2025/26 Thierno Barry

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Neiler said:
My reasoning around 18 months, is largely based on the club, i dont want or rather dont want the club to be in a position where they have invested in £30 mill in a player and then in a year we are making losses on players, we know in the long run were that leads to - a place we are still trying to recover from financially.

I feel we made a decision on the lad and at times hes shown glimpses year 1 - around the turn of the year there was optimism he was beginning to look dangerous. Hes scored 6 PL goals, only two less then Beto, 1 less then £80 mill Woltemade and the same as $40 mill Evanilson - year 1.

I think hes been really bad since the Arsenal game - whatever impact that has had on him and his attachment to the club, but reciprocal sentiment seems to have changed.

Im just not prepared to write a £30 mill player loss off 8 months into their career here, we need not to make losses on these players, so we have to develop them. If we start taking haircuts on him and a few other we’re in trouble again.

He was awful yesterday and recently admittedly and i have my own doubts, but im going to stick with it.
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We are unlikely to recover the transfer fee we paid if we sell him in the summer but we compound the error of signing him if we persist with him when it's obvious that the kid won't make it in the PK and really doesn't want to be here

Better to cut our losses at the first opportunity.

He clearly still has a residual value to teams in Spain and France.
 
jazzy said:
We are unlikely to recover the transfer fee we paid if we sell him in the summer but we compound the error of signing him if we persist with him when it's obvious that the kid won't make it in the PK and really doesn't want to be here

Better to cut our losses at the first opportunity.

He clearly still has a residual value to teams in Spain and France.
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Think it boils down to opinion on is this not with him now or is there headroom for him to improve.

I think we have to hope for the latter as I don’t want to go back to taking a hair cut on heavy priced players.

Remember last year when we were saying we should buy young players and try and improve them over a few seasons - seems in doing trying to do that with some of our players there is a real impatience .

If that’s was the plan, should we not see it through.

I’m conflicted on Barry - he annoyed me yesterday and recently, but I don’t want to loose the investment made in him and I also think well, don’t we sign these lads for potential as opposed to end product now….
 
Very strange watching this lad. I am not sure if he has been advised poorly, or what this issue is. He seems to have been put under the impression that he is at a Fulham, or similar club. A nothing team who's fans are there for a day out, and it doesn't particularly matter if you win or lose. To do things such as putting your mates in an away end to support the home team, or jogging around the pitch as the game passes you by, will not be tolerated by match going Evertonians. The team is their life, and anything less than 100% effort will get you on the wrong side of our fans very quickly. Somebody at the club needs to get hold of him and explain to him the size of the club he is at. If he can't handle that, then he can leave. Hopefully there are enough teams left in Italy or Spain who will take a punt on him.
 
Infernus said:
Very strange watching this lad. I am not sure if he has been advised poorly, or what this issue is. He seems to have been put under the impression that he is at a Fulham, or similar club. A nothing team who's fans are there for a day out, and it doesn't particularly matter if you win or lose. To do things such as putting your mates in an away end to support the home team, or jogging around the pitch as the game passes you by, will not be tolerated by match going Evertonians. The team is their life, and anything less than 100% effort will get you on the wrong side of our fans very quickly. Somebody at the club needs to get hold of him and explain to him the size of the club he is at. If he can't handle that, then he can leave. Hopefully there are enough teams left in Italy or Spain who will take a punt on him.
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He's like one of those kids who used to get picked last on the play ground when you were having a game of footy.

How he actually made it as a pro is beyond me.
 
Loves his phone and social media
Loves his pay cheque
Loves attention but only if things are going well
Loves his cringey celebration medley

Hates any kind of effort
Hates warranted criticism
Hates the fans
Probably hates his team mates

These are not the qualities of an Everton player. I don’t care if it’s a bad investment by booting this phoney footballer out of this club at the first opportunity. He is a shocking example of everything a professional footballer should not be. Having destructively selfish characters like him around is terrible for team cohesion and morale.
 

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