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I think that despite the Poyet fiasco over the summer Barnes put on a good show and it didn't affect him on the pitch, to the point that he actually improved as a player. Four years is a long time with any club and he deserved a new challenge and a fresh start. Burnley wanted him before the...

I think Barnes was a target for the 20% of fans who just love moaning, the same ones who will have something to moan about next week. All clubs have fans like this, they shout louder than others but they are not representative of the majority. You have done well to get him and this new...

Thanks for correcting me. Funny though on another thread when talking about Murray going and I casually said his goals won us promotion, I was wrongly corrected by someone saying Barnes scored more goals than Murray. On the point I was trying to make , despite my misinformation, Barnes had as...

What do you think I meant?

Yep at 24 Murray was scoring goals at Rochdale but he wasn't experiencing the Championship at that age. In our promotion season Barnes out scored Murray. What I disagree with is when people say that players will not develop past the age of 24 unless they are brilliant already. (Edit) Unless...

I disagree, where was Murray at 24? Barnes is good enough to have not reached his full potential yet.

Yep you are probably right, but if you travel to up to Burnley for talks, a medical at the same time wouldn't be such a strange thing. Will he also have a medical at Leeds as well? I haven't got a clue btw so I wouldn't be surprised whether he goes or not, but whatever the outcome it will be...

I think whether he stays here or goes, he has to find out his market wage value. This could be a prelude to him negotiating a better deal with us than what he was offered last summer. He has had a really good season so far and has worked hard and honestly for us.

I think we are in a position as a club to not have to match Burnleys hypothetical wage offer. If they offer him a hypothetical £12-13k we would keep him here for £10-11k so I don't think we would have to match them. When he was offered a contract in the summer the club would not have known if...

CMS is a long way off being match fit, he may be back in full training at the end of the month but it will take him at least another month to catch up with full fitness and fitting in with what Oscar wants. Most clubs have 4 or 5 strikers and we only have 2 at the moment so if Ulloa gets...

Our back up striker was Lita, Barnes will play a part in every game even if only from the bench.

Burnley only want him as a back up striker so there is no walk in position for him.