TottonSeagull
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To be fair it wouldn't matter if Barnes was still here or not. The useless Spanish plank that is Garcia has no clue how to use a forward player!
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Ashley Barnes - last laugh
- Thread starter Tooting Gull
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To be fair it wouldn't matter if Barnes was still here or not. The useless Spanish plank that is Garcia has no clue how to use a forward player!
Seagull1989
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- Oct 31, 2011
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Im absolutely delighted for Ash. Was someone who would give passion and 100% every game which is what we need right now
FalmerforAll!**
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I'll endeavour not to lose any sleep over it
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I suppose my argument arises from the fact that Ashley wasn't particularly good at football. Where he ends up in his career is of no interest or relevance to me
Wasn't particularly good at football?
Silly, drunk or a windup? I'm none the wiser.
Thunder Bolt
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Don't you think Burnley will get promoted then?
brakespear
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Maybe, they won't win the division though.
FalmerforAll!**
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I suppose you would clarify my point of view as 'silly'...
Never rated him and would've given him a piggy back to Burnley for £500k, let alone the obscene amount being touted.
Thunder Bolt
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I didn't say they would. He has a division winner's medal with Brighton from 2010/2011. He got 20 goals that season. Not bad for a useless striker.
blockhseagull
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Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
See my previous post.
brakespear
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Who ultimately decided Ash should go?
The manager or the money men or both?
The manager or the money men or both?
Thunder Bolt
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Ash. He decided not to sign the contract offered to him.
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We may have had the power to coerce him to stay?
BensGrandad
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I believe that Burnley will sell him in the summer to a southern based championship side possibly Brentford, Charlton Orient or similar saying that he and his family cant settle up north and recoup the money that they paid as he will have done the job they wanted of him?
Thunder Bolt
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I think he could have been persuaded. He said he didn't feel wanted. I don't think coercion would have worked as it would have resulted in a resentful player.
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I'm minded not to believe the words of a footballer. They tend to be crafted by an agent.
He was never going to say they offered me a better deal than Brighton. That would paint him in the wrong light with the Burnley fans.
Saying he didn't feel wanted at Brighton works a treat.
Thunder Bolt
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It's not a usual comment from a footballer. I have rarely seen it.
It didn't help when fans at the Amex made a very audible gasp when he stepped up to take a penalty.
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Love is often spoken about.
Either positive or negative.
It may well have been a sugar coating of 'they didn't offer me enough money'.
I left a very well paid job as I didn't feel they loved me enough and ended up in education
Tooting Gull
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Love is often spoken about.
Either positive or negative.
It may well have been a sugar coating of 'they didn't offer me enough money'.
I left a very well paid job as I didn't feel they loved me enough and ended up in education
Yes, but are you HAPPY?
For example our Ash now gets to live next door to some dark, satanic mill. And you just can't put a price on that.