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Offline Toronto Villa

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Re: Gareth Barry: Going Backwards Fast
« Reply #135 on: September 26, 2017, 12:11:53 AM »
I just wish that he hadn't tried to manufacture a move to Liverpool. I'll appreciate all that he did, and yes still consider him more Villa than anything but that wasn't a good episode in his time with us. Much like Benteke in that regard, brilliant for us but there is a stain that can't be removed.

There’s no stain as far as I’m concerned, just a disappointed he left, but of course he justified his move when he won the League and FA Cup. As for him engineering a move, well isn’t every single transfer “engineered” by someone or another along the line?
Basically he was at the club from his 16th birthday so when he left it hurt, so maybe that’s the real reason there’s still a bit of bad feeling with some Villa fans. Not from me though, because he was a class act in a Villa shirt and a perfect professional. A terrific player and a Villa man.

they do say time heals. My point is the move to Liverpool was as overt as it got. He made it very clear he wanted out. Even had that roach Gerrard advocating for the move very publicly. That he came back to be as influential as he was is absolutely down to how very good and professional he was. But it wasn't good what he did and it shouldn't be dismissed IMO.


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Re: Gareth Barry: Going Backwards Fast
« Reply #136 on: September 26, 2017, 12:29:29 AM »
I'm glad his record breaking match was a win.
One of my favourite Villa players, ever.

Well done, Gareth Barry.

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Re: Gareth Barry: Going Backwards Fast
« Reply #137 on: September 26, 2017, 12:39:13 AM »
I'm glad his record breaking match was a win.
One of my favourite Villa players, ever.

Well done, Gareth Barry.

This. Love Barry. Of course, loved him more when he was at Villa.

What are some of your favourite Barry moments in a Villa shirt?

Mine would be his outstanding strike against Spurs in October 2006. Not long after Angel had missed a penalty and scored an own goal in front of the Holte.

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Re: Gareth Barry: Going Backwards Fast
« Reply #138 on: September 26, 2017, 12:46:23 AM »
I'm glad his record breaking match was a win.
One of my favourite Villa players, ever.

Well done, Gareth Barry.

This. Love Barry. Of course, loved him more when he was at Villa.

What are some of your favourite Barry moments in a Villa shirt?

Mine would be his outstanding strike against Spurs in October 2006. Not long after Angel had missed a penalty and scored an own goal in front of the Holte.

I seem to recall a game vs Bolton where he scored two and set up two others

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Re: Gareth Barry: Going Backwards Fast
« Reply #139 on: September 26, 2017, 12:52:54 AM »
I know it's a bit out there, but I liked the calm professionalism with which he broke up the fight between Bowyer and Dyer!

And the moments already posted  :)

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Re: Gareth Barry: Going Backwards Fast
« Reply #140 on: September 26, 2017, 01:56:02 AM »
How many times did he try to orchestrate a move again? Was it just the three?

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Re: Gareth Barry: Going Backwards Fast
« Reply #141 on: September 26, 2017, 02:11:14 AM »
How many times did he try to orchestrate a move again? Was it just the three?

Not bad in 10 years service.

Benteke managed that in about 18 months. What do you think of him? ;-)

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Re: Gareth Barry: Going Backwards Fast
« Reply #142 on: September 26, 2017, 04:40:14 AM »
One of the 3 players that elevated a decent MON side into possible CL contenders. Never replaced properly, and like Young and Milner, I never blamed him for wanting to leave - you take your chance to improve yourself career or money wise, and i don't think he'll have many regrets looking back, once he realised Villa were going nowhere but downhill.

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Re: Gareth Barry: Going Backwards Fast
« Reply #143 on: September 26, 2017, 07:04:13 AM »
Outstanding achievement, well done Barry. Wonderful player for us it's just a piggy we never met his ambitions at the time. One of our best but also one of the most consistently good players in the last 40 years.

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Re: Gareth Barry: Going Backwards Fast
« Reply #144 on: September 26, 2017, 07:04:53 AM »
Excellent player.

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Re: Gareth Barry: Going Backwards Fast
« Reply #145 on: September 26, 2017, 07:27:07 AM »
I can't remember where I read this, it was in one of the papers, in the readers comments bit. It was in the last two days.

One guy put, he was a Southampton fan so had no loyalty or Axe to grind. well the gist of it was  I have no stories about Barry. That's how good he was, you never heard about him unless it was to do with football.

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Re: Gareth Barry: Going Backwards Fast
« Reply #146 on: September 26, 2017, 07:55:48 AM »
A very good footballer. Mostly for Villa.

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Re: Gareth Barry: Going Backwards Fast
« Reply #147 on: September 26, 2017, 09:20:06 AM »
How many times did he try to orchestrate a move again? Was it just the three?

Not bad in 10 years service.

Benteke managed that in about 18 months. What do you think of him? ;-)

A bit of a twat who I wouldn't take back. Good footballer.

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Re: Gareth Barry: Going Backwards Fast
« Reply #148 on: September 26, 2017, 09:23:16 AM »
A professional in every sense of the word. Always applied himself and got the absolute maximum out of whatever natural ability he had been given.
The likes of Milner, Southgate, Saunders, Platt, Barry are all good players who have had great careers.       

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Re: Gareth Barry: Going Backwards Fast
« Reply #149 on: September 26, 2017, 09:25:33 AM »
How many times did he try to orchestrate a move again? Was it just the three?

Not bad in 10 years service.

Benteke managed that in about 18 months. What do you think of him? ;-)

A bit of a twat who I wouldn't take back. Good footballer.

I think there’s a lot of players that could be described as twats over the years but Gareth Barry isn’t one of them.

 


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