TRon Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Big plus to have him back. After flogging Miggy the wide options were looking a bit limited. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouldy_uk Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Difficult question without specific context (game state), but curious to know whether people would still bring on Barnes first ahead of Osula (off the bench)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Just now, mouldy_uk said: Difficult question without specific context (game state), but curious to know whether people would still bring on Barnes first ahead of Osula (off the bench)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 27 minutes ago, mouldy_uk said: Difficult question without specific context (game state), but curious to know whether people would still bring on Barnes first ahead of Osula (off the bench)? Of course. Barnes has significantly impacted a number of games off the bench for us. As yet, Osula hasn’t impacted one (off the bench), albeit he has had far more limited opportunity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 35 minutes ago, mouldy_uk said: Difficult question without specific context (game state), but curious to know whether people would still bring on Barnes first ahead of Osula (off the bench)? No context needed. 999/1000 times you'd pick Barnes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouldy_uk Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 20 minutes ago, Shearergol said: No context needed. 999/1000 times you'd pick Barnes. I agree, just curious to see where people are at after Osula’s encouraging displays and a fair number of mixed bags from Barnes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 (edited) 9 minutes ago, mouldy_uk said: I agree, just curious to see where people are at after Osula’s encouraging displays and a fair number of mixed bags from Barnes. You’re right in that Osula was definitely encouraging against Birmingham, but surely no-one would look at a decent/good performance against League One opposition and think he needs to be playing ahead of a bloke that’s scored 10 goals in under two seasons? Having said that, if the change we were making in the game was to RW, there’s more of an argument. Although I’d still almost certainly just shift Gordon over and get Barnes on. Edited February 14 by SteV Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Sounds a lot like what other teams would call having "options". I'm actually coming round to the thought of having a squad over selling players who aren't likely to start 47 games in a row. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 1 hour ago, Shearergol said: No context needed. 999/1000 times you'd pick Barnes. Unless it's up front. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 48 minutes ago, mouldy_uk said: I agree, just curious to see where people are at after Osula’s encouraging displays and a fair number of mixed bags from Barnes. Also showed hes nowhere near ready for the PL. Barnes has scored double figures season after season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 1 hour ago, mouldy_uk said: I agree, just curious to see where people are at after Osula’s encouraging displays and a fair number of mixed bags from Barnes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 1 hour ago, mouldy_uk said: Difficult question without specific context (game state), but curious to know whether people would still bring on Barnes first ahead of Osula (off the bench)? Barnes, his record is excellent against PL teams. Osula has looked decent against league 1 sides. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT24 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Walked by this fella in Manchester this evening. In the squad tomorrow? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Gonna come off the bench in the cup final and get the winner. 2-1 us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 17 minutes ago, JT24 said: Walked by this fella in Manchester this evening. In the squad tomorrow? By himself? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBez comesock Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 9 hours ago, JT24 said: Walked by this fella in Manchester this evening. In the squad tomorrow? Yes - on the bench 👊🏼 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Does Harvey know half of this forum in person or something Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 The bench isn't that far away tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted 11 hours ago Share Posted 11 hours ago Was poor when he came on today, still think he will be one who we attempt to move on in the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregon_Geordie Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago Lazy going backwards. Often lets his man run free. Bit of a one trick pony to me. Would move on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 1 minute ago, Oregon_Geordie said: Lazy going backwards. Often lets his man run free. Bit of a one trick pony to me. Would move on. As frustrating as Murphy is, he’s always trying to help Tino out as much as possible. My fear was realised when he came on and they had way more joy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago Jeez, go easy he wasn't that bad. The team was playing awful when he came on which makes it even harder and he barely got a chance to go forward, but when he did he still looked dangerous, even if it was him playing out of position on that right side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregon_Geordie Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago Just now, RodneyCisse said: As frustrating as Murphy is, he’s always trying to help Tino out as much as possible. My fear was realised when he came on and they had way more joy. Exactly. It's a common trend when he comes on. Gordon and Murphy both do the hard yards aswell as shoot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago He’s a one-way player. He’s more than just an exceptional striker of a football. He can drive with the ball and can cross a ball but he’s almost entirely useless out of possession compared to you average winger these days Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago Putting him on right wing doesn't help. He's not a right winger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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