Cherries: Barnard delighted to silence Pompey boo boys (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Cherries: Barnard delighted to silence Pompey boo boys
7:00am Monday 20th August 2012 in Sport
By Ian Wadley
GOAL: Lee Barnard celebrates making it 1-1 at Fratton Park
LEE Barnard admitted he had relished his hostile Fratton Park reception as he had the last laugh by silencing the Pompey boo boys.
Cherries loan star Barnard headed home a debut effort 12 minutes from time to cancel out Izale McLeod’s strike and earn a 1-1 opening-day draw.
The 28-year-old Southampton striker converted a Simon Francis cross to spoil the party for crisis-hit Portsmouth at a raucous Fratton Park.
Barnard confessed the goal had been “a little bit sweeter” as it came after his Saints link had seen him jeered by a vociferous home crowd.
Speaking to the media post-match, he said: “It is all part of the fun and I don’t take it to heart. I thought it was a great atmosphere and I enjoyed it.
“I don’t need extra motivation – I am eager to play and just want to do well – but getting a bit of stick always makes you think you have got to keep them quiet. And, thankfully, I got the goal.
“Being from Southampton, it made it a little bit sweeter against Pompey with the stick I was getting.
“But it was just great to score for Bournemouth and get a vital point. It was a good start and I think we can build on it.”
Barnard’s equaliser saved Cherries from defeat against stricken Pompey – who had signed a team from scratch on Thursday amid serious financial and off-field problems.
Barnard said: “It is really sad to see them in this situation and I hope they pull through.
“Even though there is a rivalry with Southampton, it doesn’t matter. I am a football fan and don’t want to see Portsmouth go under.”
Signed on loan until January 1, Barnard was registered just in time to feature against Saints’ fierce local rivals.
Despite only meeting his new team-mates hours before the League One clash, the former Southend frontman made an immediate impact.
A proven goalscorer, Barnard is likely to get plenty of game-time at Goldsands Stadium with Frank Demouge, Josh McQuoid and Charlie Sheringham all sidelined through injury.
“I am here to play some games, score some goals and do well for Bournemouth,” said Barnard.
“I had a bad season last season through injury and missed a lot of football. I am just pleased to come to a good club that play good football.”
Comments(39)
eaststandman
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7:34am Mon 20 Aug 12
Football banning order yob wrote:Agree.
Our best signing off the summer.. Let's get him signed up on a perm deal and clear out the likes of Thomas tubbs stockley and send big frank back to holland
He's gonna be our best perm signing under Harry !
ASM
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7:53am Mon 20 Aug 12
alanrr
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8:07am Mon 20 Aug 12
wookj1
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8:18am Mon 20 Aug 12
Pair him with Barnard and we have a chance of a top six finish.
DansAFCB
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8:25am Mon 20 Aug 12
ASM wrote:I am with you on that!!!!!!
WE WANT REDKNAPP BACK...WE WANT REDKNAPP BACK!
jbland
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8:26am Mon 20 Aug 12
ASM wrote:turning back the clock isnt always the best way to go - i think it is generally acknowledged that rednapp started the rot at ths club.
WE WANT REDKNAPP BACK...WE WANT REDKNAPP BACK!
I definately dont believe that the club is in good hands now with groves and brookes, they were a cost efficent option at the time that bradbury was pushed out, but thats not a reason to take them forward when frankly they have no credibility.
the cracks have been visible for some time and football management is a very bad place to get it wrong,i dont think many of us are convinced that this will be a good season and against pompeys cobbled together team we did not perform and that must not be ignored
pauls55
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8:54am Mon 20 Aug 12
Talkingheadera
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9:06am Mon 20 Aug 12
hotdog350
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9:36am Mon 20 Aug 12
Groves is not the man to take us forward and you can cover the cracks as much as you want but he wont deliver what we want but he is cheap and is a YES man.
If he stays then this season is over already
Afcbpete
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9:54am Mon 20 Aug 12
alanrr wrote:Harry may know how to spend money, but he always gets results and most of his signings are money well spent. It's up to those managing the finances who should say no if he's over spending. Agree Groves needs to be given a chance, it's Mitchell's decision whether we like it or not. However the clocks ticking and if results don't happen EM must act and act fast!!!
