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Barry

Posted by PsychoPat10 User icon on August 23, 2026, 8:20 am

He's no Lukaku (and loads moaned about him) but he's nowhere near as bad as some make out.

2nd half yesterday he did some lovely lay offs, a cracking pass to N'Diaye and scored a goal (bit lucky admittedly).

I'd still like another striker but Barry is miles better than the likeable but hapless Beto and is improving.

He just seems to be judged to higher standards (unfairly) than other players.

Anyway there will be plenty of time this season to moan about them so for now I will enjoy the win

Re: Barry

Posted by Wally Bazoom User icon on August 26, 2026, 9:43 pm, in reply to "Barry"

Found his level tonight

WHAT

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Re: Barry

Posted by PsychoPat10 User icon on August 26, 2026, 9:54 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Haha quite.

Re: Barry

Posted by Lombardo User icon on August 26, 2026, 9:47 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Hopefully his confidence is up and he proves us all wrong.

Re: Barry

Posted by Wally Bazoom User icon on August 26, 2026, 9:51 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Is right

Can’t knock his recent form

wow&cam&bonsai&ferret

Re: Barry

Posted by JohnD User icon on August 24, 2026, 5:25 pm, in reply to "Barry"

He runs like the shit kid picked last in school.

I'm clearly wrong, because you don't get through levels and levels of acadamies and trials and youth experience and make it to the pro levels without having something about you, but he's got a long way to go before this poster is convinced.

“Dibling will be ace for us”.

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Re: Barry

Posted by Heisenberg Blue User icon on August 24, 2026, 3:10 pm, in reply to "Barry"

I'm waiting for the inside track from Barry Shitpeas.

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Re: Barry

Posted by Dt_Kowalski User icon on August 24, 2026, 3:06 pm, in reply to "Barry"

He's got potential but his first touch is like he's got a trampoline on his foot. He wins flick ons and is a nuisance but he's never going to be someone who you can feed the ball into and guarantee that he's going hold on to it like Didier Drogba.

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Re: Barry

Posted by Efcman User icon on August 24, 2026, 7:20 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

TBF that's not the worst thing.

It keeps the play moving quickly if he's laying it off and then spinning and running. Sick of us lumbering up the pitch and then not knowing what to do once we reach the edge of the box.

Having seen beto go on his pre season reset to autumn/winter beto (including a first touch that bad on the halfway line it set a Bolton lad through on the edge of our box) it was night and day to Barry on Saturday.

Stick with him this season and sell beto for a more experienced striker would be my hope.

If he's still not doing it by next summer then move him on.

Re: Barry

Posted by The_Hillbilly User icon on August 24, 2026, 2:47 pm, in reply to "Barry"

Hes not a premier league footballer. Ive not idea how hes managed it. He doesnt know what to do with himself or the ball in really basic situations.

Re: Barry

Posted by No_One_Ever_Replies User icon on August 24, 2026, 2:58 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Can’t you save this for matchday?

He’s probably just scored 4 worldies in training now

*FEWMS*

It’s top quality stuff this!

Re: Barry

Posted by The_Hillbilly User icon on August 26, 2026, 9:17 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

You're very welcome!

Re: Barry

Posted by No_One_Ever_Replies User icon on August 26, 2026, 9:31 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Hahaha

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

It’s top quality stuff this!

Re: Barry

Posted by Patbateman69 User icon on August 24, 2026, 2:45 pm, in reply to "Barry"

He's shite. he is weak on the ball, has no pace, his knees rub together when he runs. he does the odd OK lay off and pass but he is not what we need.
But by far his worst feature is his requirement to do about 3 different celebrations for each goal, embarrassing.

Beto is far more useful for all his failings.

For what its worth, Delap is not the answer either. Not worth getting shut of either Beto or Barry for Delap.

