Gareth Barry

[Super]

Not everyones cup off tea but still a great achievement to break the PL appearance record. Number 633 tonight credit to him.

[Shtanley]

53 appearances for England is a hell of an achievement when you consider the midfielders he was competing with. 

[wendyredredrobin]

Seemed decent when I saw him play for England - great achievement.

[Leveller]

A pro's pro, it is said.

[wendyredredrobin]

Not Wayne Rooney's idea of a pro

[Vincent Vega]

Fair play to the guy.

[joe jordans teeth]

28 minutes ago, Shtanley said:

53 appearances for England is a hell of an achievement when you consider the midfielders he was competing with. 

And the standout moment will be him treading water chasing ozil forever in my eyes,says more about England at the time than him because like others have said a real pro 

[And Its Smith]

Football started before Premier League.  All PL records are farcical 

[David Brent]

17 minutes ago, RedDave said:

Football started before Premier League.  All PL records are farcical 

633 Premier League appearances is farcical?

Personally I think it’s a decent achievement.

[And Its Smith]

2 minutes ago, David Brent said:

633 Premier League appearances is farcical?

Personally I think it’s a decent achievement.

Loads better than 632?

[Bar BS3]

51 minutes ago, wendyredredrobin said:

Not Wayne Rooney's idea of a pro

Way too young..!

[WTFiGO!?!]

I believe he holds the record for yellow cards, too.  

He's delightfully passive-aggressive.  As cynical in the tackle as you like and it's always "Who me ref? Not me, I would never have done anything like that deliberately", with his hands in the air and a perfectly straight face.

He makes me laugh!

[bigbash]

[Coombsy]

8 minutes ago, bigbash said:

Kathy Barry 

[Davefevs]

1 hour ago, wendyredredrobin said:

Seemed decent when I saw him play for England - great achievement.

Gave us good balance in a spell where we often just picked the best players and shoe horned them in.  Happy to do the dirty work.

Had a varied career, position-wise....starting as a LCB in a three for Villa, to then going LM, where he scored a lot goals, but wanted to play CM, high is where he ended up.

[Phileas Fogg]

Underrated player much like Carrick who people only tend to appreciate when they’ve retired. 

Came through in a particularly strong time for English central midfielders which was a bit unlucky.

[And Its Smith]

3 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said:

Underrated player much like Carrick who people only tend to appreciate when they’ve retired. 

Came through in a particularly strong time for English central midfielders which was a bit unlucky.

Agreed underrated but miles behind Carrick in my opinion

[Phileas Fogg]

7 minutes ago, RedDave said:

Agreed underrated but miles behind Carrick in my opinion

Yep, I meant stylistically not ability though. Keeps the team ticking over but their work goes unnoticed sometimes.

[David Brent]

56 minutes ago, RedDave said:

Loads better than 632?

1 better. 632 is also far from farcical.

[And Its Smith]

5 minutes ago, David Brent said:

1 better. 632 is also far from farcical.

Are you being disingenuous?  Read what i said.  Premier League records are a farce. You might as well say, who has made the most appearances or scored the most goals since 1996, or 1997 or 1988.  

Players who played before 1992 will be forgotten and unknown sooner or later.   

[RaspberryRed]

41 minutes ago, Coombsy said:

Kathy Barry 

Who ironically used to live in Cock Road, Kingswood. 

[Chairman Mao]

Decent player, worse than Carrick, Hargreaves, Scholes, Gerrard and Lampard but certainly a heck of a lot better than a shitty midfield now when he was in his prime.

[David Brent]

39 minutes ago, RedDave said:

Are you being disingenuous?  Read what i said.  Premier League records are a farce. You might as well say, who has made the most appearances or scored the most goals since 1996, or 1997 or 1988.  

Players who played before 1992 will be forgotten and unknown sooner or later.   

Change it to top flight appearances then. I don’t know what the record is but I’m guessing 633 is near the top.

[And Its Smith]

4 minutes ago, David Brent said:

Change it to top flight appearances then. I don’t know what the record is but I’m guessing 633 is near the top.

I cant change it! I'm important but not that important.  

Think you have missed my point

[Judda]

The fact that so many managers have picked him week in week out speaks volumes...

 

[cityexile]

12 minutes ago, David Brent said:

Change it to top flight appearances then. I don’t know what the record is but I’m guessing 633 is near the top.

Not sure to be honest. Ryan Giggs has 672, so its not too shabby for an outfield player.

Shilton had 1,005 which is a record for league appearances, but 'only'  849 were in the top league. If those two represent the real records is not immediately apparent.

[Super]

53 minutes ago, RedDave said:

Are you being disingenuous?  Read what i said.  Premier League records are a farce. You might as well say, who has made the most appearances or scored the most goals since 1996, or 1997 or 1988.  

Players who played before 1992 will be forgotten and unknown sooner or later.   

The clue is in the words premier league record.

[And Its Smith]

3 minutes ago, Super said:

The clue is in the words premier league record.

Trolling or stupid, Super?  

READ MY POST AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND 

[ukneil]

5 hours ago, joe jordans teeth said:

And the standout moment will be him treading water chasing ozil forever in my eyes,says more about England at the time than him because like others have said a real pro 

Yep that 4-1 game where he didn't even tread water but gave up on the halfway line and Germany went on to score their 4th? I was absolutely fuming at him for that, he may well have never caught up or help prevent the goal but to just stop?! That one moment rightly or wrongly has forever clouded my judgement of him.