2025/26 Thierno Barry

[Abraders]

It's a really really bad miss but I think we played better with him than Beto.

I'd agree but that change in tempo didn't happen when beto came in, it had already happened. Moyes is far more to blame than either striker

 

[Paul E]

Feel really sorry for him.

Confidence is so important for all footballers, but particularly strikers, and really don’t think Moyes man management has helped him at all to settle into a new team and league.

Just can't agree with stuff like this. Getting paid £70k a week and not slotting from 3 yards out (leaning back) is not a confidence thing, it's a quality thing. Beto does the same stuff. They're both simply not good enough.

Moyes isn't helping either of them but they've both had gilt-edge chances and missed them

 

[ah11984]

He would have probably got another 20 minutes if he didn’t get that stupid booking for a silly tackle.

Yes it was a really bad miss but you can’t let your head drop like he did. He was non existent after that.

 

[jtl60]

He looked promising until the miss.
The booking was stupid

 

[MACCA75]

Tough gig being a striker in this team.

It was a good chance but we've all seen DCL miss worse in a blue shirt.

Would love him to come good, we deserve a striker signing to come off for a bloody change.

DCL misses them a lot too, as he also has dreadful technique - leans back, poor timing, heavy foot.

 

[Mark Bisson]

I still haven’t seen anything from him that makes me think he can turn this around.

Even Rondon put himself about a bit.

 

[bullybeef]

Barry didn’t scout himself or force Everton to sign him.

I still think he will come good with more confidence but we need to look at who signed him and why he isn’t playing regularly or with confidence.

 

[Daytripper]

Barry didn’t scout himself or force Everton to sign him.

I still think he will come good with more confidence but we need to look at who signed him and why he isn’t playing regularly or with confidence.

You will probably have to wait for someone’s autobiography in a decade or so to find out who proposed the transfer.

Said it earlier, I refuse to believe it’s all on incompetence because it seems any decent signing we make is a rarity. Feels more like sabotage or some laundering nonsense.

(Yeah dumb conspiracy theory probably)

 

[dannyboy]

Barry didn’t scout himself or force Everton to sign him.

I still think he will come good with more confidence but we need to look at who signed him and why he isn’t playing regularly or with confidence.

Problem is that confidence comes from playing well or at least working hard to get a bit of appreciation from the fans but neither of those things are happening right now.

It's been such a poor signing. The Dibling one I can at least understand more because we have good players in those positions, but we needed Barry to come in and the main man with Beto supporting when he needed a break.

 

[bullybeef]

Problem is that confidence comes from playing well or at least working hard to get a bit of appreciation from the fans but neither of those things are happening right now.

It's been such a poor signing. The Dibling one I can at least understand more because we have good players in those positions, but we needed Barry to come in and the main man with Beto supporting when he needed a break.

Ok but who signed Barry?
Who scouted him?
Who thought he was going to be good enough to lead our line and score goals?
Who thought spending £30m on him was good business?

 

[jackyboy]

Don't really know why we signed him

 

[dannyboy]

Ok but who signed Barry?
Who scouted him?
Who thought he was going to be good enough to lead our line and score goals?
Who thought spending £30m on him was good business?

I agree. It's been really poor all around and right now you'd be brave to say he's at the club in the long term.

 

[MACCA75]

Absolutely terrible transfer window. And not bringing in a bog standard competent 3rd choice striker was part of it.

 

[Drago]

He's absolutely hopeless.

This nonsense about him being better than Beto is irrelevant. The standards rock bottom. Neither are premier league players.

 

[maccavennie]

We can discuss whether Moyes helps or hinders the lads confidence, but ability wise he just isnt showing any traits at all of being a competent striker.

Why do we have to keep signing "raw" players yet pay big money for it. Surely 27m could have ben spent on someone who at least looks like they can do some basics, get a shot away, occupy defenders etc.

Me and my lad looked back on the miss, and honestly we weren't surprised he missed when you see his body shape after the miss, he was never in control of the situation, leaning back. Looked like a 16yo youth kid snatching at an effort, not a professional footballer.