Re: Barry

Posted by bennji User icon on August 24, 2026, 10:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Yeah them celebrations need fucking off

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Re: Barry

Posted by Ta La User icon on August 24, 2026, 6:02 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Beto almost cost us a goal with that pathetic lay off that gifted them possession and he looked totally unarsed too. Barry at least tries, scored and some of his hold up play and bringing others in to play was decent. He gets himself in a tangle at times granted but there's signs of linear progress with him at least. Would benefit from having genuine competition for his place where he'd be sitting most games out and we could iron out the flaws in his game. I reckon Beto will be on his way by the end of the window, lovely fella but he's done here.

Hackney for Moyes

Re: Barry

Posted by Patbateman69 User icon on August 24, 2026, 7:14 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

You could rewrite that word for word and swap the strikers round and you would have the opinion of most for a good part of last season

Re: Barry

Posted by westy User icon on August 24, 2026, 3:43 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Surely Brennan Johnson is worth a run out up front? He's got to be better than the current two puddings.

Re: Barry

Posted by Chinaski User icon on August 24, 2026, 2:48 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Arfing at his knees rubbing together when he runs

Re: Barry

Posted by Chinaski User icon on August 23, 2026, 1:24 pm, in reply to "Barry"

When that cross came in for his header, I didnt think for one second he'd score from it. But fair play he did. He's getting goals and thats what matters.

Re: Barry

Posted by Hogarth User icon on August 23, 2026, 2:04 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Was that header even on target?

Re: Barry

Posted by betosneck User icon on August 24, 2026, 1:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Does it matter? If you can't be good be lucky. He did everything right in that other than the header which may or may not have been on target. The old Barry wouldn't have been anywhere near that.

Re: Barry

Posted by Fazak_Blue User icon on August 23, 2026, 2:50 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Think it was, just. Or by just you could say "perfectly placed into the corner".

Re: Barry

Posted by Lombardo User icon on August 23, 2026, 1:20 pm, in reply to "Barry"

I don’t think he’s ever going to make it if I’m honest. Better than the likes of Maupay and John Spencer, sure, but he’s just not comfortable enough on the goal. Most of his goals have been pretty scruffy and it’s obviously fine when they go in, but he’s going to miss a lot more than he finishes I think.

Hope I’m wrong obviously.

Re: Barry

Posted by Sergeant Slaughter User icon on August 23, 2026, 2:47 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

His finishing is the strongest part of his game!

He does some decent things at times, most of the time he looks like he can't even do the basics right.

I don't think he is miles better than Beto at all like the OP said. They are both very flawed, erratic players who can show flashes of quality.

If they keep scoring goals though then nobody will care too much.

Re: Barry

Posted by Hilldickson User icon on August 24, 2026, 12:14 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

He scuffs everything including headers

Re: Barry

Posted by Est__1878 User icon on August 23, 2026, 2:02 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Has any other player scored with their arse when they fell over ?

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Re: Barry

Posted by AndyIsOurKing User icon on August 24, 2026, 12:02 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Oumar Niasse against Watford

Link: Oumar

Re: Barry

Posted by joe_euro User icon on August 24, 2026, 11:55 am, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Amokachi against Sheff Wed once I remember

Re: Barry

Posted by syzlack User icon on August 23, 2026, 2:34 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

He was rolling into the goal almost as fast as the ball

He almost saved his own “shot” 😂

Re: Barry

Posted by Iegs User icon on August 23, 2026, 2:00 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

as someone else said our best bet is scamming some analytics merchants who only look at duels won etc and think he must be excellent, we could even make a profit on him.

why are you so argumentative? this is obvious stuff

Re: Barry

Posted by 4squares User icon on August 23, 2026, 1:03 pm, in reply to "Barry"

25/26, 2/10
26/27, 3/10

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Re: Barry

Posted by MrWendell User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:33 pm, in reply to "Barry"

He's garbage

Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning round

Re: Barry

Posted by syzlack User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:29 pm, in reply to "Barry"

In the first half I nearly did a wee wee in my pants because he had two balls played into him that he managed to lay off 5-10 yard passes to a team mate and didn’t trip over the ball, pass to the opposition or get tackled with

But after that he fell back into type and was a shambles on the ball

He is a terrible footballer who “needs” absolute sitters to give the team any return yet he has made tiny improvements and I hope he continues to do so obviously but anyone expecting him to be “good” has a lot more faith in humanity than I do and I’m well cheery, upbeat and have a tendency to suffer fools

Re: Barry

Posted by Hogarth User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:49 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

I watched the highlights of Hull's win and McBurnie looked ace.

