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The old Barton deep delivery to Carroll, who wins the header then Nolan cleans up is a proven recipe for success. Pretty ugly, but bloody effective.

 

its the only reason he was in the side , because he can whip a ball in from the right. Having said that his corners were better than anything our players could produce for the entire last season.  And Barton isn't exactly a technician.

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Would have him back here in a heartbeat on footballing ability alone.

 

Expand on this... You must rate him highly I take it?...

 

Good deliveries from corners and set pieces and does a good job on the right or in central midfield while always giving 100%

 

What about the other 3 1/2 year that he was here?...

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Would have him back here in a heartbeat on footballing ability alone.

 

Expand on this... You must rate him highly I take it?...

 

Good deliveries from corners and set pieces and does a good job on the right or in central midfield while always giving 100%

 

What about the other 3 1/2 year that he was here?...

he was cack/injured/incarcerated/suspended for the most part.
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It's a lot easier to put in a good cross when you are aiming for a player who will beat any centre back 9 times out of 10.

 

What players do we currently have that would even put up a fight?

 

Barton was a decent player when he actually played but lets not pretend like he was Beckham. How many effective crosses did Barton put it that weren't directed to the lanky Gateshead gobshite?

 

Edit: The Carroll, Barton and Nolan triumvirate was good for half a season because you had the decent crosses, the physically dominant beast and the instinctive 'edge of the box' poacher but the closet we have to any of those now is Dan Gosling :lol: and even with his 'prowess' our beast is Mike Williamson  :whatdidido:

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It's a lot easier to put in a good cross when you are aiming for a player who will beat any centre back 9 times out of 10.

 

What players do we currently have that would even put up a fight?

 

Barton was a decent player when he actually played but lets not pretend like he was Beckham. How many effective crosses did Barton put it that weren't directed to the lanky Gateshead gobshite?

they were rarely crosses either, more so the hoofs into the box now decried on here.
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Rumours he's off to WHU. He plays well with Caroll.

 

Shows what hypocrites Sullivan and Gold are.  They said they'd never sign him.

 

That was because of his lengthy ban last season.

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  • 2 months later...

Thread necro I know, but my word, we could use someone with his passion right about now.

 

Just rewatched the 4-4 vs Arsenal, and him and Nolan pretty much won us that game. Or point... :p

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Have him back in a heartbeat, if only to see how he'd lay into our current dressing room after that derby performance. We should just have him as a nutcase about the club, yelling at people and 'motivating' them by telling them how shit they've played. We don't even have to play him.

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Have him back in a heartbeat, if only to see how he'd lay into our current dressing room after that derby performance. We should just have him as a nutcase about the club, yelling at people and 'motivating' them by telling them how shit they've played. We don't even have to play him.

 

We should hire Roy Keane or Paolo Di Canio then. They are free, will work for less money and do the exact same thing. Brilliant suggestion.

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