Harvey Barnes

[Gallowgate Toon]

 

I get that he's not the sexiest winger about in terms of being pua dribbly but some of his finishing and ball-striking is ludicrously good. Delighted he's back.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Always clear it was a good signing, we needed to add goals across the front line. Rarely seen a player so hungry for goals, even strikers.  
 

Snag is the that he plays the same side as Gordon but I know Gordon is versatile and we do need a squad. 
 

I love how he always takes the textbook option as well, strikes it low and hard and on target. Gets a lot of deflected goals and goals that seem lucky.

 

 

Edited February 5, 2024 by AyeDubbleYoo

[tgarve]

1 hour ago, Coffee_Johnny said:

I’d crawl over broken glass to see someone with his sublime ability play for us again. 

He was great but think he only got 6 goals 13 assists for us or something like that… very entertaining though

[Mikky]

16 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Always clear it was a good signing, we needed to add goals across the front line. Rarely seen a player so hungry for goals, even strikers.  
 

Snag is the that he plays the same side as Gordon but I know Gordon is versatile and we do need a squad. 
 

I love how he always takes the textbook option as well, strikes it low and hard and on target. Gets a lot of deflected goals and goals that seem lucky.

 

 

 

Absolutely no snag that Gordon can play the same position (or Willock and Big Joe) the greater the competition the better imo 

 

Just a shame what injuries have done to us 

[Coffee_Johnny]

17 minutes ago, tgarve said:

He was great but think he only got 6 goals 13 assists for us or something like that… very entertaining though

Can’t recall the numbers, nor do I know how reliably the assists were counted then, but if he only scored 6, they must have been worldies! 

[UncleBingo]

2 hours ago, Coffee_Johnny said:

I’d crawl over broken glass to see someone with his sublime ability play for us again. 

He didn't track back, man. ?

[Kanj]

I’d say Barnes is as much of a wide forward as you can define in football. He’s a 10 goal guy at least and probably would have that easily given the number of chances our wingers get in our systems. His ball striking and placement are really high level. 

[TRon]

On 05/02/2024 at 10:51, Gallowgate Toon said:

 

I get that he's not the sexiest winger about in terms of being pua dribbly but some of his finishing and ball-striking is ludicrously good. Delighted he's back.

 

Especially when for so long we've had wide players who can do everything right up until the final third, then they'll fail to make a decent cross or strike the ball well when in on goal.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

On 05/02/2024 at 12:31, Kanji said:

I’d say Barnes is as much of a wide forward as you can define in football. He’s a 10 goal guy at least and probably would have that easily given the number of chances our wingers get in our systems. His ball striking and placement are really high level. 

Yep, it was definitely a signing focused on adding goals above anything else. 

[Guest]

That finish on Saturday was just so pure man. Wasn't dead in the corner but the way he hit it meant it was hard to get down to.

[Bimpy474]

17 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said:

That finish on Saturday was just so pure man. Wasn't dead in the corner but the way he hit it meant it was hard to get down to.

Yeah, just passed it into the net, love those type of finishes, so cool and calm.

[Gallowgate Toon]

His movement looks sharp as a dart still. Naturally intelligent player.

[CPL]

That run at the end to kill the game off was literally what we needed against PSG, Chelsea, and any game where we have been done in the last minute cause we had no bench for fresh legs.

[Aiston]

A few more parts of games and hopefully he'll be match fit.

 

His intelligence is there and clear to see.

[Joelinton7]

We have been deprived of one of the best wingers in the league for half a season. So good to have him back. 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

1 hour ago, Aiston said:

A few more parts of games and hopefully he'll be match fit.

 

His intelligence is there and clear to see.

He’s a really clever player and seems to play with a lightness and freedom which is nice to see. Combine with liking to keep things simple and follow the textbook for shooting etc, makes him very dangerous. 

[Cf]

For what feels like the first time this season we've been able to ease someone back into it. 

 

Feels like he should be starting next week though with Gordon moved over to the right?

[McDog]

20 minutes ago, Cf said:

For what feels like the first time this season we've been able to ease someone back into it. 

 

Feels like he should be starting next week though with Gordon moved over to the right?

 

 

I would 100% support that.

[samptime29]

We look wayyyyyyy better with him. We don't shoot enough. Barnes will shoot.

[SteV]

It’s mad when you have a player who’s ran his bollocks off for 60/70 mins, but then you can replace him with an equally good ‘fresh’ player, that you look better as a team.

[Displayname]

Has Barnes ever tried playing as a forward? We are running out of options here and while Gordon may do a job there, I think he is so much better coming from wide.

[Paully]

Howay Harvey lad!

[Nucasol]

7 minutes ago, Paully said:

Howay Harvey lad!

[joeyt]

Thought he was very poor tonight

[James]

Weren’t some Leicester fans saying he could be a bit static and lazy. That’s what we saw tonight. Don’t see how he fits in a Howe team