Weststander
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Another goal in a win for Ashley. Good PL player, respect.
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Ashley Barnes isn't nearly good enough for us.
- Thread starter Mr Burns
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keaton
Big heart, hot blood and balls. Big balls
- Nov 18, 2004
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He clearly wasn't worth a 2-year deal, 5-6 years ago
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
He was offered a renewal, but didn't sign it. Three months later Burnley offered him a better one.
keaton
Big heart, hot blood and balls. Big balls
- Nov 18, 2004
- 9,972
I thought we offered him another year, not longer
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
He is on record as saying he didn’t feel wanted
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Yes, he was offered a year, so that's right.
Don't forget this was in the era of David Burke who was sacked a year later.
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
This obsession is weird.
Not really Weird Justice, a lot of us fans appreciated what Ashley offered and his all round effort for the team excepting a couple of indiscretions (kicking the ref etc) after all we had been watching him from age 18/19, I believe he had a lot more to offer us but sadly it turned out differently. Oh well!
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
Players move on and some find a home Burnley turned out to be his. When we lose and Barnes scores this thread is a guaranteed bump I just don’t get the point of it.
Our result has nothing to do with it. Just a coincidence this weekend. It's simply about a man being written off as not good enough for us at league one, firing his premier league side into the top 6.
So what? We turned down Ian Wright once upon a time.
Ian Wright retired in 2001. Can't speak for everyone else, but I wasn't on NSC pre-2001, so prior to that so couldn't have posted about his goals.
After we turned him down, Ian Wright returned to amateur and part time football to continue his development, went to prison for a couple of weeks, then gained renewed focus. (thank you, wikipedia!). The Ian Wright we trialled went through a change in attitude and application and then went on to be a success.
We didn't turn down Ashley Barnes. We signed him in 2010. While he was with us some of the fans wrote him off as not good enough for league one, then we let him go to a rival where he was a success winning promotion to the premier league before we did, and continues to make a success of his time in the premier league.
Ian Wright was never one of ours, Ashley Barnes was.
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Weststander
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The contract AB was offered was for a derisory low sum, at a level had been paying League One wages, at a small fraction of that being paid to Buckley, Hoskins, CMS. [Sauce at the time: a respected NSC’er who found out from a club official].
hart's shirt
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Premier League Top Scorers - 2019-2020 season
12 - Vardy (98 mins/goal)
10 - Abraham (97 mins/goal)
9 - Aguero (90 mins/goal)
8 - Mane (132 mins/goal), Aubameyang (135 mins/goal)
7 - Sterling (152 mins/goal), Kane (154 mins/goal)
6 - Ings (138 mins/goal), Wood (154 mins/goal), Salah (157 mins/goal), Barnes (162 mins/goal),
Rashford (173 mins/goal), Jimenez (187 mins/goal), Pukki (193 mins/goal)
5 - Pulisic (131 mins/goal), B. Silva (146 mins/goal), C.Wilson (226 mins/goal)
12 - Vardy (98 mins/goal)
10 - Abraham (97 mins/goal)
9 - Aguero (90 mins/goal)
8 - Mane (132 mins/goal), Aubameyang (135 mins/goal)
7 - Sterling (152 mins/goal), Kane (154 mins/goal)
6 - Ings (138 mins/goal), Wood (154 mins/goal), Salah (157 mins/goal), Barnes (162 mins/goal),
Rashford (173 mins/goal), Jimenez (187 mins/goal), Pukki (193 mins/goal)
5 - Pulisic (131 mins/goal), B. Silva (146 mins/goal), C.Wilson (226 mins/goal)
Weststander
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Waiting for the “penalties don’t count” retort from an AB hater.
Nottseagull
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What's Maupay's hours-per-goal figure?
hart's shirt
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Bit harsh!
Before the international break, he was 196 mins/goal.
(Edit - with him playing the full 90+6 mins yesterday, it's around 220 mins/goal.)
If it makes Albion fans feel any better today, he's scored as many as the likes of Son, Firmino, Perez, Lacazette, Mount and Maddison.
(No, I didn't think it would....)
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