Boab 73 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 RANGERS manager Walter Smith reckons captain Barry Ferguson is back to his best at exactly the right time. The Ibrox midfielder produced a man-of-the-match performance as well as scoring the winning goal at the weekend in his side's 1-0 win over Hamilton Accies at New Douglas Park. Ferguson has come in for criticism this season for failing to hit top form after returning from ankle surgery at the beginning of the season. But Smith has noticed an improvement in his skipper's displays recently and said: "Barry has been playing well for the last month and he is starting to pick up. "He was out for a period of time in the early part of the season and it was always going to be difficult to come back, when you take into consideration that the whole team started the season slowly. "When you're Rangers captain and have been here a few years as Barry has people forget that you're the same as everyone else and when you've been out for a while, it takes a while to get back from injury. "But I think he has been playing exceptionally well in the last period and he played well on Saturday. "He is starting to play at the top of his game again. "You could see signs of that in spells of games that we've had and that was his most consistent performance for us since he came back. There's no doubt he sets a high standard himself in terms of his performance "Hopefully, he can continue that now for the rest of our games this season." http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/displa...2493293.0.0.php Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitzer007 198 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 A coincedence that Mendes wasn't playing ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootSpeedKillLight 0 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 A coincedence that Mendes wasn't playing ? I think not. It's becoming more and more clear that Ferguson and Mendes will struggle to play well together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmico1986 0 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 A coincedence that Mendes wasn't playing ? I think not. It's becoming more and more clear that Ferguson and Mendes will struggle to play well together. unfortunately that statement is true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 941 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Ferguson and Mendes probably can't play together. So far this year, Mendes has looked better alongside Thomson and Barry has now looked better alongside Edu. I've said before that I don't think you can have two 'ball-players'. You need a 'creative destroyer' in there alongside either Mendes or Ferguson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitzer007 198 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I'm a great believer in the old adage that good players can play together but I'm not seeing much evidence of it with Barry and Pedro. Both good players but far too similiar in that they both want to be the main man in midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 941 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I'm a great believer in the old adage that good players can play together but I'm not seeing much evidence of it with Barry and Pedro. Both good players but far too similiar in that they both want to be the main man in midfield. There's so many examples of two similar players not being able to play together. I'm like you - an idealist who wishes that wasn't the case, but the evidence to suggest that two players of the same ilk aren't compatible is overwhelming. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaffbear 4,174 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Well it won't be Sir Barry Walter will drop will it? Barry is his boy along with Broadfoot,Miller and McCulloch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralCartmanLee 313 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 hmm...i wondered how long it would take....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaffbear 4,174 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 hmm...i wondered how long it would take....... Well wonder no more Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayboleLoyal_atb 4,083 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Well it won't be Sir Barry Walter will drop will it? Barry is his boy along with Broadfoot,Miller and McCulloch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaguy51 941 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 "But I think he has been playing exceptionally well in the last period and he played well on Saturday." No Walter, he hasn't been playing 'exceptionally well'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayboleLoyal_atb 4,083 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I actualy thought Barry played well against Killie when Mendes was alongside him, I do however understand what everyone is saying about the 2 don't realy suit each other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornelius11 74 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 One solid game from the whole season and Walter's heaping praise on him. Ill be praising him if he keeps producing the goods until the end of the season, but he doesnt merit such praise on the back of one good performance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumshie 205 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Thought Fergie played well on Sat but would stop short at saying he was playing at the top of his game. I look to games before he left for Blackburn, his first old firm game back and his performance against Villarreal as being Ferguson at the top of his game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaffbear 4,174 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 If the 2 can't play together then it's a no brainer Mendes is a far better player and more offensive so has to start when fit of course Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnicholl2910 1 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Take the 4-2 game at parkhead - thomson doing the dirty work with mendes creating.... I would love to meet the person who has told captain barry that he is an attacking midfielder - young barry was an inspiration in the holding / sitting midfield with tugay / reyna/albertz/von bronkhorst in front of him those years ago ..... he cant shoot, dribble or has great pace - he is a sitting midfileder God how many times have we seen it years going by with him running all the way back to take the ball of the toes of the centre backs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 One decent game and all of a sudden 'he has been playing exceptionally well in the last period and he played well on Saturday - he is starting to play at the top of his game again' Come on now Wally, you are kidding yourself. Even Barry knows that he's not been playing well, his brother has been saying that there is something not right with him but hopefully his goal can lift him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasGers 96 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 We absolutely need him to playing at a high level to have a shot at bringing home the title. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvager 498 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Barry had a better game Saturday vs Hamilton, but hardly at his best and has been anonymous for ages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntled_bear 157 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 No way Barry is back to his best, infact Barry probably would admit that himself. Just another stupid comment thats setting Barry up for a fall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaffbear 4,174 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Put it into perspective. He had a good game against HAMILTON Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_RFC87 764 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 He isn't kidding us! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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