Which I think is an illustration of how badly my centre forward-o-meter has been calibrated.

Re: Barry

Posted by syzlack User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:53 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Indeed, we are soo starved of ability in that role it’s jarring. Just being able to do the basics along with some effort would give our wide players and KDH soo much more wouldn’t it. The 18 to 25 a season goal scorer is like a hens tooth so I’m not “expecting” that. It would be nice but an actual footballer up there would be like a breath of fresh air.

N’diaye needs to stop DCL’ing his shots right at the keeper too tbf

Re: Barry

Posted by No_One_Ever_Replies User icon on August 23, 2026, 1:49 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Let's just say that a legendary youth player might be about to answer that call.

I've said too much

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Re: Barry

Posted by syzlack User icon on August 23, 2026, 1:55 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Former youth player? Someone who’s lost some timber recently?
Someone who may come out of retirement to answer the call?

Rooooooooooooooney!!! Roooooooooooney!alt!!#!!!

Re: Barry

Posted by No_One_Ever_Replies User icon on August 23, 2026, 1:57 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

john ebbrell actually

It’s top quality stuff this!

Re: Barry

Posted by syzlack User icon on August 23, 2026, 2:25 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

*swoons*

Re: Barry

Posted by Fazak_Blue User icon on August 23, 2026, 1:43 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

The Darron Gibson effect.

Re: Barry

Posted by syzlack User icon on August 23, 2026, 1:57 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

The chubby Zindane

Re: Barry

Posted by PsychoPat10 User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:36 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

But 2nd half he did play well. Made some lovely touches, lay offs.

As I say he's no Lukaku obvs, but at 23, with another season under his belt he may end up being an okay striker ( we still need a better one) but he's much better than Beto and has 5-6 years on him.

Beto is much more likeable so gets away with his terrible football skills/touch which are never going to improve at 28-29.

Re: Barry

Posted by sad ken User icon on August 24, 2026, 1:09 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Run around like The Straq, big Omar, or a motivated Beto and our fans will forgive a lot.

All far worse than Barry though.

Re: Barry

Posted by syzlack User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:44 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

That helps loads, a happy and confident player is a better player usually and he does look a little stronger

There’s a hell of a way to go with him if he’s going to be less of a liability, when playing deeper coming for the ball just getting the basics right (controlling first touch, laying it off etc) fairly consistently would be massive for him, Beto is the same.

Re: Barry

Posted by Est__1878 User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:16 pm, in reply to "Barry"

I don’t rate him too highly but on yesterday as evidence he’s improved
Maybe the difference is he seemed to be enjoying playing yesterday whereas last season he seemed like he was carrying the weight of Jan Molby on his shoulders

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Re: Barry

Posted by Dirk Hoffman User icon on August 23, 2026, 1:29 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

TBF he did have a long term shoulder injury last season.

The only survivor of the National People's Gang.

Re: Barry

Posted by syzlack User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:43 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Sorry replied to wrong post

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Posted by MikeD77 User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:09 pm, in reply to "Barry"

Say what you like about him, but we can all agree he's a terrible dancer!

Re: Barry

Posted by dowi User icon on August 23, 2026, 2:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

hahaha, something like Michael out of the US Office

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Re: Barry

Posted by Obrima3 User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:32 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Loved the shot of the kid cheering at his goal

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Re: Barry

Posted by Bigbobsbeard User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:03 pm, in reply to "Barry"

Let's not get carried away here.

There were plenty saying we had the striker we'd been waiting for after Beto scored on his debut against Doncaster.

Yes Doncaster.

'Pigs nipples'

Re: Barry

Posted by oh_yeah User icon on August 23, 2026, 11:45 am, in reply to "Barry"

He just needs to get to a point where other teams don't think he's shit so we don't lose money in him.

