Ross Barkley

[ijjysmith]

Aye, at least Wilshere when he isn't injured and trying to get in a fight is a technically good player.

Henderson can't even run around lots because of his injury so other than swearing at the ref am not sure what he is going to bring to the team.

I actually hate Henderson. And not just because he plays for them.

 

[BlueToff]

Oh, defo. I thought up until December he was a nailed on starter. But been poor this year.

He was great in January and February as well.

His form dipped around the W Ham game and he never really picked up again.

 

[John Osters Love Child]

Henderson Milner and Wilshere over a player who has starred in a championship winning team. England deserve everything they're going to get when they oh so predictably get swatted aside by the first decent team they meet in France.

It's sky 4 bias mate. If either of those 3 played for West Ham or Southampton they wouldn't be selected. Equally if Mark Noble played for the sh*te he'd have been called up. Roy assumes if you play for one of those Sky 4 clubs and you're English you are by default better than any other English players.

 

[TheFinnFan]

Hodgson is idiot ffs even I could pick better squad than him

 

[Toffeeslam]

Ross very lucky to be in that squad TBH, He has looked average the last few month so he can count his lucky stars.

I would have taken Leighton even with the injuries as his experience would have really helped that squad

My thoughts thanks

 

[Carlito]

Great news for Barkley.

Henderson over Drinkwater is embarrassing.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[The Cowboy]

We don't need a chart. We've got eyes.

 

[Tony Hibbert's 3rd leg]

Probably in the minority of people who thought Barkley rightly deserves his place in the team. He has the best attacking stats of any other England midfielder this season despite the team's performance. He is a very frustrating player granted but for me there's no doubt in my mind he deserves to be there. His consistency and maturation is overlooked when people knee jerk every time he loses the ball or hesitates to pass.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Nothing more than a media hatchet job on Barkley. One inane pundit says it, they all like the sound of it and parrot it back. No substance whatsoever.

 

[jal123]

Bmi is nonsense though isn't it. He's too big, whether that's muscle or fat doesn't really matter.

Any new manager should have half this squad cacking themselves for pre-season and them actually having to work.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Can understand the overweight critique.

He's not overweight, but as I've said loads on here - whoever is/was managing his fitness regime/plan has got it wrong. I think he's bulked up too much;

Some good points there but I think you're doing him a disservice on getting fit.

To me, it looks as though the club have him spending too much time in the gym. He's become a meat head which I'm not convinced aids his game.

It happens in football. Agbonlahor is an example. This to this.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Probably in the minority of people who thought Barkley rightly deserves his place in the team. He has the best attacking stats of any other England midfielder this season despite the team's performance. He is a very frustrating player granted but for me there's no doubt in my mind he deserves to be there. His consistency and maturation is overlooked when people knee jerk every time he loses the ball or hesitates to pass.

Depends what Hodgson is picking on. If it's form then Barkley is in the squad but perhaps not the starting line up. Henderson Wilshere and Sterling would be nowhere near it though. If it's who contributed to qualifying then Barkley should be in the team as should Carrick, Baines, Jags.

We all know though that any England managers selection is always based on 'what will the media like?'. So therefore we are carrying two central midfielders who have barely played for their clubs, a pair of left backs who hardly featured in qualifying, 2/3 of our first choice midfield have two international caps, and a striker who has not yet played even half a season of league football. Yet some people seriously think we might win it.

Heads should roll at the FA for our embarassing approach to tournament football. Other countries plan for a two year qualifying campaign. They pick similar squads over the course of that and then make minor changes either for new players in great form or injuries. Our squad barely resembles the one that started. We've not even settled on a preferred formation. Kane and Vardy have had a few games together, Rooney had just decided he's now a midfielder, Wilshere Henderson Dier Alli have barely played together for England, we don't know what the first choice CB pairing is (seeing as Jags took us through qualifying) and we have no idea who will start at full backs.

Same old same old every single year.

 

[The Cowboy]

Bmi is nonsense though isn't it. He's too big, whether that's muscle or fat doesn't really matter.

Any new manager should have half this squad cacking themselves for pre-season and them actually having to work.

Barkley needs to be banned from the gym, shown the running track, and told, 'get running, I'll tell you when to stop'.

 

[sageyefc]

Can understand the overweight critique.

He's not overweight, but as I've said loads on here - whoever is/was managing his fitness regime/plan has got it wrong. I think he's bulked up too much;



It happens in football. Agbonlahor is an example. This to this.

Happened to anichebe aswell, went from being a big powerful lad to then looking llike something off the wwf. Lost all agility in bulking up like that.