Ross Barkley

[Eggsyblueskin]

He has all of the talent but none of the presence.

 

[Timak]

He has all of the talent but none of the presence.

He scored 14 and assisted 12 goals in the first 30 games last year.

 

[riddick]

He scored 14 and assisted 12 goals in the first 30 games last year.

Aaaaaand since then?


Love Ross, desperately want him to succeed, but stats are very misleading when you pick and choose what to look at

 

[Simon baker]

Aaaaaand since then?


Love Ross, desperately want him to succeed, but stats are very misleading when you pick and choose what to look at

Since then he has played in a team we're absolutely nobody including seasoned pros has played well.

23 he is far too early to write him off

Edit bar idrissa Gueye

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

He scored 14 and assisted 12 goals in the first 30 games last year.

Like so many of our team he excels in certain areas but is poor in others. He's a central midfielder who can't tackle or get a boot in and becomes a liability when the opposition is in possession .

 

[Gufty]

Like so many of our team he excels in certain areas but is poor in others. He's a central midfielder who can't tackle or get a boot in and becomes a liability when the opposition is in possession .

He's not alone, that also sounds like a description of Paul Scholes.

 

[BigDuncis Blue]

again the only one to come to the away support at the end of todays game.That is something I really respect about him

 

[Goat]

Lets get him sold lads and stick 1 of the U16s in.

 

[demo84]

Wasn't comparing. But he is a type of creative attacking player, not this myth box to box tackling etc player some people want him to be.

Maybe because hes English and that's whst we want.

If he was Spanish etc, they'd utilise what he can do, not what he can't which is why I mentioned your Ozils etc.

He can't do a lot of things. He can't shoot. He can't make a simple pass while we're counter attacking. He struggles to just control the ball at the minute.

Every time we attack through him nothing becomes of it because he makes awful choices and has poor execution.

The sooner he realises that he is not as good as he is made out to be. Then he can start to work on the areas he needs to improve to become a good player.

 

[tommye]

Lets get him sold lads and stick it in 1 of the U16s.

Is that you Zat?

 

[ToffeeTim]

Get him back in the team. I know it hurts him when we lose, and whilst his attitude ain't great himself, there's plenty who I'm convinced do not give one toss if we win lose or draw. It's all £££££££££££££££

 

[jonnyg]

That swerving cross field pass from him to del was boss though

 

[Fansince1988]

Barkley not been great but he has certainly been made the scapegoat for many others not performing, has Lukaku, Barry, Baines,Coleman been any better? , they are not really pulling their weight either. The only one that can't really be dropped is Lukaku as we haven't really got a replacement, If it was me I'd defiantly be starting Holgate and play McCarthy instead of Barry for a few games and give Valencia a start, nothing is going to change until the teams tweaked abit but our last two managers seem scared to do that.

 

[Jags..class]

Barkley not been great but he has certainly been made the scapegoat for many others not performing, has Lukaku, Barry, Baines,Coleman been any better? , they are not really pulling their weight either. The only one that can't really be dropped is Lukaku as we haven't really got a replacement, If it was me I'd defiantly be starting Holgate and play McCarthy instead of Barry for a few games and give Valencia a start, nothing is going to change until the teams tweaked abit but our last two managers seem scared to do that.

I would play McCarthy but does he even want to be here.

 

[Fansince1988]

I would play McCarthy but does he even want to be here.

Would you drop Lukaku because he doesn't want to be here either? I would rather Besic with Gana but he's injured, but there's always Gibson? But he's probably injured to.