Louie Barry (on loan to Sheffield United)

[Jon Crofts]

In his post match interview he came across very well, eloquent and likeable, what a breath of fresh air.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

His size, his speed and natural finishing ability just reminds me of a young Michael Owen. Natural ability and a joy to watch.

Someone just described him as Vardy's (much) younger brother; not a bad shout either.

Klopp called him “little Vardy”

Poor comparison, Vardy didn't score his first top flight goal until he was 25.

[OzVilla]

It’s funny as soon as he cut across that defender I just knew he’d score, despite  me never having seen him before last night and him still having a lot to do.

He just looks, runs, moves like a goal scorer.

[colin69]

Yes as others have said the way he took his goal completely reminded me of Michael Owen when he broke onto the scene.
Think he has a very bright future.

[Risso]

The most impressive thing about the goal was the running line. The way he cut across the defender took him out of the game and turned it into a one-on-one. That's not something you can be taught.

If he doesn't go out on loan I fully expect to see him on the bench before the summer.

If I was Dean, I'd be putting him on the bench for the rest of the season to get him used to the first team environment, then give him a loan somewhere decent next year in the Championship. Year after that, he should be in the first team squad. He really does look the business.

[N'ZMAV]

interesting about Barry - for him to be available last night, means he simply isn't training with the first team squad - so Dean Smith (and Mark Delaney et al) see a lot more of Barry that any of us do.... maybe he's not ready?

His pace, movement and finish last night was very Vardy.

[Mister E]

His size, his speed and natural finishing ability just reminds me of a young Michael Owen. Natural ability and a joy to watch.

Someone just described him as Vardy's (much) younger brother; not a bad shout either.

Klopp called him “little Vardy”

Poor comparison, Vardy didn't score his first top flight goal until he was 25.

I don't think that was quite the point. Style of play - pace, playing on the shoulder, putting away the only chance he  got - is what was being referred to, I think.

[Mister E]

The most impressive thing about the goal was the running line. The way he cut across the defender took him out of the game and turned it into a one-on-one. That's not something you can be taught.
If he doesn't go out on loan I fully expect to see him on the bench before the summer.

If I was Dean, I'd be putting him on the bench for the rest of the season to get him used to the first team environment, then give him a loan somewhere decent next year in the Championship. Year after that, he should be in the first team squad. He really does look the business.

Yes, although I'd like to see him playing between JG and Watkins, or Watkins and Traore; maybe later this season. The kid has fantastic goal instinct, it would appear.
Rooney, Owen and Brian Little - to name three - managed to break straight into their first team.

[simboy]

For the first time in ages I think we can trust the club to let him develop and encourage that development. Expect to see him near the first team at the end of this season and then possibly off for a half season somewhere if the club think that the way forward.

What last night showed, if nothing else, was that for the first time in ages we have got a plan ... previously our U23 set up was liberally sprinkled with people who were coming to the end of that time and were never going to make it for us unfortunately. We have now decided to go for the young talent and if you are going to make it it’ll be before you’re 21. Possibly the most important thing to come out of the adoption of the Smith philosophy over that of Bruce.

Rooney’s first goal at Villa park was in a 4-1 defeat ... just sayin’ 😊

[PeterWithe]

I’d like to see him stay where he is, play 90 mins every week and ease himself into the first team gradually. Then play 1000 first team games for us.

[tomd2103]

Always thought he was an attacking midfielder rather than a striker.  As the old saying in sport goes, there is no substitute for pace.  When he got through last night, the defender got nowhere near him, which gave him the time to pick his spot perfectly. 

[brian green]

My son Damon has a very droll sense of humour, tempered by forty five years on the Holte.  He says if we were still owned by Doug Ellis he would have offered Louie Barry for sale to the Liverpool chairman during last night's game.

[paul_e]

interesting about Barry - for him to be available last night, means he simply isn't training with the first team squad - so Dean Smith (and Mark Delaney et al) see a lot more of Barry that any of us do.... maybe he's not ready?

His pace, movement and finish last night was very Vardy.

As I understand it he has trained with the first team numerous times over the last few months but just so happened to not be with them for the last 2 weeks so was available after a negative test. A few others weren't so lucky.

[TopDeck113]

At the moment, we have no need to over-promote youngsters to the first team.  We've seen it previously and more often than not it doesn't work out for either the player or the club.

At present, I'm more than happy to trust the club implicitly with his development and look forward to when when Dean and his team feel he's ready.  In that way, we'll all be able to enjoy the moment he beats Billy Walker's goal-scoring record.

[WarszaVillan]

It was an incredibly calm finish, he just looked as if he knew he wouldn't miss