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The narrative here is largely right but it needs to be mentioned that he set out to make the team a better attacking outfit and failed at that. Yeah they got worse defensively but that could have been ok if they were a much better team up the other end. He didn’t build on 2013-14 at all though...

Any suggestion that Martinez was a better Everton manager than Moyes doesnt pass the sniff test.

...highest-ever Premier League total. Only 39 goals conceded – still Moyes’ defensive structure. Baines–Coleman full-back peak, Lukaku on loan, Barkley breakout, prime Stones/Jagielka. But this season increasingly looks like the illusion: 13 of the starting XI were the same players Moyes...

He was out injured at the start of the season - for a couple of months and got himself back into the squad and was getting more minutes. Emery said before the latest injury that he was close to starting.

Course he was class....33 caps for England in a very good group of midfielders, he was a very good player. Not World class but he was absolutely a class player till his injuries affected him.

He was a class act for a short spell under Roberto - injuries took their toll though - he was on his way down when we sold him to Chelsea ....

And themselves a la Rooney and Barkley

If Barkley had a brain he would be deadly. Still a talent though, just was a little missing that stopped him being that next level up.

He’s an impact man off the bench for a champions legate level side at 32 , I’m not his biggest fan but to downplay his talent especially in his younger days when he was starting for England is short sighted

Barkley has only played in 8 matches this season, a total of 145 mins, he's a bit part player nowadays.

Rooney was a generational talent , Barkley on his day is class had all the attributes apart from mentality Barkley is still getting good minutes for villa now

Barkley was never in a million years a class player, Rooney was a one off.

A bit more erudite than Ross Barkley, that's for sure.

You also have to consider what we think of managers and how we’d rate them, Ancelotti would be considered elite, pretty certain we’d consider Dyche a few tiers below that, even before he managed us.

don’t let dave hear that

...the first part of the season when we were flying) but when injuries hit, it wasn’t exactly quality depth when you are calling on the likes of holgate, Davies, Godfrey, Keane and Delph. Martinez getting 47 points 2 years on the spin with the likes Lukaku, Barkley, Delofeu, stones etc is...

...in the prem for anyone who isn’t a striker. Siggurdson is at the top with 19 in 18/19. Next best is 16 achieved by Richarlison, Mirallas, Barkley, Fellaini, Baines, Cahill in their best seasons at the club. Some of these players also obviously took penalties and/or set pieces. Grealish is...

Yeah he just can be careless when passing but the worst for me is how he can’t hide the ball when carrying it. For someone that wants to do it so often he’s so easy to dispossess. Reminds me of Barkley when he first came through in that respect, Ross got much better at it.

Do you ever wonder if there's an Everton Rats WhatsApp group with Gordon, Barkley, Barmby, and Abel Xavier. Horrible rat still.

Ross Barkley?