It's official: The Daily Mail spouts crap

[Linz]

I have proof:

THE LIST: The best signings of the season

Not every club can splash the cash to land a big name when the transfer window opens but, every now and again, the beautiful game serves us with a reminder that money isn't everything.

Sportsmail's team of experts have selected the best signings of the season across the Premier League, Championship, League One and League Two.

We reveal the cleverest pieces of business in the business.

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33. Brian Howard (Barnsley - Sheffield United, £400,000)

What on earth is all that about?!

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Is that number 33 out of 25??

 

[ian1889]

I think what they meant to say that it was a good piece of business for Barnsley to get shut of him to us for 400k

 

[The One]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Oh and did I say HA!

 

[matth]

In all fairness, if we played proper football with either Howard in the middle rather than Quinn, he'd thrive. I do think that our style of play is not going to allow him to play to his potential. When we get the ball down on the floor and pass it around, he's a valuable asset to the team. When we insist on booting it through the air, he's not much use - but that's hardly an accusation that can just be leveled at him.

 

[Foxy]

In all fairness, if we played proper football with either Howard in the middle rather than Quinn, he'd thrive. I do think that our style of play is not going to allow him to play to his potential. When we get the ball down on the floor and pass it around, he's a valuable asset to the team. When we insist on booting it through the air, he's not much use - but that's hardly an accusation that can just be leveled at him.

To be brutally honest, we can't actually play proper football with him in the side as he hides.

Most of the season, his main concern has been who he can stand next to to ensure he isn't available to pass to.

He does have talent, but as the Barnsley fans said before we signed him.... He doesn't use it very often and is living off the Liverpool game.

 

[Linz]

When we get the ball down on the floor and pass it around, he's a valuable asset to the team. When we insist on booting it through the air, he's not much use - but that's hardly an accusation that can just be leveled at him.

Sorry, I have to disagree with you there matth.

I have repeatedly seen Brian Howard hide behind the biggest opposition player he can find and point towards his nearest team mate, suggesting that under no circumstances should anyone pass the ball to him.

If one of his team mates does decide that maybe Brian ought to earn some wages this week by doing something useful, Brian does one of a few things from his footballing repertoire:

* Knocks the ball out of play under minimal pressure and blames one of his team mates for it.

* Loses the ball to his nearest opposition player and blames one of his team mates for it.

* Completely ignores the ball, letting it run free and blames one of his team mates for it.

* Points at the ball, insinuating that perhaps one of his team mates should be occupying the space the ball is currently in and runs away.

When receiving a pass along the floor, he does not do what we were told he would do and run at defenders, splaying intelligent forward passes for his team mates.

He gets shut of the ball to the nearest person in red and white and goes back to playing hide and seek. It's particularly annoying when he does this away from home, and we aren't playing in red and white

QPR away is a prime example. On our corners and freekicks, Brian decided he was going to be marked by the biggest of QPR's big donkeys and promptly went and stood behind him.

I would perhaps be more forgiving of him if he put a shift in every now and again and wasn't hailed as the next coming of the Messiah when he signed. Just like Cotterill, Blackwell was told he was a fool for not "just paying anything to get him".

Cotterill, with a bit of confidence, has come good. The jury is still out for Brian Howard.

He looked a class player for Barnsley at times, and they aren't exactly known for sexy, free-flowing, pitch-level football

EDIT: Derrywan's text at the QPR game also comes to mind... t'was along the lines of "I don't mean the lad any harm, but Brian Howard is shite."

As harsh as it perhaps was, that day, he was crap. The only game I've seen Howard really put a shift in was Charlton away and against a side as poor as Charlton was that day, it wasn't really that hard to look impressive.

Even if he just ran forward and shot a bit like the Dingles said he could... at least he'd be doing something!

 

[derrywan]

I am never harsh. bluebells, kittens and the soothing sounds of Val Doonican are my stock in trade. But if he's not deliberately positioning himself to be out of play during games, then he has the most absurd positioning sense of any professional footballer since albert camus.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

I am never harsh. bluebells, kittens and the soothing sounds of Val Doonican are my stock in trade. But if he's not deliberately positioning himself to be out of play during games, then he has the most absurd positioning sense of any professional footballer since albert camus.

'Nobody realises that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.'

 

[derrywan]

'Nobody realises that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.'

Thought you'd like that allusion. Aujourd'hui, promotion automatique est morte, ou peut-etre hier.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Toutes les révolutions modernes ont fini dans un renfort de la puissance de l'état.

 

[matth]

Going back to English, and Brian Howard, I still think he'd thrive more than Quinn at the moment. He'd have to play instead of him, though - not alongside him. A few games, a bit of confidence, and he might not go missing as much.

 

[Bladesman]

Howard and even Hendrie are useless for us as like you say Matth we dont play passing football.

 

[Linz]

Going back to English, and Brian Howard, I still think he'd thrive more than Quinn at the moment. He'd have to play instead of him, though - not alongside him. A few games, a bit of confidence, and he might not go missing as much.

I think it'd be worth a go... more for the fact that "anyone but Quinn" would be better for the team at the moment though rather than the fact it's Brian Howard

 

[matth]

We'd have to play to feet as well!

 

[keenzy]

we'd have to play to feet as well!

i've more chance of singing in a trio with foster and allen.

 

[madeinsheffield]

I think it'd be worth a go... more for the fact that "anyone but Quinn" would be better for the team at the moment though rather than the fact it's Brian Howard

I wish KB would read some of these comments, everyone I know who goes to BDTBL feels the same, we can't all be wrong