Thierno Barry appreciates fan support despite his goal-scoring struggles

Up until recently, I would have preferred Beto as I thought he was physically more imposing and quicker off the mark. But now I do agree that Barry should get a run of being first-choice striker.

If he can curb the social media nonsense, train hard, etc. He has a chance.

His mindset is a big thing. Maybe being young, struggling for confidence, etc.

The lad needs reassurance and the older players to look out for him.

I think he's the only French player in the squad as well. (That could make a difference not having a fellow French player around.)

Go and score for the Under-21s and keep building that confidence.

He may well come good(ish), especially if not too isolated. He linked up with those around him quite well yesterday.

That would be Patterson!

Much better than the previous week where he was left totally isolated by the manager and writers here on TW. Again on this article referring to his “ludicrous miss”. It's as if he is the sole reason why we are not in the Top 4!

I didn't see any players going to him after the game. He seemed to be totally on his own whereas the rest of the players were going around congratulating each other.

Prior to yesterday, I thought Beto was the better option but now I feel Barry will come good if he can toughen up to the physicality of the Premier League and his own mentality. For the latter, he needs the support of the club, manager and team mates.

For me, one of the main tasks of a manager is to build a group of individuals into something better than the sum of their parts. Moyes did that when he came in after Dyche; however, I think he is struggling to integrate the new players into a cohesive team.

To date, we have got away with disjointed performances relying on some bits of individual brilliance to get results, eg, Grealish v Brighton, Alcaraz v Crystal Palace, Ndiaye v Sunderland, Dewsbury-Hall vs Fulham come to mind.

Rarely have we put in a complete team performance.

From where I was, you could clearly see him tell Gana to go over to Barry as he was walking off.

Like all Everton players, I wish him well and really hope he gets a goal soon -- without doubt, it will make a huge difference to him.

The physical demands of the league have come as a shock to him; if he fancies it, he will learn and get used to it.

All Evertonians want any new signing to hit the ground running, especially strikers.

Our record recruiting strikers is quite poor so I wish him well on his journey, as I do with Beto, they are both here!

IMO the kid has earned the starting spot now. He's had a couple of elegant layoffs -- the soaring knockdown for Garner at Sunderland and the chest pass to a flying Dewsbury-Hall yesterday -- and I don't know if anybody else noticed that he charged down three clearances against Fulham. And skinny or not, he's certainly not shy about putting himself in physically.

Just needs a couple of goals for confidence.

As somebody else has noted, he's played in a different league every year, which shows that he is learning at a very high rate. I think, by the end of the season, everyone is going to be well happy we signed him. He's never going to be a prolific scorer, but he can be a very effective front man in the Premier League.

He's going to come good.

That's a very good point.

He has to add goals, but although I would have dropped him, not for Beto but Dibling, prior to this game, I can now see he is making the progress that he needs to make.

This game could be seen as the start of something for him.

If he can even get a scrappy goal, it would take all the pressure off him.

He showed some glimpses of good play yesterday and it does seem he needs some confidence, but from what I've seen of him so far, I don't think he has the speed and guile to make a good front man for us.

He may benefit from some games for the U21s and I think Moyes may have to look at playing Ndiaye or Alcaraz as a 9 or 10 until we can get a decent striker, hopefully in the next transfer window.

Okay, same job description, and a few hiccups settling in, but how would he hit the ground running when moving into the toughest market place as a freshman?

Yesterday, he showed something, looked more resolved, showed a few quality touches, showed something different to Beto, and these two are what we have; for now... that's it.

So yeah, please keep at it, fella, there's something in there...

I wonder do they get the same stick as ours do, even a week later which our editors still can't let it go.

His biggest problems at the moment are (a) we're not creating a lot of chances and (b) Beto's poor form means he's in at the deep end rather than being eased in.

I saw Savinho, Mateta, Sarr and Woltemade all miss sitters in Euro ties last week. No fuss because their teams created loads of other chances and won anyway.

Barry would be doing fine in a club creating plenty of chances -- as he did in a top 4 side in a top quality league last season.

He was in the right place for the goal that was disallowed, and if he keeps doing that, he will soon score.

He might not yet have a goal to his name, but he is no Maupay.

We are so starved of goal return for a lot of our possession but a lot of that possession is unproductive. We play the ball back and forth in the middle of the park without any early incisive passes to open up opportunities for our strikers.

By the time we decide to play the ball to them they are well marked and crowded out. For me one of our biggest failings is that our midfielders rarely shoot. If we took more shots on goal, then we may get secondary chances.

Barry has probably played in formations with a striker next to him or in teams who are good at creating chances. The current setup is a big challenge. He will thrive more in an attacking setup.