How is he not playing International football?

All hail Ash

Imploding tithead must be crying into his milk right now.

Hopefully he regathers and finds a clever retort he can copy and paste from Reddit?

What a finish, what a warrior.

Had a feeling he would score when he came on.

Ei Ei Ei O
Up the Champions league we go

Sleep easy in your beds, they'll never be a WW3.
We'll just send Bash round to elbow all the psycho's.

Right up there in the list of ‘cult heroes’.

A master of the dark arts, unorthodox, hammer of a shot.

Love the stupid *******, love him, love him, LOVE HIM.

starting_11 wrote:Imploding tithead must be crying into his milk right now.

Hopefully he regathers and finds a clever retort he can copy and paste from Reddit?

Don't forget his two fellow scathing sandal wearers in Walton and Uphisownarsehole.

Looking forward to watching Ashley Barnes at Brighton.

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I've said it before but he does have a good footballing brain and has a lot in his locker. Not being a bigger goal threat is his achilles heel but he's scored 2 corkers with limited appearances. Looks leaner too.

We lacked that bit of aggression until he came on. I'll blubber like a baby if he ever leaves.

Did we pay just £350k for him? Great bit of business

Why would he want to leave?

Deserved it after saturdays was unfairly ruled off

Changed the game tonight. He keeps proving me wrong. Happy days.

He's come a long, long way from Paulton Rovers.

Bin Ont Turf wrote:Don't forget his two fellow scathing sandal wearers in Walton and Uphisownarsehole.

best description ever for UPBH.

MRG wrote:How is he not playing International football?

Doesn't speak the language!

I'm glad he doesn't play International football, pointless exercise - better off being a hero here !

A goal to close the gob of Mr Gobby.
AKA Mark Whose?

Ashley Barnes certainly does one thing very well: scores big goals!

How many times in the Prem...

Hull, Southampton, Man City, (14/15), Crystal Palace, Swansea, Stoke...

Scotty arfield and Ashley Barnes 1..0 1..0 aren't good enough for the premier league."Is that So"

tim_noone wrote:Scotty arfield and Ashley Barnes 1..0 1..0 aren't good enough for the premier league."Is that So"

And arfield with the assist

A very good one at that!

JohnDearyMe wrote:Did we pay just £350k for him? Great bit of business

£450k.

JohnDearyMe wrote:Did we pay just £350k for him? Great bit of business

£750k I think it was

Dazzler wrote:£750k I think it was

It was rumoured as £700k but then Dyche let it slip in an interview that we had paid £450k in transfer fees that season. The other signings were free, so £450k was Barnes.

dsr wrote:It was rumoured as £700k but then Dyche let it slip in an interview that we had paid £450k in transfer fees that season. The other signings were free, so £450k was Barnes.

I don't know why I bother...

Vegas Claret wrote:I'm glad he doesn't play International football, pointless exercise - better off being a hero here !

It helped sharpen up Kevin Long though. 2 really good consecutive games from him.

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Duffer_ wrote:It helped sharpen up Kevin Long though. 2 really good consecutive games from him.

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he has indeed been excellent

Bin Ont Turf wrote:Don't forget his two fellow scathing sandal wearers in Walton and Uphisownarsehole.

Cant say much about Walton but UptheBeehole is a tit who just wants to be as controversial as KRBFC but comes across as an attention seeking phoney. Turtle is just a tedious and repetitous bore who gets aroused at the mere mention of anything American.

starting_11 wrote:Imploding tithead must be crying into his milk right now.

Hopefully he regathers and finds a clever retort he can copy and paste from Reddit?

Why?

Clarinetclaret wrote:Cant say much about Walton but UptheBeehole is a tit who just wants to be as controversial as KRBFC but comes across as an attention seeking phoney. Turtle is just a tedious and repetitous bore who gets aroused at the mere mention of anything American.

You can't stop thinking about me, can you?

Imploding Turtle wrote:You can't stop thinking about me, can you?

New York.. Alabama ! You like that baby? Yeah? Ohh, how about some... Trash cans! Yeah, love that don't you, dirty bitch

Turtle freak and KBRFC are the same thing - sad !

R before B in KRBFC.

Look, it even rhymes to help you remember.

Cooperclaret wrote:Turtle freak and KBRFC are the same thing - sad !

You forgot to add "failing" in front of our usernames for a more accurate Trump Tweet impersonation, but it was still pretty good.

Paul Waine wrote:Looking forward to watching Ashley Barnes at Brighton.

