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No of course, but I could throw the exact same thing back at you? Neither of us know what he is being asked to do in pre-match but I think its a decent assumption to make that Barnes gets picked because he does what he's told, no? Who are you to say what his "primary role" is now either?

You watch CMS and Barnes and Barnes is the one you suggest "drifts around aimlessly"? Wow... One of the main reasons Gus picks Barnes is his positional discipline and willingness to follow instructions well. Yes, he is a striker, but he isn't instructed to play as one.

So where does the fact that every time we've played Prem opposition he's looked more than comfortable come in? He is definately good enough for this team and has stepped up and improved each time he's had to.

The problem with Ashley Barnes is two-fold: 1) A lot of what he does is "spade-work" tracking back and allowing Bruno or Bridge ot overlap, dropping deep to help the midfield of defence, clearing headers and winning freekicks (getting criticism for winning them the EXACT same way Murray got...

There's no place for sensible comments like that around these parts...