huss9 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 5 hours ago, Holloway said: Gordon will be straight back in for the CL push like Not sure. especially if Barnes turns in similar performances in the next two. but what a player ti bring on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 4 hours ago, Optimistic Nut said: FA Cup winner, League Cup winner, let's give him the full set next season. Was he not there when they won the league? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Maybe the performance that surprised me the most, he was fantastic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 1 hour ago, andycap said: Was he not there when they won the league? Wasn't there for that (or the FA Cup ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Aye like most of our players he popped his trophy virginity with us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 6 hours ago, Kid Icarus said: Wasn't there for that (or the FA Cup ) Scored in the cup run though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 I would keep him left and play Gordon on the right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 2 minutes ago, aussiemag said: I would keep him left and play Gordon on the right. We should him and play him on the left where he’s best. We’ll have a lot of matches between the PL, CL, FA Cup, and League Cup next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattypnufc Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 2 minutes ago, cubaricho said: We should him and play him on the left where he’s best. We’ll have a lot of matches between the PL, CL, FA Cup, and League Cup next season. And Europe! 😂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 2 minutes ago, cubaricho said: We should him and play him on the left where he’s best. We’ll have a lot of matches between the PL, CL, FA Cup, and League Cup next season. Yeah, they’re both left wingers. Bring in Europe next season will give him enough games that hopefully both of them can regularly perform at a good level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 I do think it’s a good timing to give Gordon a rest. Let Barnes start. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 The more I watch the match the better his performance gets. It's crazy how much went through him attack-wise and he did everything very well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahoneys Tache Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 2 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said: The more I watch the match the better his performance gets. It's crazy how much went through him attack-wise and he did everything very well. It’s almost as if Howe knows a player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Barnes was absolutely class. His movement was fantastic and his tight dribbling is better than I realized. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Hasn't been shouted about as much mainly because of the performance of others, but he worked his fucking socks off. Him and Tino down that left hand side just made them worry all game long. Strong, direct, smart. I've not watched it all back but I'm sure he found Tino on every overlap. If he wanted to get to the line as well he got there. Of course he stepped up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emotic Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 2 minutes ago, Super Duper Branko Strupar said: Hasn't been shouted about as much mainly because of the performance of others, but he worked his fucking socks off. Him and Tino down that left hand side just made them worry all game long. Strong, direct, smart. I've not watched it all back but I'm sure he found Tino on every overlap. If he wanted to get to the line as well he got there. Of course he stepped up. Amazing that our threat all came down our “second string” left-hand side too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cf Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 4 hours ago, Super Duper Branko Strupar said: Hasn't been shouted about as much mainly because of the performance of others, but he worked his fucking socks off. Him and Tino down that left hand side just made them worry all game long. Strong, direct, smart. I've not watched it all back but I'm sure he found Tino on every overlap. If he wanted to get to the line as well he got there. Of course he stepped up. One of my main criticisms of Gordon is how rarely he uses Hall on the overlap. I know Tino is rightly getting plaudits for his performances at LB but I'm wondering how much that is down to having Barnes in front of him rather than Gordon. (Though clearly both are a clear upgrade on Murphy) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 7 hours ago, Kanj said: Barnes was absolutely class. His movement was fantastic and his tight dribbling is better than I realized. He’s probably one of the smoothest runners with the ball I’ve seen. Sometimes doesn’t appear to be doing much but has a nice ability to drop the shoulder on people and glide past them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzy Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 I think he actually needs to be staying next season, now we are guaranteed European football. I don't think we'd get the same quality of player in for the money you'd get for Barnes now. Add to that there's much more important areas that need to be improved, if we can go into next season with Gordon and Barnes as the Left hand side I'm happy with that. We'll almost certainly need him if we're trying to battle on four fronts next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 see, he wasnt a poor or unneccessary signing. Eddie right again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 7 hours ago, Super Duper Branko Strupar said: Hasn't been shouted about as much mainly because of the performance of others, but he worked his fucking socks off. Him and Tino down that left hand side just made them worry all game long. Strong, direct, smart. I've not watched it all back but I'm sure he found Tino on every overlap. If he wanted to get to the line as well he got there. Of course he stepped up. Before the final I suggested he would be worth starting just because of his end product which can win a match even when the performance isn't great, but it was suggested that his defensive work was slack. That surprised me, because I can't imagine Howe wanting a player who won't pitch in when we are out of possession. I don't watch him that closely, but I would imagine he must be at least fairly hard working if Howe wanted him so badly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Barring any freak injuries next season, he'll be seeing plenty of gametime and will be an extremely useful asset for us. Good player, just been awkward timing with him so far. I thought he was excellent on Sunday. Very brave & made good team decisions consistently. Flash might have to wait to get his place back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
80 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 (edited) 4 hours ago, TRon said: Before the final I suggested he would be worth starting just because of his end product which can win a match even when the performance isn't great, but it was suggested that his defensive work was slack. That surprised me, because I can't imagine Howe wanting a player who won't pitch in when we are out of possession. I don't watch him that closely, but I would imagine he must be at least fairly hard working if Howe wanted him so badly. He's been a bit up and down on that in his time here. E.g. early on this season he was throwing himself into everything, but in the last couple of months or so has looked half hearted at times. I don't know why but have been assuming it's due to how important and motivated he feels. Optimistic that with Europe and the additional finances we'll have next season, the squad will look a lot less lopsided and he'll fit in better. Edited March 19 by 80 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 He had a good game, the only thing he got slightly wrong was the ball to Isak for the Kelleher save, even then it wasn't easy and Isak nearly buried it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 7 minutes ago, The Prophet said: He had a good game, the only thing he got slightly wrong was the ball to Isak for the Kelleher save, even then it wasn't easy and Isak nearly buried it. And not shooting when he pulled it back for schar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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