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

[TBG]

eh? Thought the body language experts had established he had been hauled off?

 

Who's wrong?

[wormy]

1 minute ago, TBG said:

eh? Thought the body language experts had established he had been hauled off?

 

Who's wrong?

 

He's faking it in shame of his performance. Gutless. 

[Checko]

Now we've gotta go a month without him how do people think our depth at wing looks?

[r0cafella]

Just now, Checko said:

Now we've gotta go a month without him how do people think our depth at wing looks?

One player less

 

Bigger issue is him getting injured might still us letting Miggy go. 

[Shak]

Well that's shite news.

[Ikon]

5 minutes ago, Checko said:

Now we've gotta go a month without him how do people think our depth at wing looks?

Well I very much would have signed another player instead of Barnes from the very beginning. Him getting injured sucks though. 

 

 

Edited 21 hours ago by Ikon

[Holmesy]

Hopefully this is an opportunity for Osula to get more minutes. That raw pace at the back end of games when defenders are tiring could be a real threat

[TheBrownBottle]

Didn’t look right at all vs Bromley, this isn’t a surprise but it’s a pisser.  I like what the lad offers, I love his directness.

 

7 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

One player less

 

Bigger issue is him getting injured might still us letting Miggy go. 

Shouldn’t impact it - he’s only out for a month, and Joelinton can certainly play LW if Gordon is out

[nufcjmc]

Depends on how willock is feeling maybe big joe wing and miley comes in the middle in games later. If isak needs to come off and so does gordan it's a bigger reshuffle if osula can't be put in. 

[Shak]

As much as anything, we need him to show some form to try and get a decent bit of money back for him in the summer and invest in areas of the team that we have fewer options in.

[ponsaelius]

That'll be any Miggy transfer veto-ed 

[r0cafella]

Just now, Shak said:

As much as anything, we need him to show some form to try and get a decent bit of money back for him in the summer and invest in areas of the team that we have fewer options in.

Agree with this and this isn't to suggest he's a bad player or it was a mistake buying him as I don't think it's either of those things. We bought him as a hedge against Gordon not being good enough thankfully Gordon paid off. 

 

The issue we have with Harvey is he's an expensive player on good money who is only going to lose value, not a great profile when your ffp constrained. 

[Turnbull2000]

He's starting to feel like a waste of a squad place.

[54]

1 minute ago, Turnbull2000 said:

He's starting to feel like a waste of a squad place.

I can understand the sentiment behind this, but he has actually contributed to the addition of 19 points since he joined, and thats despite being injured for half of last season, and being in and out this year. 

[Shak]

2 minutes ago, Turnbull2000 said:

He's starting to feel like a waste of a squad place.

 

That's silly like, he's very clearly an extremely useful member of the squad.

[Holmesy]

10 minutes ago, Shak said:

 

That's silly like, he's very clearly an extremely useful member of the squad.

I think our run of excellent form has done him no favours from an impact point of view. Teams are tightening up and sitting deeper against us which allows him no space to do what he does best. He's also (despite being excellent at it) a bit of a one-trick pony, which isn't particularly difficult to defend against - show him down the line instead of letting him cut inside and you largely nullify his threat.

I still think he's a very good player but you can see why he spends so much time on the bench.

[Unbelievable]

Utgh, that’s a blow. Could be more opportunities coming up for Sanusi (or Miggy…)

[Ginola14]

shite news 

 

we've been on such a good run, I kept thinking we just need to avoid injuries to key players 

 

so long as Gordon stays fit we're still okay here, fingers crossed

 

always feel a lot more confident seeing a strong bench though 

[nufcjb]

I'm pretty sure with his pace, he could have caught up with that Bromley player when through on goal at 0-1.  Injury might explain why he didn't....or he couldn't be arsed like some have said.

[madras]

30 minutes ago, Unbelievable said:

Utgh, that’s a blow. Could be more opportunities coming up for Sanusi (or Miggy…)

Jielinton/Willock dovetail. That left mid/left wing area is probably our strongest depth wise.

[samptime29]

1 hour ago, Holmesy said:

Hopefully this is an opportunity for Osula to get more minutes. That raw pace at the back end of games when defenders are tiring could be a real threat

 

Osula sub for Murphy with 15-20 mins to go definitely could be an option.

[Bimpy474]

55 minutes ago, Turnbull2000 said:

He's starting to feel like a waste of a squad place.

 

What's wrong with you ?

[Ikon]

56 minutes ago, Turnbull2000 said:

He's starting to feel like a waste of a squad place.

Silly thing to say. This is coming from me who thinks it was the wrong signing to make to begin with, especially for the cost. 

[Yorkie]

Shit news. At least it keeps him here. 

[Lush Vlad]

To echo what others have said. Crap news and for a few reasons. 
 

It might mean Almiron stays, even if he has suitors. 
 

Barnes is also a great option late on when trying to get something and when the game has opened up. He hasn’t really been needed much in this 8 game winning run. But there will be times in the next month or so when we could do with his goal threat off the bench.