But the Barnes fans amongst you continually throw in the fact that he is marvellous in defence, and that this makes him better than CMS for example. If you continue to compare him with another striker, which you all do, then he must be categorised as a striker..... else you are comparing apples...
He is a striker, he has said as much in his interviews (after running it through Google translator).... I recall a few months back he said he has been conscious of not scoring many, that he needed to improve and stating that the goal he did score he hoped to be the catalyst ( my word not...
I assume you sit in on the pre-match team talks then,?!...... I don't have that level of inside information, but I suspect he is simply asked to track back in certain situations, that isn't the same as not doing his primary role is it?
He wasn't doing Barnes role at all, he was simply playing the central midfielder to allow Lopez and Orlando to be more attack minded....... Cms and Ulloa were in the striker role as we saw, take your pick, but not Hammond.
This is my problem with Barnes, he is a striker who spends most of his...
Yes because aswell as being our top scorer, he gets us no end of throwins, corners and possession by forcing defenders and keepers to rush clearances and passes.... Simple really.
I don't belittle anyone's contribution, I simply belittle what I often see as wild responses, its as though by criticising him who is untouchable, an individual can't possibly know anything about football. I have eyes, I make a sound judgement based on what I see every week. For that I get...
You see what some of you are doing to me on this Barnes issue, I am now offering TV comedy quotes in exasperation, Christ I will be reading the Sun or Mirror next, and posting threads about dumping in the shower..... sheesh.
Aaahh,.... diddums, can you not cope with people having different opinions to you mate?..... perhaps it is you who has the proverbial Ostritch syndrome, and thus is actually the type that needs separating from those prepared to maturely debate an issue without simply throwing tantrums and...
I haven't stopped laughing yet at the original post.....Jesus wept, let them have him, did you see how much more fluent we were yesterday, if CMS and Hammond were just a bit more sharper we would have caned Hull.