It’s been revealed that Thierno Barry is currently Everton’s fastest player, and this perhaps ought to give David Moyes food for thought.
It has certainly been an interesting first season for the Frenchman so far.
Name some things more likely than Thierno Barry scoring 11+ goals this season… 😬
He'd need some second half to the term to reach those numbers…
Thierno Barry shares his target for the 2025/26 season with Everton.
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Thierno Barry made a slow start following his summer move from Villarreal, but has started to make an impact for the Toffees over the past couple of months.
At the weekend, he notched his sixth goal in the Premier League in the 3-2 away win against Newcastle.
Ahead of facing Burnley, David Moyes has called on Barry and Beto to up their rate of scoring, but perhaps the manager can help the former.
Thierno Barry has been clocked as Everton’s fastest player
Thierno Barry playing for Everton.
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The Premier League has shared an article that shows the fastest player from each Premier League club this season.
And interestingly for Everton, it’s Barry who is leading the way, after being clocked doing 35.35 km/h in the game against Aston Villa on January 18.
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For context, this puts him 17th out of the 20 players mentioned (one from each club). Wolves’ Jackson Tchatchoua is the quickest having been clocked at 37.30 km/h, which ironically came in a game against Everton.
But Barry is actually one of only two out-and-out strikers to feature in the piece, the other being Sunderland’s Brian Brobbey, who he is quicker than (34.74 km/h).
So it seems Barry is actually the fastest out-and-out striker in the Premier League right now.
David Moyes needs to exploit Barry’s pace more
This is an interesting development.
Watching Barry, he has always looked fairly quick for a man of his size, and this data proves he is certainly no slouch.
Potentially in light of this, Moyes needs to try and have the players mixing it up in order to utilise Barry’s pace more often.
Quite often, Jordan Pickford or the central defenders will punt a ball long for Barry to contest an aerial duel with his marker. And in fairness, he does win his fair share of those.
David Moyes gives Thierno Barry instructions.
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But maybe Everton need to get the ball in behind a bit more for Barry to latch onto, as clearly his pace can be a real weapon.
It’s probably natural to send high balls into Barry because he stands at 6ft 4in tall and can be an outlet. But he’s got pace to burn and this should not be ignored.
But it’s not just about other players changing up their games – it should also be on Barry to make those runs in behind the defence
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