No mate. They aren't the same player at all and as I keep saying, Barkley wasn't used in midfield for much of the season.
If we bring in Sigurdsson....
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
- Status
No mate. They aren't the same player at all and as I keep saying, Barkley wasn't used in midfield for much of the season.
If we bring in Sigurdsson....
You're blinkered
I appreciate that, but Gana, Davies and Morgan aren't going anywhere soon and we also have McCarthy, Besic and Barry at present. Unless he intends to use Barkley as one of the front 3 if he plays 4-3-3, but if its 4-3-1-2 I just don't see where Barkley fits in now as Klaassen will surely be the 1.
Barkley will be used as one of the front three, as he was since January...
Klaassen will be to compete with Davies/Gana (depending on the opposition) in a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1.
We should be aiming for a minimum of a 55 game season. We're going to need options.
applecrumble
Player Valuation: £10m
Looks the ****. Looking forward to seeing him play 
MACCA75
Player Valuation: £70m
Barkley will be on the bench. At Spurs.
I think the Cahill comparison, from what I've seen, is not quite right. Cahill was very much played by Moyes as a very attacking midfield, almost an auxiliary striker. You'd often watch Cahill be very much uninvolved in matches, and then pop up with a goal. He wasn't a player who got his foot on the ball and dictated play.
Klaasen (or, as Koeman will surely call him, "Dayfee"), looks like a player who gets much more involved in the game. Dropping deeper, passing more, setting the tempo. Still with that ability to burst forward and make a vital contribution to an attack and pop up with a goal. Dare I say it, a more accurate comparison might be with Gary Speed?
Klaasen (or, as Koeman will surely call him, "Dayfee"), looks like a player who gets much more involved in the game. Dropping deeper, passing more, setting the tempo. Still with that ability to burst forward and make a vital contribution to an attack and pop up with a goal. Dare I say it, a more accurate comparison might be with Gary Speed?
BornBlue76
Player Valuation: £35m
Completely agree. Said as well, more than ever we need heads. I always felt we had an excellent core and were 3 worldies short... I didn't want to go off on a tangent on my post and lose the point, but yes we have only a core of about 4/5 players (post Barkley/Rom) I would think are first team starters now and can be relied on every week and are close to the standard we want right now.
However its a transition. I think a team loses something by doing wholesale changes so we need to give it a couple seasons. Hence we wont have a huge net spend this summer. Just posted on that other thread this exact thing where I believe we will go next 2 years..
Kenshin
Player Valuation: £40m
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
You dont prove how better you are by getting the piss ripped out of you in the transfer market.
Spend a lot but spend wisely. That Lukaku cash wont stretch very much more now.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Of course I do, but it gets buried in an avalanche of comments from the naive on here who cant take valid reservations.haha @davek i just read through 10 pages of this topic and i have to admit that although you seem te be a little bit negative you also have a lot of good arguments.
Don't worry mate, i'm sure you will love Klaassen as well next season.
A little bit more maturity would be helpful.
Pete Campbell
Player Valuation: £2.5m
I really can't work out what Klaasen means for Gana and/or Davies.
- Status