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Ross Barkley

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Worryingly bad.
Sort of expected a drop off given it was his second full season....but he's been rank. Not helped by the team being terrible too.
 
Needs to get himself sorted this summer.
Hope the coaching staff go away and have a good think as well because quite a lot of our players are going backwards.
 
...I don't want to go overboard but he has been the biggest disappointment. Ability is nothing without attitude and intelligence. The only reason i can offer is that perhaps a transfer has been agreed with Man City, other than that he has been poor.
 
sageyefc said:
Completly disagree, he'll never be top class in the final third, hes not got the brain or speed of thought for it, not creative enough. His positioning is awful constantly in the way of things, hes lazy off the ball and doesnt press his nearest man.

We need to look at trying to turn him into a Ballack, someone who plays deep but can charge forward with the ball, thats one of the things hes actually good at, its just how we fit him in there because hes prone to switching off so you almost have to play 2 DMs with him in there as security
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my point exactly, a player like this can never be trusted in a 2 DM formation it requires the CB on that side and the FB to do extra and also a large amount of responsibility on the DM next to him, even Matic who for me is one of the best DMs in world football needs another solid player next to him for the bigger games. It all irrelevant anyway as its all a matter of opinions and everyone views football differently but except for that i agree with you on him never being world class in the final 3rd just imo its the lesser of 2 evils and allows him to play more on his instinct instead of like you said having to rely on his brain and thought process when on the ball
 

II McColl II said:
my point exactly, a player like this can never be trusted in a 2 DM formation it requires the CB on that side and the FB to do extra and also a large amount of responsibility on the DM next to him, even Matic who for me is one of the best DMs in world football needs another solid player next to him for the bigger games. It all irrelevant anyway as its all a matter of opinions and everyone views football differently but except for that i agree with you on him never being world class in the final 3rd just imo its the lesser of 2 evils and allows him to play more on his instinct instead of like you said having to rely on his brain and thought process when on the ball
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But there lies the problem not quite good enough as a number 10 like we need, but not responsible enough deeper. So between a rock and a hard place.
 


How many times has RB started in a 2 in the first-team in cm? He is playing a messed up role with no help in this team with RM's McCarthy and Barry obsession and has had no run of games in out and out cm. He can't do it all alone. He has been caught in two minds a lot this season, probably cos he's surrounded by poor players going forward. Even has no help from Lukaku who is supposed to be one of the best in the world in a few years. He is brilliant, everyone has bad games, and how old is he....he will be worth £50m+ if we ever sell him....and I hope we don't.
 
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I actually felt sorry for Ross today.
Yes, he made some bad errors, but he looked a broken forlorn figure after one of them. His self confidence must be shot to bits, so the end of the season couldn't have come at a better time for the boy.
I for one hope he re-discovers the Ross most us know is in him and comes out next season fresh, confident and ready to take games by the scruff of the neck and dominate.
 

BlockHead said:
I actually felt sorry for Ross today.
Yes, he made some bad errors, but he looked a broken forlorn figure after one of them. His self confidence must be shot to bits, so the end of the season couldn't have come at a better time for the boy.
I for one hope he re-discovers the Ross most us know is in him and comes out next season fresh, confident and ready to take games by the scruff of the neck and dominate.
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He's crap

Would snatch someones hand off for 20m
 
Wasn't pressing the ball enough, but was playing some decent passes in the final third.

SHould have been Barry who made way for Besic, not Barkley.
 

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