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It was a good move for all for Barnes to move on. The shortcoming is that there has been no reasonable replacement.
I have no doubts whatsoever that we would now be comfortably in a play-off place if Ashley Barnes was still at the club. He would have buried that penalty for a start. Still, the fans got what they wanted and forced him out of the club – congratulations!
Hope to see him come back to the Amex and scoring against us (as long as we win 2-1!).
Is he a relation?Bang on. Barnes was/is a top class Championship striker. All the BHAFC Barnes haters - you do not have a clue!
We had a hypothetical conversation in the pub Sunday along the lines of, if Murray and Barnes were still our strike force this season, I personally think we could be up where Burnley are in the league. All completely irrelevant I know, but......
Completely disagree. You must have been watching some other guy. Very much a 1st division Striker. A try hard with very little talent!!!
The Barnes Boo Boys are a load of lobbos but they had no influence whatsoever on the club's decision not to retain Barnes.
They may well have had some influence on Barnes not wanting to stay. Damned if I'd work my butt off for a team whose supporters were typically on my case for virtually every game.
I was gutted when we sold him. Gutted. He's going to do very well for himself indeed and prove himself to be a top half Championship striker.
There are some utter morons in Albion's support.
Hopefully Andrews is as like minded as you
Barnes 208 career games 52 goals , Ulloa. 260 games 102 goals. As I said division one striker, trys hard but not championship quality!Oh dear. Try checking out his stats for BHA. 1 goal every 3 games with over half of those in the championship.
I have no doubts whatsoever that we would now be comfortably in a play-off place if Ashley Barnes was still at the club. He would have buried that penalty for a start. Still, the fans got what they wanted and forced him out of the club – congratulations!
Hope to see him come back to the Amex and scoring against us (as long as we win 2-1!).
We'll find out how good he is now at Burnley Voks & Ings both out for now for a while, they'll probably be playing Barnes as a lone striker
Bang on. Barnes was/is a top class Championship striker. All the BHAFC Barnes haters - you do not have a clue!
Barnes 208 career games 52 goals , Ulloa. 260 games 102 goals. As I said division one striker, trys hard but not championship quality!
As far as I can see Ulloa has scored 19 goals in 42 games he's doing ok I think!Barnes spent most of his time in the Championship playing on the left. Very respectable stats indeed. Not the one you'd want as a main man but it'll be interesting to see how much it costs to sign a player who can do such a good all round job to an equivalent standard. Can understand why they let him go - especially if wages drop in the summer and others become affordable - but it was always a gamble.
We certainly do miss his influence already, not just for chipping in with goals but also because Ulloa now has nobody at all pushing for his place or able to give him a rest.
As far as I can see Ulloa has scored 19 goals in 42 games he's doing ok I think!
Quite how you turned a defence of Barnes into a criticism of Ulloa defeats me. He's done a great job but every player benefits from knowing their place is not guaranteed and the occasional chance to save their legs when a match is won. Not to mention what happens when Ulloa is ill or injured.