Harvey Barnes- recalled from Barnsley

[Foxxed]

35 minutes ago, notnow john said:

He looked bereft of confidence, Which is strange for a player whose being playing well

at a higher level than Fleetwood.

He has just had five awful goalless games with a rapidly approaching relegation Barnsley.

[VLC86]

4 hours ago, Wookie said:

Barnes is a reasonable dribbler, he’s not blisteringly quick but his close control is good and he’s agile. Potentially a more threatening Albrighton in the making.

Jesus, people still criticising Albrighton? So underrated.

[Stadt]

Just now, Costock_Fox said:

Jesus, people still criticising Albrighton? So underrated.

Where have I criticised Albrighton there?

[VLC86]

Just now, Wookie said:

Where have I criticised Albrighton there?

A more threatening Albrighton? If Barnes achieves what Albrighton has he will have had a very good career.

[Stadt]

1 minute ago, Costock_Fox said:

A more threatening Albrighton? If Barnes achieves what Albrighton has he will have had a very good career.

That’s not a knock on Albrighton but he’s never been very prolific in his career, Barnes has already looked more of a goal threat.

[VLC86]

1 minute ago, Wookie said:

That’s not a knock on Albrighton but he’s never been very prolific in his career, Barnes has already looked more of a goal threat.

So you probably meant a more prolific, Albrightons main threat is his ability to land it on anyone’s forehead from half the pitch away.

[Foxxed]

Harvey doesn't look like a winger I'm not sure the comparison fits. But if he does turn into a solid Premier League player a la Albrighton then our youth development will have done excellent work. I'd obviously like to dream of something bigger...

[Stadt]

50 minutes ago, Costock_Fox said:

So you probably meant a more prolific, Albrightons main threat is his ability to land it on anyone’s forehead from half the pitch away.

Semantics but yeah.

[Rob1742]

Heard around the beginning of November Barnes was going to come back end of December, with the plan for him to have played a number of games for us before the end of the season.

 

So obviously he is very highly thought of.

 

Just hope Saturday was a one off bad performance. 

[fuchsntf]

Barnes, was being let down by the more experienced players around him....

[FoyleFox]

9 hours ago, fuchsntf said:

Barnes, was being let down by the more experienced players around him....

We know how he feels! 

Difficult to judge the lad on that one poor game, one training session wouldn't have given him much chance to integrate with teammates either. Hopefully they'll all be better next time out because no-one came out of that with any credibility. 

[Munshi]

The way we were playing, messi would've struggled to get into that game.

[foxes21]

Don’t think he’s a winger. Should try him in the middle at number 10

[Stadt]

Tried to do too much himself today unfortunately, needs minutes though and he'd perhaps have been better served going out on loan again rather than getting a few minutes here or there.

[UniFox21]

8 minutes ago, Wookie said:

Tried to do too much himself today unfortunately, needs minutes though and he'd perhaps have been better served going out on loan again rather than getting a few minutes here or there.

Also didn't help he wasn't always given the service to cause problems

[Gerard]

13 minutes ago, Wookie said:

Tried to do too much himself today unfortunately, needs minutes though and he'd perhaps have been better served going out on loan again rather than getting a few minutes here or there.

 

Agreed, he's not quite ready yet for us. Needs regular games at Championship level.

[MPH]

We did the right thing. Brought him back, have taken a real good look at him and we still have time to send him out on loan again...

[foxes21]

48 minutes ago, MPH said:

We did the right thing. Brought him back, have taken a real good look at him and we still have time to send him out on loan again...

Don’t think you can play for 3 teams in one season, so another loan is out of the question.

 

Best thing to do is let him play the cup games and maybe some appearances off the bench in the league when we’re winning by 2/3 goals..

[StriderHiryu]

He was pretty poor today, but I'd argue he was better than he was against Fleetwood! So he has shown some signs of improvement and there were some moments where you could see some potential.

 

After the game, Puel said that today's lineup was "the future of Leicester City" and you could see why. Ihenacho is 21, Diabate is 22, Gray is 21 and Barnes is 19. Barnes was the worst of those 4 players today but also the youngest and most inexperienced. Perhaps Puel's plan is to get those players playing together a lot in training as compared to the Fleetwood  game the biggest difference was that the players looked like they had played together before and some of our interplay among the youngsters was very exciting.

 

Puel has a reputation for developing young players so I think it's great that he recalled Barnes as I think he will improve him a lot. I think criticism of Demari Gray is also warranted but he's had his best season for Leicester yet and has improved a lot since last year. Again I think Puel will help develop him, especially his decision making which is his biggest weakness.

 

It's certainly possible that Barnes could do with another loan spell away from the club, but let's see what Puel does with him first. If he spends time with the other youngsters that featured today, it will not only help his game, but build up a better understanding between all of those players. Look at Man United "class of 92" as an example. They all came through at the same time, so all knew each other's game inside and out.

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

He looked a little indecisive,  slow in his decision making, caught in possession a lot and guilty of poor passes, positives were his eagerness to get on the ball and his hard work, he’s still learning but probably needs another loan spell preferably in the championship 

[Ric Flair]

Was alarming how long he tried to stay on the ball at the wrong times, like Barkley does when he's having a howler. Let's get this straight, he's proven he can rip new riz holes at that level so he's not out of his depth. He's just trying too hard to make an impression and needs to settle down. Big Claude knows how to look after players like this though, I'm sure he's got many a game ahead of him. In a way had Iheanacho set him up and he scored we could have seen the shackles off. But Iheanacho himself is desperate for the headlines to prove himself so it was understandable. Diabate looks ready anyway haha, fcuk me!!!

[MPH]

1 hour ago, foxes21 said:

Don’t think you can play for 3 teams in one season, so another loan is out of the question.

 

Best thing to do is let him play the cup games and maybe some appearances off the bench in the league when we’re winning by 2/3 goals..

 

 

Or send him back to Barnsley? 

 

 

Likely to keep him fo cup games though I’d imagine 

[Happy Fox]

Looks a little lightweight for me, could do with another loan spell at a Championship Club, and then reevaluate in the summer.

[drofmor55]

Liked his attitude today only 19 but was prepared to put himself about against a quite physical team..probably overdid trying to make a good impression but i would rather that  than trying to hide.