He's absolutely turd and is holding us back. That chance at the end of the first half summed him up.

A decent striker would have had 2 or 3 yesterday.

Re: Barry

Posted by JohnD User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:13 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Yep.
One swallow doesn’t make a summer and his one goal yesterday doesn’t make him Lukaku.

I still reckon Beto brings more but he’s no Lukaku either.

Shame is, the amount of quality we have in midfield and wide - if we did add a competent striker and reliable rb we’d deffo be in the
mix top spots maybe even CL spots.

“Dibling will be ace for us”.

Me, 2025

Re: Barry

Posted by Alex_T User icon on August 23, 2026, 11:49 am, in reply to "Re: Barry"

He’s a meh mid table striker, wouldn’t say he’s shit wouldn’t say he’s amazing, he’ll get you ten goals a season

He may improve he may not

More insights on the hour

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Re: Barry

Posted by St Compo User icon on August 23, 2026, 11:19 am, in reply to "Barry"

Maybe an unpopular opinion looking at some comments below, but I think he has been great in preseason friendlies and did really well yesterday - some great lay-offs for others, a lovely dink into the area for Ndiaye that nearly got us a third goal as well as scoring himself. If he'd just arrived without the baggage from last season he would be getting a lot more credit. Should also remember that for most of last season he was carrying a shoulder injury.

Re: Barry

Posted by joe_euro User icon on August 24, 2026, 3:17 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Agree with this, at times last season I thought we should almost just cut him off and forget it but definitely some much better signs now.

The way he's seen its going to be hard work because one bad game where he misses a couple will have people apoplectic but really that shouldn't be a surprise when any 23 year old striker has one

Re: Barry

Posted by Spart User icon on August 23, 2026, 9:59 am, in reply to "Barry"

I wish people would stop trying to convince themselves "there's a player in there' he's absolutely last, about as bad a striker as you will ever see in the Premier League and even a half competent replacement would make a huge difference to our game.

Re: Barry

Posted by sad ken User icon on August 24, 2026, 1:06 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

We’ve had a whole load who are worse.

Beto is no better and he’s had 3 years in the Premier League, he’s hit his absolute ceiling. Barry at least looks like he is improving a little.

Worse ones ?

Sandro
Kone
Maupay
Niasse

And that’s only the tip of the iceberg.

Will he ever score 20 league goals? Well of course not, but then if he could he wouldn’t be playing for us.

Goals off his arse ? Don’t remember people moaning that Kevin Campbell scored plenty of scuffed goals.

Re: Barry

Posted by Spart User icon on August 24, 2026, 7:08 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

That might be because Campbell offered us a lot more besides the odd scuffed goal like.

Re: Barry

Posted by ste User icon on August 24, 2026, 2:08 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

No way.

Kone was a far better centre forward. He was technically good and was good at holding it up playing on his own and could create chances for others.

Opinions clouded by a bad miss he made after joining.

Calm down, Nosferatu!

Re: Barry

Posted by sad ken User icon on August 24, 2026, 1:06 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Re: Barry

Posted by Jacobs User icon on August 23, 2026, 11:20 am, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Why don’t you just chill out feller who could be arsed moaning after we’ve just won 2-0

Re: Barry

Posted by PsychoPat10 User icon on August 23, 2026, 10:26 am, in reply to "Re: Barry"

See that type of response is just laughable.

As bad a striker as you will ever see.

I've seen many worse for Everton before I even think of other teams.

Re: Barry

Posted by Spart User icon on August 23, 2026, 10:53 am, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Seriously? I can't think of a single one worse than him.

Re: Barry

Posted by PsychoPat10 User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:02 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Beto for starters

Re: Barry

Posted by ste User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:27 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

There’s nothing between the two of them. It’s a coin toss each week who to play.

Calm down, Nosferatu!

