Welcomd back gareth barry

[Beeks]

Never understand the love he gets from most City fans.

In my opinion he's an accident waiting to happen every time he plays. Whether its a handball or a misplaced pass. He gives the ball away more than anyone! Luckily he doesn't do it close to our goal like Rodwell.

He seems like a nice guy though.

Really shite WUM attempt..If you don't 'understand' the love Barry gets you either

A)Have never watched a City game in your life

B) Know fuck all about football

Or

C) Are just attention seeking as per..

[Superbia]

Never understand the love he gets from most City fans.

In my opinion he's an accident waiting to happen every time he plays. Whether its a handball or a misplaced pass. He gives the ball away more than anyone! Luckily he doesn't do it close to our goal like Rodwell.

He seems like a nice guy though.

Has to be a wum, or really knows nothing about football.

[Bear60]

what were you all watching.
Barry was THE difference and brought calm back at the back as well as moving the ball well. He didn't flag and was a close call for man of the match
he plays in the position where famously nobody sees what you contribute but I'd have thought better of you lot
It's GREAT to have him back

He would have been my second choice for MOTM behind Milner.

Probably if people are watching on tv, they miss 90% of what Barry does in a game as by the time the camera gets there, it looks like someone has just happened to pass the ball to him, you don't see him anticipate it & nip in before the oppo read it.

There was a perfect example of this in the 2nd half, where we had everyone attacking & the Sunderlad keeper got to the ball, straight away he was thumping it long onto their right wing, in our half, with most of our team stranded in their half. On Wed, that would have resulted in a Dortmund player unmarked, speeding at our penalty area with hardly any defence. Yesterday, before the ball even touched the keeper's foot, GB had decided where it was going & was sprinting diagonal, full tilt to cover before it landed. On TV they will have just seen Barry heading a routine goal kick out for an oppo throw.

Agreed , people often ask me who I like most in the City team and they are always surprised when I say Barry, its because they only ever see the highlights on tv when your at the games you get to see everything he does unsung hero imo

[OhDannyBoy]

Are people serious? Or did I miss something.

Without Barry, we are awful. Full stop. Beyond words how some people say 'accident waiting to happen'. Are these the armchairs, or the 'fans' that leave on 80 minutes? unbelievable

[OhDannyBoy]

Never understand the love he gets from most City fans.

In my opinion he's an accident waiting to happen every time he plays. Whether its a handball or a misplaced pass. He gives the ball away more than anyone! Luckily he doesn't do it close to our goal like Rodwell.

He seems like a nice guy though.

Bet you booed Rodwell yesterday. Great fan

[Pretty Boy Lee]

Never understand the love he gets from most City fans.

In my opinion he's an accident waiting to happen every time he plays. Whether its a handball or a misplaced pass. He gives the ball away more than anyone! Luckily he doesn't do it close to our goal like Rodwell.

He seems like a nice guy though.

He's back and so came a dominant win and a clean sheet.

Now I'm not saying its all his doing, but it's no coincidence either. He calms our play and allows several players at different times to go forward without being exposed.

[Mase]

Fuckin hell its just my opinion you whoppers! Not every fan is going to be of the same opinion!! That's what a forum is for.

I know nothing about football. Just like most of you. That's why none of us are working in the football industry, because we just have opinions.

I just need someone to call me a 'rag twat' now for the full house!

[Mase]

Fuckin hell its just my opinion you whoppers! Not every fan is going to be of the same opinion!! That's what a forum is for.

I know nothing about football. Just like most of you. That's why none of us are working in the football industry, because we just have opinions.

I just need someone to call me a 'rag twat' now for the full house!

Rag twat!

[Slim]

It wasn't Barry's best game for us but I think he gave us a reminder of how we can struggle when he isn't in the team.

About sums it up.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Fuckin hell its just my opinion you whoppers! Not every fan is going to be of the same opinion!! That's what a forum is for.

I know nothing about football. Just like most of you. That's why none of us are working in the football industry, because we just have opinions.

I just need someone to call me a 'rag twat' now for the full house!

Trouble maker.
5 hail marys and your forgiven.

