Adam Barrett

[Medway Blue]

Cena sucks.

It's all about Randy Orton.

And maybe Steve Austin 'cause he looks a bit like Adam Barrett with a beard (keeping it slightly on topic)

 

[adwebb16]

Interesting read, seems to have started on the right note with his performance yesterday;

http://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=106&tid=100963

 

[mattytheshrimper]

god i miss him. couldn't give a toss about the rest. but he is one top bloke

 

[Sandbach Shrimper]

Good to see Barrett re-acquainting himself with Chelsea.

 

[chapperzUK]

According to the Palace OS, he put in a fair few tough tackles

 

[barrett4eva]

Adam done really well yesterday played 45 mins and got really stuck in the palace fans love him as well, he even got kicked in the head at one stage, one palace fan asked Adam after the match if he always clears the ball of the line like he did yesterday Adam replied mostly, bless him the palace fan then said your good in my book then.

 

[yogi bear up the cagire]

Does anyone get the South London Press? Wonder whether the full article will reveal anymore than we already know?

http://www.southlondon-today.co.uk/tn/Sport.cfm?id=26627&headline=Palace

 

[Onion_Bag_Dave]

http://www.cpfc.org/forums/showthread.php?t=205389

 

[NZamba Legend]

http://www.cpfc.org/forums/showthread.php?t=205389

Am I the only one who thinks this CP forum has a rather dated feel. SZ was styling that look about 6 years ago. I bet AB thought he was joining a 'bigger club'- pah!

 

[Pubey]

http://www.cpfc.org/forums/showthread.php?t=205389

god, they're proper bumming him!

Last minute dives and tackles are all well and good, just wait until he comes up against someone faster than a snail, or someone who'll twist and turn outside the box.

To be fair Barrett is a very capable defender, he's just gonna get slower and slower, and he'll need a big defender alongside him.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

god, they're proper bumming him!

Last minute dives and tackles are all well and good, just wait until he comes up against someone faster than a snail, or someone who'll twist and turn outside the box.

To be fair Barrett is a very capable defender, he's just gonna get slower and slower, and he'll need a big defender alongside him.

Other than someone quick, the other type of player Barrett struggles against is someone bigger than him. Unfortunately he'll find that everyone in the Championship is either quicker or bigger than him, and often both. He'll therefore end up doing a lot of desperate last ditch tackling and cuddling.

 

[Pubey]

Other than someone quick, the other type of player Barrett struggles against is someone bigger than him. Unfortunately he'll find that everyone in the Championship is either quicker or bigger than him, and often both. He'll therefore end up doing a lot of desperate last ditch tackling and cuddling.

true dat....

 

[OldBlueLady]

He'll have the impetus of being freed from what must have felt like shackles here though and actually enjoying being able to concentrate on playing football without distraction, that will certainly carry him for some time.

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

Does anyone get the South London Press? Wonder whether the full article will reveal anymore than we already know?

http://www.southlondon-today.co.uk/tn/Sport.cfm?id=26627&headline=Palace

Somebody tell MtS to get a copy on the way home...

 

[Ailsa Road Shrimper]

I hope he does well there, a Palace fan I work with thinks he could well get in their starting XI after his impressive pre-season perfomances.

It shows how bad things are at Roots Hall that he wanted to leave.

 

[Kent Shrimper]

He'll have the impetus of being freed from what must have felt like shackles

A bit like Terry Waite and Nelson Mandela then

 

[OldBlueLady]

A bit like Terry Waite and Nelson Mandela then

Exactly ;) a new lease of life

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

He'll have the impetus of being freed from what must have felt like shackles here though and actually enjoying being able to concentrate on playing football without distraction, that will certainly carry him for some time.

I don't think the shackles were literally weighing him down and causing him to be outpaced and outjumped/outmuscled. That's just because he's a little slow and undersized for a centre-back.

 

[palexander]

In todays Sun, apparently saying he should have left us a few years ago!

Didnt mind a nice 4 year deal though did he? Christ, it all comes out when allegiances change...

 

[Boreham Shrimper]

It's the Sun which means I'd take this with a few massive pinches of salt but if this is true, it's very sad indeed that someone who most of us thought of as a club legend should say that.