Can we afford to let Barry go?

[kenzie115]

I can understand selling him for a small fee but how does a loan in anyway benefit us.

Simon Mullock tweeting that it's a loan so he can't play against us this season. That means we don't rate him highly enough to keep him for another year, paying his wages, but rate him highly enough to sacrifice a couple of million just so he can't play against us. Again, madness.

 

[dobobobo]

Never really liked him, yeah he was important, did hard work, but he is extremely slow and couldnt support the attacks.
Never saw a good match from him individually in the CL, he was targeted by opponents many times as our weak point. Surely he could be useful a few league matches this season no question about that, he has a lot of experiences but you know even Hull is playing pressing tactics and many more smaller PL teams, they would all love to play vs slow midfielders like Barry.

I think he is overrated by City fans but some of the other fans hugely underrate him. He is not a horrible, shit midfielder that some people describe him also not the fantastic midfielder that keeps the team going...

I think we replaced him last summer with Rodwell. If Barry would be as useful as some people think now better clubs than Everton would want him in startin lineup maybe...

I dont think he will be a regular for Everton but who knows Darron Gibson played a lot in their midfield...

Also the decision to let him go is his wages, 120.000 per week, and we clearly see Pellegrini's plans, Barry would be a player that cant sit on the bench most of the time. For 120.000 per week it would be a little bit of joke...

If we loan him to Everton, at least they pay like 60-70.000 from his wages, pretty sure we have to pay the rest but at least we save lets say 60.000 per week. About 2.5m pounds...

I want Rodwell and Milner to get all those playing minutes what Barry would get this season.

Dont forget Mancini wanted De Rossi (or Javi Martinez) two summers ago, also last summer. The reason was to replace Barry. Not Yaya.

^^^^^^ This. ****DING DING DING**** We have a winner!

If Rodwell didn't have that rotten run of bad luck with that hamstring then I think things would of been very different.<br /><br />-- Mon Sep 02, 2013 11:25 pm --<br /><br />

I can understand selling him for a small fee but how does a loan in anyway benefit us.

Simon Mullock tweeting that it's a loan so he can't play against us this season. That means we don't rate him highly enough to keep him for another year, paying his wages, but rate him highly enough to sacrifice a couple of million just so he can't play against us. Again, madness.

I think it's more the likely that no one wanted to buy him at a fair price. So City had the option of him sitting on the bench for most of the season or loaning him out to keep him active and save some money for a change.

 

[pass2silva]

Never really liked him, yeah he was important, did hard work, but he is extremely slow and couldnt support the attacks.
Never saw a good match from him individually in the CL, he was targeted by opponents many times as our weak point. Surely he could be useful a few league matches this season no question about that, he has a lot of experiences but you know even Hull is playing pressing tactics and many more smaller PL teams, they would all love to play vs slow midfielders like Barry.

I think he is overrated by City fans but some of the other fans hugely underrate him. He is not a horrible, shit midfielder that some people describe him also not the fantastic midfielder that keeps the team going...

I think we replaced him last summer with Rodwell. If Barry would be as useful as some people think now better clubs than Everton would want him in startin lineup maybe...

I dont think he will be a regular for Everton but who knows Darron Gibson played a lot in their midfield...

Also the decision to let him go is his wages, 120.000 per week, and we clearly see Pellegrini's plans, Barry would be a player that cant sit on the bench most of the time. For 120.000 per week it would be a little bit of joke...

If we loan him to Everton, at least they pay like 60-70.000 from his wages, pretty sure we have to pay the rest but at least we save lets say 60.000 per week. About 2.5m pounds...

I want Rodwell and Milner to get all those playing minutes what Barry would get this season.

Dont forget Mancini wanted De Rossi (or Javi Martinez) two summers ago, also last summer. The reason was to replace Barry. Not Yaya.

^^^^^^ This. ****DING DING DING**** We have a winner!

If Rodwell didn't have that rotten run of bad luck with that hamstring then I think things would of been very different.

-- Mon Sep 02, 2013 11:25 pm --

I can understand selling him for a small fee but how does a loan in anyway benefit us.

