madras Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 27 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: What happens when he doesn’t play? Or.. like began to happen a lot towards the end of the season, teams man mark him and lessen his impact on a game? What happens if Trippiers out ? Or Isak and Wilson ? Also I'm not so sure it was the doubling up (he's got the best stats for successful passes under pressure) as much as tge injury that had the impact on his game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 “Katie Cutler’s Alan Barnes Army, We Hate Sunlun…” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 We've got like 50 games next season. Having Barnes there for when we have a Thursday-Sunday and we need someone good to come in, is smart business. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 1 minute ago, STM said: We've got like 50 games next season. Having Barnes there for when we have a Thursday-Sunday and we need someone good to come in, is smart business. We are in the Champions League mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Just caught up with this thread properly. Clear that opinions are split. Possibly even more so than on Maddison ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 4 minutes ago, Pata said: We are in the Champions League mate. Fucking hell, that was pure Freudian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 For all we can argue about the squad balance he would be a fantastic signing in isolation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myleftboot Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 If barnes comes in I’m expecting one of the wingers to leave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Will post my brief rationale for being underwhelmed. After getting Bruno, then Isak and now Tonali (who is arguably the biggest transfer this club has made since Owen from Madrid), I was expecting more than Harvey Barnes. I understand the transfer if the are wheels in motion on moving on ASM/Almiron, but not just to pad out the squad. As others have said I'd rather we splurge on a proper left back. Gvardiol might be a pipe dream, but he would have been perfect as he operates on the left or as a centre back and has the profile of the players we've been getting in recently.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 1 minute ago, HawK said: Will post my brief rationale for being underwhelmed. After getting Bruno, then Isak and now Tonali (who is arguably the biggest transfer this club has made since Owen from Madrid), I was expecting more than Harvey Barnes. I understand the transfer if the are wheels in motion on moving on ASM/Almiron, but not just to pad out the squad. As others have said I'd rather we splurge on a proper left back. Gvardiol might be a pipe dream, but he would have been perfect as he operates on the left or as a centre back and has the profile of the players we've been getting in recently.. It's no surprise you are underwhelmed if you thought we might sign Gvardiol. Any player who gets linked to Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal or City, we just aren't signing. There's no surprise we dropped out the Szlob race as soon as Liverpool showed interest. Barnes is less exciting than a Diaby but it might just work out a smarter move for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 The new club coaching structure have proved in a very short time they know what they’re doing. If he comes he’ll be a successful addition to the squad with the role he’ll be trained to undertake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATB Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Yeah i think what is lost in all of this is that Barnes will get better with us. He will be better coached, fitter and playing with better players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abacus Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 (edited) Before Leceister imploded last season, I reckon most people would have been more than happy with Barnes. It's still quite hard to explain how they went quite so badly wrong. And of course, us overperforming as well has had everyone looking skywards. I think, though, if you look at him less as a replacement for ASM, but more a replacement for a squad player (regardless of positions) like Ritchie, it makes far more sense. I do think you'd need a Trippier style LB to get the most out of him, and that starts to become the priority position to me. No shade on Burn there, but I'd rather a specialist, with Burn as cover there or at CB. I also still think we'll have at least one more surprise signing coming out of the blue as well. Edited July 8, 2023 by Abacus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 5 minutes 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. I get quite annoyed about you tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitude20 Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 (edited) 34 minutes ago, STM said: We've got like 50 games next season. Having Barnes there for when we have a Thursday-Sunday and we need someone good to come in, is smart business. Exactly, if we get 3rd in our UCL group and qualify for Europa League, and let’s say we get knocked out in the quarterfinals, that’s 12 games. Don’t forget that we got eliminated super early in the FA Cup last year, so we can add about 4 more games there as well. So that scenario means we will play 16 more midweek games! Yeah everyone in the squad will get their playtime. Edited July 8, 2023 by Solitude20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Fun with stats says he's got three goals and three assists in just 661 minutes as a sub. Small sample, but very impressive, almost cheat code level. He's also scored 9 of his 35 league goals with his weaker (left) foot, off 9 xG. Hitting xG off your weaker foot is pretty good. The highlight reel has him going down the outside and scoring with his left. https://understat.com/player/6681 Just for the "is a CL player?" issue, aren't his stats better than Trossard's? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 18 minutes ago, STM said: It's no surprise you are underwhelmed if you thought we might sign Gvardiol. Any player who gets linked to Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal or City, we just aren't signing. There's no surprise we dropped out the Szlob race as soon as Liverpool showed interest. Barnes is less exciting than a Diaby but it might just work out a smarter move for us. I didn't think we might sign Gvardiol, but he's in the same category of players as Tonali, Barnes isn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATB Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 10 minutes ago, Pata said: I get quite annoyed about you tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 12 minutes ago, Pata said: Flair? thats not a thing in the 20s What? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Flair the most useful of skills in Football Manager. How often is he going to score an accidental goal from a cross? WHAT A GOALLLL -- DID HE MEAN IT?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 I don't get this signing at all, unless ASM is getting sold of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawalls Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 1 hour ago, nufcnick said: he’s really not though is he? 1 maybe 2 good games in 38, runs into blind alleys, losses the ball consistently then sits on the floor for 5 minutes, doesn’t score or create chances or goals, he really doesn’t offer much TBH Yeah (I got your back) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Displayname Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Have you guys forgotten how many times we complained about our shitty bench last season? We need depth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 (edited) 19 minutes ago, gdm said: What? Fix that filthy quote. Edited July 8, 2023 by Pata Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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