davieG Posted 24 August 2018 Share Posted 24 August 2018 Barnes subbed surprising as he seemed the only one who looked dangerous. What a dirty player Ayala is should be off now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livid Posted 24 August 2018 Share Posted 24 August 2018 I think West Brom have abandoned any attempt to play football and are looking to scrap for a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfcsnow Posted 24 August 2018 Share Posted 24 August 2018 Current pulis vs former pulis was only going to go one way 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzie the Fox Posted 24 August 2018 Share Posted 24 August 2018 11 minutes ago, davieG said: Barnes subbed surprising as he seemed the only one who looked dangerous. What a dirty player Ayala is should be off now. Barnes has taken a bit of stick tonight, i feel sorry for the guy. Seems very strange he was subbed off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxxed Posted 24 August 2018 Share Posted 24 August 2018 2 hours ago, Suzie the Fox said: Barnes has taken a bit of stick tonight, i feel sorry for the guy. Seems very strange he was subbed off. I think he's been subbed off in every match so far seemingly regardless of form. Puel tried him in the number 10 role a few times without success although he was hardly given much time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfoxes Posted 30 August 2018 Share Posted 30 August 2018 Speaking to a mate last night who’s a season ticket holder at the Baggies and a huge admirer of Harvey Barnes was saying they’ve started calling Him the Leicester Messi down the Hawthorns, they love him he also recons that they will put a bid in end of the season for around £28m as they want to keep him saying he’s been one of the best young prospect they’ve had for a long time and says £28m won’t be enough ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozartfox Posted 30 August 2018 Share Posted 30 August 2018 17 minutes ago, justfoxes said: Speaking to a mate last night who’s a season ticket holder at the Baggies and a huge admirer of Harvey Barnes was saying they’ve started calling Him the Leicester Messi down the Hawthorns, they love him he also recons that they will put a bid in end of the season for around £28m as they want to keep him saying he’s been one of the best young prospect they’ve had for a long time and says £28m won’t be enough ! Good for them. SLB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les-tah Posted 30 August 2018 Share Posted 30 August 2018 35 minutes ago, justfoxes said: Speaking to a mate last night who’s a season ticket holder at the Baggies and a huge admirer of Harvey Barnes was saying they’ve started calling Him the Leicester Messi down the Hawthorns, they love him he also recons that they will put a bid in end of the season for around £28m as they want to keep him saying he’s been one of the best young prospect they’ve had for a long time and says £28m won’t be enough ! Glad your mate isn’t our head scout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jakemoore Posted 30 August 2018 Popular Post Share Posted 30 August 2018 26 minutes ago, mozartfox said: Good for them. SLB Don’t be a d**k. He’s only reporting what his mate said. Why people are so irritatingly sarcastic on this forum I do not know 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewquayFox Posted 30 August 2018 Share Posted 30 August 2018 Hopefully he continues with this form when he returns to us, I know a couple of Baggies fans who say they would love him to stay, i think it’s great hearing what opposing fans have to say about our loanees. The future is looking great with the quality of the ‘young uns’ breaking through now. Up the City.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Wall Posted 30 August 2018 Share Posted 30 August 2018 Just now, NewquayFox said: Hopefully he continues with this form when he returns to us, I know a couple of Baggies fans who say they would love him to stay, i think it’s great hearing what opposing fans have to say about our loanees. The future is looking great with the quality of the ‘young uns’ breaking through now. Up the City.... Loan players often get it in the neck quickly if they're seen as not good enough by the home support. It's encouraging to hear that a lot of West Brom fans are really pleased to have him. Bodes well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Posted 30 August 2018 Share Posted 30 August 2018 I come into contact with a lot of WBA fans, they’re generally of the opinion he’s technically a very good player, albeit a bit lightweight, so will undoubtedly go missing in the rough and tumble games. They’d love to keep him, however most acknowledge he’ll most likely be pushing for a place with us next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozartfox