Ashley Barnes, The Latest: Ashley Barnes Signs for Burnley *Confirmation*

[Barnham Seagull]

How do you know what Barnes was offered? I know that Barnes was asking for wages we couldn't compete with... and for a backup striker (which is what he was for us), we shouldn't cave in. That's the Pompey way

Nothing to do with Pompey way. We are talking paying him what he is worth, are you telling me Burnley pay big wages in this league?

Look at how much money not paying Murray cost us! £5m plus paying CMS a lot of money and big wages on Ulloa. Now that is mis management?

Also getting rid of two defenders who are now both playing in the championship for a team we failed to beat. We have let people go far to easily which will cost us in the long run.

 

[portslade seagull]

We are getting pretty adept at letting our promotion rivals have strikers to help them finish above us

Can't imagine any other Championship clubs doing the same for us.

Agree sheer madness, can't believe we are letting a striker go with a 1 in 3 scoring ration and looking to replace him with one who is 1 in 6. Mason won't stand a chance with the Barnes haters with that scoring ratio

 

[Machiavelli]

Haven't got the time to search through the 36 pages of this thread. Has anyone posted anything interesting in it?

 

[TSB]

Also getting rid of two defenders who are now both playing in the championship for a team we failed to beat. We have let people go far to easily which will cost us in the long run.

Neither Tommy nor Steve Cook would get in our squad, so what would have been the point in keeping them on?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

The Barnes haters will love it when he celebrates scoring against us. He upset Plymouth fans by gesticulating at them when we bought him.

 

[Barnham Seagull]

Neither Tommy nor Steve Cook would get in our squad, so what would have been the point in keeping them on?

Really, bet they would have done. Certainly proving they could do a job.

Our defence is ageing rapidly and is going to need major investment, those two players could have played a part in the overhaul.

 

[Rugrat]

Our loss is Burnley's gain ... can only assume Barnes was insistent he was going now or in the Summer, so we got what we could

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Agree sheer madness, can't believe we are letting a striker go with a 1 in 3 scoring ration and looking to replace him with one who is 1 in 6. Mason won't stand a chance with the Barnes haters with that scoring ratio

Agree with this.

 

[Skaville]

The Barnes haters will love it when he celebrates scoring against us. He upset Plymouth fans by gesticulating at them when we bought him.

I wouldn't blame Barnes for giving it some to our fans. Plenty of them have treated him like shit

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Agree sheer madness, can't believe we are letting a striker go with a 1 in 3 scoring ration and looking to replace him with one who is 1 in 6. Mason won't stand a chance with the Barnes haters with that scoring ratio

You should look in the Joe Mason thread, we have a Cardiff fan posting in it, apparently Mason is worth £6m+ and is on course for great things, despite having a pathetic scoring record and not being anywhere near their first team.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Nothing to do with Pompey way. We are talking paying him what he is worth, are you telling me Burnley pay big wages in this league?

Look at how much money not paying Murray cost us! £5m plus paying CMS a lot of money and big wages on Ulloa. Now that is mis management?

Also getting rid of two defenders who are now both playing in the championship for a team we failed to beat. We have let people go far to easily which will cost us in the long run.

No offence. But you are utterly mental.

 

[portslade seagull]

The Barnes haters will love it when he celebrates scoring against us. He upset Plymouth fans by gesticulating at them when we bought him.

Karma me thinks and then they will say he never done that for us forgetting his 20 goals plus in our promotion season and being top scorer again and again and again. Its like they live in a parallel universe where Barnes actually doesn't exist

 

[nwgull]

We are getting pretty adept at letting our promotion rivals have strikers to help them finish above us

Can't imagine any other Championship clubs doing the same for us.

Really? When was the last time we sold a striker to a rival to help them finish above us?

 

[JCL - the new kid in town]

Neither Tommy nor Steve Cook would get in our squad, so what would have been the point in keeping them on?

For some reason I thought he was referring to lynch and Harding, doh

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Neither Tommy nor Steve Cook would get in our squad, so what would have been the point in keeping them on?

I suspect Cook would by now. Receiving interest from Premier League clubs and rave reviews from Bournemouth fans.

 

[TSB]

Really, bet they would have done. Certainly proving they could do a job.

Our defence is ageing rapidly and is going to need major investment, those two players could have played a part in the overhaul.

El-Abd, Greer and Upson are better than Tommy Elphick. Have you seen how many goals Bournemouth have shipped this season?!
I always rated Cook and think he could have done a job, but our defence is pretty much the best in the league for the second year running.

We'll be replacing the current crop with a lot more quality than Bournemouth possess.

 

[TSB]

Really? When was the last time we sold a striker to a rival to help them finish above us?

palace may not have finished above us, but we sold them Dobbie and they went up.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Really? When was the last time we sold a striker to a rival to help them finish above us?

He doesn't say sell, this suggests Murray at a guess.

 

[JCL - the new kid in town]

Karma me thinks and then they will say he never done that for us forgetting his 20 goals plus in our promotion season and being top scorer again and again and again. Its like they live in a parallel universe where Barnes actually doesn't exist

Was he our top scorer? Are you forgetting penalties don't count?

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Barnes also offered an awful lot defensively when we were under pressure too. We will miss that.