JimmyC74 Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 10 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: From what I've seen Kristiansen is a better defender and has the physical attributes to cope. Having KDH in the team should also provide some cover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KingsX Posted 22 January 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 22 January 2023 objectively: subjectively: He’s a decent lad, but he’s actually got less of a footballing brain than Demarai Gray. No, I wouldn’t have thought it possible either. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARTY_FOX Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 (edited) I've never seen a player bimble about so much. Bimbles around off the ball. If a balls not to him and is anything less than 80/20 in his favour he just bimbles after it letting the defender get it. One on one? Just bimbles along until he runs into the defender. You're a quick lad Harvey. Take them on. Takes every opportunity to leave the wing to bimble into the middle. Makes 0 attempt to get back out wide until he's bimbling back why the other team go on an attack. Edited 23 January 2023 by ARTY_FOX 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StanSP Posted 22 January 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 22 January 2023 (edited) Anyone else wondering what 'bimble/bimbling' is Edited 22 January 2023 by StanSP 8 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Fox Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 15 minutes ago, StanSP said: Anyone else wondering what 'bimble/bimbling' is Bumble? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox_favourite Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 18 minutes ago, StanSP said: Anyone else wondering what 'bimble/bimbling' is Did cross my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old koppite Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 1 hour ago, fox_favourite said: Did cross my mind. What a great word. I’m going to start using it! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan LCFC Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 (edited) Going through a rough period for sure despite his goal yesterday. Easier to mark when you carry such little attacking threat on the other side, and from the team in general given we're terribly coached. He'll get back into gear when we have a manager again - providing he's not got himself out of here before we do pull the trigger on the clown (which I concede isn't impossible). Edited 22 January 2023 by Dan LCFC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Oxlong Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 1 hour ago, StanSP said: Anyone else wondering what 'bimble/bimbling' is I just assumed it was a bit like wombling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAN Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 6 minutes ago, Dan LCFC said: Going through a rough period for sure despite his goal yesterday. Easier to mark when you carry such little attacking threat on the other side, and from the team in general given we're terribly coached. He'll get back into gear when we have a manager again - providing he's not got himself out of here before we do pull the trigger on the clown (which I concede isn't impossible). Where do you think he’s going? nobody would pay decent money when they analyse his work rate and stats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richmondfox Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 He does prat around too much and tries to add too much tippy tappy style into his play. It doesn’t help that he rarely gets to chase the ball and run with it which is his strength. We take so long to walk the ball out of defence with 20 passes side to side, if Thomas actually passes forward he's marked and has his back to goal or is starting from a standing start on the side line. Some of his misses the last few games have cost us points. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityfanlee23 Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 16 minutes ago, Dan LCFC said: Going through a rough period for sure despite his goal yesterday. Easier to mark when you carry such little attacking threat on the other side, and from the team in general given we're terribly coached. He'll get back into gear when we have a manager again - providing he's not got himself out of here before we do pull the trigger on the clown (which I concede isn't impossible). To be honest it also doesn’t help him that Vardy is basically a statue these days. If your striker isn’t pulling defenders about it’s hard for any winger to get any space. Often Vardy doesn’t cause any problems and Barnes gets forced wide and the oppostion double up on him. When Barnes gets the ball in space he just gets pushed onto his weak side and the attack is basically over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacreblueits442 Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 5 hours ago, Dickov22 said: He needed to take another touch and get a bit further up the pitch before he made the pass. Massively lacking confidence. He was awful yesterday ...we have for years failed to make the correct pass in the last third, why we are surprised that this occurred!!! We need to have addressed this in training, we haven't, all this time in practise and we still have not have drilled this into our players. Just how poor are our coaches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesta2014 Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 Frustrating thing is he has 7 goals in all comps whilst not in great form! Hit some form/confidence he will help us up the table! will say this he is our weakest link defensively and think criticism Thomas gets is harsh! A more experienced player get him into the right position and also has the brain to cover his defensive weaknesses very much like Simpson with Mahrez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosbehFox Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 37 minutes ago, FLAN said: Where do you think he’s going? nobody would pay decent money when they analyse his work rate and stats They would look at his stats (7 goals this season) considering his age and think some good coaching can sort him out. Trossard just joined Arsenal with a lot of comparable stats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adejo92 Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 He still finds himself in good goal scoring positions, and his finishing has massively improved over the last couple of seasons. That said, he just looks too settled in that position. There's absolutely no pressure for his place and it shows with his performances. He plays like someone who's turned up for a Sunday league game just because they had nothing else to do on a Sunday morning. There doesn't seem to be any spark, passion or aggression with him currently. Again, Rodgers could be to blame but most of it sits with Harvey. The quality is there, just needs getting out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchsntf Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 He's our modern go to...Rodney Fern.. Brilliant at times,slips into the unforgivable,and makes you want to laugh and then cry... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fazzer 7 Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 Come on Barnesy lad sort yourself out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambert09 Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 it’ll be a real shame if we finally get a rw and the lw becomes a problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm1 Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 I'd like to know what he did in the WC break, because he looks a completely different player after it. He scored 6 in 13 PL games and was bang in form. After a few weeks of R&R in UAE, he's scored 1 in 5 and his all round game has been terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchesterfox Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 He can be great running at defenders in broken play. But against a set defence or when we don't have the ball he is generally clueless. He must make about one tackle a season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPH Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 He is about our only attacking outlet right now that is “working”. If people look at the replay of the first goal, they will see the part He played in that too. quite simply, we would have lost without him yesterday. Considering the position we are in, I am surprised that Barnes is catching any flack or negativity…. He’s nowhere near the worst of a very ordinary bunch… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weller Wing Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 He's a very good player but could be top class with the right mentality and a side around him that helps his game. He's got so much more to his game and I hope we see what he can properly do, before he goes somewhere else and we're looking at games and wishing he was still with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchsntf Posted 22 January 2023 Share Posted 22 January 2023 2 minutes ago, Weller Wing said: He's a very good player but could be top class with the right mentality and a side around him that helps his game. He's got so much more to his game and I hope we see what he can properly do, before he goes somewhere else and we're looking at games and wishing he was still with us. I would to love to know what incompetence his(our) coaching staff are doing with his mental approach.. Hardly attacks the byline.easy for defence to con him to take the inside line... The put him in the middle,he can then chose his runs.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Fox Posted 23 January 2023 Share Posted 23 January 2023 A couple of observations here, 1) I think without Maddison in the team, Barnes is trying to do too much himself and this is leading to poor decision making. You could see when Maddison came on yesterday he looked a better player. 2) Lots of talk about how he doesn’t track back and help Luke Thomas, but the same can be said in reverse, when he has Justin or Castagne playing left back they bomb forward and overlap, giving Barnes another option and giving the defender something else to think about - this is not happening at the moment. Finally, although he is missing chances, he is still getting into the positions to get those chances - the real worry for me comes when a player is not getting into the right positions. You’ve only got to look at his goals and assists record over the last few seasons and compare it with other wingers to know he’s a quality player. I think with Maddison returning and Kristiansen coming in, you’ll see Barnes begin to look like the player we know he can be in the next couple of weeks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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