2025/26 Thierno Barry

Eggs · 2025-12-13T18:18:39+0000

HappyJack said:
If the ‘Academy’ cant produce a striker better than Barry, lets shut it down because it is abysmal..spend the savings on buying a left back with pace…

….i don’t know the answer to this but are many PL teams playing with a regular striker from their Academy?

I suppose you could ask is Barry better than Ellis Simms who was produced by us but we moved him on.

Titus Shambles · 2025-12-13T18:21:01+0000

preposterousvelios said:
Didn't have a good game but he's not the real problem in that 11 imo

If our never-ending list of strikers who have absolutely zero ability to put the ball in the net isn't the real problem I shudder to think what is...

preposterousvelios · 2025-12-13T18:21:52+0000

Titus Shambles said:
If our never-ending list of strikers who have absolutely zero ability to put the ball in the net isn't the real problem I shudder to think what is...

The back 4

EGWToffee · 2025-12-13T18:23:31+0000

Kayj said:
Sad to say but DCL is leagues above this guy and that says it all.

Offers nothing at all.

Yeh but Barry’s probably only about 50k a weekz Calvert Lewin wanted triple that and whilst better than Barry he’s still another dud.

maccavennie · 2025-12-13T18:23:48+0000

Huyton Layne said:
What's Braiden Graham doing for the rest of the season?
He could likely improve by using the minutes the two clowns we currently have use.

Not physical enough and isn't an out and out striker. One thing is for sure though, If I was a betting man I'd wager Graham would stick the opportunities that Beto and Barry seem to struggle with away on a consistent basis.

maccavennie · 2025-12-13T18:25:07+0000

Titus Shambles said:
Anyone who has a goal scorer isn't selling them by choice in January. Not a chance we'll be getting 2 of them. Sad reality is he'll be staying put and surely starting every week no matter what.

We won't be making Europe with Barry and Beto up top that's for certain. Halfway through December and a goal each to show for nearly half a season is embarrassing.

Kayj · 2025-12-13T18:25:22+0000

EGWToffee said:
Yeh but Barry’s probably only about 50k a weekz Calvert Lewin wanted triple that and whilst better than Barry he’s still another dud.

I'm not a DCL fan BTW, in case you are confused.

EGWToffee · 2025-12-13T18:27:50+0000

Kayj said:
I'm not a DCL fan BTW, in case you are confused.

No I get that and neither am I. I was made up who moved on. But he’d certainly be getting more goals than Barry and Beto in this side. “If” he was fit that is!

Kayj · 2025-12-13T18:29:23+0000

EGWToffee said:
No I get that and neither am I. I was made up who moved on. But he’d certainly be getting more goals than Barry and Beto in this side. “If” he was fit that is!

Honestly, I'm not so sure about that.

I thought I'd woke up from the DCL nightmare but here we are..

Titus Shambles · 2025-12-13T18:30:44+0000

preposterousvelios said:
The back 4

Not sure I'd say the back 4 is the reason why we've been amongst the lowest goal scoring teams in the league for a few years now. Michael Keane, who is supposed to be a backup defender, has the same number of goals as both our strikers combined. I'd say the biggest issues are at the top end of the pitch more than the bottom.

MaximusEvertonius · 2025-12-13T18:32:34+0000

I thought about that as well. I think Dom would link up really well with the likes of our recent lineup: Grealish, KDH, Alcaraz, and Ndiaye.

preposterousvelios · 2025-12-13T18:32:36+0000

Titus Shambles said:
Not sure I'd say the back 4 is the reason why we've been amongst the lowest goal scoring teams in the league for a few years now. Michael Keane, who is supposed to be a backup defender, has the same number of goals as both our strikers combined. I'd say the biggest issues are at the top end of the pitch more than the bottom.

Playing a centre back and Mykolenko as our two full backs is absolutely massively detrimental to our attacking output, and our ability to build from the back and control the ball.

Titus Shambles · 2025-12-13T18:33:02+0000

maccavennie said:
We won't be making Europe with Barry and Beto up top that's for certain. Halfway through December and a goal each to show for nearly half a season is embarrassing.

I'm 99% certain we wont be making Europe any way. Not without someone who knows how to put the ball in the net, and they aren't easy to get in January. Embarrassing that our best "striker" is a 30-something third choice center back.

Kayj · 2025-12-13T18:34:21+0000

MaximusEvertonius said:
I thought about that as well. I think Dom would link up really well with the likes of our recent lineup: Grealish, KDH, Alcaraz, and Ndiaye.

His link up play has never been in doubt, although in saying that, massively overrated.

Titus Shambles · 2025-12-13T18:37:34+0000

preposterousvelios said:
Playing a centre back and Mykolenko as our two full backs is absolutely massively detrimental to our attacking output, and our ability to build from the back and control the ball.

Yeah I get what you're saying but we could have the best full backs in the world and it would only count for so much if the lads whose job it is to put the ball in the net couldn't hit water if they fell out a boat.