ASM.....you can't be serious...now we appear to have a little bit of money he'll soon spend that and more.........no let's give the present lot a chance
shaun_inuk
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10:01am Mon 20 Aug 12
Lee Barnard, Barnard.
He`s short & he`s f**king hard.
He`s wanted by Scotland yard.
Lee Barnard, Barnard.
lionheart
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10:35am Mon 20 Aug 12
wookj1 wrote:and offer Brian Howard a better deal than a one month roll over contract at Pompey.
Sign on Gary Alexander from Crawley, a proven league one goal scorer and target man, in exchange for Tubbs or Thomas.
Pair him with Barnard and we have a chance of a top six finish.
He ran Pompey's midfield all afternoon.
nonnisrevenge
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10:52am Mon 20 Aug 12
Jesus_02
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11:32am Mon 20 Aug 12
Barney will do you well, good work rate...occassional fantastic finnish. Can easily be L1 top scorer
'Arry is a good manager, but a vampire. After a long struggle you have a stable club. Dont invite him in.
@ The post re Brian Howard. Spot on..He's a smashing player looking for a club, an ex-Saint who's heart is not with Pompey. I have hear he is on 5k a week... Cherries can do better than that.
Good luck for the rst of the season
shaun_inuk
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11:42am Mon 20 Aug 12
In Absentia
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12:25pm Mon 20 Aug 12
Why bring Richard Hughes out of retirement when a player like Brian Howard was available on a free?
Arthur Maureen
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12:35pm Mon 20 Aug 12
shaun_inuk wrote:That's a great song, amazing..must be scummer wit
Saints fan here, you`ll do well with Barney and I hope you land him for keeps, regular scorer for us and club before at League 1 and Championship, well done for not losing to the fish.Just don`t forget Barneys song.
Lee Barnard, Barnard.
He`s short & he`s f**king hard.
He`s wanted by Scotland yard.
Lee Barnard, Barnard.
shrimpman
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1:09pm Mon 20 Aug 12
ben611
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1:59pm Mon 20 Aug 12
babyduck
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2:22pm Mon 20 Aug 12
Edd12
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3:46pm Mon 20 Aug 12
For me an away is a good start. Yes it is very well documented that Portsmouth fielded a team of 11 plus new players but so too are Bournemouth in a transitional stage. I for one think this is a strong AFCB team and I hope I am not wrong in putting faith in the management.
Get behind the team! I see too many people on here wanting sunshine and moaning about the heat... SHOW SOME SUPPORT, its is only one game!
ducky24
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3:53pm Mon 20 Aug 12
babyduck wrote:I agree! Lee was head and shoulders better than all of our players. Great loan signing for now and I too hope we sign him up in January. Zubar and Addison should be the Centre backs, not this Elphick guy!!!
Barnard was quality Sat. 100% effort, defended from the front and looked dangerous on the ball every time. How typical was it then that every chance appeared to fall to Thomas who unsurprisingly failed to deliver yet again. I watched him warming up and he missed or had every shot saved by our sub goalie. I'd like to think Barnard and mcQuoid when fit will be our no 1 pairing but for now PG, starting Tues, Thomas must warm the bench and please give Tubbs or Grabban a chance. Midfield poor Sat. Simply not good enough and why is Zubar not partnering Addison? That's why Addison was poor. He was unsure partnered with Elphick.
Edd12
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4:00pm Mon 20 Aug 12
St. Curious Chimp
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5:04pm Mon 20 Aug 12
babyduck
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5:12pm Mon 20 Aug 12
Edd12 wrote:I hear what u say, just don't understand why Zubar isn't an automatic with Addison. I'm sure Elphick will be a great signing. I also see this as an indication that the club are not too confident re Cookie's impending matter. Happy with a point Sat but that wasn't our best starting 11 despite the injuries. Utciad. Quack quack
'Ducks' suggest you give 'This Elphick' guy a couple of games to settle.. Are you telling me that every first day at the office (or pond) was a good one?
smhinto
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5:16pm Mon 20 Aug 12
Football banning order yob wrote:Certainly get rid of Tubbs, an absolute waste of money and is overated. Crawley must have thought they had won the Euromillions when us silly burks put an lledged 800k on th table. Off load him at the earliest opportunity for a reasonable fee and cut our losses.
