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Barnsley have put a £3m price tag.  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

And they will get it. One of the best midfielders in the championship at the moment.

and he scored v city last night

Had a shit start at Barnsley but doing well now - I always thought he was a decent player for us. Thought he'd eventually do well up there.

He's skipper there isn't he?

Good luck to him he was sound for us.

playing superbly and skipper too i think

very underplayed by King and should never have been allowed to go for nothing

All that boy needed was taking away from Southampton where he could and did do anything he wanted.

Superb player and fair play hope he gets the step up

Hate to say it but leaving us was just the kick up his (at the time) rather large posterior he needed.  He was highly rated at Saaaarfhamton but had the reputation of a bit of a drinker and primadonna and I don’t think King ever really got the best out o him and from the last couple of games I caught him in he was waddling round the pitch like a blonde Man Mountain - Rick Waller.

According to Sky Sports he is the top scoring midfielder in the entire league right now.  And we didn't even offer him a contract I believe! :oops:

Howard was good for us in the playoff season a few years back and I always thought he could do a job for us. I wish Howard well.

If he was still here,he'd be our best player by a country mile.

agreed.

Think 4 of those are pens though.  Still seems to be doing OK at the moment.

Think he played himself out of a contract, got a bit big for his boots and wanted to move infield - a move he wasn't ready for at the time.

Oh well, good luck to the lad.

If Howard was still here he might have drifted out of the game completely. He desperatley needed the move away from living in Southampton so he could concentrate on his football. He needed disclipine. King wasted Brian Howard as far as Im concerned.

Personally I thought he was one of the most exciting midfielders weve had at the club for a while. But he was part of the general state of decay at the club during the 04-05 season. The move was best for all parties. It just shows, when you cut off investment into a football team things go stale very quickly.

Swindon fans savaged him in the last few months he was at the club. So we cant have any complaints. He's turned it around by himself.

Curtis Weston might well also turn it around and go for a big transfer fee one day. Depends on whether he grows up.

there either wasn't the funds to or the offer was so shite he went, it was the same for most the players that left then.

I see none of you guys are calling him shit and overweight. Hypocrites

Towards the end of his time with us I thought he was shit and overweight.

Lovely hair though......................................

He's still affectionately known as fatty Howard to me.

you're shit and overweight.

howard was a talented player whose attitude let him down - playing alongside igoe didn't do him any favours either. not surprised to see him do well for barnsley but he's exceeded my expectations to be honest

as people have said, him moving up north away from Southampton pretty much saved his career.

I still call him fat brian howard as well