On Barkley not being ready - if you're good enough, you are old enough. Did anyone wait for Messi to get old enough so he could start playing more often? Did Wenger wait for Wilshere to be older to play him against Barcelona? If age was something that should be regarded for players, then we would not have C. Ronaldo, too. Not to mention Barcelona themselves wouldn't exist, as won't Real Madrid, United and quite a lot more rich teams. Even the RS have started playing youngsters, FFS! And we supposedly have one of the best academies in Ingurland, so why is no one playing in the first team at the moment? I mean not week in-week out, but I'd like to see SOMEONE given an extended chance. Sadly it won't happen, as Moyes takes no risks. Have you heard the old saying "fortune favours the brave"? We're as brave as [Poor language removed] to be fair - playing 8 defenders and all that, and giving youngsters an extended 2 minute chance, in which they, unless alien, won't perform and then Moyes will say "he's not ready". How do you know if he's ready if you give him 5 minutes? That proves absolutely nothing to anyone. If I was a good prospect, I would chose someone else over Everton.
Oh, and you don't want them to carry us? They won't, no one wants Moyes to play the academy instead of the first team. Would you be more excited about this formation
Howard
Coleman - Jags - Heitinga/Distin - Baines
Drenthe - Fellaini - Rodwell - Gueye
Osman/Barkley
Vellios/Stracqalursi
Or our current one? Note that this could also turn into a 4-4-2 very easy, as the AMC just gets subbed by one of the mentioned already strikers.
Be honest about this.
And yes, Moyes is tactically inept. Inept is even such a generous word for him at the moment, that it's unbelievable. ANYONE who refuses to see how bad the team is performing, and certain individuals in it, is deluded, to say the least. I have no comment about someone who would pick such a team week in, week out, based on favouritism, not performances.
I have more stuff to say, but gotta go at the moment, so it's only that.
From the typical Moyes defenders I'd expect no answers to anything I said and, instead, more questions given.