Gawalls Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Pata said: His stats didn’t really win games last season though. Because their defence was basically throwing it into their own net. They must have lost more games from winning positions than any other team last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Broon Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 2 minutes ago, STM said: Doing a bit of Dennis Wising. He's a striker basically. Natural goalscorer. Two good feet. Instinctive. Fox in the box. Direct. It seems like everything is about the quickest route to goal. Perhaps he doesn't dribble past people but he seems to power past people, on the shoulder. Perhaps finding a left forward, rather than a LW, is another string to our bow. I feel like Barnes is entirely different to our other wide players. He might have some different attributes but we already have ASM and Gordon who naturally play in that left side attacking position and Joelinton, Willock and Isak who have been keeping them out of the starting line-up. I know we need squad depth but, unless ASM is leaving, it seems like we would be very overloaded in that position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 If he played predominately on the right would people be happier with this transfer? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 3 minutes ago, Jackie Broon said: He might have some different attributes but we already have ASM and Gordon who naturally play in that left side attacking position and Joelinton, Willock and Isak who have been keeping them out of the starting line-up. I know we need squad depth but, unless ASM is leaving, it seems like we would be very overloaded in that position. Yeah, I think Joelinton will gradually end up more central. We need depth in the centre and while Willock finds himself in wide areas, he rarely starts in that position. Isak needs to find his groove up front. Also, I think ASM will be sold. Seems inevitable to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emotic Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 You don't need to be a good player to have good stats, but he has good stats. Almost as good as Bowen or Saka. I'm sure our management team knows how to maximise his potential and strengths. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon88 Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 He’s not good enough, he can’t dribble, take away his goals hes crap, look at ASM’s xA for goodness sake. I’m done with this club. scores v villa on that first Sunday He’s f***ing brilliant, he’s such a good finisher, what a signing, Eddie Howe you legend. What a f***ing club we are!!!!! seen it all before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Yeah I think it's crazy everyone is complaining about who we sign,will wait to see it come together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Take away Cristiano Ronaldo's goals and he's just a guy who whacks free kicks into the crowd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 11 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: If he played predominately on the right would people be happier with this transfer? Yeah, actually I think so. I don’t think we’re maintaining top 4 with Almiron and Murphy. So if he was predominantly a RW with those numbers I think it’d make more sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 I’d have taken him over Maddison every day of the week, proper depth signing this one but probably means Maxi is off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 8 minutes ago, Toon88 said: He’s not good enough, he can’t dribble, take away his goals hes crap, look at ASM’s xA for goodness sake. I’m done with this club. scores v villa on that first Sunday He’s f***ing brilliant, he’s such a good finisher, what a signing, Eddie Howe you legend. What a f***ing club we are!!!!! seen it all before. The fuck is this garbage? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 What's not to like? Quick direct still relatively young can bang them in with both pegs assist machine aswell. Most our wingers don't do that except for Miggys purple patch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 "take away his goals he's crap" is definitely a take Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 4 hours ago, ATB said: To be honest, I get quite anoyed about this Maxi love that keep poping up. Regardless of Barnes I would drive Maxi myself to whatever. He makes us a worse team and we can bebetter of him. Flair? thats not a thing in the 20s. just look at Man City. You need the skillset but the output and efficenty is way more important. being a selfish player and your out from City. Should be the same here. Out of interest do you go to games either home, away or both? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 We may be thinking maxi Barnes for the left. Miggy gordon for the right. For rotation. That would mean tonali bruno Willock joe Longstaff and Anderson rotation options for the middle of the park. Makes us a lot stronger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawalls Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 1 hour ago, KievKev said: Why were you watching a lot of Leicester? Because they’re foxy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawalls Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 14 minutes ago, thomas said: "take away his goals he's crap" is definitely a take Take away his boots he’s worse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 (edited) Joking aside, I do find it strange that eyebrows are being raised about Barnes, who's strength is being a direct goal threat who can shoot off both feet but people tug themselves senseless over Diaby, who's strength is being a direct goal threat who can shoot off both feet. Is it just that one plays on the left and the other on the right? Edited July 8, 2023 by The Prophet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 If you think about how we attack overloading the right side with a lot of balls into the box from Trippier and probably Tonali now taking up that right side 8 spot it makes perfect sense. He's quite tall and wins a fair amount of Ariel duels but more importantly he's got the instinct to get into the box from that left side and finish well. You can go back last season and look at the amount of overhit crosses or ones flashed across the 6 yard box that had nobody arriving at the back post and see it's an area we could definitely get more goals from. I think his simple give and go gameplay actually suits us quite well too. Quite a few of our players have noticeable flaws but they are extremely effective cogs in an effective unit. That's how I see Barnes fitting in well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 I’ve mentioned before that I think Barnes is a very good finisher and an average player. We buy him and start him then he’ll need a provider and that’s not what we need from a winger with the players we’ve got. IMO we need a creator in that position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 1 minute ago, Tsunami said: I’ve mentioned before that I think Barnes is a very good finisher and an average player. We buy him and start him then he’ll need a provider and that’s not what we need from a winger with the players we’ve got. IMO we need a creator in that position. He won’t be a winger here though, he’ll be a wide forward in a front three. Isak wasn’t a winger when he played there. If we can add a player in that position who can get into double figures too, we will be laughing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
morpeth mag Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Barnes is more like Ferran Torres who we were also linked with. Both good finishers rather than wingers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumbheed Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 (edited) Not sure where this idea that we need a creator comes from, as if to imply we just weren't creative enough last season. Bit of perspective here, we were about 7 goals away from being title challengers last year and missed a fuck ton of chances in almost every game we played. We very much need players who are clinical in the final 3rd. Barnes is clinical in the final 3rd. Edited July 8, 2023 by Thumbheed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 2 minutes ago, morpeth mag said: Barnes is more like Ferran Torres who we were also linked with. Both good finishers rather than wingers. Yeah, and Barnes is premier league ready. I’m looking forward to seeing him play in our team (if it happens) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 We do lack natural goalscorers in midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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