Koeman: "Barkley looking for a new challenge"

[Zezti]

Not wanting to fight for his place it seems.
When the going gets tough, Ross gets going.

Swap deal for Gylfi please.

 

[BigBlueConk]

Another polarising issue then lads?

Some will miss him, some wont.

 

[Professor Toffee]

Rubic's cube Ross?

 

[DownOnTheUpside]

he's regressed from his first full season IMO

used to run at players and take on everyone, shoot from range etc

now has become an utter crab

 

[ilikecheese]

The only surprise for me is that some of you actually seem surprised.

 

[Fletch]

Lots of raw talent, no footballing brain, not a clever guy, we will get over it, best thing for everyone is try to get as much as we can and for him to have a fresh start elsewhere, let Spurs or Arsenal or even Man Utd try to give him his chance. I think Mourinho might fancy a punt and he may already been hearing things about who wants him.

 

[LABlue2]

We've got a terncoat called Ross barkley!

 

[The binman chronicles]

And he thought he got a booing at Goodison already. Going to be toxic when he rocks up.

Words fail sometimes. Why roscoe? Why? I don't think i'm ever going to get over this loss. I doubt I'll be able to eat or sleep or do anything ever again.

Oh well, better have some dinner and have a nice nap afterwards.

See you Barkley

 

[kenada_blue]

he's regressed from his first full season IMO

used to run at players and take on everyone, shoot from range etc

now has become an utter crab

Assists, goals, chances created all excel his first season.

 

[Tigger]

Obviously can't handle Koeman and his ruthless, straight forward approach. Probably lots to do with Martinez blowing bubbles up his arse for 3 years but if he is unwilling to fight, meh. See ya Ross, shame it wasn't to be.

 

[ncblue]

The thing is Zat, what have those 'stars' done for us??

Two successive 11th placed finishes, two semi-final defeats and seventh place?

If they want out, which they all have done, then fine. They've literally brought us no success, so I don't really care.

Exactly. I don't mind loosing any of them. It'll be business as usual if they stay - especially capitulating against the RS twice a year.

It'll be exciting to see a new field of players this season. Players that Koeman wants and that will hopefully have no fear.

 

[hktoffee]

The thing is Zat, what have those 'stars' done for us??

Two successive 11th placed finishes, two semi-final defeats and seventh place?

If they want out, which they all have done, then fine. They've literally brought us no success, so I don't really care.

Spot on.

@Zatara Lukaku I can see why. Not the other 3. A defender cannot defend. A winger who is bought back by his former club just to make profit after a year and a midfielder with all the tools but not the football brain, who thinks he is better than he actually is.

 

[BlueToff]

Just reading your post made me chuckle - Essentially we are putting a lot of emphasis on hope. Hope Rooney scores 15, hope Sandro & Klassen settles in. But one thing is clear - we are atleast trying to move from 1 main goal scorer to distribute the goal scoring across MF & Fwd line.

But regardless, I am skeptical, until I see these new players play in PL. Hence my problem with selling Barkley to another top6 and strengthen them.

By that metric though any transfer is a risk, and we've all be hoping Ross can turn into a 15-goal per-year midfielder for the past three years...

We're going for a mix of PL proven players and then younger players from abroad like Sandro and Klaassen - both of which have very good pedigrees.

 

[mmmmsnouts]

Ross has talent but he's just a massive bottler. For all the talk of needing to improve our mentality against big teams, unfortunately he is the kind of player who has to be replaced to make that happen.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Maybe the contract was just on the table behind him the whole time but there was nobody there to shout TERRRNNN ROSS so he didn't see it.