Simon Mullock tweeting that it's a loan so he can't play against us this season. That means we don't rate him highly enough to keep him for another year, paying his wages, but rate him highly enough to sacrifice a couple of million just so he can't play against us. Again, madness.

I think it's more the likely that no one wanted to buy him at a fair price. So City had the option of him sitting on the bench for most of the season or loaning him out to keep him active and save some money for a change.

Ridiculous.

Barry is twice the player Rodwell will ever be.
When Rodwell has half the England caps that Barry has and has been an indispensable member of a league-winning side, i'll come back to you and say I as wrong!

 

[gio's side step]

Never really liked him, yeah he was important, did hard work, but he is extremely slow and couldnt support the attacks.
Never saw a good match from him individually in the CL, he was targeted by opponents many times as our weak point. Surely he could be useful a few league matches this season no question about that, he has a lot of experiences but you know even Hull is playing pressing tactics and many more smaller PL teams, they would all love to play vs slow midfielders like Barry.

I think he is overrated by City fans but some of the other fans hugely underrate him. He is not a horrible, shit midfielder that some people describe him also not the fantastic midfielder that keeps the team going...

I think we replaced him last summer with Rodwell. If Barry would be as useful as some people think now better clubs than Everton would want him in startin lineup maybe...

I dont think he will be a regular for Everton but who knows Darron Gibson played a lot in their midfield...

Also the decision to let him go is his wages, 120.000 per week, and we clearly see Pellegrini's plans, Barry would be a player that cant sit on the bench most of the time. For 120.000 per week it would be a little bit of joke...

If we loan him to Everton, at least they pay like 60-70.000 from his wages, pretty sure we have to pay the rest but at least we save lets say 60.000 per week. About 2.5m pounds...

I want Rodwell and Milner to get all those playing minutes what Barry would get this season.

Dont forget Mancini wanted De Rossi (or Javi Martinez) two summers ago, also last summer. The reason was to replace Barry. Not Yaya.

Dear oh dear. Er .... Because he wasnt bought to do this job. Pffff

 

[baildon blue]

I think we should sold him and not loaned him out for a year. Everton have got him on the cheap.

 

[Blumers Bloomers]

In answer to the OP - no. But we have. Hope we don't regret it.

How some on here can write off a player who absolutely ran the shop at Old Trafford 6 months ago is beyond me.

 

[kenzie115]

I genuinely feel sorry for people who can't see how good a player Barry is/has been. The fact David Silva voted him player of the season the year we won the title says it all for me.

Absolutely gutted he's gone. Thanks for the memories Gareth, you were worth every penny.

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[n_mcfc]

Rodwell was brought in to replace Barry (eventually). Garcia with De Jong also (different story).

I loved Gaz Baz but given his wages, he had to go. The deal itself and the way it was handled was disappointing to say the least. We've got no (and will get no) money for him and he'll leave for free. We'll save £120k a week, though. Note: every player who came in in summer of 2009 (our first bit of big spending) has now gone. They all came in on fucking daft wages and this has been addressed. Fair enough really.

Also note that Silva, Zabaleta, Toure etc have all been nailed down to new deals (part of a new wage structure) - basically, we're saving money long-term which is essential.

On the pitch, I'm worried. Barry's role was pivotal in the last few years. Fair enough, Manuel will want to play a different way and that's fine. However, Toure and Fernandinho are a lot easier to play against than Barry and Yaya. He keeps the game ticking. Fernandinho, evidently, needs time to adapt to the league and once he has done, he'll be a class player for us. No doubt. In the meantime, what is REALLY worrying is that our manager appears to rate Garcia over Jack Rodwell.

Rodwell has a lot of potential. I've not seen a young English player at City with so much potential for a long time. Genuinely could become a world class centre midfielder and, lets face it, he's got enough around him to learn from. I want to see Rodwell given the time Barry had in our team and the chance to adapt and play in our new system.

 

[yatesy94]

Sad to see him leave great servant to the club. His hard work never came unnoticed by me anyway.

 

[warpig]

very, very sorry to see him go. fair play to Everton, they have done a cracking bit of business there. hope he does well there.