Our best signing off the summer.. Let's get him signed up on a perm deal and clear out the likes of Thomas tubbs stockley and send big frank back to holland
smhinto
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5:22pm Mon 20 Aug 12
hotdog350 wrote:I am inclined to agree, once again we have gone for the cheap option. It is amazing how we have brought in quality players and not quality manager. However, if I had the choice between Bradbury and Groves then Groves would win every time.
The facts are ; When we played Oxford we were appalling. Then we played Portsmouth and we were weak and thats being nice. Lets not forget we watched Groves in charge for the last 8 games of last season so when people say its only his second match, they are making excuses.
Groves is not the man to take us forward and you can cover the cracks as much as you want but he wont deliver what we want but he is cheap and is a YES man.
If he stays then this season is over already
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I believe the approacH of passing football undEr Groves and I would be prepared to give him 10 to 15 games. If there is no reasonable improvement then we will need to make a change.
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Forget Redkapp and start living inthe real world , forstly we could not afford him and secondly he would want a bigger club than ourselves..
username is already in use
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7:07pm Mon 20 Aug 12
eaststandman
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7:10pm Mon 20 Aug 12
smhinto wrote:Give Groves 10-15 games?
hotdog350 wrote:I am inclined to agree, once again we have gone for the cheap option. It is amazing how we have brought in quality players and not quality manager. However, if I had the choice between Bradbury and Groves then Groves would win every time.
The facts are ; When we played Oxford we were appalling. Then we played Portsmouth and we were weak and thats being nice. Lets not forget we watched Groves in charge for the last 8 games of last season so when people say its only his second match, they are making excuses.
Groves is not the man to take us forward and you can cover the cracks as much as you want but he wont deliver what we want but he is cheap and is a YES man.
If he stays then this season is over already
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I believe the approacH of passing football undEr Groves and I would be prepared to give him 10 to 15 games. If there is no reasonable improvement then we will need to make a change.
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Forget Redkapp and start living inthe real world , forstly we could not afford him and secondly he would want a bigger club than ourselves..
He's had 12 already.............
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ben611
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7:24pm Mon 20 Aug 12
Football banning order yob
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8:49pm Mon 20 Aug 12
lionheart
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10:44pm Mon 20 Aug 12
Football banning order yob wrote:Couldn't agree more. Mitchell Jnr is our weak link. I wonder what we are paying him?
Why did we not sign brian Howard on a free in the summer? Instead we leave it to the last minute and get hughes.. Agree as well with the redknapp in, but I'd get rid of Mitchell jnr as director if football, groves like bond is a good coach but not a manager/leader.
babyduck
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7:21am Tue 21 Aug 12
smhinto wrote:Don't quite get that. The guy (tubbs) hasnt had the best of starts but that's mainly down to injury. I'd like to see him start tonight with Barnard. Thomas & Stockley I would agree.
Football banning order yob wrote:Certainly get rid of Tubbs, an absolute waste of money and is overated. Crawley must have thought they had won the Euromillions when us silly burks put an lledged 800k on th table. Off load him at the earliest opportunity for a reasonable fee and cut our losses.
Our best signing off the summer.. Let's get him signed up on a perm deal and clear out the likes of Thomas tubbs stockley and send big frank back to holland
O'Reilly
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4:40pm Tue 21 Aug 12
The rest as they say is history.
Stroppy_gramps
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6:52pm Tue 21 Aug 12
The Cherries would be better off building slowly but surely under lesser managers before moving onto the Championship, consolidating again and then going for the big time.
sound financial base is everything, then your ground and then your squad - you won't survive in the big time unless you've got the ground to cope with it.
worried of n e hampshire
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6:56pm Tue 21 Aug 12
look after Lee he is only on loan.
good luck cherries (silly name)
STEADY EDDIE 1 for the road
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8:01pm Tue 21 Aug 12
worried of n e hampshire wrote:(silly name)??. SILLY C*NT
the rubber faced twitching tw@t is a non starter, forget it.
look after Lee he is only on loan.
good luck cherries (silly name)
Linesman
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7:25pm Tue 11 Sep 12
Football banning order yob says...
7:24am Mon 20 Aug 12