Re: Barry

Posted by syzlack User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:31 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

And last season I’m convinced that’s how Moyes must’ve made his decisions on who to play between the two if they didn’t score the week prior

Re: Barry

Posted by ste User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

At one point he put a lot of time and faith in to Barry and he got the nod for longer than he should. But by the end Beto was playing and scored a few. There’s just noting between them overall

Calm down, Nosferatu!

Re: Barry

Posted by syzlack User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:49 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

I think both of them, when at their best, are only good enough to maintain “their” best form for 5 games or so before they can’t keep it up and their shortcomings catch up with them.

They both got their goals in concentrated little bursts of form then drifted before reverting back to not being able to hit barn doors and then it was the other ones turn to have a run of starts

And those bursts aside and the initial few weeks of last season aside I think that’s when Moyes was probably deploying the coin of destiny

Re: Barry

Posted by Spart User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:04 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Haha, now you are taking the piss. Beto is the better of the two by some distance.

Re: Barry

Posted by homer_j_fong User icon on August 23, 2026, 11:28 am, in reply to "Re: Barry"

This could end up longer than the Carsley thread.

Maups for starters.

Cos you can’t get Teenage Eskimo in Wantage…

Re: Barry

Posted by ste User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:28 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

He’s the worst I’ve seen certainly since Straqualarsi

Calm down, Nosferatu!

Re: Barry

Posted by Alex_T User icon on August 23, 2026, 11:42 am, in reply to "Re: Barry"

John Spencer
Mark Hughes
Joe Max Moore
Michael Branch
Leonardo Rodriguez

I can't go to jail, my mommas cooking chicken for dinner

Re: Barry

Posted by Banjo12 User icon on August 24, 2026, 11:49 am, in reply to "Re: Barry"

sandro

Lovely Stuff

Re: Barry

Posted by joe_euro User icon on August 24, 2026, 12:07 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Good shout. Not a huge Barry fan but he's passable and definitely is inching slightly upwards in his performances.

Total madness to say he's the worst in the league or for us in recent history.

He's done more than someone like Bakayoko or Kone or Josh King or Broja etc etc too.

Re: Barry

Posted by syzlack User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:34 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

All soo soo bad that it’s like choosing between a dog poo butty a cat poo butty, a badger poo butty and a man poo butty

Re: Barry

Posted by fergusduncanson User icon on August 23, 2026, 1:17 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Can I add Broja into your mammal excrement sandwich enterprise?

Thanks

Re: Barry

Posted by syzlack User icon on August 23, 2026, 2:26 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Broja butty 👌

Re: Barry

Posted by Spart User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:03 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Mark Hughes? The fella that played for Bayern, Man Utd and Barcelona as well as being the leading man for Wales for over a decade?.

Fair enough he was shit in an Everton shirt but placing him in a response to a post about 'as bad a premier league striker as you will ever see' is proper madness.

Id also reluctantly put Maupay in this category too, another who was shit for Everton but at least proved elsewhere he had what it takes to offer a contribution upfront for a Premier League side....Barry might have scored 8 goals last season, but any competent forward gets double that with the amount of possession we had in the final third, and he is also creating chances for his teammates too.

Re: Barry

Posted by sad ken User icon on August 24, 2026, 1:19 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

This is just delusional.

People who can consistently score 16 goals a year in the premier league (and I don’t mean one season), are way way more than competent.

Wellbeck he’s competent but never done it.
DCL competent - done it once.

Re: Barry

Posted by joe_euro User icon on August 24, 2026, 2:47 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Yeah 16 is a very high level for PL goals nowadays. And we went exactly creating chance after chance last season for the most part.

Gyorkeres only scored 14 for a team that won the league and cost £65m

Re: Barry

Posted by TeddyBoy User icon on August 23, 2026, 1:03 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

I think Barry has averaged something like 1 goal every 3 games so far in his career, as shite as he is thats a decent record.

He's the smallest 6'5" player I've ever seen though, I'm amazed Wikipedia says he is that tall.

Re: Barry

Posted by ste User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:30 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

No way. Maupay was disgraceful for Everton as was Hughes. As much as the two current lads lack technique they both try and want to do well. Can’t say that about Maupay at all.

