Whatever you think of each of them, we lost a LOT of GRIT with all of them being off/out. A LOT. Of GRIT.
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Any Barnes haters going to admit we are missing him yet?
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Whatever you think of each of them, we lost a LOT of GRIT with all of them being off/out. A LOT. Of GRIT.
dougdeep
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How about some opinions from posters that aren't simple?
DarrenFreemansPerm
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Do you believe Rodriguez and Obika are better?
SittingbourneSeagull
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We lost the spine (physically speaking) of the team. Other teams must look at us now and know that with exception of Ince and Upson we are physically quite weak.
Barnes was one of the players I always liked. He made as much of the talent he had IMHO, and as I say never hid despite being the target of the boo boys.
...apart from when one can't be arsed to play because he's not in the right frame in mind
But Barnes, yes, definitely missed him last night and in the first match. If he'd have been playing, we'd have had a certain three points in the bag
Brighton Breezy
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I think we miss having a back-up striker rather than Ashley Barnes specifically.
We are also missing Andrew Crofts a lot.
We are also missing Andrew Crofts a lot.
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We have one. He's just nowhere near as good as Ashley Barnes. Hence missing Ashley Barnes.
8th battalion East Lancs
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He's just scored his first goal for us today with the Development team.
That wasn't the original question. But, as you're asking, well I really don't know - I haven't seen enough of either player to give a judgment. Though I certainly don't think Obika is as bad as all the doomsters seem to believe. Personally, my strongest Albion starting eleven wouldn't include Rodders and Obika, or Ashley Barnes for that matter if he was still here. As it is a squad game, if over the Summer somebody else comes in who is better than those 3, then I'll be happy.
Imagine being described like this...............
bluenitsuj
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Totally agree - we were hardly banging the goals in when Barnes was playing.
chucky1973
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No, I don't miss him, miss the PR announcer going "Number 9 Ashley Barnes" but that's when it stops.
murraymints4brighton
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We are not missing him at all. We have struggled to put away our chances across the squad since we entered the Championship. People on here seems to analyse our season weekly based on whether we win or lose, with draws being a consistent "decent result". Fact is, injuries have savaged our season. It's nothing more or less. I'm afraid due to that promotion is next seasons task now.