Paulistano Only reason he was brought in was because Rowley needs a keeper with good distribution which is probably Ward's biggest (Only?) weakness. I imagine he hoped Barker would make the step up thus meaning he'd not have to teach a new keeper from scratch his patterns. 1 thing I'll say in Barkers favour though-
When he first joined Walton he was shocking and had too be sent in a short loan. When he came back he was undisputed no1 from that point. So this has all happened before 🤷♂️.