Woolly Blue
Player Valuation: £80m
This.
He's just different class when all's said and done. In fact, it's unfair on Naismith to compare him with Barkley. Barkley, as mentioned, shifts the whole momentum of a game: the Derby last season at Goodison being a case in point. The pick up from centre circle to edge of box is terrifying and has opponents defences ALWAYS wary of what he'll do.
Correct.
They're two very different kind of players. Naisy's doing brilliantly and fully deserves his place in the team. What a fantastic dilemma for Martinez to have when Barkley is fit again though. Does he rotate them, try to find a system that suits both of them or what ?
Think back a year or two to when if someone got injured and we were struggling to find a half way decent replacement. Hence the importance of the squad rather than just the first eleven.