nottsblue wrote:As a club, if we don't give the likes of Barker a chance after scoring a first half hat-trick, against Boro, quite frankly we would deserve for one or two of the academy lads to go elsewhere and be a huge success.
This lad has been raved about on here all season. He is now turning it on and in some style it would seem. As the Spanish lad in the interview on another thread remarked, 'to see Celina and Pozo getting in the squads gives the other lads a lift', imagine if Barker played and stole the show?
Peter Doherty (AGAIG) wrote:nottsblue wrote:As a club, if we don't give the likes of Barker a chance after scoring a first half hat-trick, against Boro, quite frankly we would deserve for one or two of the academy lads to go elsewhere and be a huge success.
This lad has been raved about on here all season. He is now turning it on and in some style it would seem. As the Spanish lad in the interview on another thread remarked, 'to see Celina and Pozo getting in the squads gives the other lads a lift', imagine if Barker played and stole the show?
I think we're all of a mind on this. But it's out of our hands....
Green & Blue wrote:Great goal from Barker for anyone who hasn't seen it yet.
https://vine.co/v/ODL63nt2YDQ
blues2win wrote:Thanks Doug. Excellent report as ever. I wonder how many of the kids will go to Abu Dhabi for the mini winter break after the Arse game. Interesting to see whether Barker or others get some time against Hamburg on the 21st. I persist in thinking that that Barker should play a part in the Middlesborough game. Obviously you want some strong subs available if needed. Is he as good as Januzaj for interest which is a fair comparison to someone who plays in a very similar part position. Sure looks like it.
Douglas Higginbottom wrote:blues2win wrote:Thanks Doug. Excellent report as ever. I wonder how many of the kids will go to Abu Dhabi for the mini winter break after the Arse game. Interesting to see whether Barker or others get some time against Hamburg on the 21st. I persist in thinking that that Barker should play a part in the Middlesborough game. Obviously you want some strong subs available if needed. Is he as good as Januzaj for interest which is a fair comparison to someone who plays in a very similar part position. Sure looks like it.
Is he as good as Januzaj? I suppose it depends on how good you think Januzaj is?
I was one who thought Jan was a great prospect but the usual hype that goes with anyone in red did him a disservice.Then add to that some bad management and here we are going on 2 years later and he has almost disappeared and maybe thrown out on loan. From that perspective I hope we get the timing right for promoting him and the management right from there onwards in not allowing him to think he is the new Messi.
My basic answer to the question though is that yes I do think he is at least as good and probably better than Januzaj.I believe he can go both ways better than Januzaj, gets his head up better rather than just hitting the ball across scum style and I get the feeling that he is well grounded.. I do believe he should get some first team football this season and that,assuming that goes well and he keeps progressing he should be a part of the first team squad next season even if only a sub at best most of the time.
Ted Hughes wrote:If anything, he could perhaps try the spectacular a little bit more, for me.
twosips wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:If anything, he could perhaps try the spectacular a little bit more, for me.
I think that'll come with age and confidence - he's already starting to try the spectacular more and it's no coincidence that it's because he's feeling mega confident. Bale started to go for it more when he found his own aura and standing in the team and when Barker does get there id not be surprised if we saw him wallop em in from all angles very often.
DoomMerchant wrote:I think his greatest asset is alliteration.
Not easy to accomplish honestly.
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