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Deleted User X18H
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Maybe time now to get behind the lad as much as possible.
Top lad he is. Really passionate about the game.
Top lad he is. Really passionate about the game.
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Ashley Barnes can hear the murmurings of disquiet from the crowd!
Steve Foster
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It won't though, unfortunately. There were people all round me still slagging him off after he scored against Ipswich.
Ash is going to have to grow a thicker skin and console himself with the facts that:
a) Gus rates him and really that's all that matters
b) the clueless fuckwitts who slag him off at the game are a minority of people even among those who don't rate him, and a tiny minority of us overall.
Personally I think he's a great player for us, he can take a penalty and is increasingly deadly with his chances.
a) Gus rates him and really that's all that matters
b) the clueless fuckwitts who slag him off at the game are a minority of people even among those who don't rate him, and a tiny minority of us overall.
Personally I think he's a great player for us, he can take a penalty and is increasingly deadly with his chances.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
He's a bloody HERO.
Return of the Rev
Well-known member
When he was playing for eastbourne against lewes he was warming up as a sub a chatting with the fans seemed a nice lad,nothing really to moan about seems to be getting better despite the niggles!
Blue and White Tiger
Exiled to Exeter
- Jul 6, 2010
- 927
Classic example the other day... Think it was the first half of the Ipswich game. Ashley Barnes cleared 3 succesive corners/crosses and then we made a quick counter attack which resulted in CMS drilling the ball into an empty penalty box. Then everyone around me starts slagging Barnes off for not being in the box!!! FFS the bloke isn't Usain Bolt... he's just defended perfectly and 6/7 seconds later you are crucifying him for not being in the box? Grow up and learn about football. Ashley does a great job for the team. Poyet rates him, and even if i didn't, that would be enough for me.
If you read this Ash:
Keep it up!
If you read this Ash:
Keep it up!
Tony Meolas Loan Spell
Slut Faced Whores
Never had a real problem with him. But he does sail close to the wind when the red mist descends and he starts gobbimg off at the officials and also one or two erm, "challenges". I still maintain he was VERY lucky to still be on the pitch against ipswich to score.
aolstudios
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This, please. We could really do with all being behind our ream tonight. It helps you know
The Large One
Who's Next?
Maybe. However... EVERY player is affected, in varying degrees, by praise or criticism. Or abuse.
If you take going to the matches as a marker, all he hears from his point of view is grief. He gets more grief for doing something wrong than all of the rest of the team put together. Does anyone actually applaud him when he does something right?
Sadly, to some, that's too cool for school, and an unpalatable scenario.
Unbelievably, there are still some people who think he's shit. No, really.
aolstudios
Well-known member
if he's shit, Gus is a really, really stupid.manager. If the moaning starts toniight, let's have a word please
aolstudios
Well-known member
This, please. We could really do with all being behind our ream tonight. It helps you know
Hotchilidog
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- Jan 24, 2009
- 9,020
Not often I get to agree with HB&B, but this is absolutely spot on. I think Ashley is a terrific player and I cannot believe the stick he gets on here. Although as Simster points out he should grow a thicker skin and ignore it, as long as he has Gus's confidence he'll be alright.
shaolinpunk
[Insert witty title here]
I've never rated him as an out and out striker - he seems to miss clear chances quite a lot - but the stats don't lie and these days he offers so much more to the team from a position that isn't his favoured role. It's impressive how well he has adapted and grown as a player
Originunknown
BINFEST'ING
how about a few renditions of "singing Aye Aye Ashley Ashley Barnes, singing Aye Aye Ashley Ashley Barnes, singing Aye Aye Ashley, Aye Aye Ashley Barnes" tonight
That won't go down well at all with some of the heads around me!
aolstudios
Well-known member
agree with you but have no time for the 'thicker skin' arguement. Players are affected by crowds, positively & negatively. Always have been. There was an excellent article by David James, highlighting this, discussed on here recently - it's not as if the picking on Ash is a one off is it? Supporters make a difference, so please let's all try & make a positive one - the clue's in the name
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Deleted User X18H
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He praised the crowd when talking with JC (which is worth listening to later) and seemed so proud of his achievements with the Albion when I asked him about his Ipswich goals.