All of our players have strengths and weaknesses and Barky is no different. His pace is his greatest attribute and under Grayson where we sat back and countered even at home it was utilised more than now where we tend to be pressing higher up the pitch. There is less room for him to run into as play is often condensed into the oppositions half.
Barky however is part of that high press and like brown does not get much credit for his defensive work in the final third which does not always pay dividends for the players presiding as it forces errors other players are then praised for as they intercept.
I, like most of our supporters, love Pearson because he tackles people and gets stuck in. Often the chance to do that is because others have pressed the opposition. Pearson is applauded whilst Barky and others receive no appreciation.
The manager obviously rates him as he had started a lot of games.
Last night his first touch let him down but he was part of a winning team and that is most important.
Perhaps he would benefit from a rest or more rotation who wouldn’t but just as you can gain match sharpness only by playing surely the opposite is true.
