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Mer5eywhite said:
He’s weak as piss and has been looking after himself in games for too long.

I say that as someone who never boos a player and supports throughout the 90. I also rated him when he started for us but I think he’s looking after himself so that he can get a move.
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Barky s strength was his outburst of pace, but this was taken away from him when he was asked to track back and defend. You can’t have a player that gets up and down the pitch to then also have a burst of speed at the end of it. Instead of playing to his strengths, we have taken his main strength away from him. He will never be a wingback as long as he’s got a hole in his arse! He can’t tackle and that’s why he’s given a couple of penalties away. He’s a liability at wing back unless we’re mainly on the front foot……..which sometimes happens in about 10% of games.
 
Tom is essentially the same player who came to us 4 years ago , he still has the quality he had then.What has gone is the potential, when he arrived there was something there to work on that would have made him a great footballer , whether the coaching has failed him or he just does not have it in his locker, we may never know, he is still a great athlete but at best a very ordinary footballer who is capable of producing the odd great performance but as his pace goes this will become less often , but have to say playing him out of position is really not helping him or the cause.
 
Derbydays said:
Tom is essentially the same player who came to us 4 years ago , he still has the quality he had then.What has gone is the potential, when he arrived there was something there to work on that would have made him a great footballer , whether the coaching has failed him or he just does not have it in his locker, we may never know, he is still a great athlete but at best a very ordinary footballer who is capable of producing the odd great performance but as his pace goes this will become less often , but have to say playing him out of position is really not helping him or the cause.
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He doesn’t have it in the locker .
Looking at that lad barks was supposed to be marking sat . Let him go a player who thinks he is better than what he really is .
 
Libertine said:
I saw nothing from Barky today to suggest he should be offered a contract. He tweets a good game though.
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Barky is a bit of an enigma – always felt he could be a striker with pace, but it feels as if he’s “scared” to play that role. Makes excuses to not do it, and doesn’t learn it. Doesn’t want the pressure of the central striker role. I see that with a lot of modern footballers. That’s why there are so few pure strikers these days.
 
hope barky signs one of our best players for me, badly managed and think if fatboy is still in charge he rightly won't sign. He's wasted in current system.

hopefully new manager even a cunt like keane would easily be able to get him, bauer etc all signed in no time.
 
I'd definitely be offering Barky a new deal.

He's not being used properly at the moment as for me is an out and out winger or a wide forward in a front three.

New manager needs to change system to get the best out of him.
 
Durutti said:
Madness.
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I’m not that sure , certain players Harrop , Rafferty , Potts , Lindsay , Browne ( to a lesser degree ) Maguire get slaughtered on here ( rightly or wrongly ) , Barky just my opinion has offered little for 2 seasons and was so bad on Saturday it was laughable but being candid and honest ( like Browne ) on social media with some appears to have bought him a free pass , maybe it’s always been like that with players , just never quite had the love in with Barky nor believed he’s going to progress beyond a bang average Championship player … I know I may be in the minority but a player who needs to move on for all concerned …
 
Mortis said:
I’m not that sure , certain players Harrop , Rafferty , Potts , Lindsay , Browne ( to a lesser degree ) Maguire get slaughtered on here ( rightly or wrongly ) , Barky just my opinion has offered little for 2 seasons and was so bad on Saturday it was laughable but being candid and honest ( like Browne ) on social media with some appears to have bought him a free pass , maybe it’s always been like that with players , just never quite had the love in with Barky nor believed he’s going to progress beyond a bang average Championship player … I know I may be in the minority but a player who needs to move on for all concerned …
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All 3 full backs were beyond bad on Saturday. Their manager worked it out, exploited the space and lack of closing down and we did absolutely nothing to counter it. The same has happened numerous times this season, it’s an utter embarrassment.
 
wld said:
All 3 full backs were beyond bad on Saturday. Their manager worked it out, exploited the space and lack of closing down and we did absolutely nothing to counter it. The same has happened numerous times this season, it’s an utter embarrassment.
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No doubting that at all the tactics or lack of any from FM numerous times already this season suggest we need a change unfortunately
 
llanroc said:
Barky s strength was his outburst of pace, but this was taken away from him when he was asked to track back and defend. You can’t have a player that gets up and down the pitch to then also have a burst of speed at the end of it. Instead of playing to his strengths, we have taken his main strength away from him. He will never be a wingback as long as he’s got a hole in his arse! He can’t tackle and that’s why he’s given a couple of penalties away. He’s a liability at wing back unless we’re mainly on the front foot……..which sometimes happens in about 10% of games.
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All wingers should be expected to track back and defend. Should he be expected to track back to the extent he did under Alex Neil. No but at the highest level wingers should be coming backAnd helping their full backs.

I remember watching match of the day a few weeks ago when rashford (on the wing) failed to track the runner and the other team scored.
 
Mr. M said:
He has played 185 times for us in the past five seasons starting 145 instances. He has scored 33 goals and 18 assists. That's a goal or assist every 4 appearances.

Getting rid of someone who has a tangible and clear attacking output over the past five years in the Championship that's madness! Who would we get instead who can do similar or better on our budget?

I don't trust PR et al to replace him with someone as good as or better with our scattergun transfer approach.

I do appreciate his honesty in what he says about playing here. It echoes the sentiments of the fans and mirrors what former players who have left have said too.

If he does go, all the best to him. He has been great for us but he needs to do what is best for himself/family.

I don't think fans realise what he brings to us as a side. He won't be fully appreciated until he is long gone like Hugill, Robinson, Pearson and Fisher. A good top end set of Championship players we never fully capitalised upon now being asset stripped by our hapless director Peter Ridsdale. Replaced with mediocre cannon fodder who are apparently as good as or better than we have seen before. Beggars belief our club.
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Barky is great as a wide player in a 4-4-2 or similar formation where he provides cover for a full back and yet can get forward in a positive way too, he is maybe not that effective when he has to cover the WHOLE of the right side!
We will miss him if he goes, he is under rated and will definitely move to a Championship rival if he goes
 
JJ_PNE said:
Because hes not a wingback, may aswell have Sinclair at wingback.
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Could going to a 4 at the back at the end last night be the future and see the return of the old Barky?

Tom seemed to have what's now becoming his normal game last night as he pushes himself to the very limit of human endurance to show that he deserves a bumper new contract.
 
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