2025/26 Thierno Barry

[Neiler]

Difference between Barry and Beto is Barry has a better instinct for where to be. Theyre both deficient in a lot of ways but if a ball is dragged back across the box I feel like Barry is on the end of it whereas Beto just always seems just ahead or behind.

Barry gets a lot of goals that just bounce off him or he sticks a leg out. That’s a striker that’s getting in the right positions and you can’t teach that.

Linekar was like that mate, always on the end of tap ins and scruffy ones, a skill in itself.

 

[Tin-Tin]

I thought last night he lost the ball a couple of times but actually chased the player down to try and win it back. At one point he had the ball nicked off him, chased down to win it back then lost it and I swear he held his hands up to the crowd as if to apologise.

 

[AndyP94]

Seemed to work harder last night and even though both goals were pretty simple finishes, he put them away.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Linekar was like that mate, always on the end of tap ins and scruffy ones, a skill in itself.

Lukaku also, the amount of pull backs he’s on the end of. It’s absolutely a quality of good movement and predatory instinct.

Kane is probably the best I’ve seen at it. I still have no idea how a bloke who has no pace, isn’t amazingly technical in tight spaces, isn’t massively big or strong, isn’t great in the air, somehow is one of the best strikers in history. But when the ball comes across the box he’s in the right place every time.

Obviously we’re talking completely different levels to Barry, but I’ve seen loads of Everton strikers who could stand in the box all day and never look like scoring. The ball finds Barry in the box. If we can work on the rest of his game he’ll always get goals at this level just through that quality alone.

 

[Papa Shango]

Lukaku also, the amount of pull backs he’s on the end of. It’s absolutely a quality of good movement and predatory instinct.

Kane is probably the best I’ve seen at it. I still have no idea how a bloke who has no pace, isn’t amazingly technical in tight spaces, isn’t massively big or strong, isn’t great in the air, somehow is one of the best strikers in history. But when the ball comes across the box he’s in the right place every time.

Obviously we’re talking completely different levels to Barry, but I’ve seen loads of Everton strikers who could stand in the box all day and never look like scoring. The ball finds Barry in the box. If we can work on the rest of his game he’ll always get goals at this level just through that quality alone.

Or the best of them all, Gerd Muller.

 

[leslad]

I still think he's like Bambi on ice but there was improvement comparing last night with how he was at the start the season. Working hard, causing problems especially in the air where he seems much stronger than he did at first. Fair play if he's been working on it.

 

[windymiller]

Seemed to work harder last night and even though both goals were pretty simple finishes, he put them away.

He worked way harder last night and was rewarded. He needs to play like that every game.

 

[Drico]

Or the best of them all, Gerd Muller.

Like a little rubber ball. He'd bounce about and contort himself to, somehow, almost imperceptibly, always get the last decisive touch. Never seen a finisher like him. Wouldn't lace the boots of the likes of Rummenigge or Beckenbauer, but nobody could finish like Der Bomber. Uncanny.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

His movement off the ball, especially when we’re breaking, is terrible. He gets caught watching the ball instead of checking where other players are and creating space. Must drive Moyes mad.

 

[Raino85]

Seemed to work harder last night and even though both goals were pretty simple finishes, he put them away.

He did it for his Arsenal pals

 

[TrixyStevens]

I think he’s too easy going and a bit crap at football. An out and out poacher though. Art in itself.

 

[pfim]

Nah. Bin him. Me Nan scores those goals

Well, N'Diaye couldn't, guess your Nan is in contention for two spots.

At the same time, he's been utter crap for months. But sometimes a striker just needs a few goals for confidence.

 

[ArtetaMoney]

I know he scored 2 last night, but I defo didn’t expect to see posts today mentioning Lineker, Lukaku, Muller and Kane in the Barry thread

 

[Saint Domingo]

Could easily finish as top scorer this season. I know he should do given he’s a striker but there’s been plenty of Everton strikers who haven’t.

 

[allen]

I think he’s too easy going and a bit crap at football. An out and out poacher though. Art in itself.

Can't argue with any of that.

I think you've got his three key ingredients.

He doesn't work hard enough off the ball for me. Maybe that contrast is stronger when he's just replaced the madman Beto.

His control and ball retention is pretty terrible. If he gets the ball in a tight spot, you know we're about to lose possession.

But he knows how to stick the ball in the back of the net - which is always the most prized asset in a young striker.