Gareth Barry

hktoffee · December 31, 2016

Joey66 said:
Get a fee for him off Villa and get there left back in the deal

Villa wants him back. We can get a couple of millions off them.

diggerdestroyer · December 31, 2016

EFC78 said:
Bit of an over exaggeration there. I've been watching us 10 years less than you and can think of far worse performances from numerous players in the time i've supported us. Would agree that his 2nd half derby performance was horrific though.

Still, he's too old now and shouldn't be starting. He can still do a job on the ball mostly, but off the ball, he's a liability.

Maybe. But i said "some of the worst" not "the worst" batch of performances. I think he has been horrific for 3 months now. He wasnt too bad last year but had a poor year the year before. So to me he has been on borrowed time since he came back from injury couple of years ago. Pre injury i thought he was a fine player. I look at him now and apart from 2 decent passes last night and assist earlier this month i cannot understand what he offers to the team. This notion that he makes us tick leads me to state well if he has been the one to makes us tick and play like we have been doing for last 2 seasons i want to get a club hammer and break that watch into 1000 pieces. Nothing personal against him . Anyway i spend too much time posting about him ill sound like a complete nutjob.

Zatara · December 31, 2016

hktoffee said:
Villa wants him back. We can get a couple of millions off them.

A couple of million for a clearly finished 35 year old?

No chance.

Woolly Blue · January 2, 2017

Can't lie, given his form over the last three or four weeks, I was a bit worried when he replaced Barkley but Barry was actually very effective and played a couple of really good passes.

Obviously with Gana buggering off to Africa for a bit Barry may well have a few more starts coming up, but as an option off the bench for the last 15 to 20 mins when we need a bit of brain to see a game out, he could well still be very useful.

MikeH72 · January 7, 2017

BREAKING: he's still the reason we're crap

Neiziro · January 7, 2017

Absolute [Poor language removed] failure. The worst player at the club by a mile and there's no competition.

The Rhino · January 7, 2017

Every game the bloke plays in we underwhelm in. Cant wait to get Schneiderlein in.

toffeejack · January 7, 2017

Neiziro said:
Absolute [Poor language removed] failure. The worst player at the club by a mile and there's no competition.

there's plenty worse.

MikeH72 · January 7, 2017

The Rhino said:
Every game the bloke plays in we underwhelm in. Cant wait to get Schneiderlein in.

Because every time he plays we have 10 men. He's not even there, everything just goes past him.

MikeH72 · January 7, 2017

toffeejack said:
there's plenty worse.

Every time the opposition get the ball they're essentially playing against 10 men. He cannot cover any ground whatsoever, everything just sails past him. It's an absolute embarrassment to watch him, there's no way he should be playing football at this level in his physical condition.

Saint Domingo · January 7, 2017

He plays we lose. Disease.

Abraders · January 7, 2017

Awful footballer. Why take Barkley off instead of Barry when we are chasing a game.

New contract as well. Lol.

MikeH72 · January 7, 2017

Massive well done to the club by the way, whoever's doing the transfer negotiations (I have a sneaking suspicion who) should pat themselves on the back. Haggling over £2m like we're still beggars for a player we're in absolute desperate need of, causing us to play a crippled old man and get dumped out of the cup at the first hurdle. We'll sign him on Monday now, but it's too late, the season is gone before our eyes.