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Barnes goal
- Thread starter Tesco in Disguise
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symyjym
Banned
Contender for goal of the month.
Great goal. Pleased for him.
TrickyOne
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Absolute corker! Well done to the lad.
DumLum
Well-known member
Not me.
I still don't rate him. Burnley will be relegated if he plays every week in my opinion.
Vegas Seagull
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- Jul 10, 2009
- 7,782
His goal mins still stuck on a generous 9 pay out again...cheers Ashley
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
Ended up on the losing side so the goal doesn't count
joeinbrighton
New member
its not fashionable to slate him, its fashionable to play him. it seems hes been played by everyone and we can all see he's sh1t. with barnes he would actually help the team, score goals and put a shift in. all jfc does is lose the ball, jump away from challenges and waste space. I don't think the hate they get from the fans is comparable in the slightest
spring hall convert
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It completely is. A lot of the same people as well.
deslynhamsmoustache1
Well-known member
Bent is a better goal scorer.
dejavuatbtn
Well-known member
I suspect we would have a better chance of avoiding that if he was still with us. He hasn't been replaced.
JCL - the new kid in town
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- Aug 23, 2011
- 1,864
He's only on loan though
Pondicherry
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As I remember it (and I could be wrong) Barnes got slated when he played as a left sided midfielder or as a lone striker - neither of which was he very good at. When he was played as part of a front two (in league 1 with Murray) I think most people thought he had potential and I don't remember him being a hate target then.
As an aside - Aspinal was saying before the game that we could have had Harry Kane. I assume this was the loan rumors from last season and the season before - or did we actually have a chance to sign him permanently at some point?
As an aside - Aspinal was saying before the game that we could have had Harry Kane. I assume this was the loan rumors from last season and the season before - or did we actually have a chance to sign him permanently at some point?
Barnes got slated wherever he played.
His performance as a lone striker was pretty much constantly improving. Ratings on here were going up as he grew more familiar with what was a new role, and his goals all came in the latter games, showing he was becoming accustomed to a position he had no serious experience playing prior to last season.
His performances in left midfield were mostly decent. He provided protection for the left back, some grit in midfield, and he got forward and won plenty of free kicks. Those that weren't always slating him, and those that marked him on what he was sent out to do, usually gave him an average (for a successful team) to good mark unless he genuinely had a bad game (yes, he had them, every player does).
Some people rated him as a left midfielder by judging how good a striker he was (it would be like rating Bent's performance today on how good his goalkeeping was - 'no saves, distribution wasn't there 2/10 and that's being generous') which could warp perception.
brakespear
Doctor Worm
Same here, really liked him when he played for us and was a massive mistake to let him go like that imo.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
It is very comparable. Take off your blinkers.