Ross Barkley

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I never ever thought i'd see a pass as bad as that Naismith to Jelavic one a few seasons ago but Ross damn sure tried his hardest to match that today.
 
Kiwi said:
Complete dichotomy with Ross there. Best player going forward, couple of great passes.
Then about 3 or 4 utterly daft passes straight to spurs players, a couple of which could have resulted in goals for them.
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Needs to sort out his head. Had some good moments in that first half, should have had an assist with that lovely drop of the shoulder and reverse ball.
At the same time he was bloody awful, played us into trouble on several occasions.
I want to see him develop more desire when he's not on the ball, move for it to create spaces and work to win it back.
Hopefully a full preseason and some rest will do him good.
 

Ok RB was subbed he created two chances in the 2nd half what did we create?
a two man midfield Osman and RB with no width now that's a problem oh it was as we were out played!
 
Joey66 said:
Ok RB was subbed he created two chances in the 2nd half what did we create?
a two man midfield Osman and RB with no width now that's a problem oh it was as we were out played!
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We played better without him on the pitch and thats been the trend for quite a few matchs rcently
 
He was awful. The whole team bar Stones was awful. Martinez has been awful. Big summer ahead and a big season for the likes of Ross and Lukaku.
 

The stupidest player I've ever seen.

I'm convinced that his Nigerian heritage is actually the result of a Steve Martin in The Jerk-type scenario.
 
this has too often been my reaction to Ross' play this season...

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sageyefc said:
We played better without him on the pitch and thats been the trend for quite a few matchs rcently
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Did we though? From my point of view we were just as bad in the 2nd half and lost shape going forward for a bit more shape defensively (which was the part missing in the 1st half)

I agree that Barkley is playing really poorly but the one good chance we created today was his ball through and he showed signs of the player he was when he first broke through last year with the brief run and pass out wide to coleman that dragged 4/5 spurs plays inwards towards the ball.

His passing today was inexcusable and can't be blamed on anything other than poor football awareness, the confidence excuse can be used as much as people like but to play a no look back pass to a CB in your own half takes a bit of confidence but completely lacks awareness.

IMO it needs to be accepted now that he is not and never will be a true CM and should be moved as far up the pitch as possible to affect the game in the final 3rd, this is going to mean he needs to start showing up with some performances but at the moment all he is showing is that he doesn't have the defensive and footballing awareness to play in a 2/3 man midfield but when he plays on instinct in the final 3rd he can make something happen
 
Had a poor season, as has the whole team. Gone backwards.
Had better stop believing his own hype and stat knuckling down and working on his football.
 
II McColl II said:
Did we though? From my point of view we were just as bad in the 2nd half and lost shape going forward for a bit more shape defensively (which was the part missing in the 1st half)

I agree that Barkley is playing really poorly but the one good chance we created today was his ball through and he showed signs of the player he was when he first broke through last year with the brief run and pass out wide to coleman that dragged 4/5 spurs plays inwards towards the ball.

His passing today was inexcusable and can't be blamed on anything other than poor football awareness, the confidence excuse can be used as much as people like but to play a no look back pass to a CB in your own half takes a bit of confidence but completely lacks awareness.

IMO it needs to be accepted now that he is not and never will be a true CM and should be moved as far up the pitch as possible to affect the game in the final 3rd, this is going to mean he needs to start showing up with some performances but at the moment all he is showing is that he doesn't have the defensive and footballing awareness to play in a 2/3 man midfield but when he plays on instinct in the final 3rd he can make something happen
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Completly disagree, he'll never be top class in the final third, hes not got the brain or speed of thought for it, not creative enough. His positioning is awful constantly in the way of things, hes lazy off the ball and doesnt press his nearest man.

We need to look at trying to turn him into a Ballack, someone who plays deep but can charge forward with the ball, thats one of the things hes actually good at, its just how we fit him in there because hes prone to switching off so you almost have to play 2 DMs with him in there as security
 

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