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The Blues boss offered some defence of the France youth international after a rollercoaster debut campaign<\/h2>\n <\/p>\n\n
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\nThierno Barry has struggled of late (Photo by Molly Darlington\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n
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David Moyes offered a sympathetic view of Thierno Barry\u2019s first campaign in English football, despite his recent struggles.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old hit a purple patch in the winter, scoring big goals in victories over Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa. His last goal was the winner at Newcastle United in February, though, and he has lost his place to the in-form Beto. Issues off the pitch have also led to him being booed by sections of his fanbase.<\/p>\n
Moyes has challenged him to respond by scoring more goals<\/u> and, ahead of the visit of Manchester City, stressed the wider need across the game for supporters to be patient about young players.<\/p>\n
FOLLOW OUR EVERTON FC FACEBOOK PAGE!<\/strong> Latest EFC news and analysis from via the Liverpool Echo\u2019s dedicated FB page<\/strong><\/p>\nBarry has six goals from a debut season that has had good moments after a slow start following his \u00a327m move from Villarreal. His form has dipped though, not helped by comments he made on social media<\/u> after the defeat at Arsenal, in which he criticised a section of supporters in the away end following an incident involving his friends. Police are investigating what was referred to as an \u201caltercation\u201d in appeals for information.<\/p>\n
Barry\u2019s run without a goal continued in the second half against Liverpool and at West Ham United, when he was called upon after Beto suffered concussion.<\/p>\n
Asked for his thoughts on the forward\u2019s progress Moyes, who is expected to review his striking options in the summer, said: \u201cI am saying a general thing here, and it is that football supporters are not having much patience with many things. You might not get two or three years to become that player.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a bigger emphasis on: We need things now, we are looking for that to happen quickly. It is not just here at Everton. I think all clubs are the same. He is young as well, first year in the country, at the moment we have four games to go and if he scores a couple of goals<\/u> you might say it has not been the worst return for a young centre-forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
While few would call Barry an immediate success, he has just one Premier League goal fewer than Nick Woltemade, who Newcastle United signed in a \u00a365m summer deal. The Magpies spent \u00a355m on Yoane Wissa, who has just one league goal to his name this season. Nottingham Forest spent around \u00a326m on Arnaud Kalimuendo, who did not score in nine league appearances before being loaned to Germany.<\/p>\n
Moyes added: \u201cThere are a lot of clubs who have paid a lot of money for centre forwards and you wouldn\u2019t say that has been worth it. We took a chance on a young up and coming striker, we tried to get him in quickly and early to see how he was going. He has not done bad. I actually think he is improving as he is going along. The first season in the Premier League, it is not that easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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