It can't be easy to play out of position, on your weaker foot, and with Moyes just a few yards away continually shouting you your instructions every second of the game. That said, Barkley disappointed me a bit. He didn't look sharp and dallied too long on a number of occasions. Maybe because of instructions, but he was never looking to do anything incisive. As The Executioners Blog reports, the very last pass he played, which was a dreadful one that gave Spurs possession, was a backward pass when he had more forward options available. I hope he's not had his instinctive tendencies to go forward knocked out of him.