Ryan Harley

[APACHE]

CMS will soon be banging in even more goals. You can see he has the eye for the long pass, through or over the defense, just the passer we've been missing up to now.

 

[middletoenail]

The one thing I noticed was his ability to keep the ball, even when the Sunderland players were pulling at his shirt and kicking at his ankles. Still early days but I think he is a Dicker clone, just better.

 

[Driver8]

Does he take penalties?

 

[severnside gull]

Does he take penalties?

yes, but then so does Barnes

 

[Driver8]

yes, but then so does Barnes

But he may not be on the field when Hoskins is fit.

 

[severnside gull]

But he may not be on the field when Hoskins is fit.

not as sure of that as some people seem to be. Barnes' strike rate and goal to games ratio are very good but more than anything else he demonstrates match after match his ability to play exactly the way Gus has told him to, varying his positioning on the pitch and his playing style to effect the best result for the team. This is exactly the approach that made el Abd one of the first names on Gus' team sheet.