Re Barnes - the bloke who sits behind me...

[gripper stebson]

...actually said after ten minutes.

"I f**king hate it when he scores - it's so frustrating!'

Then went on to slag him off for the remaining 80 minutes.

I though he was good today. We looked better with him up top than Buckley.

 

[Kazenga <3]

Buckley is wasted up front. Not strong enough and has no space to run at people.

 

[Kneon Light]

Give him a slap Warren - you know you want to!!

 

[sagaman]

The whole balance of the side looked much better when Barnes played CF

Thought the team looked better with Ash rather than CMS as fulcrum and lost shape when Buckley swapped with him

 

[portslade seagull]

Should have turned around and said loudly well played Barnes your goal helped us win today !

 

[gripper stebson]

Give him a slap Warren - you know you want to!!

I'm a lover not a fighter. Although I'm not very good at either.

 

[Camicus]

Thats 100% pure comedy right there

 

[Superphil]

I had the same today in the first half, sat in an unfamiliar seat in the WSM at the south end, chap about 20 years old behind me just went on and on about how shit Barnes was. I found a spare seat at the other end for the second half.

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Sounds like a complete idiot.

 

[catfish]

Just shows some knobheads will slag him off for the sake of it no matter how well he plays.

 

[gripper stebson]

Sounds like a complete idiot.

Yep. Another amusing to-and-fro with his buddy went like this:

"F**k sake Barnes you've got the touch of a f**king rapist"

"That was Lopez."

"Oh."

 

[BHAWise]

...actually said after ten minutes.

"I f**king hate it when he scores - it's so frustrating!'

Then went on to slag him off for the remaining 80 minutes.



I though he was good today. We looked better with him up top than Buckley.

Are you east stand upper?

 

[gripper stebson]

Are you east stand upper?

Nope. WSU. South End.

 

[chunky44]

Now Hammond had the touch of a rapist early on but improved as the game went on, Bridcutt was outstanding today mind.

 

[Dan Gleeballs]

Barnes played well today. Deserved his goal & deserves credit for his performance

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Would it be any different if Barnes was a big money signing from a premiership team? Think people give him a hard time because he cost 50k from Plymouth personally. After Noone has to be Poyet's best signing. Based on fee /reward.

I though he held the ball up well today and made some excellent runs in the first 30 minutes.

 

[clippedgull]

Buckley is wasted up front. Not strong enough and has no space to run at people.

Buckley was poor today.

Barnes put in a reasonable shift.

 

[clippedgull]

Would it be any different if Barnes was a big money signing from a premiership team? Think people give him a hard time because he cost 50k from Plymouth personally. After Noone has to be Poyet's best signing. Based on fee /reward.

I think Bridcutt is turning out to be Gus's best signing.

 

[nwgull]

Buckley was poor today.

Barnes put in a reasonable shift.

Buckley's first start in 4 weeks wasn't it? Bound to be a bit rusty.

 

[Broady]

Barnes was very good up front, he won a lot more balls than CMS usually does and fed it off to his team mates a lot. It makes a hell of a difference having a focal point who can trap a ball.

CMS has his strengths too but I thought Barnes did very well and was a bit puzzled when he and Buckley swapped, especially as their left back was looking very iffy after 15-20 minutes.