2025/26 Thierno Barry

[Tipp blue]

Barry isn't impressing at the moment, did he even touch the ball last n night?

 

[Daytripper]

Barry isn't impressing at the moment, did he even touch the ball last n night?

Yes, one lay off to KDH. I don’t remember anything else.

 

[MACCA75]

Yes, one lay off to KDH. I don’t remember anything else.

Dreadful that for 25 minutes. I know he didn’t get a pass, but you have to get yourself involved in a game.

 

[Daytripper]

Dreadful that for 25 minutes. I know he didn’t get a pass, but you have to get yourself involved in a game.

I was disappointed we never replaced Chermiti, especially with someone a little different than what we have in the sense of perhaps more nimble and pacey instead of the tall target type, a in the box kind of striker who anticipates a rebound etc.

I know good forwards are far from cheap but it’s clear we are lacking a genuine threat up front.

I would advise this lad to stay more in the box if he can, a few tap ins, get the confidence going, a bit like what Carlo did with DCL.

 

[blackie_jones75]

Seemingly no desire or application, no urgency to get in the box and jogging around like a rabbit in headlights...reminds me of Davy Klassen, Moise Kean and Sandro. Huge disappointment this lad so far and worse still I would be amazed with any dramatic improvement. He just looks like he cba

 

[Charlie Sweet]

He has to get at least a run of games as beto ain't getting any better

It's such a low bar though!

I haven’t really seen any part of centre forward play that he’s any good at, which is slightly concerning.

100%

Looks like a poor mans Niasse

Yes and at least old Niasse looked like he cared

 

[Joey66]

He played 21 minutes pal.

How many times did he touch the ball - Grealish cut in & he took the wrong position up in the box too ...

 

[Blue83]

Has he actually had a shot at goal yet in his minutes played ? I'm trying to remember but I'm drawing a blank

 

[preposterousvelios]

I agreed with everything till the last paragraph! You made a great argument for why dropping Alcaraz has damaged Beto, so the solution there is obvious. I like KDH a lot, but whereas Alcaraz constantly looked to play the ball behind the centre halves for Beto to run onto, KDH constantly looks to play it out wide to Grealish.

Agree with this tbh. Harsh as KDH has been good imo and takes great set pieces, but particularly in the case of Barry i don’t think KDH at 10 is the player that will gel with him as much maybe Ndiaye, grealish or even possibly Dibling.

The 3 behind the striker are all interchangeable with the exception of KDH and it could be time for Moyes to start trying some different configurations.

 

[HTCHERO]

The lad is crap and doesn't even look like he's arsed.

 

[PhilRegan]

Not really. Fulkrug is a German International and played in the CL final in 23/24. He's not some plodder from nowhere. Has far more pedigree than Beto and Barry.

But hes still just another weghorst or carew himself .

 

[evertondotcom]

He doesn’t look remotely bothered.

 

[Curtis]

Dreadful that for 25 minutes. I know he didn’t get a pass, but you have to get yourself involved in a game.

We as a team barely made any attacks on goal when he was on and when we did , nobody was trying to link him into the play. It really wasn't his fault

 

[Curtis]

Being used as a scapegoat

 

[Lob]

Another who looked like he had potential and is more and more looking like he is going to be terrible. Our strike force is pretty shocking again this season.