CMS

[Weststander]

I think we would all love to see CMS do well but lets face facts, he is a League One striker at best, no pace to blast past defenders or any ability to hold the ball up or height to get a header on the ball....basically NOT a striker then.

At this level, a spot on observation.
We all know he's a nice bloke, a trier and apparently humble, but unfortunately he will never cut it as a quality Championship striker or wideman. With his wages, many £m's down the drain. You can't win them all.

 

[WhingForPresident]

What a monumental waste of money. Hope we can get rid in the next few weeks and get something back for him.

 

[Albion100]

It would help if we weren't launching it up to him above his head whilst he's competing against huge defenders. He should have scored when he hit it at the keeper but I don't think he was given any service again.

 

[Jaguar_uk]

Are you Mr Burns' second account by any chance?

No I just watched Barnes play, and remember holding my head in my hands on countless occasions thinking "how did u miss that" and also wondering why he passed the ball to the opposition so often?

 

[Mowgli37]

No I just watched Barnes play, and remember holding my head in my hands on countless occasions thinking "how did u miss that" and also wondering why he passed the ball to the opposition so often?

Well he scored over fifty goals for the Albion with a scoring rate of roughly one every three games, a very respectable record considering he wasn't even played as an out and out striker the majority of the time. Don't tell me you wouldn't swap Barnes for any one of our current strikers.

 

[Munchkin]

When the biggest round of applause you get as a striker is when you get up and get back on the pitch.... I think that tells you all you need to know.

Bloke sitting next to me summed him up perfectly... 'Toblerone Feet'

The worst touch since Jimmy Saville.

 

[Hillian1]

Anyone from Team CMS still want to put a case forward?

Inept is the most polite word I can find for him,.

What exactly are these strengths I keep hearing about, and how exactly does a manager play to them?

How is it that Poyet, Garcia, The Finnish Buffoon and now Hughton can't?

FECKING USELESS.

 

[banjo]

Hate to admit it but he's out of he's league. Great effort which I love but for him and us let him go. If we had him in back when we were in league one he would of been an Albion hero.

 

[rouseytastic]

#giveittocraig

If my Amex neighbour is on here he will understand.

'Can't believe he didn't score....'

 

[portslade seagull]

Not as bad as some are making out today but think O'Grady should be starting

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

The effort he puts in is next to none - the same for his work rate and commitment to the cause - but as for the actual job of putting the ball in the goal - he simply is just not good enough.

We were certainly better with COG up front instead and with CMS as support - but either way we really STILL need a new striker.

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

Get rid. He did my nut in today!

 

[durrington gull]

He shouldn't be anywhere near the starting 11 but it just shows how totally inept our strikers are when cms starts

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

When the biggest round of applause you get as a striker is when you get up and get back on the pitch.... I think that tells you all you need to know.

Bloke sitting next to me summed him up perfectly... 'Toblerone Feet'

The worst touch since Jimmy Saville.

 

[gully1984]

First touch of a donkey. Great guy I'm sure. How many threads do we have to open up to keep on saying the same old same old!!?!

 

[Munchkin]

Didn't want to name you..... But summed it up perfectly

 

[Beach Hut]

I think he must put on a pair of Toblerone boots for each game these days given his touch

 

[Luke93]

He has absolutely no chance playing on his own. He's a very good L1 striker. Never going to happen for him at a higher level if played by himself. He has the attributes which best fit a partner. Completely inept on his own.

 

[HantsSeagull]

our whole final third players are a complete joke. how cms starts is beyond me. only surpassed by how jfc starts.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Barnes, proper striker? Ha ha, he was just like our current crop of numpties, needs 50 chances to score 1 goal. And he also had a problem with petulance for good measure.
The best striker apart from leo we have had in recent years now plays for palace, sad isn't it?

That will be the same Ashley Barnes who is doing ok in the Premier League and was singled out for special analysis and praise on MOTD a couple of weeks ago from Danny Murphy, who actually seems to be quite sensible...... If only we had hung on to him!