keaton
Big heart, hot blood and balls. Big balls
- Nov 18, 2004
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I was remembering that he is the only person (bar Crofts) to play in an attacking role who looked decent for more than one game in a game in a row this season.
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Ashley Barnes,
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I was remembering that he is the only person (bar Crofts) to play in an attacking role who looked decent for more than one game in a game in a row this season.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Let's hope Ashley Barnes saves our season by scoring the winner v Reading on the last day.
Machiavelli
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Congratulations on your provenance for next year. Now you've had a bit more of an extended look at Barnes, what are your thoughts on him? You'll notice that there's a huge range of views that have been expressed here on NSC.
The Andy Naylor Fan Club
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Did we have a clause in his transfer that if Burnley were to be promoted that we get extra cash?
BensGrandad
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Thought that I read extra £250k if promoted but could be wrong and just hoping.
MarioOrlandi
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I could have shot him sometimes with the missed sitters and some God awful penalties. But he was and still is a committed player with a huge work rate, sometimes he goes awol but most players are guilty of that, the gift he has is being in the position to either score or miss those sitters. Wish him well for the future.
BensGrandad
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We can hope but I am sure that it will be a case of after the lord mayors show for Burnley our best hope is Donny need to win to stay up this week.
OzMike
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Let's prey he scores a hat trick.
The Truth
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So there's still a chance of Barnes getting Albion player of the season?
seagulls4ever
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Anyone see the absolute SITTER he missed against Middlesbrough?
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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Why not? He was here for over half of it.
He wans't that good though, was he?
Ward and Upson have been solid throught the season. Crofts looked the best during the first half, and Ulloa was got the gaols. If he played the games he missed, his record would be at least 18 in 40 by now... Why Barnes?? lol
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Just because we CAN. Particularly if he scores the winner v Reading on the last day. His commitment alone while he was here this season and while most of the rest of the team looked like they didn't give a shirt is worthy of a top three finish in Player of the Season anyways. IMHO, like.
keaton
Big heart, hot blood and balls. Big balls
- Nov 18, 2004
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For me.
Ward and Upson have been our best players. Ince has looked good over the whole season as has Greer. After that until they left or were injured i'd say Crofts and Barnes have been our best players.
You can keep quoting his goals per games ratio (and claiming that scoring with 20% of your shots is bad) but he still played far better this season than most of the squad and certainly than any of the other strikers, wingers or attacking midfielders
glasfryn
cleaning up cat sick
maybe if we had shown more desire to keep him (offer him some incentive to stay) rather than the same or less than he was already getting.
One thing you can never say about Barnes is his lack of desire to play.
we also knew that Burnley wanted him and some on here laughed at him leaving for Burnley truth is he will definitely be in the premiership.
WE ARE STILL FIGHTING TO BE THERE
and as some have already said he might still be able to aid us in our fight
saafend_seagull
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You're bloody clueless.
Barnes has everything we don't have.
Passion
Commitment
Hard working
glasfryn
cleaning up cat sick
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Ain't THAT the truth
Of the current crop left behind, only Calde and Crofts tick all those boxes. Which is why we see dismal flops like the Blackpool game. Sooner we get the clearout, the better.
saafend_seagull
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Ain't THAT the truth
Of the current crop left behind, only Calde and Crofts tick all those boxes. Which is why we see dismal flops like the Blackpool game. Sooner we get the clearout, the better.
Ward
Crofts
Upson
Calderon
Maybe JFC too
Not once did I deny that lol. I'm just providing STATS as to why he's being overrated. When he was here, he divided opinions weekly. I was never in the hater camp BTW, I liked him as a player. I’m just offering a little prospective.
There was no chance of Barnes wanting to stay when Burnley came knocking, so the club did the right thing by accepting the money. The issue has been with his REPLACEMENTS, which is what I’ve always believed in. If Barnes stayed here, he would have been played out wide again, as Ulloa would play up top. So we’ve probably lost out on another five Ash goals; that could be the difference between 5th and 6th.