Posted 30 August 2018 Share Posted 30 August 2018 1 hour ago, Jakemoore said: Don’t be a d**k. He’s only reporting what his mate said. Why people are so irritatingly sarcastic on this forum I do not know Agree very irritating that people come on here and call someone a d**k because they have an opinion on some reported 'hear-say'. Ban them I say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxxed Posted 1 September 2018 Share Posted 1 September 2018 Playing as a number 10 again it looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniFox21 Posted 1 September 2018 Share Posted 1 September 2018 Any idea how he played today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzie the Fox Posted 1 September 2018 Share Posted 1 September 2018 5 minutes ago, UniFox21 said: Any idea how he played today? 8/10 according to this report https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/west-brom-player-ratings-dwight-15099979.amp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniFox21 Posted 1 September 2018 Share Posted 1 September 2018 (edited) Birmingham Live: "Barnes - 8 Stoke resorted to fouling him to stop him, not necessarily maliciously, more because they struggled to keep up with his speed of thought and deed. Came close to scoring a couple of times." Reads well when instead of trying to stop you they just go for the foul to bring you down. More good experience for him and reads like he's certainly playing well Edited 1 September 2018 by UniFox21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldeagle Posted 1 September 2018 Share Posted 1 September 2018 Got good reviews on EFL on Quest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxxed Posted 1 September 2018 Share Posted 1 September 2018 I watched the first half, was decent, much better now they've moved him to where the action is, nearly scored near the end of the half, they couldn't handle his pace. He's not obviously prem quality but he's certainly getting there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post davieG Posted 7 September 2018 Popular Post Share Posted 7 September 2018 The big Harvey Barnes interview that will make West Brom fans love him even more Barnes has wasted no time becoming a fans' favourite at WBA and off the pitch the Leicester youngster is great value too https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/west-bromwich-albion-harvey-barnes-15120996 ByGregg Evans 08:45, 7 SEP 2018 ‘Barnes, Barnes will tear you apart’ sing the Albion fans. And right now there isn’t a more suitable song for the red-hot attacker. Already the talk of the Championship, the 20-year-old on loan from Leicester, has been simply too hot to handle in these early weeks of the season. He scored a wonder goal on his debut against Bolton, another eye-catching strike at Norwich and opponents are having to double, or even triple-up, on the silky-skilled star. His battle scars are visible, too, as he sits down for his first in-depth newspaper interview since signing. A huge bruise has spread down his inner thigh after a challenge in last weekend’s 2-1 win over Stoke City. But that’s a sign of success rather than pain or frustration, claims Barnes, who has had a strict upbringing from his father, Paul, a striker formerly of Birmingham City among other clubs. “You’ve got to take it as a compliment,” he said when asked about being kicked from pillar to post since joining Albion. “They wouldn’t be kicking me about if I wasn’t playing well. “If they were comfortable then they wouldn’t be doing it. “At a younger age, I had a bit of a temper. People would kick me about and I’d react to it. “But you’ve just got to learn to deal with it, take it as a compliment, because it’s a part of the game now.” For all his pace and panache, Barnes is as grounded as they come. A likeable lad who knocks around with the same group of school friends - a bunch of Leicester City die-hards - who never let him get carried away as the ‘famous one’, he’s a million miles away from letting this rapid rise go to his head. He also knows his place in the Albion dressing room and, crucially, who to avoid when the jokers are out in force. “Jake Livermore is always having everyone off so I try to keep my head down when I’m around him,” he explained. “There’s a fair bit of banter in the dressing room. “I sit next to Jake and see shoes going everywhere. “I try and have a bit of banter with him but when clothes start flying and shoes appears in the fridge, I stop! “People have little battles, little one v ones, but if there isn’t that it’s not a football dressing room really.” Despite his tender age, Barnes isn’t fazed by a dressing room full of senior players. He’s seen a lot in his short career, too. This is a young man who has played in both the Champions League and Premier League for Leicester - admittedly not in the best circumstances, though, as the Foxes were trounced 5-0 by Porto on his debut. Still, to turn out in that elite European competition for the club he would be supporting from the stands if he wasn’t a professional himself, is quite something. Loan spells at MK Dons and Barnsley have also aided his development and to think, he wasn’t even born when team-mate Gareth Barry was signing his first professional contract! “I’ve enjoyed it so far but my dad would tell me that I’d need to about 500 appearances before I’ve ‘made it’,” he laughed. “He’s had a big influence on my career, mainly telling me what I’m doing wrong a lot of the time. “For me personally, it’s something that I need. “You can’t always be getting positives else you won’t learn. “But there are times when he gives me positves. He just tells me what I need to do to go onto the next level. “Having been in the game he knows the commitment that is needed. “He makes sure I am focused.” Barnes has got a strong support network around him in his father and well-respected representatives. You’d hope for Albion’s sake that they would see sense to stay at The Hawthorns for the remainder of the season, even if Leicester considered activating the option they have to recall him in January. But having grown up in the city, played at the club since he was nine years old and already got a taste for life in the first-team, it would be unfair for him to decide on his future right now. One route he does have an eye on, though, is into the England U21 set-up. Leicester team-mates James Maddison, Demarai Gray and Ben Chilwell are all in the next squad while Harry Maguire and Jamie Vardy turned out for the seniors in the World Cup. “The England manager has been looking at Leicester as a club with English players who could progress and it will be great to be a part of that. “I’d like to follow that path, definitely. “I think it’s refreshing to hear manager Gareth Southgate (talking about giving players who are performing well in the Championship a chance). “It gives you confidence that if you’re playing well at that level then he is going to look to the younger players. “It’s good to see that he has that confidence, “The average age of the squad is a lot younger than it was a few years back. “Also, it’s helping to push through the other younger groups. Darius Vassell praised Gareth Southgate for his England leadership and said: 'he’s a big part of the reason I made it at Aston Villa' Darius Vassell praised Gareth Southgate for his England leadership and said: 'he’s a big part of the reason I made it at Aston Villa' “The 21s are all saying that it’s a great time to be involved in the set-up because he’s always looking to promote. “The whole England set-up is full of confidence at the moment and my aim is to be in the Under-21s.” If he isn’t playing, he’ll certainly be watching. “I’m playing most Saturdays now so I miss the Leicester games, but when they’re on different days, it’s good to watch. “I’ll always go if I’m back in midweek. “I’ll go to the games with a few of my mates, too. “Growing up in the city, playing for them, I’ve got a real love for the club. “The same with England. “When the World Cup comes around we’re all fans aren’t we? “It doesn’t matter too much about your profession. “I think everyone just comes together and forgets about everything else and follows the team. “It’s England as a whole.” There’s a bond forming with the Albion fans, too, who have already welcomed him with open arms. “This is a Premier League club really and I’ve enjoyed the early part. “As a team we’re progressing so there’s plenty more to come.” 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxinNotts Posted 7 September 2018 Share Posted 7 September 2018 Wouldn’t it be nice to see an English three of; Gray - Maddison - Barnes in behind Vardy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxxed Posted 7 September 2018 Share Posted 7 September 2018 2022 champions league winning side Gray Madds Barnes Hamza Ndidi Mendy Chilwell Maguire Soyun Knight Iversen Seven of them leave to win the world cup for England. Vardy as striker coach and Kasper as goalkeeping coach. Kante manages the team via telepathy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgfualol Posted 7 September 2018 Share Posted 7 September 2018 How's he not in the u21s anyway? Playing every week for West Brom and in shit hot form. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc sheff Posted 7 September 2018 Share Posted 7 September 2018 Perhaps he’s the reason we didn’t go for an expensive Mahrez replacement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 7 September 2018 Share Posted 7 September 2018 Is he wing or 10 or both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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