
— William Eaton (@WS19Eaton) July 19, 2020
The only #nffc player you can feel sorry for is Jordan Smith. He has come in cold and delivered a magnificent performance. Unfortunately nobody else got to 5/10.
A late goal so costly yet again.
1/3 #NFFC
— Paul Severn (@paulsevern7) July 19, 2020
Agreed. Smith was great 👌
— Psycho was back V2 (@psychoFTID) July 19, 2020
What about you? What did you make of Smith’s display?
