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 Willo  South coast - west of Brighton. 29 Jan 18 1.02pm |
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Originally posted by murphyn13
Barnes would be an excellent signing. It's as much about mindset/attitude in the premier league as it is about skill and special game-winning ability. Someone like Barnes will be the striker who chases down the opposition goalkeeper to get the Holmesdale off their chairs in the first minute and the last minute of a football match, something Benteke will never do. The attitude of Barnes can never be questioned (just look at the guys performances this year), we could do a LOT worse than this guy. Teams like Palace need willing runners like Barnes, remember Parish commenting that he regretted selling Campbell? Do you think this was down to his 1:1 goalscoring ability? Absolutely not, it was his contagious running ability, never say die attitude, Barnes is a similar type. I could probably find some local athletes of a good standard who are not footballers who could run and run and chase balls down !
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| I'mPalace Till I Die 29 Jan 18 1.40pm |
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Like all Burnley players seem to do Originally posted by Bullhorn76
As I recall the game against Burnley although he put in a shift he did appear to go down very easily and complained quite a lot
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| MonsterMunch Cambridge 29 Jan 18 1.49pm |
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Originally posted by murphyn13
Barnes would be an excellent signing. It's as much about mindset/attitude in the premier league as it is about skill and special game-winning ability. Someone like Barnes will be the striker who chases down the opposition goalkeeper to get the Holmesdale off their chairs in the first minute and the last minute of a football match, something Benteke will never do. The attitude of Barnes can never be questioned (just look at the guys performances this year), we could do a LOT worse than this guy. Teams like Palace need willing runners like Barnes, remember Parish commenting that he regretted selling Campbell? Do you think this was down to his 1:1 goalscoring ability? Absolutely not, it was his contagious running ability, never say die attitude, Barnes is a similar type. Is that really what it has come to? Parish's comments about Campbell were as a squad member. We need a striker who can come in, hit the ground running and score goals. We've already got a striker who doesnt score much. Lets have a bit of quality not all get excited by a player who has 'effort' and runs around. He's not good enough in my opinion for the predicament we are in.
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Littlebogreek  29 Jan 18 2.01pm |
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Originally posted by MonsterMunch
Is that really what it has come to? Parish's comments about Campbell were as a squad member. We need a striker who can come in, hit the ground running and score goals. We've already got a striker who doesnt score much. Lets have a bit of quality not all get excited by a player who has 'effort' and runs around. He's not good enough in my opinion for the predicament we are in. All well and good but who are we going to sign that's within our budget and guaranteed to do that? Assuming that we are signing someone who will be back up to Benteke (and maybe even Wickham when and if he gets fit) it's not the easiest sell in the world. Can't see us spending 20 odd million unless Benteke is on his way out and that would still leave us short if he goes. anyone we buy from abroad offers no guarantee to adapt to premier league football.
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| MonsterMunch Cambridge 29 Jan 18 2.07pm |
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Originally posted by Littlebogreek
All well and good but who are we going to sign that's within our budget and guaranteed to do that? Assuming that we are signing someone who will be back up to Benteke (and maybe even Wickham when and if he gets fit) it's not the easiest sell in the world. Can't see us spending 20 odd million unless Benteke is on his way out and that would still leave us short if he goes. anyone we buy from abroad offers no guarantee to adapt to premier league football. True. Although buying Barnes, who we know has premier league experience and his stats suggest he won’t get the goals we need. Also that’s what Dougies job is isn’t it? We also have the best recruitment environment we’ve ever had apparently. Luckily Roy has appeared to dismiss the Barnes talk anyway. Imagine having said recruitment team in place and the best we can muster is Ashley Barnes. Edited by MonsterMunch (29 Jan 2018 2.07pm)
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 29 Jan 18 2.11pm |
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Being totally honest I have not heard of any Barnes interest.That said I don't up-to-date transfer target alerts from the club on my phone !
Edited by Willo (29 Jan 2018 2.16pm)
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| NEILLO Shoreham-by-Sea 29 Jan 18 2.18pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
Being totally honest I have not heard of any Barnes interest.That said I don't up-to-date transfer target alerts from the club on my phone !
Edited by Willo (29 Jan 2018 2.16pm) Neither has Roy according to his press conference.
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| alaneagle1 Dunstable,Bedfordshire.England 29 Jan 18 2.19pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
Being totally honest I have not heard of any Barnes interest.That said I don't up-to-date transfer target alerts from the club on my phone !
Edited by Willo (29 Jan 2018 2.16pm) Roy just informed me that the club have not mentioned Ashley at all.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 29 Jan 18 2.20pm |
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Originally posted by NEILLO
Neither has Roy according to his press conference. Oh ! I must admit I haven't seen the press conference. He probably doesn't get transfer target alerts on his phone either !!!!
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 29 Jan 18 2.23pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
Being totally honest I have not heard of any Barnes interest.That said I don't up-to-date transfer target alerts from the club on my phone !
Edited by Willo (29 Jan 2018 2.16pm) Let us know when you get a nod and a wink and any inside info. We're relying on it.
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| steven_t92 Orpington 29 Jan 18 2.53pm |
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Another fake rumor probably being used to push someone else to accept an offer for someone we want. Has a worse goal record than Diafra Sakho did for West Ham and never even got goals in the Championship.
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| Littlebogreek 29 Jan 18 5.20pm |
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Originally posted by MonsterMunch
True. Although buying Barnes, who we know has premier league experience and his stats suggest he won’t get the goals we need. Also that’s what Dougies job is isn’t it? We also have the best recruitment environment we’ve ever had apparently. Luckily Roy has appeared to dismiss the Barnes talk anyway. Imagine having said recruitment team in place and the best we can muster is Ashley Barnes. Edited by MonsterMunch (29 Jan 2018 2.07pm) All fair points. I'd quite like us to sign someone doing well in the championship or abroad rather than as you say, someone that has proved they can't score in the Premier League, problem is I think our budget is even more shoe string than any of us hope.
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