Seen this elsewhere interesting
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...wayne-rooney-circus-and-focus-on-getting-the/
'in what was meant to have been an average campaign for him,
Barkley scored 12 goals last season and the numbers would suggest that the rate of his progression is nothing to get too worried about.
Barkley has scored more goals than Steven Gerrard had at the same age and chalked up eight more assists than Frank Lampard. Chelsea’s all-time record goalscorer had netted two more than Barkley at the same stage of his career. To put the rate of his progression into greater context, Barkley has made 121 top-flight club appearances and, aged 22, Santi Cazorla had played 96 games and Michael Ballack 46. Both men had one assist to their name and neither had scored 10 goals.
He has responded well to Koeman’s tough love, starting all four of Everton’s following games and his statistics stand up against Dele Alli, who has overtaken Barkley in the England pecking order.
In the same number of Premier League games, Barkley has scored one less goal than Alli, but has created one more and has attempted two more shots. He has created seven more chances and has been more accurate with his passing and shooting.