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I agree... He was very popular there.. Though sadly not many of the Brighton fans on Saturday would have seen him play.

The year Brighton were promoted as league one champions he was awesome alongside Glen Murray.
His chances were limited in the Championship as Poyet went with the lone striker. Ash did however manage a start against the mighty Clarets... Mind you he was sent off after just a few mins of the ko.

Not prolific but he scores big goals which almost always help us secure points. He's also a very confident penalty taker.

SD has used him really intelligently this season the odd start but he's a genuine game-changer when he comes off the bench and gives defenders something different to think about from Wood/Vokes. Arguably most effective as part of a two but can play the lone striker role.

Wonder what you'd pay for a PL striker with all of those attributes in the current market.

Love him to bits and the way he celebrates like he has supported Burnley all his life.

Will be properly gutted if he ever leaves

Really pleased for Ash. As someone who took part in the loan/share exercise which allegedly raised the cash for his purchase in 2013/4 I feel a particular loyalty to him. Because he is what used to be called a bustling player, his touch and skill are often overlooked. A much better all round footballer than Gray. All that said it is his ‘physicality’ which gives us a different dimension, especially late in games

In the minority I know, but never been a fan. But have to say he's done really well for us recently scoring and playing a part in some in some really important games. We didn't play well on Tuesday and never looked liked scoring until he came on and all of a sudden their defence knew they were in a game and of course the he won us the game.

Hats off Mr Barnes.

When you look at the other teams around us, rotating or resting star players and then look at our squad and see we can also do that with Ash, Vokesey and Wood you realise that our squad is becoming impressive in comparison to a few years ago. Who would have thought we could go 4th with Pope, Bardsley, Tarks, Long and Taylor on the pitch at full time, squad is getting better and stronger with each transfer window. UTC

His chest-down, touch, and finish for the goal on Tuesday were truly sublime. Such a shame that they got only a cursory afterthought on MotD last night. Rather like our match did.

Bin Ont Turf wrote:Don't forget his two fellow scathing sandal wearers in Walton and Uphisownarsehole.

There are lots of people who think the same as I do about Barnes. Him scoring a winning goal doesn't change that.

gandhisflipflop wrote:Changed the game tonight. He keeps proving me wrong. Happy days.

Me too. I have been a mild critic of Barnes for some time, not that I think he's bad but I have doubted his PL credentials. I have always said 'a good sub' and yet again he proved to be just that on Tuesday. I suppose it makes us all wonder what an extended run in the team would bring but I'm still not certain about taking that risk.
Incidentally (and I haven't checked this so I don't know) but could his goals per minutes played actually be better than Wood's? Anyone know?

Unquestionably the MOM for that incisive moment of brilliance that lit up an otherwise drab game and grabbed us 3 points when it looked like the game could go on till Xmas without a goal ...... and not even included in the Voting list for MOM !!!!!

houseboy wrote:Me too. I have been a mild critic of Barnes for some time, not that I think he's bad but I have doubted his PL credentials. I have always said 'a good sub' and yet again he proved to be just that on Tuesday. I suppose it makes us all wonder what an extended run in the team would bring but I'm still not certain about taking that risk.
Incidentally (and I haven't checked this so I don't know) but could his goals per minutes played actually be better than Wood's? Anyone know?

201 for Wood

285 for Barnes

136 for Vokes

BleedingClaret wrote:201 for Wood

285 for Barnes

136 for Vokes

That's a good stat for Vokes, makes me wonder why he's not first choice sometimes. Actually if that stat of Barnes held up over a full season (assuming he played all games) that would make him a 12/13 goal man, that wouldn't be so bad at this level at all.

Thanks for the info.

houseboy wrote:That's a good stat for Vokes, makes me wonder why he's not first choice sometimes. Actually if that stat of Barnes held up over a full season (assuming he played all games) that would make him a 12/13 goal man, that wouldn't be so bad at this level at all.

Thanks for the info.

bit unlucky not getting the goal credited against Watford too.

I've always thought he scores the goals that matter

You know like winners by one goal and equalisers etc

The one thing I don't like about Ash is his excessive use of his elbows when jumping. It seems to have become commonplace these days but I don't like it.

However, he is a SD player. I don't think I was alone in wondering why the boss was so keen to sign him but I understand why now. He is totally committed to the Claret cause and, as very rightly mentioned by ontario claret, he's come a long way from Paulton Rovers.I think that must have been one of the reasons why SD liked him: a man who worked and worked to become a Championship player and now a PL player.