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Harvey Barnes (Out for a Month with a Thigh Strain)


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  On 16/09/2024 at 12:49, AyeDubbleYoo said:

 

I think for this goal he had his head down and kind of rolled the two defenders, they didn't even realise he was looking for a shot until he was already in space and letting it go. Not sure if it was deliberate by him but it was very deceptive. 

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For me it's less about tricking the defenders and more about not allowing the goalie to set his feet and expect a shot.  I do recall the winner against West Ham being from a similar area and him winding up for the shot though, so not sure he always strikes the ball that way.

 

Bruno for example will always let the ball run in front of him and take a few short quick steps before striking and give the goalie time to set themselves.

 

Always felt it was a hugely underrated aspect of finishing.

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  On 16/09/2024 at 09:40, Beren said:

 

Read that too. Really good piece.

 

Think there is a middle ground that the likes of Foden, Odegaard etc score (or get rebounds/deflections) from with a reasonable return... not screamers, but not in the box either.

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Also read that, and the fun part was that Harvey Barnes was 9th in goal conversion rate of outside the box shots in PL history. Probably gone up now.

 

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Link if anyone wants to read an exceptionally long article on something relatively trivial: https://www.bbc.com/sport/extra/7ruba7shs4/the-slow-death-of-the-screamer

 

 

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We think that this goal was better than the West Ham one? West Ham might still pinch it for me, y'kna. Would be interested to know which was the harder strike. 

 

Have made this point before but Molineux has such ugly aesthetics from the TV angle. 

 

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So much clutter. Nowt can look as good there. :lol:

 

Regardless, he strikes a ball absolutely beautifully. Up there with Hatem and Robert as far as that's concerned. 

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  On 16/09/2024 at 13:36, Kanji said:

Worth noting in that very moment he took the shot, he also had Bruno and Gordon possibly to pass to to get in behind, :lol: and he said NAH, fuck that, hold my beer. 

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Need to be taking shots from outside the box more, scored from two yesterday and sometimes we end up losing it through too much touch and pass. Worst case they get the ball back because it’s gone over.

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  On 16/09/2024 at 13:53, Yorkie said:

We think that this goal was better than the West Ham one? West Ham might still pinch it for me, y'kna. Would be interested to know which was the harder strike. 

 

Have made this point before but Molineux has such ugly aesthetics from the TV angle. 

 

Screenshot_20240916_145054_YouTube.thumb.jpg.9a25213ed5d35241138cec5c9b55d35e.jpg

 

So much clutter. Nowt can look as good there. :lol:

 

Regardless, he strikes a ball absolutely beautifully. Up there with Hatem and Robert as far as that's concerned. 

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It’s better than the West Ham goal. But the scenes after that one went in were incredible. Ando losing his mind shouting makes it even better :lol: 

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  On 16/09/2024 at 13:53, Yorkie said:

We think that this goal was better than the West Ham one? West Ham might still pinch it for me, y'kna. Would be interested to know which was the harder strike. 

 

Have made this point before but Molineux has such ugly aesthetics from the TV angle. 

 

Screenshot_20240916_145054_YouTube.thumb.jpg.9a25213ed5d35241138cec5c9b55d35e.jpg

 

So much clutter. Nowt can look as good there. :lol:

 

Regardless, he strikes a ball absolutely beautifully. Up there with Hatem and Robert as far as that's concerned. 

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Their two tier LED ad boards that came to life at kick-off were absolutely lifting, like. Has to be a minor distraction at best for the players on the field. 

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I just can't get that excited about the goal because Carra on Sky Sports commentary said the defender made it far too easy for Barnes.

 

All I could hear from my telly was that the defender was shit and making the space to hit the shot wasn't down to Barnes being good. 

 

So I think we all need to understand that it wasn't a worldie, it was just shit defending. Unless it was Mo Salah who'd scored it, obviously.

 

 

 

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  On 16/09/2024 at 13:36, Kanji said:

Worth noting in that very moment he took the shot, he also had Bruno and Gordon possibly to pass to to get in behind, :lol: and he said NAH, fuck that, hold my beer. 

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I looked at that and they were both definitely onside but you cant take any chances with VAR, sleeves and elbows and all that

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