Ross Barkley joins Chelsea, er, Villa on loan

[Kurt.]

That is not a fact at the moment, we don't know whether Bernard or Gomes will be worse in the 2 main positions Barkley could be occupying in the current set up.

Plus, I do still like Sigurdsson and have faith he can be an important player for us.

As of yet none have shown to be better

 

[4737carlin]

That is not a fact at the moment, we don't know whether Bernard or Gomes will be worse in the 2 main positions Barkley could be occupying in the current set up.

Plus, I do still like Sigurdsson and have faith he can be an important player for us.

Its embarrassing Kev, a few weeks ago everyone was hailing the work Brands did in the summer, now none of them are any good, its pathetic

 

[GrandOldTeam]

He's not good enough to be a regular for any team top 6.

He's at Chelsea because he's English, and he was a no brainer as an asset. They can't lose money on him.

 

[Charro]

Yeah, he only generated serious interest when he was going on the cheap.

15mil, have him as a fringe player for a season then sell him on for a tidy profit to West Ham

 

[Billysgingham.]

That is not a fact at the moment, we don't know whether Bernard or Gomes will be worse in the 2 main positions Barkley could be occupying in the current set up.

Plus, I do still

Its embarrassing Kev, a few weeks ago everyone was hailing the work Brands did in the summer, now none of them are any good, its pathetic

45m man was crap before Brands got here.

 

[Kurt.]

Loads of haters yet nobody can offer a player we have now who is better.

 

[roydo]

Loads of haters yet nobody can offer a player we have now who is better.

In his position, or in general?

 

[Billysgingham.]

I would have barkley all day long over the 45m man.

 

[wandyr79]

Loads of haters yet nobody can offer a player we have now who is better.

Not a hater, if he gets his confidence right could be a fantastic player, consistently. There is no doubt the talent is there.

For me you cannot categorically state that he would:

1: Fit into this team
2: Be a better player than those players that we have not seen much of.
3: Over time be more influential than players that should be playing better than they are (mainly Sigurdsson).
4: As with above, in his position or just in a general sense. If we are talking about a general attacking sense then Richarlison is, for me, miles better and has the potential to be even more miles better than Barkley could ever dream of being.

With all that being said, he didn't want to be here and that is the end of it.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Loads of haters yet nobody can offer a player we have now who is better.

We clearly don't have a better midfield player of his type right now. But I don't see why that means people should fawn over him.

He didn't want to be here. His actions were extremely clear about that. I've no interest in him anymore and couldn't care less how he does for Chelsea.

 

[Kurt.]

We clearly don't have a better midfield player of his type right now. But I don't see why that means people should fawn over him.

He didn't want to be here. His actions were extremely clear about that. I've no interest in him anymore and couldn't care less how he does for Chelsea.

Don’t see anybody fawning.... just accepting he’s better than what we have in midfield now

 

[Kurt.]

In his position, or in general?

In his position definitely... in general I would say so too

 

[ToffeeTim]

Don’t see anybody fawning.... just accepting he’s better than what we have in midfield now

I can accept that quite readily but he's not our player and didn't want to be our player so I don't see the point in all this. We've lost far better players in the past.

 

[Moomin]

I reckon Silva would prefer Barkley to Siggy.

 

[Kurt.]

I can accept that quite readily but he's not our player and didn't want to be our player so I don't see the point in all this. We've lost far better players in the past.

But this is the Barkley thread Timothy... what else should we talk about ??