Ross Barkley - opinion poll

[Terrarian]

No he doesn't have the mentality we need. A lad who has never lived up to his potential and never fulfilled his talent.

 

[Lobster Johnson]

Is it that time again already?

 

[LeeCarsley]

Should never come back here under any circumstance or in any capacity.

 

[Rich1878]

Not a sniff

 

[Thomasc]

Oh jeez, a long summer ahead for us all then.

 

[allen]

Absolutely not. We’ve had enough debasement over the past few years. Let’s not go back to someone who treated the club so maliciously.

 

[twoblue]

Its depressing how many simpletons exist in the game of football

Can’t have everything can we

 

[twoblue]

If we went down and he was happy to pay for a championship wage he would be a great signing.
Could see him tearing up the championship like Abel Taarabt or Paul Merson did.
In premier league though he is missing a vital ingredient - brain- decision making and tactical nous

 

[twoblue]

I would actually give Geri a go you know.

Hes hasnt regressed as badly as the rest.

13 goals and 7 assists in 34 matches in serie a…
Bring the blue home

 

[Drico]

Have the last five years just been erased from people's minds?

Barkley was massively overrated - which is what Evertonians seem genetically predisposed to do with any "talent" that comes through the ranks (see John Ebbrell, "Grantona", Michael Branch, Danny Cadamarteri, and Anthony Gordon). The only Everton product that ever justified the hype was the incomparable Wayne Rooney, so our hype hit rate is quite poor.

I said it long before Barkley left the club that he was massively hyped and that would not stand scrutiny over his career. He simply didn't have the football intelligence required. Sure enough, he stank out his last year or so with us and his subsequent "peak" years at Chelsea and Aston Villa have been disastrous when compared to the "expectation" so many naive people - or just plain bad judges of football, to give them their correct title - put on his shoulders.

In summary, Ross is now a very rich man. He has been successful by any objective measurement. But, by the same token, he has wasted his best years as a productive on-pitch active footballer, contributing almost nothing to his employers while watching what might have been a long England career go up in smoke. Another one in the long line whose ambition far exceeded his actual effectiveness.

 

[roy vernon]

Dross Starkly

 

[BigDuncTributeBand]

Can’t say no enough and I loved Barkley when he was here.

 

[AsiaAsia82]

No, not for me.
Can someone please right a message about this on a bedsheet and place on the Park end gates please.
Thanks

 

[kenada_blue]

Bring a bloooooo hoooooooome.


Nah. Frank doesn't rate him so it'll be a no go.

 

[Death]

Hes been complete garbo for 5 years.

And then he went to Chelsea.