Gareth Barry: Retired

[johnc]

It's strange that we never went back in for him towards the end of his career. He would have been perfect for us in the Championship.

He'd have cost a fortune.

The Albion managed to scrape the money together! Sad day when they beat us 2-0 and Barry playing for them

[PeterWithesShin]

[dcdavecollett]

In the game that Johnc mentions above, the whole crowd rose to Barry when he was subbed off near the end of the game.

[andrew08]

Nice the way the Man City project is being rewritten as a gamble in the early days. No one mentions that they likely paid double what Liverpool were going to pay him in wages and then just spent spent without any hold back until they ruined the league in a competitive sense.

[pauliewalnuts]

Barry can go and get fucked, ever since he did that PLEASE LET ME FOLLOW MY DREAMS AND GO TO LIVERPOOL piece that the Evening Mail loved printing.

He also tried to force through a move to ...... Portsmouth.

I remember (pre-money) Man City fans at our place singing, tune of London Bridge, "Gareth Barry thinks you're shit, he loves Scousers". Which was quite amusing.

Barry is up there with David Platt in that sense. Loved him as a player, was a really great player, but no legacy from him as he didn't really seem to give that much of a fuck in so many other ways since then.

[Brend'Watkins]

Yep, Yorke, Platt and Barry who we all loved used us as a stepping stone. No problem with that it’s their life after all. Just don’t come rewriting history about your move.

[Clampy]

Yep, Yorke, Platt and Barry who we all loved used us as a stepping stone. No problem with that it’s their life after all. Just don’t come rewriting history about your move.

I'm not sure you could accuse any of them using us as a stepping stone, Yorke especially.

[Mister E]

Barry gave us 11-12 years of his career; he played through some of our shittiest times. I rate him a Villa legend.

[eamonn]

He does seem to have affection for us now, he's been on a few Villa podcasts. He comes across as quite shy and self-conscious, even now.

[Rudy65]

The fact he was a great player for us means I’ll forgive him anything. But he’s not a legend imo.

[pauliewalnuts]

He does seem to have affection for us now, he's been on a few Villa podcasts. He comes across as quite shy and self-conscious, even now.

Now he's got fuck all else to do.

I can't believe anyone thinks he's a legend. He played for us, we paid his wages. That's it.