Calm down, Nosferatu!

Re: Barry

Posted by Spart User icon on August 23, 2026, 1:12 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

My original comment was about the actual ability of Barry as a PL striker rather than their attitude in a blue shirt.

Both Maupay and Hughes were a disgrace for us but to say that technically Barry is better than them is laughable (especially Hughes)

Re: Barry

Posted by Alex_T User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:04 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

You are at least consistent in the absolute shite you post on here

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Re: Barry

Posted by Spart User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:05 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Yet I'm not the fella that has just said Mark Hughes was a worse Premier League striker than Barry.

Re: Barry

Posted by Alex_T User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:10 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Everton mark Hughes you absolute dope as posted as well by Wooster

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Re: Barry

Posted by Lombardo User icon on August 23, 2026, 1:23 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Everton Mark Hughes played in centre mid most of the time didn’t he?

Re: Barry

Posted by Est__1878 User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:17 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Bret Angel

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Re: Barry

Posted by Fazak_Blue User icon on August 23, 2026, 1:48 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Is always the correct answer the big bumbling oaf.

Hes still the only player I can recall having his own fans chant "off off off" too after committing a yellow card offence.

Re: Barry

Posted by No_One_Ever_Replies User icon on August 23, 2026, 1:54 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

instrumental in the 6-2 DEMOLITION of the mighty swindon though

YOU'LL NEVER SING THAT

*heads to sin bin*

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Re: Barry

Posted by Fazak_Blue User icon on August 23, 2026, 2:19 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Dont think he assisted any of the six did he other rhan by virtue of being a big lump in the way. It was Chelsea he scored against wasnt it though I always think Swindon first.

Re: Barry

Posted by No_One_Ever_Replies User icon on August 23, 2026, 2:36 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Aye Swindon was his debut but Chelsea he scored against

What a diabolically bad player he was

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Re: Barry

Posted by Fazak_Blue User icon on August 23, 2026, 2:40 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Just out of his depth wasnt he. He was great for Stockport and Southend.

It was his 58th on Thursday gone. Happy birfdee Brett.

Hope he isnt still working in Tesco.

Re: Barry

Posted by Bertram_Wooster User icon on August 23, 2026, 11:30 am, in reply to "Re: Barry"

I forgot Mark Hughes being on a fortune to stroll about, committing fouls and fuck all else.

Got it all together and I'm ready to seethe.

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Re: Barry

Posted by homer_j_fong User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:47 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

By the time he ended up with us he looked more suited to working behind the bar of a Prestatyn caravan park social club.

Cos you can’t get Teenage Eskimo in Wantage…

Re: Barry

Posted by syzlack User icon on August 23, 2026, 12:55 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

He had become as useful as his Home and Away lookalike and I reckon he knew it and was just intentionally fleecing us

Re: Barry

Posted by Bertram_Wooster User icon on August 23, 2026, 11:23 am, in reply to "Re: Barry"

John Spencer
Sandro
Maupay
Jevons
Biley

There's five for you.

Got it all together and I'm ready to seethe.

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Re: Barry

Posted by Zuma User icon on August 23, 2026, 11:18 am, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Neal Maupay. 29 appearances. 1 goal. My abiding memory of him is him being clean through running into the opposition half with a keeper ten yards behind him and the keeper managing to overtake him in a foot race to recover and stop him scoring.

Re: Barry

Posted by Zuma User icon on August 23, 2026, 10:37 am, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Absolutely. We’ve had strikers completely incapable of even looking like scoring goals, Maupay for example; Barry scored 8 goals last season and he wasn’t first choice starter for parts of the season, starting 21 games and coming off the bench in 17. It’s certainly not a bad return for a young lad from abroad in his first PL season. Had a relatively quiet game yesterday but he took his chance and also created a very good chance for ndiaye and there was another flick back to ndiaye that opened them up via Kdh which eventually fell to George a couple of times that he blazed. We’d all love a finished article premier league CF who can hit 20 goals but we aren’t allowed by the rules to spend the mad money it would cost to guarantee that.

