2025/26 Thierno Barry

[Joey66]

His aerial wins are really no different than DCL's in his last 3 years. Yes it's great, but there's no one around him to take advantage.

It's clear, from his play and his highlight reels, that's he's more comfortable in space than he is in the middle. When in space he can turn people and his lack of foot quickness isn't as apparent. They're trying to make him a center forward, and he's never really played that way.

I also believe, given the number 9 shirt, that Beto was expected to lead the line, which was a nice thought but unrealistic given his ability.

I'll also say it's not like he's missing tons of big chances. Yes he's missed a few, but the misses seem more noteworthy because there are so few chances he's getting.

Yes, you'd like a striker to move and create chances, but that same criticism was leveled at DCL while he was here and now he's scoring goals. Did he just figure out how to create chances himself, or is it the team and the setup creating chances for him?

At any rate, none of the realities (or excuses) are relevant, we need goals. As an attacking side, we are broken (again), and everyone in the attacking 4 has a hand in it.

He does not even have footballers legs - he took up the wrong sport looks like an ideal basket ball player - he is not lightning fast either mix him with Beto - not a CF between them = sell & cut our losses....

The pair of them 2 goals between them ....

 

[preposterousvelios]

He does not even have footballers legs - he took up the wrong sport looks like an ideal basket ball player - he is not lightning fast either mix him with Beto - not a CF between them = sell & cut our losses....

The pair of them 2 goals between them ....

His dad was a pro basketball player. Think he most likely does have the pace tbh, its his lack of balance that's holding him back.

Saw Barry say recently say that he looks at Mbappe's game, not because he thinks they are similar players but because he personally believes his biggest asset is his pace.

 

[Joey66]

His dad was a pro basketball player. Think he most likely does have the pace tbh, its his lack of balance that's holding him back.

Saw Barry say recently say that he looks at Mbappe's game, not because he thinks they are similar players but because he personally believes his biggest asset is his pace.

TBF ploughing that lonely furrow upfront for us is a thankless job - but he has no visible pace you need in the Prem ....& heading the ball on goal both he & Beto are pathetic at it ..... always over the bar .....

 

[preposterousvelios]

TBF ploughing that lonely furrow upfront for us is a thankless job - but he has no visible pace you need in the Prem ....& heading the ball on goal both he & Beto are pathetic at it ..... always over the bar .....

Looks to me like a lot of the time he's playing with the handbrake on a bit for whatever reason in regards to pace. Couple moments he's ended up in a wide position and has easily beaten a full back for pace to get to the byline.

 

[maccavennie]

Always felt he was an odd signing in that Moyes, in his entire career, with the exception of maybe Jelavic - has never signed a striker who hasn't played in the Prem before and got something out of them.

Early days, but have to be honest - I wouldn't have signed him based on anything we've seen.

A decent few months at Villarreal proves nothing to me.

His nerd charts shown he won the lot in the air in La Liga, I've seen that here by way of flick ons etc but not in an attacking sense.

Ultimately, we can't rely on him to provide any worthwhile benchmark of goals and I'm not sure he has the temperament to constructively wait. Instagram antics, kicking ball away, sulking. Some players need to play, and play through it but we're not a charity.

Moyes does him no favours either.

Would I sell him if we got offered what we paid for him? All day. Same with Beto.

He paid big money for Scamacca for West Ham, the Straq (on loan and out of desperation) and Naismith on a free. But when you actually go through his history of signings for all clubs, I reckon striker is the position he's least signed and when he has, definitely has more wrong than right.

Just looks like it's a weak spot of his whereas he's picked up some amazing creative plates of the years.