[Tokyo Blue]

Never understand the love he gets from most City fans.

In my opinion he's an accident waiting to happen every time he plays. Whether its a handball or a misplaced pass. He gives the ball away more than anyone! Luckily he doesn't do it close to our goal like Rodwell.

He seems like a nice guy though.

It's not so much what he does, Mase mate, it is what he enables other players to do. For some reason they all look more confident when Barry is in the team and I genuinely think we do play better with him than without him.

I also think he is the kind of player who might make a good manager - someone who isn't supremely talented and therefore has to really think about the game to get the best out of himself. Perhaps he's a bit too nice.

[Blue Since 76]

Watch on TV and he does nothing, which is why most England fans hate him. To be honest, half the time at the match he appears to do nothing and has no pace, yet bizarrely he's usually in the right place at the right time. A bit like a younger Didi Hamann or Vieira.

At times when we only needed one defensive midfielder last season, he was picked ahead of de Jong. Mancini rates him and successive England managers see why they need him in the team.

[john68]

In any game of football, each player has possession of the ball for about 2mins. There are 90+mins in a game. The TV follows the ball as do most fans, effectively most see a 2 minute slice of every player throughout the game.

Gareth Barry is the 88 minute man. Unseen, usually unsung. When Yaya goes charging upfield and the crowd is rising to its feet, Gaz Baz is the guy sliding 5 or 6 paces to the left or right just in case it all breaks down or in case Yaya needs an option. Nobody notices.

Tony Book was old and slow, we won the League with his ability to read the game and push and pull those around him. When Book was injures the next season, we were shit until Kanuary when he came back. Martin Peters was the fetch me carry me man of the 1966 World Cup winning team. Hurst got the plaudits. Peters supplied the space by his off the ball runs.

Maybe some of you at the game should watch Barry a little more closely. It'll be boring but you'll learn a lot.

[leomcfc]

He would have been my second choice for MOTM behind Milner.

Probably if people are watching on tv, they miss 90% of what Barry does in a game as by the time the camera gets there, it looks like someone has just happened to pass the ball to him, you don't see him anticipate it & nip in before the oppo read it.

There was a perfect example of this in the 2nd half, where we had everyone attacking & the Sunderlad keeper got to the ball, straight away he was thumping it long onto their right wing, in our half, with most of our team stranded in their half. On Wed, that would have resulted in a Dortmund player unmarked, speeding at our penalty area with hardly any defence. Yesterday, before the ball even touched the keeper's foot, GB had decided where it was going & was sprinting diagonal, full tilt to cover before it landed. On TV they will have just seen Barry heading a routine goal kick out for an oppo throw.

This. Excellent

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

i always feel more confident when Barry starts. Thought he had an excellent game yesterday.

[Blue Since 76]

In any game of football, each player has possession of the ball for about 2mins. There are 90+mins in a game. The TV follows the ball as do most fans, effectively most see a 2 minute slice of every player throughout the game.

Gareth Barry is the 88 minute man. Unseen, usually unsung. When Yaya goes charging upfield and the crowd is rising to its feet, Gaz Baz is the guy sliding 5 or 6 paces to the left or right just in case it all breaks down or in case Yaya needs an option. Nobody notices.

Tony Book was old and slow, we won the League with his ability to read the game and push and pull those around him. When Book was injures the next season, we were shit until Kanuary when he came back. Martin Peters was the fetch me carry me man of the 1966 World Cup winning team. Hurst got the plaudits. Peters supplied the space by his off the ball runs.

Maybe some of you at the game should watch Barry a little more closely. It'll be boring but you'll learn a lot.

John, you're dead right. Your typing is atrocious, but you're dead right.

[Pretty Boy Lee]

I'm glad there's a bit more love for him on here than there used to be, but he'll never fully get the praise he deserves.

I appreciate gaz baz.

[Slim]

While I agree a lot of the movement gets missed on tv, it's not as hard to interpret movement, like I said he had an okay game, but he wasn't as clinical in the first half and gave the ball away more than usual. A fully fit GazBaz would have been motm and behind no-one.

[sheblue]

A warm welcome back. Without doubt the most underrated player we have. We are much better off with than without.