[Albion] Valentín Barco ** Loan To Strasbourg with obligation to buy 02/02/2025**

[oldboyroy]

Wanted Barco to do well but he wasn't given a chance under Roberto apart from 3 appearances. When he had a few mins at wolves he looked good and tried. Another game(maybe villa home?), he came on and helped get the win with a bit of time-wasting. Obviously, Fab doesn't see him fitting in so disappointing considering our current playing style and inability to get results consistently.

 

[chickens]

We’ll never get chapter and verse on why he didn’t fit, but clearly he didn’t.

I hope for his sake he settles in France, he’s going to run out of options if he can’t settle somewhere.

 

[Springal]

A bit like Paddy McCourt never understood the hype. A defender that couldn’t defend

 

[Uh_huh_him]

A bit like Paddy McCourt never understood the hype. A defender that couldn’t defend

How have you come to that judgement?

 

[fisons]

How have you come to that judgement?

Its not a judgement. Its a fact. In all the games he played for us we conceded lots of goals

 

[Flounce]

Seems like they are putting a lot of faith in FH’s decision making.

Who do you suggest makes the decisions about who gets played, if not the coach? TB is never going to go down the Ron Noades route of picking the team…fortunately!

If FH doesn’t fancy Barco, Facu, Enciso or Ferguson in the first team he will live or die by how it turns out and I might stop being pissed off with the flair he’s farmed out if it works

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

It's a tough crowd here. Well some of it is. A large part of Bloom's strategy is to buy inexperienced young players. It's almost as though some people don't understand that they just might take a while to adjust to our team and the PL. I find that attitude maddening, but oh well, it takes all sorts.

 

[Justice]

It's a tough crowd here. Well some of it is. A large part of Bloom's strategy is to buy inexperienced young players. It's almost as though some people don't understand that they just might take a while to adjust to our team and the PL. I find that attitude maddening, but oh well, it takes all sorts.

Aren’t people mainly saying he didn’t get a chance to adapt to the PL? Now sold to Chelsea effectively

 

[severnside gull]

I wish these X comments could translated to English, so we can read them.
Not a clue what it says.

You can use translate

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Aren’t people mainly saying he didn’t get a chance to adapt to the PL? Now sold to Chelsea effectively

Aren't people mainly taking about Barco? Is he going to Chelsea? And I was answering the last bunch of posts many of which seemed to be overly critical.

 

[Justice]

Aren't people mainly taking about Barco? Is he going to Chelsea? And I was answering the last bunch of posts many of which seemed to be overly critical.

You can’t take some seriously Ferguson was once talked about on here as the next £100m player suffers illness and injuries and now he’s crap destined for league 1

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

You can’t take some seriously Ferguson was once talked about on here as the next £100m player suffers illness and injuries and now he’s crap destined for league 1

This is true. I didn't take them seriously. I merely remarked that some were over zealous to write a player off.

 

[Justice]

Hinshelwood

Nice swerve

 

[Justice]

This is true. I didn't take them seriously. I merely remarked that some were over zealous to write a player off.

That’s why I said I hope they aren’t listening to FH and going against the strategy that has served us well. Season loan to Union Mitoma/Adingra came back ready for the PL because both teams play a similar style.
If Barco had gone on loan to Union this window we could have another look in the summer. After all we chased him for long enough.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

I wish these X comments could translated to English, so we can read them.
Not a clue what it says.

There’s a translate option under each tweet?

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Its not a judgement. Its a fact. In all the games he played for us we conceded lots of goals

3 premier league starts in a team the manager had given up.on.

Lewis Dunk played in every one of those games too.

Lewis Dunk cannot defend.
Fact.

 

[Springal]

3 premier league starts in a team the manager had given up.on.

Lewis Dunk played in every one of those games too.

Lewis Dunk cannot defend.
Fact.

Watch the Bournemouth goals

 

[raymondo]

Before we start getting carried away - a reminder that Barco started a mere 3 games for the Albion . We lost all of them and our defence of which he was a member i think - shipped 9 goals whilst we're at it.

Facts...pah!!

 

[Justice]

Watch the Bournemouth goals

You are seriously using that game as a bench mark?
He didn’t play against Luton who’s fault was that?

 

[Justice]

Before we start getting carried away - a reminder that Barco started a mere 3 games for the Albion . We lost all of them and our defence of which he was a member i think - shipped 9 goals whilst we're at it.

So you are blaming Barco entirely? A kid from Argentina who really shouldn’t have played in any games tbh.
The manager at the time said he wasn’t ready and he wasn’t.