2017/18 Ross Barkley

PITA · August 21, 2017

toffeejack said:
Many people have said it

I know.

bluekangaroo · August 21, 2017

mikeh72 said:
Not just that, but he's actually getting referred to as "Dele" in conversation and things like official club tweets and Premier League articles. No, he's English and his name is Bamidele Alli. You wouldn't go round calling John Stones "John" like it's his surname would you. Imagine the Sky Sports vidiprinter or BBC live text reading "Man City 1 Burnley 0 (John, 23)"

Sounds like a passage from the bible mate!

WHL STU · August 21, 2017

The name alli is his father's surname and he doesn't want to be associated with that name apparently.

a bell maul · August 21, 2017

It's a small street noted for its variety of delicatessan shops, so I guess it was inevitable it'd be nick-named Deli Alley.

Brisan123 · August 21, 2017

everton2004 said:
Ross is gone, face reality. Once he has recovered from his "injury" he will sign for a "top club" to start a "new challenge" and get away from the "gangsters" who "told him to get out of Liverpool".

A clever use of inverted commas there

Charles Hawtrey · August 21, 2017

everton2004 said:
Ross is gone, face reality. Once he has recovered from his "injury" he will sign for a "top club" to start a "new challenge" and get away from the "gangsters" who "told him to get out of Liverpool".

Brisan123 said:
A clever use of inverted commas there

Aren't they quotation marks? As opposed to ' which would be an inverted comma... This would suggest all the words in the original post were spoken dialogue - hmmmmm......

leslad · August 21, 2017

Debbie Alli

Charles Hawtrey · August 21, 2017

leslad said:
Debbie Alli

Diagon Alli

PITA · August 21, 2017

andy4efc said:
Exaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaactly. Intelligent B2B midfielder, who hopefully once settled and the teams more cohesive, will bag a few too.

Sorry that won't wash. He hasn't scored a hat-trick in every game so far. Terrible waste of money. Lucky that we are loaded.

kev · August 21, 2017

mikeh72 said:
I know mate. It grates on me massively. Imagine Barkley turning up with "Ross" on his back, how weird would that be.

The name on the shirt is 'in effect' no more than a 'user name'.
Doubt that numbers would be allowed though, so you would have to have something different to mikeh72 lol

Steve Wigan · August 21, 2017

Charles Hawtrey said:
Aren't they quotation marks? As opposed to ' which would be an inverted comma... This would suggest all the words in the original post were spoken dialogue - hmmmmm......

Correct. I was about to post the same. We really must get people to get things 'right' on here with regard to grammar. (Were the heck are those sarcasm italics? Oh.....here they are......

everton2004 · August 21, 2017

Steve Wigan said:
Correct. I was about to post the same. We really must get people to get things 'right' on here with regard to grammar. (Were the heck are those sarcasm italics? Oh.....here they are......

Brisan123 · August 21, 2017

Steve Wigan said:
Correct. I was about to post the same. We really must get people to get things 'right' on here with regard to grammar. (WHERE the heck are those sarcasm italics? Oh.....here they are......

Fixed that for you