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Ross Barkley joins Chelsea, er, Villa on loan

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My view hasn't differed for some time.

Good player.
Great athlete.
Capable of some great individual moments (Man City/Newcastle/Norwich).
Doesn't possess the mentality to be integral part of any top club.

That last point based on his hesitancy on the ball and he didn't "boss" enough games for Everton, his bottle went in every single Merseyside derby.

But this is not unique to him, I always thought there was a player in there but as has been said think he was badly unprofessional and never really improved.
 

You know something, sadly he's become such an irrelevance to me at least, I never even realised he's made his debut until reading about it just now.
Just browsing the headlines seems it wasn't an auspicious start.
Shame.
 
I actually went to the match last night as I'm London based, my Arsenal mate had nobody else to go with and it was only £20.

I laughed heartily when Conte was screaming at Barkley for how slow his warm up was and Willian had to come off before Ross had finished changing into his shirt, etc, meaning they played a few minutes with ten men.

It was same old Ross though. As others have noted, he slowed down the play. He mostly went with the easy option rather than trying to force a pass that wasn't there though, which I thought he was guilty of far too often when he played for us.

His corners again failing to clear the first man also gave me joy showing that, much like Lukaku, for all the talent, those same old failings we groaned at have not left him when he's left us...
 

My view hasn't differed for some time.

Good player.
Great athlete.
Capable of some great individual moments (Man City/Newcastle/Norwich).
Doesn't possess the mentality to be integral part of any top club.

That last point based on his hesitancy on the ball and he didn't "boss" enough games for Everton, his bottle went in every single Merseyside derby.

This should be the closing argument in every Barkley thread
There’s not one point there even Davek could argue with
 

I think we all know he underperformed and we all know why: he is nowhere near fitness.

Unfortunately we all know this too: he'll be holding silverware above his head a lot sooner than we'll see any Everton player doing that.

How much for a shag? Are you one them premium bodylords? I just want something cheap and nasty.
 

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