Re: Barry

Posted by Billybookcase User icon on August 23, 2026, 9:10 am, in reply to "Barry"

Why was his goal lucky?

Re: Barry

Posted by Moodyblue User icon on August 23, 2026, 10:50 am, in reply to "Re: Barry"

It wasn't. It was almost certainly going in anyway and barely brushed the defender.

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Re: Barry

Posted by Billybookcase User icon on August 23, 2026, 1:03 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Agreed.

Re: Barry

Posted by Hogarth User icon on August 23, 2026, 9:24 am, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Think he headed it onto the back of the defender

Re: Barry

Posted by joemul User icon on August 23, 2026, 8:51 am, in reply to "Barry"

If Beto goes to another team in the league he’ll score 15 and we’ll be annoyed. He isn’t a great footballer but he gets chances and scores goals.

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Re: Barry

Posted by sad ken User icon on August 24, 2026, 1:12 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

So despite never doing in his career , he’s suddenly going to start banging 15 goals a season when he’s a few months shy of 29 ?

In the premier league?

I doubt it.

Re: Barry

Posted by joe_euro User icon on August 24, 2026, 2:55 pm, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Agree. In a way it would be a shame for Beto to go as he has had moments of looking decent but you dont drop off as badly as he then does if you've got 'it'.

Would defo start brightly at, say Forest, but very likely to end up replicating exactly his form for us.

Re: Barry

Posted by Cynically Optimistic User icon on August 23, 2026, 9:56 am, in reply to "Re: Barry"

I'm not convinced by Beto or Barry but we really exacerbate the problem by not playing to their strengths.
Now I don't actually know what Barry's strength is but when Moyes returned and Alcaraz got into the team he and others started playing balls through defences for Beto to run onto and he started scoring and looking like a proper striker. Admittedly after he reached 6 or 7 goals he started missing more but it's something that the team stopped doing last season. Maybe other teams got wise to it but we just rarely seemed to even try it.

DCL under multiple managers was a lone target man who was expected to chase the ball around the pitch, hold it up and play someone else in to progress the attack. Then Ancelotti arrives says that's not your job, when an attack starts just get into the box as quickly as possible and other players will get the ball to you. And he starts looking like a goalscorer. Ancelotti leaves and it's back to chasing the ball around the pitch and very few goals.

Re: Barry

Posted by SnafflesBlue User icon on August 23, 2026, 10:46 am, in reply to "Re: Barry"

I think this is true.
We don't play in a way that accommodates a striker getting 20 goals frankly. The only players who would do that in this side would be absolutely world class who can create (and finish) their own chances or someone who is a pure instinct poacher/finisher and contributes very little else.

That's not an endorsement of Barry or Beto really, they both miss too many easy chances, but the build up is not based around getting it into them as soon as possible or letting them run onto stuff. For better or worse, that's how we play and it's not going to change.

Re: Barry

Posted by Heisenberg Blue User icon on August 23, 2026, 8:51 am, in reply to "Barry"

It's not unfair to judge him by higher standards when you see his really poor decision from 25 yards out when the ball runs to him from a Hackney interception. Defender stood right in front of him and he kicks it straight into him. There's nothing going on upstairs with a decision like that. He's better suited to a much lower level. His goal was also headed into the back of the defender.

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Re: Barry

Posted by Kenny User icon on August 23, 2026, 8:33 am, in reply to "Barry"

He traps a ball further than i can kick it, but has improved a little.

Re: Barry

Posted by Ta La User icon on August 23, 2026, 8:26 am, in reply to "Barry"

Agreed, his link up play is improving, he looks fitter than last season and his demeanour is more positive. Would be sound as a back up to someone like Thiago.

Hackney for Moyes

Re: Barry

Posted by Zuma User icon on August 23, 2026, 9:11 am, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Thiago would be getting called a useless prick by us yesterday given he missed a pen.

Re: Barry

Posted by AndyIsOurKing User icon on August 23, 2026, 9:24 am, in reply to "Re: Barry"

Wouldn’t have got the chance to miss a pen for us

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