I genuinely find it odd how people are being critical about Louie Barry. If this boy didn’t come from Barcelona, or score that goal against Liverpool the levels of expectations for Louie would be much lower. But unfortunately he did those things and the fan expectations are astronomical. We as fans need to check ourselves before we check him. He’s just 18 and still a long way from being the finished article. We should know this, rather than dismissing his potentials because he’s not meeting our expectations already. Have some patience
As of comparing Louie to Cameron Archer is ridiculous. At the same age, Cameron was on loan to a non league club, being equally unremarkable as Louie is this season. As fans, in particular VTers gave little attention to Cameron at the time (just 3 pages), yet since his hat trick against Barrow earlier this season he’s gained so much more attention (32pages) with expectations that’s he’s going to be the next great hope. Isn’t it strange how we don’t look back at Cameron’s time a Solihull as a bad thing. We now know it changed him for the better regardless of how unremarkable he was as a player there.
We just need to be patient and let Louie grow up in his own way.. in 6 months Cameron went from being a meh non league player to being a decent championship player.
Louie will get to his potential when his ready. You just may be surprised how quick it could happen