He is so unlike Cook that it is not funnily! Cook was recruited as a KPP (CHF?), Barry as a running outside midfielder. Where is the comparison?

Barry is going to be a gun anyway.

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So Barry was not in the best six in the reserves at Casey

Hmm seems to be coming from a long way back

Barry looks all class when involved but definitely needs to get involved more, working harder off the ball. Nathan had a shocker, did a bit in the last, got floored late at one stage and belted in guts after. Maia looks better than someone playing only his fourth game

So Barry was not in the best six in the reserves at Casey

Hmm seems to be coming from a long way back

Maybe he was playing a certain role, or focusing on certain things for his development, it is the "development league".

Maybe he was playing a certain role, or focusing on certain things for his development, it is the "development league".

Stuie that is a nice way of disguising the fact that it is the reserve of the reserves for an AFL team.

I also get a little tired of this " he was playing a certain role"

Sounds like excuses to me.

We made similar excuses for Cook, Maric, Gysberts, Bennel and numerous others.

Now I have not written Barry off, I just thing he is starting very slowly.

As always time will tell.

Stuie that is a nice way of disguising the fact that it is the reserve of the reserves for an AFL team.

I also get a little tired of this " he was playing a certain role"

Sounds like excuses to me.

We made similar excuses for Cook, Maric, Gysberts, Bennel and numerous others.

Now I have not written Barry off, I just thing he is starting very slowly.

As always time will tell.

Just think it's pretty early to be ripping up his contract like some here seem to be edging towards.

I'll be interested to hear what the MFC VFL report says this week about him.

In the end he's a project type player, we're taking our time developing him, I believe he'll be worth it from what I've seen, but that's just me. We can't have it both ways, we can't say "develop our players properly" while at the same time saying "why isn't this kid we just drafted dominating every game?!".