Ross Barkley

Niapper · April 17, 2017

Tel001 said:
Mom? Your off your head if you think that was a mom performance ... he slowed play down countless times and lost passion heaps ... he did need to buy time from the fans because fans were getting on his back... koeman said he needed to improve and dropped him. His work rate without the ball was non existent ... he has turned the corner and has been playing well in 2017... his passing was off and he was not "bossing it" against burnley... but he made countless headers and tackles and done the ugly work... when he is doing this people won't get on his back because he's fighting and having a bad day... under bobby and the start of this season ... he looked lazy and didn't work hard enough ... whenever he had a bad game offensively ( which was most games at the start of the season) he was a passenger and people got on his back...

Fans like me are the reason he might leave?

I actually believe fans like you that saying he's "bossing it "
When he's not are more of a problem tbh... overhyping him... I'm not saying sell him , I'm not saying he's useless ... I'm saying he wasn't bossing it and offensively wasn't good but overall he done ok because he worked hard and contributed to the team... his headerswere important and he cleared one off line line.. but saying he's mom and bossing that game is wrong and not even close to being accurate

Agreed. Not a MOTM performance for me , even with his two headed clearances. Like you said, always looks so slow with the ball and trying to be smart with it rather than passing it on. Misplaced numerous balls in counter attacking situations. He either passes it when he shouldn't and doesn't pass it when he should :rant:

Foot Long Hot Dog · April 17, 2017

Tel001 said:
Mom? Your off your head if you think that was a mom performance ... he slowed play down countless times and lost passion heaps ... he did need to buy time from the fans because fans were getting on his back... koeman said he needed to improve and dropped him. His work rate without the ball was non existent ... he has turned the corner and has been playing well in 2017... his passing was off and he was not "bossing it" against burnley... but he made countless headers and tackles and done the ugly work... when he is doing this people won't get on his back because he's fighting and having a bad day... under bobby and the start of this season ... he looked lazy and didn't work hard enough ... whenever he had a bad game offensively ( which was most games at the start of the season) he was a passenger and people got on his back...

Fans like me are the reason he might leave?

I actually believe fans like you that saying he's "bossing it "
When he's not are more of a problem tbh... overhyping him... I'm not saying sell him , I'm not saying he's useless ... I'm saying he wasn't bossing it and offensively wasn't good but overall he done ok because he worked hard and contributed to the team... his headerswere important and he cleared one off line line.. but saying he's mom and bossing that game is wrong and not even close to being accurate

He cleared 2 off the line and the stats say you're wrong

http://www.squawka.com/news/100-take-ons-completed-ross-barkley-game-by-numbers-vs-burnley/934377

jonnyg · April 17, 2017

Niapper said:
Agreed. Not a MOTM performance for me , even with his two headed clearances. Like you said, always looks so slow with the ball and trying to be smart with it rather than passing it on. Misplaced numerous balls in counter attacking situations. He either passes it when he shouldn't and doesn't pass it when he should

I'd imagine he takes it upon himself as the furthest forward midfielder to look for through balls or openings.

Joey66 · April 17, 2017

Jamo Martinez said:
I like him.

He speaks very highly of youlol

tommye · April 17, 2017

MorgsGoat said:
Just leave again you festering utter mutant.

Hard to argue with a single word of this.

Foot Long Hot Dog · April 17, 2017

MorgsGoat said:
Just leave again you festering utter mutant.

Unsavoury

Barnfred 55 · April 17, 2017

MorgsGoat said:
Just leave again you festering utter mutant.

?

What's he done?

TheFinnFan · April 17, 2017

orly said:
Don't be ridiculous , we could be playing 50 -60 games next season

That 140k news is most likely bull anyways

If we could get Sig and keep Ross that would be astounding

Brahford · April 17, 2017

Didn't know he uses his mother's name. Effanga is what it should be.

everton2004 · April 17, 2017

Brahford said:
Didn't know he uses his mother's name. Effanga is what it should be.

We would have needed a different song

Tel001 · April 17, 2017

Foot Long Hot Dog said:
He cleared 2 off the line and the stats say you're wrong

http://www.squawka.com/news/100-take-ons-completed-ross-barkley-game-by-numbers-vs-burnley/934377

Right? 89% of passes completed? That may be true... but 99% of them were 4 yard passes and he lost possession heaps of times (not by attempting a pass by the way) these 4 chances... I can't remember them tbh... and his 7 shots? How many on target? Two of them were mis hits that came within 5 secs of eachother... another tool two deflections before going in.... if you think that game was ross playing well or bossing it then I would hate to see a bad game .... you can use stats to prove literally anything... my eyes are what I use to make decisions... statistically Joel is one of the better keepers in the league... my eyes during the Spurs and burnley game tell me otherwise tho.. and so my opionion is that he's not... that was not a notm performance , he didn't boss them and he didn't "tourment " their defence as that article says ...

Foot Long Hot Dog · April 17, 2017

Tel001 said:
Right? 89% of passes completed? That may be true... but 99% of them were 4 yard passes and he lost possession heaps of times (not by attempting a pass by the way) these 4 chances... I can't remember them tbh... and his 7 shots? How many on target? Two of them were mis hits that came within 5 secs of eachother... another tool two deflections before going in.... if you think that game was ross playing well or bossing it then I would hate to see a bad game .... you can use stats to prove literally anything... my eyes are what I use to make decisions... statistically Joel is one of the better keepers in the league... my eyes during the Spurs and burnley game tell me otherwise tho.. and so my opionion is that he's not... that was not a notm performance , he didn't boss them and he didn't "tourment " their defence as that article says ...

He had a good game, if your eyes have told you otherwise, get them checked mate

everton2004 · April 17, 2017

Tel001 said:
Right? 89% of passes completed? That may be true... but 99% of them were 4 yard passes and he lost possession heaps of times (not by attempting a pass by the way) these 4 chances... I can't remember them tbh... and his 7 shots? How many on target? Two of them were mis hits that came within 5 secs of eachother... another tool two deflections before going in.... if you think that game was ross playing well or bossing it then I would hate to see a bad game .... you can use stats to prove literally anything... my eyes are what I use to make decisions... statistically Joel is one of the better keepers in the league... my eyes during the Spurs and burnley game tell me otherwise tho.. and so my opionion is that he's not... that was not a notm performance , he didn't boss them and he didn't "tourment " their defence as that article says ...

And this is why Everton don't deserve nice things. Ross plays bad, people moan about him. Ross plays well, people moan about him. The lad can't seem to do anything right. I swear to god, we were 3-1 up on Saturday and still the moaners were at it. One of the shouts of the match was "come on Everton, it's only Burnley FFS" - as if we were playing a team from the Conference or something.

SamAsh · April 17, 2017

Can't believe anyone wants him sold.

Tel001 · April 17, 2017

everton2004 said:
And this is why Everton don't deserve nice things. Ross plays bad, people moan about him. Ross plays well, people moan about him. The lad can't seem to do anything right. I swear to god, we were 3-1 up on Saturday and still the moaners were at it. One of the shouts of the match was "come on Everton, it's only Burnley FFS" - as if we were playing a team from the Conference or something.

I didn't moan about him... I said he didn't play well offensively but worked hard and done very well defensively and made a significant contribution to the team... I just said he didn't "boss burnley" and that was not ross "playing well" and he didn't put in a notm performance ..