Came home to go onto NSC and start a thread Barnes MOM only to find loads of you beat me to it
He misplaced one pass all night in a game where Bruno and Andrews gave it away for fun. No one got on their backs but as soon as he made that one mistake there was a huge shout of "oh F*** OFF BARNES". I'm not his greatest fan or his greatest critic but he was excellent tonight, a real team performance and he gave everything.
at least 6 in the 2nd half alone,not the only one either,our passing has gone backwards
Yes he worked hard, mainly with little success, but wasn't he playing as a striker for at least thirds of the game? Perhaps someone could explain what the main role of a striker is- I always thought it was something to do with scoring goals!
Anyone would struggle to do that if isolated and outnumbered when playing up front on your own with little or no support centrally from another forward or from midfielders joining in with the play regardless of how good they are.
Strikers can add far more to a team than just goals (hopefully you will see this when you watch performances like Barnes effort tonight)
Plenty of effort and ideas but lack of skill and showed that he is a div 1 striker at the best.
I have entered the twilight zone
Yep only Buckley could have taken MOM away from him, very close either way.
Bollox should have been Mr
Anyone would struggle to do that if isolated and outnumbered when playing up front on your own with little or no support centrally from another forward or from midfielders joining in with the play regardless of how good they are.
Strikers can add far more to a team than just goals (hopefully you will see this when you watch performances like Barnes effort tonight)