But highly paid managers, the best people in the world to judge, disagree with you. I'm not suggesting he's right for a top PL team, but I'm sure several of the lower teams would like to have him as an option.
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Ex Brighton players being touted for 5+ Million in the Prem
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MrSnuggles
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- Apr 29, 2016
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Murray and Barnes together? Just might have some merit!
DumLum
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Chris wood 15-20M??
If at all true that's madness despite his best season
Ashley Barnes for 6M bargain - we should be bidding to get him back if it wasn't for a section of stupid Bton fans who don't rate him
I would love it if Newcastle bought Barnes. In my opinion the most over rated Albion player of all time. I would rather pay 15million for Wood who would probably score twice as many so the extra 10 million would be a bargain.
Just remember how the club dealt with Stephens' transfer request. Now think how 'cheaply' we sold Barnes for. Are you suggesting the top man at the club doesn't know what he is doing?
Fact: We went into the premier league without Barnes.
Fact: Burnley got there quicker, and stayed there, with him.
DumLum
Well-known member
Ashley Barnes has spent the last six seasons in the top two leagues. In that time he has scored 38 league goals in total. In my opinion that's not enough. Trouble also follows on the pitch. Kicked a ref and was the major talking point one premier league weekend for one of his tackles.
Psychobilly freakout
HellBilly
Oh yeah....
What do you know....
Albion have agreed a deal for German midfielder Pascal Gross from FC Ingolstadt 04.
The 25-year-old has agreed a four-year contract and will officially join when the transfer window re-opens for an undisclosed fee, subject to international clearance.
The sum received is a new club record for the German outfit.
Gross could be the man to fill the need for a No.10 identified by Chris Hughton in The Argus this week
Pondicherry
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Hemed was our third choice striker this season. (rightly I think)
Comparing Barnes to Hemed in the championship games only gives us Barnes on 150 appearances and 29 goals. Hemed has 30 goals in only 73 appearances. If Barnes had been at the Albion this season he would have been 4th choice in my opinion.
Barnes is a good footballer compared to most people on the planet but his record proves that he is not a prolific striker in the top two divisions in this country. He is certainly not a winger or creative number 10 either (imo). I don't know why a Premiership team would spend £6 million on him. I would be surprised if it happens but I know very little about football.
Comparing Barnes to Hemed in the championship games only gives us Barnes on 150 appearances and 29 goals. Hemed has 30 goals in only 73 appearances. If Barnes had been at the Albion this season he would have been 4th choice in my opinion.
Barnes is a good footballer compared to most people on the planet but his record proves that he is not a prolific striker in the top two divisions in this country. He is certainly not a winger or creative number 10 either (imo). I don't know why a Premiership team would spend £6 million on him. I would be surprised if it happens but I know very little about football.
Diego Napier
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- Mar 27, 2010
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Good call fella!
BensGrandad
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I thought that Levante offered £3m for Ulloa but Leicester wanted £7m and only relegation rivals Sunderland were prepared to pay that.
- Jan 3, 2012
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That's actually encouraging.........
Coldeanseagull
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This is why you lost your job, Mr Burke
Whitechapel
Famous Last Words
Let's be honest though, 97% of what you think turns out to be wrong
- Jan 3, 2012
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Was it this season or last season that he played against Manchester City and was man of the match, having the pundits on MOTD waxing lyrical about him?
There are two sides to every story.
- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,222
Funny, as when Wood was here, he scored a decent amount of goals, but missed bucketloads too. Which is exactly what Barnes was known for.
The question is, do you go for a striker who scores you twenty goals but misses thirty chances, or one who gets ten chances and scores eight? The reason these guys miss plenty is because they have the knack of being in the right place at the right time, unlike somebody like Akpom, who is never in the right place to start with.
Ninja Elephant
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- Feb 16, 2009
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For me this post is absolutely criminal and I am surprised it hasn't been quoted before me.
Hemed isn't even close to being the player that Barnes is, and that's no criticism of Tomer just a fair reflection.
- Jul 7, 2003
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More than that I'd think. Though given that Bournemouth have to pay us a hefty sell on fee, the more the better.
BrianWade4
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Do yo really think he's worth more than £6m?
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
I suggest you look at games to goals ratio before you embarrass yourself further and keep it to Championship goals. Adding to that Hemed didn't start to many games this season and still wins hands down.
Reinelt12
Sick Note
Oh how I have missed these threads on Barnes... apparently penalties don't count, he doesn't score enough as a striker and he has a bad temperament...
And the irony of irony is the biggest detractor of Baldock, is defending Barnes on this thread...
Barnes when he was with us did a specific role... same as he does for Burnley. That role is as a defensive forward, who won't get many goals, but will chip in with assists, and will defend from the front.
Similar to Baldock, who won't get many goals, but stretches defences and also defends from the front by closing defenders down, a slightly different way.
Barnes is probably a below average premier league player - but thats better than most of our players were for a couple of years... he would fetch 6m easily.
I'd have him back as a squad player for definite - maybe not for 6m though despite his worth
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And the irony of irony is the biggest detractor of Baldock, is defending Barnes on this thread...
Barnes when he was with us did a specific role... same as he does for Burnley. That role is as a defensive forward, who won't get many goals, but will chip in with assists, and will defend from the front.
Similar to Baldock, who won't get many goals, but stretches defences and also defends from the front by closing defenders down, a slightly different way.
Barnes is probably a below average premier league player - but thats better than most of our players were for a couple of years... he would fetch 6m easily.
I'd have him back as a squad player for definite - maybe not for 6m though despite his worth
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