academy product michael o'donoghue was handed his professional debut on 14 november against barnsley in an unfamiliar defence following injuries to magnus okuonghae and frankie kent. barnsley took the lead after just four minutes, but sanchez watt equalised on 15-minutes. sean clohessy fouled devante cole in the penalty area and conor hourihane converted. barnsley then scored their third through peter ramage but freddie sears scored his twelfth goal of the season in a 3–2 win for barnsley.