Harvey Barnes

[Stottie]

Here's the Harvey Barnes for NUFC Prem League shot map.

Green is goals, blue is saves, red is missed, purple is blocked. Circle size is xG. Six yard box one is the header against Brentford.

Easiest thing to forget is that he's only played 891 total minutes for us in the Prem, less than 10 complete games. I'm sure he leads the league in goals as a sub in that period.

 

 

[The College Dropout]

Great goal.  
 

He has to start imo and he has to start on the left. 
 

I mentioned before he has certain ‘spots’ and he can’t get to them from the right. 

[BoSelecta]

12 hours ago, Bunk Moreland said:

Can someone crunch the numbers on whether he's scored more from outside the box than inside of it for us so far 

Hold up let me do a number crunch real quick; I’m getting 33.3%, recurring of course. 

[Boey_Jarton]

[Lush Vlad]

9 hours ago, samptime29 said:

Proper celebrated the goal. Lost it.

Same. Was in the pub with an Arsenal supporting mate. He went as mad as I did when it went in  probably just happy to have a bit of quality in the game. 

[Lush Vlad]

46 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Great goal.  
 

He has to start imo and he has to start on the left. 
 

I mentioned before he has certain ‘spots’ and he can’t get to them from the right. 

Agree with this. We really lose more from having Murphy/Almiron on the right and Gordon left. Than moving Gordon across to accommodate Barnes. 
 

His numbers and ruthless efficiency just means he has to be starting and in his preferred position.  

[54]

I love the fact he started celebrating as soon as the ball left his boot and before the ball went in.

[Elliottman]

The lad is a killer. Should be starting every game. 

[Conjo]

21 minutes ago, 54 said:

I love the fact he started celebrating as soon as the ball left his boot and before the ball went in.

 

Norwegian commentators during the match said our bench did the same

[gbandit]

He is that good, got Stephen Curry like ability from distance. Always seems to connect cleanly and if there’s no one in the way it’s invariably heading towards the corner of the goal

[La Parka]

He's just an assassin. I was watching a Beckham throwback on the TV the other day and he gives me similar vibes. Obviously not on that level but give him the ball outside the box on his right peg and it's pure danger. He always finds a corner too. 

 

I fucking love he proved people wrong. I've rated him for years. With a productive right wing he will be even more of an asset. 

 

 

Edited September 16, 2024 by La Parka

[Vinny Green Balls]

2 minutes ago, gbandit said:

He is that good, got Stephen Curry like ability from distance. Always seems to connect cleanly and if there’s no one in the way it’s invariably heading towards the corner of the goal

You got my vote by mentioning Steph. 

[AJ9]

Better than ASM

[GEFAFWISP]

Waste of money.

 

[gbandit]

Still trying to work out why we signed one of the best goalscorers in the league from wide positions 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

7 minutes ago, gbandit said:

Still trying to work out why we signed one of the best goalscorers in the league from wide positions 

You have to lol. 

[Beren]

On 02/09/2024 at 11:56, Andy said:

He's not the best footballer but always looks like he'll win you games. Was unlucky with that shot in the first half where he cut in and just didn't quite get enough bend on it too. 

 

Having players who can shoot from distance is severely underrated across football IMO.

 

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Harvey Barnes has been directly involved in 11 goals in his 25 Premier League appearances for Newcastle (7 goals, 4 assists), averaging a goal or assist every 87 minutes of league action for the Magpies.

From the Beeb. Dude needs more run!

 

[Andy]

4 minutes ago, Beren said:

 

Having players who can shoot from distance is severely underrated across football IMO.

 

 

Aye, especially nowadays. Football is all about percentages now, shooting from distance is discouraged. Saw an article the other day about the decline of the "screamer" and the drop off is huge compared to a decade ago. 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

There’s never a lob now, seemed to be everywhere in the 90s. 

[alexf]

Yeah he's one of those players, where as soon as he moved into that pocket of space, I was practically already celebrating before he hit it. 

 

If he can add variety to his game by going on the outside aswell, so he isn't easy to defend then he's a massive asset. 

 

I think the only thing we can do is play both him and Gordon and let them rotate during the game. It's not ideal if they both don't want to play on the right. But they are too good to leave out of the starting 11. 

 

Only negative is it means we only have Murphy and Almiron as wingers to bring on to change things if it's not working. But I think that's better than potentially pissing off Gordon or Barnes by benching one of them. 

[Beren]

1 minute ago, Andy said:

 

Aye, especially nowadays. Football is all about percentages now, shooting from distance is discouraged. Saw an article the other day about the decline of the "screamer" and the drop off is huge compared to a decade ago. 

 

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.

[Fosse]

Told you he was good. 

 

Of all the players we've lost, it stings the most seeing him tear it up for another team.

 

£35m for him is a snip, 7 goals, 4 assists in basically 11 Premier League nineties.

[samptime29]

1 hour ago, alexf said:

Yeah he's one of those players, where as soon as he moved into that pocket of space, I was practically already celebrating before he hit it. 

 

If he can add variety to his game by going on the outside aswell, so he isn't easy to defend then he's a massive asset. 

 

I think the only thing we can do is play both him and Gordon and let them rotate during the game. It's not ideal if they both don't want to play on the right. But they are too good to leave out of the starting 11. 

 

Only negative is it means we only have Murphy and Almiron as wingers to bring on to change things if it's not working. But I think that's better than potentially pissing off Gordon or Barnes by benching one of them. 

 

Tbf I don't mind Murphy as a sub. Just don't think he should be starting.

[OverThere]

Gordon and Barnes are first team players, so maybe have to rotate them left to right during the game as both seem to prefer the left.

[Ben]

With his scoring record, could Barnes could play up front ?