Louie Barry (on loan to Sheffield United)

[dcdavecollett]

As a (narrowly) wide player, he could compete with Rogers, Ramsey, Bailey and Phil, only one of whom has done much this season.

[OCD]

Rogers mostly plays as a 10. I see Barry learning the Ramsey role more than as an out-and-out forward and that being a way for him to slot into the first team picture. It's too much of a jump to think he could be an out and out forward.

[AV84]

Perfect opportunity for Barry to become #2 now.

[amfy]

I could see him getting 10-20 minutes at the end of games for the time Durán is out. Just to continue to manage Watkins minutes in the way his has with him & Duran all season and maybe take a little look at how he copes at this level.

[London Villan]

Did he play in the FA Cup?

[AV84]

Did he play in the FA Cup?

Think someone said he didn't play for Stockport in the game they played.

Edit - they played 2, and he wasn't in the match day squad for either game.

[Mister E]

Scored again today.

[Pete3206]

Will he be able to play against the Shit on 1st Jan?

[Percy McCarthy]

Will he be able to play against the Shit on 1st Jan?

Yes. They’re excited about it because they think we’ve let him stay an extra few days there so he can turn out against them.

[john2710]

A player can be registered to 3 teams in a season but can only play for 2. There's no chance he'll play any minutes for us & will be loaned to a Championship side for the rest of the season.

[VillaTim]

Scored again today.

Nice goal too .

[ChicagoLion]

A player can be registered to 3 teams in a season but can only play for 2. There's no chance he'll play any minutes for us & will be loaned to a Championship side for the rest of the season.

I think UE will have a good look at him before we send him away.

[cdbearsfan]

So long as the "good look at him" doesn't involve him playing any actual minutes.

[ChicagoLion]

So long as the "good look at him" doesn't involve him playing any actual minutes.

Knowing how meticulous Emery is, I would expect that he would want to see if he could help the first team.

[AV84]

If he plays for us then he stays for the season, or goes back to Stockport at the end of January. It would seem pretty high risk, I think, to use our first team to see if he can make the step up, or to be able to see it in any meaningful way, which would require more than a brief run out in the FA Cup.

If we see him as either a player for the future, or an asset to be sold, then he needs to be playing regularly. It doesn't really make a lot of sense for us to scupper his development in the middle of what has been a fantastic season for him just to give him 10 minutes here and there.