Tyrone Barnett

[AndyT]

13 games this season for Wimbledon and 1 goal, poached from about 4 yards against Charlton Athletic.

What an enigma this fella is.

Seems to have everything, yet nothing.

 

[Supernaut]

13 games this season for Wimbledon and 1 goal, poached from about 4 yards against Charlton Athletic.

What an enigma this fella is.

Seems to have everything, yet nothing.

Remind me - did we actually try to sign him permanently?

 

[MK Shrimper]

Remind me - did we actually try to sign him permanently?

Think he was offered a deal IIRC but fortunately turned it down.

 

[Supernaut]

Think he was offered a deal IIRC but fortunately turned it down.

Ta. That's what I thought I remembered happening.

 

[manor15]

Remind me - did we actually try to sign him permanently?

Think he was offered a deal IIRC but fortunately turned it down.

Think we made him an awful offer whilst we were trying to get Cox so that we could keep stringing him along as a back up choice, then ended negotiations when Cox signed.

 

[tottenham541]

Lucky escape for us if you ask me:smile:

 

[MK Shrimper]

Not sure Cox is much of an improvement!

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

Wimbledon currently sit 7 places above us, I'm sure he feels he made the right move and we don't exactly have a striker here at the moment with a better ratio than he got last season of 1 in 4

 

[Beefy]

Barnett is a good player and the number of goals scored isn't necessarily an indication of how well he has played. He was never going to be a 20 goal striker for us or them.

 

[AndyT]

Wimbledon currently sit 7 places above us, I'm sure he feels he made the right move and we don't exactly have a striker here at the moment with a better ratio than he got last season of 1 in 4

Agreed, I'm thinking more about Barnett in general, over his career.

He has all the attributes : Pace, Power, Great shot on him, strength in the air and so on, but just seems to lack something. A bit of a poor man's Stan Collymore, constantly changing clubs, impressing for a while and then eased out over time.

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

Agreed, I'm thinking more about Barnett in general, over his career.

He has all the attributes : Pace, Power, Great shot on him, strength in the air and so on, but just seems to lack something. A bit of a poor man's Stan Collymore, constantly changing clubs, impressing for a while and then eased out over time.

Is that Barnett or Leon Clarke?
Both CAN cut it BUT too often don't seem to be bothered.

 

[AndyT]

Either, I would say.

Football does seem to be littered with these types of players. Plenty of ability but a lack of commitment, conviction, confidence, you name it.

Frustrating for fans and also for managers when they see someone literally p***ing up a career of top earnings.

 

[Sandbach Shrimper]

To be fair most of his appearances have been as a substitute. They have good competition for strikers at Wimbledon.

 

[AndyT]

Didn't think he did too bad, yesterday, when he came on, but when you compare him to the likes of Cox, Ranger & Fortune, I can see why we didn't seal the deal to keep him here.

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

Didn't think he did too bad, yesterday, when he came on, but when you compare him to the likes of Cox, Ranger & Fortune, I can see why we didn't seal the deal to keep him here.

Yes, at present I would not swap him for any of those three.
He has the skill but doesn't put 100% into it...........very frustrating player.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Yes, at present I would not swap him for any of those three.
He has the skill but doesn't put 100% into it...........very frustrating player.

Remember seeing him in the Bradford home game last season.Wasn't too impressed.Though all the Bradford lads in the hotel where we were staying thought he was our best player.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Didn't get and didn't like the booing when he came on yesterday. He came to us on loan and tried to play in a team that was a shadow of what we had yesterday. I liked him though I agree he did look lazy at times, but I think that's just his style. Noticed the likes of Leonard and Timlin had no problem with him on the pitch and interaction was mostly quite friendly.

 

[Voice of Reason]

It always winds me up when ex players come back and get booed.was in the south upper yesterday and all I heard was polite applause which made a nice change

 

[mfurok]

Certainly seems to have put on a bit of timber.

 

[OldBlueLady]

It always winds me up when ex players come back and get booed.was in the south upper yesterday and all I heard was polite applause which made a nice change

You were lucky then, definitely some booing in the West.