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Barky

Barky

Barkhuizen is not yet back to his best. Defensively he is possibly better than he has ever been but as an attacker he is still fitful though the sparks of inspiration are getting more frequent. But the player who could run right through any defence in this division is still there and if he could return then our attacking potential would increase enormously. Maybe this afternoon is when that will happen again.
 
Mancunian White;n3399272 said:
Yeah in terms of top speed you're right, look at sprinters and they're all 6 foot odd and very muscley, which is interestingly why centre backs are sometimes some of the fastest players in the squad (I think Ben Davies is ours).

Football is all about acceleration though, players rarely run enough to top out and it's all about who can get going fastest. That's why players like Messi, Sanchez, even Maguire can beat so many people without having the build of a sprinter. Barky is the same, maybe not as extreme an example but he can beat a man because he's so fast off his mark and reaches that top speed so quickly, and that might be because he's lithe and light. Bulking up night not effect his top speed, it might even increase it, but being a bigger lad generally means you're less agile, and slower of your mark.

I'm 6'3 and was a sprinter through school and I play footy with some lads from work. There are a couple of lads, one about 5'8 and the other near 6' and a beanpole. They can both leave me for dead off the mark, but give me 30 or 40 yards and I've caught up and overtaken them every time.

barky is naturally quick, but his asset is his acceleration, which if he put too much on I'd worry about him losing. You're right though, he might be able to get away with a few pounds to make him less of a pushover.
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Seen some folk say Ben Davies is the fastest in our squad. He isn't and never has been. Very quick for a CB, mind.
 
Hadn’t seen him recently due to uni commitments and was looking forward to seeing ‘the Barkhuizen of old’ now that all his potential excuses for being shit have been burnt.

Dreadful today again, and all this debate as to whether or not he is strong? Fuck that, he’s the weakest player we’ve got, by a decent margin. Knocked to the ground twice with only the faintest touch on the shoulder.

Unfortunately this is a ruthless profession, and too many on here want to live in the past when it comes to Barkhuizen. He’s a gadget player, with good pace, long throw and defensive reliability and deserves a place on the bench, but if we want to go places as a club Barky getting 40 plus games as a starter is not the answer.

In his defence the starting front 3 were all poor, he was not alone
 
Lee Trundle;n3399935 said:
Hadn’t seen him recently due to uni commitments and was looking forward to seeing ‘the Barkhuizen of old’ now that all his potential excuses for being shit have been burnt.

Dreadful today again, and all this debate as to whether or not he is strong? Fuck that, he’s the weakest player we’ve got, by a decent margin. Knocked to the ground twice with only the faintest touch on the shoulder.

Unfortunately this is a ruthless profession, and too many on here want to live in the past when it comes to Barkhuizen. He’s a gadget player, with good pace, long throw and defensive reliability and deserves a place on the bench, but if we want to go places as a club Barky getting 40 plus games as a starter is not the answer.

In his defence the starting front 3 were all poor, he was not alone
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Nail on head. Barky is jonny average at best. Fast yes, technically good no, strong no, wins a few headers yes, helps the full back out yes.
Frustrating thing for me is he doesn’t utilise his pace, never makes a run from outside to in, in between the full back and CB. He could be such a theat through movement alone but unfortunately hes brain dead when it comes to that.
 
Schofe;n3399975 said:
Nail on head. Barky is jonny average at best. Fast yes, technically good no, strong no, wins a few headers yes, helps the full back out yes.
Frustrating thing for me is he doesn’t utilise his pace, never makes a run from outside to in, in between the full back and CB. He could be such a theat through movement alone but unfortunately hes brain dead when it comes to that.
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If Bodin was fit he would probably be starting over Barky.
 
officiale4real;n3400088 said:
Thought Barky had a good game yesterday, worked hard in defence and tried to make things happen.
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We must have watched different games.

I thought he had a shocker and was rightly taken off early doors.

His performance was summed up when Ipswich gave us the ball and instead of taking on their defence he decided to play a shockingly bad ball to Callum and we lost that opertunity.
 
officiale4real;n3400088 said:
Thought Barky had a good game yesterday, worked hard in defence and tried to make things happen.
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If by make things happen you mean return possession to Ipswich you’d be most correct.

Didnt have one run, was one on one vs fullback couple of times and just passed back into midfield
 
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