Stephenlloyd
Player Valuation: £40m
Lampard wasn't scoring 20+ goals at 22
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Papa Shango
Player Valuation: £70m
0/0 I would assume...
We haven't 'changed' to a 4-5-1 to accommodate him? We've played a variant of 4-5-1/4-2-3-1 for the past 10 - 15 years.
He needs to improve - but he was superb the first half of last season and for the majority of his first season with us (bare in mind he had a bad injury second year as well that he took a while to come back from).
I think this is the main thing Koeman talks about when wanting Ross to 'take more responsibility'.
In the last few seasons he has had an easy ride in terms of not tracking back etc.
Now he is actually doing that - he's putting a shift in. He's just lacking the form and he either seems to lose the ball going forward or commit a foul.
But he never was and never is going to be a tough tackling midfielder.
How many tackles did Lampard ever make?
We take it for granted how good he can be, because we're so used to it.
And when he does make the mistakes, it stands out even more.
Must have been watching YouTube clips of him
I know ... you said lampard didn't tackle and he did alright. Like I have mentioned before lampard was bought for big money because of his performances for westham.. nobody is buying Barkley for big money based on these performances are they?
He wasn't superb at the start of the season last year... he just scored a few goals .. his alround play wasn't superb. It wasn't as bad as it is now tho obviously
'scored a few goals' (12) and got 10 assists... as well as completely being at the heart of our play
He had an excellent start to the season last year and unfortunately tailed off around Feb/March time. He looked sharp early parts of this season and now seems to be in a bit of a rut.
Or they can actually spot a good player when they see one, being professional footballers themselves?
He hasn't looked sharp in parts of this season tho... he put in an improved performance against boro. He scored a free kick and missed a couple of sitters, lost possession countless times and has looked like a div 2 player... all this without any workrate or tackling
He did look sharp - both in pre-season and the first few games. Had a poor half vs Sunderland and bar a decent display vs Boro seems to have hit a rut in the last few weeks.
He hasn't 'looked like a div 2 player', and the workrate is there. He's never been strong in the tackle but until he's played deeper I think he will continue to not get involved in that regard - which is something he should improve and will have to under Koeman.
toffeeblue9
Player Valuation: £35m
Sorry mate, that's just bollocks
By all means criticise his current form, but at the beginning of last season he was really good. Came away from the Swansea away game absolutely astounded at how well he had played, so mature. And there were a few games like that. Even my mate who sits next to me who hates Barkley would agree that the first few months of last season he was excellent.
Koemans handled this badly. It's clear to even a fool that Ross is not the most confident of lads, so the last thing he needed was Koeman singling him out for stinging criticism after the Sland game. He could have said we are going to be switching players around a lot in he next few months til w find the right balance, but no he dumped it all on Ross.
He did get the desired reaction though and Ross was splendid against Boro in the next game.
That Ross has let himself down in the two subsequent games is not down to what Koeman said after Sundeland, IMO.
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