Papa Lazarou
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But Saunders had blistering pace, Barnes won't get taller or faster, so I don't see how he's going to suddenly become Prem quality.
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Ashley Barnes was he our Dean Saunders?
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But Saunders had blistering pace, Barnes won't get taller or faster, so I don't see how he's going to suddenly become Prem quality.
B.W.
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Spot on Giraffe.
I remember seeing Dean Saunders play for Oxford at the Manor Ground against Brighton, not long after he joined them. I was certain he would score that day...and he did, a cracking shot from outside the box. Boy, did that one hurt, after the club had virtually given him away...£60,000 I believe!
Vegas Seagull
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We got Saunders on a free because he wasn't great at that time and moved him on for 70 large when he wasn't much better. Only then did he improve
dougdeep
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Tough to argue with that astute observation.
Return of the Rev
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Papa Lazarou
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Really? I remember him being amazing for us.
Bold Seagull
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You seem to have read a lot more into my statement than is there. I've not said Barnes could be as good as Saunders or that he is Prem quality.
Absolute riubbish.
He was superb for us, and it was obvious to everybody that Oxford had got a steal.
I remember one game at the Goldstone when he was utterly unplayable. When his second (or possibly third) flew in, Millard announced it as being scored by 'The Welsh Pele'! I think we lost the game 4-3 sadly - to Bradford.
severnside gull
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This thread has made me feel a little more positive. He's not in the same bracket as Saunders. He's good but not amazing. Have every faith Oscar will get someone better in.
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Your memory is playing tricks with you. He was great for us and was sold for £60k only because the bank insisted we did in order to pay off some of our debt. I also think we picked him on a free.
severnside gull
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kevtherev
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I seem to remember he won player of the season in his first year. Not bad for a team that had the likes of Wilson, Penney, Connor, in it. Yeah he wasn't all that at all.
Trelford Mills Guide Dog
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To say I am flabbergasted by the above would be an understatement.
Dean Saunders was absolutely superb for us - a true Albion great.
Fabulous pace, fantastic ability to control a ball and an eye for goal.
The Large One
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i think he cost £33 tbh
He cost nothing.
His 'signing-on' fee was the re-imbursement of his train ticket from Swansea - £19.
The Large One
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Quite right.
He was sold because, irrespective of the fact that the offer from Oxford United was derisory, it was the first one, and the banks - to whom Albion were in hock - demanded that we accept the offer.
Was that the game when he "won"a very dodgy penalty against us? Was a great player for us though.
Definite re-write of history, he was excellent for us. Rare quality of getting a buzz from the crowd in anticipation when he got the ball.
HastingsSeagull
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Assuming this was total fishing by the OP