MOORE MADE THE DIFFERENCE

O'Driscoll - said sending off changed the game.

Barnsley winger Jamal Campbell-Ryce believes Darren Moore's dismissal after 50 minutes could be the catalyst in turning their early-season malaise around.

The Tykes were already behind in their South Yorkshire derby with Doncaster, to Brian Stock's ninth-minute penalty, when Moore was shown a straight red card for hauling down Lewis Guy as the last man.

With 40 minutes still remaining in the match the Tykes' hopes of recovering the deficit looked to have disappered along with their burly defender down the tunnel.

However, captain Stephen Foster drew them level with a scrappy goal three minutes later before Campbell-Ryce stunned the visitors with a second six minutes later.

It was an unpredictable fightback from a side that had not scored in five league games and further strikes from Jon Macken and Iain Hume made it a wholly satisying afternoon for Simon Davey's side as they picked up just their second win of the Coca-Cola Championship campaign.

Campbell-Ryce said Moore's dismissal could have provided the turning point in a season that has already seen Davey come in for some heavy criticsm.

The Jamaica international said: "You could say that Darren has saved us today because if he lets the lad go then he is one-on-one with the goalkeeper and probably scores.

"That would put us 2-0 down and along way to go to come back.

"I'm not saying that Darren getting off has done us the world of good, but when we respond like that and bag four goals down the other end you can say perhaps that he has saved us."

Barnsley had been second best for most of the game until Moore's sending off and had looked set for another fruitless day in front of goal.

"It has taken a sloppy goal from Fozzie (Foster) to get us a goal, but that may have changed our season," Campbell-Ryce continued.

"Everyone at our club has been under pressure, not just the gaffer. He has probably come in for some unfair critiscm especially considering what he was able to achieve last year in the FA Cup.

"Hopefully the critics will lay off him now. This result had been coming and hopefully now we can kick on from this result."

Rovers manager Sean O'Driscoll admitted he would like Moore to have had the opportunity to allow Guy to continue his run and give his side the chance to go 2-0 up.

"Until Moore got sent off we were dominant," O'Driscoll said. "Everything that we did was good and we deserved to be ahead.

"I would have preferred that Lewis had have been allowed to go through on goal and if he does score and put us 2-0 up we are in control on the scoreboard.

"But it was not to be and from then on the proverbial wheels fell right off."

O'Driscoll refused to concede the defeat was the hardest of the season so far for him to stomach, pointing out his side had been superior for long periods.

Rovers have now lost their past six games since earning promotion to the Championship, but O'Driscoll was still able to find positives in their display.

He added: "Once Darren was sent off - all the good things we did before, we failed to do afterwards.

"I have no problem with the players' ability or that attitude, but it is between the ears where we are letting ourselves down."