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It looks like a serious error over a rigid wage policy. Murray always seemed more likely to score than Barnes, if other parts of his play were less than the work rate required (arguable). It all becomes more pertinent as we do not seem to have a player good enough for near post headers, or far...

It was always a bit awkward having Barnes and Murray in the same squad as often only one of them would make the first team. Murray was blocking the development of Barnes. The idea would be to get a younger faster player to compliment one of them. Barnes being the younger more complete player (if...

Murray is past his peak. I cannot blame him for going for higher wages as his career is coming to an end soon. Barnes is coming up to his prime. He was only just below Murray but that could put down to him being older. I think our training technique is being upped a bit. This should help Barnes.

Surely, Ashley Barnes could learn to hold on to the ball a bit better? It just needs a bit of bottle when you get a dig in the back. Not sure about turning and shooting which Murray can do.

Nope. In the long term Barnes may be a better bet than Murray.