jackso55 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Sorry if it has already been done, but mods could you put a poll on weather fans really would be bothered to see Barry leave?? Yes or no or dont know? It would just be interesting to see what the results would be based on the fans reaction to him possibly leaving last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fran_villa Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 no not now,i really think we can get better now..i wont wish him all the best,because i **** cant stand liverpoo..but i do think he deserves Champions league football,its just a pitty he didnt get it here.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 If he does go it might mean an end to all these Barry threads. Every cloud... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablopicasso Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 nope.... have said it since last summer that he could be easily replaced by anyone with a bit of composure, and neat sideways passing... add some creativity and a bit of pace to the above, and we have improved on him... if we got anything over 8 mil for him, with a year left on his contract, then we will have mugged whoever is stupid enough to pay it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastleBromVilla Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Yes. He's a top quality player and one O'Neill's going to struggle to replace should he leave. I wasn't pleased with his behaviour in the summer, trying to engineer himself a move away, but he's got his head down since and he's been in top form this season. Kept his word, said he stay to the end of the campaign to see if we made the cut for the CL, but we've missed out. He's given us every opportunity to keep hold of him, but who knows whether we''ll have takers in the summer. Hopefully not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingerlad Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 ^^^^^ What him up there said., Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc89 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 The club wouldn't survive if Barry left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delaney Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Not so much. It really depends on whether MON gets a quality replacement as to just how much I'd miss him. I certainly wouldn't hold grudge against him. He deserves his shot at Chumps League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted May 4, 2009 Moderator Share Posted May 4, 2009 The club wouldn't survive if Barry left. Yes I suspect they would shut up shop and put the closed signs up at Villa. Or perhaps life would just carry on and the club would move on just as it has done so many times in the past when players better than Barry have been sold such as Platt and Yorke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jondaken Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 The club wouldn't survive if Barry left. Yes I suspect they would shut up shop and put the closed signs up at Villa. Or perhaps life would just carry on and the club would move on just as it has done so many times in the past when players better than Barry have been sold such as Platt and Yorke. I don't think he was being 100% serious ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc89 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 The club wouldn't survive if Barry left. Yes I suspect they would shut up shop and put the closed signs up at Villa. Or perhaps life would just carry on and the club would move on just as it has done so many times in the past when players better than Barry have been sold such as Platt and Yorke. sorry I was joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted May 4, 2009 Moderator Share Posted May 4, 2009 The club wouldn't survive if Barry left. Yes I suspect they would shut up shop and put the closed signs up at Villa. Or perhaps life would just carry on and the club would move on just as it has done so many times in the past when players better than Barry have been sold such as Platt and Yorke. sorry I was joking. Fair enough, hard to tell on here these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
__pedro__ Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I think our midfield needs to change next year, Barry and Petrov in the middle just doesn't work so if he is well replaced I won't mind him leaving at all. I still think he'd be foolish to leave, I think Aston Villa and Gareth Barry are at a similar level at the moment and I believe a move to the top 4 won't necessarily be good for GB's career. It's all about the replacement though for us, innit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sled Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I'm sure the club would carry on perfectly without Barry. Having said that, yes I would be mightily pissed off if he left. Still, if he insists... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaceydeaceyaggro Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I'll be gutted when/if he finally leaves. Best player at the club by a country mile. Only when he does leave will many fans realise how good a player he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onmeedson Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Do not see the point of trying to keep a player that want's away, we have lost better player's than him in the past, mainly dwight yorke. The villa are bigger than any player or manager and we will find a different way of doing thing's . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno_2004 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 As long as we got a replacement, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic_bouma Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 100% yes for 2 reasons 1. he is a class act...when he is on song we are a terrific team...his passing, vision and reading of the play is brilliant...only petrov comes close to this 2. i dont trust martin one jot to actually replace him properly if he goes im sure next season we are gonna be talking about how much it has affected us i hope he stays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 4, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted May 4, 2009 He's a good player, undoubtedly. But I've said it many times now, I think we could almost benefit from not having him here. He limits the way the team plays because he's too good not to play but he's not a player that'll do what the really top class CMs in this league will do, Gerrard, Lampard, etc etc. He's not that big of a goal threat, he's capable of playing good cutting balls but almost never does. He's not defensive enough to tackle and go to be an out and out DM, he needs someone next to him doing some of that work. He's got a great pass and can link up fairly well with everyone else in the team. He's the kind of player that with a bloke next to him doing alot of the donkey work, and a guy just in front of him who can score a few he could link with would thrive. He's just awkward to really get the best out of imo. But because he's good enough, you've got to play him and it limits the way you have to play. I can't help thinking that if he left, yes we'd lose a very good player, but we'd not feel that need to have to play this way. Petrov can do everything Barry can I reckon, and if we had someone else in the centre that knew how to go forward and score a few and link up with the front men, we'd be a completely different prospect. Barry doesn't play that way (arguably I'd say can't, not fast enough or tricky enough and his shot's not good enough), so we get left with Barry spraying a few balls round, inevitably to Ashley Young, and not really achieving a whole lot with nothing coming from the CM to threaten goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanky Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Yes. One of the best players at the club. We will really need to work hard to find a replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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