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Ross Barkley

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kenada_blue said:
It happened against Chelsea when he came on and against Spurs. His touch was loose and the odd trick or pull back he does would probably pull off if he had that extra speed/sharpness to pull it off. When he gets hussled he seems to panic and lose it.

The first half tonight, it was all down to his pressing. He didnt give them a sniff. But he lost the ball, was tackled easily, and misplaced a few passes. I think the couple of through balls he pulled off by the end of the 1st half brought him into the game more.
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Playing devil's advocate here...isn't that a function of playing against PL competition though? I mean training is one thing, but you'll only get used to the speed of the game by playing.

Count me as one who's not anti-Moyes in the least, but this one is a bit of a head scratcher.
 
Really grew into the game, outshone that little prick Wilshere IMO. Will only improve with more game time. The criticism of him isn't without merit, mind.
 
kenada_blue said:
It happened against Chelsea when he came on and against Spurs. His touch was loose and the odd trick or pull back he does would probably pull off if he had that extra speed/sharpness to pull it off. When he gets hussled he seems to panic and lose it.

The first half tonight, it was all down to his pressing. He didnt give them a sniff. But he lost the ball, was tackled easily, and misplaced a few passes. I think the couple of through balls he pulled off by the end of the 1st half brought him into the game more.
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Bang on the money, he's quality from out space though, hate to say it but he reminds me of rat face across the park.
 

Pabbers said:
My old man rung me after the game, HIS opinion of Barkley was, I would be having a word with him about losing the ball again.

What a joke that is, I asked him what would he say to Gibson and Pienaar about them losing the ball ??

If that really is the popular opinion of him, then we just don't deserve a player like him coming through.

So what he loses the ball, thats what happens when you gamble. He is played up the park so he has the players to back him up. He can lose it loads if we he is popping of shots like that now and again, and the odd cheeky through ball.

He showed more today as footballing "Number 10" then Tim Cahill did in the last 2 years. The boy is class, and i am made up he is getting time on the pitch.

Well done lad, cracker game.
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Mate, most Everton fans (only because of the hype over the last couple of seasons) are doing a comparison with Messi or the like, so Yes they are going to be disappointed. Now if they compared him to the rest of the Everton players on the pitch with him then he would be comparible. To me, being comparible means he is good enough but far too many have unreasonable comparisons so he is always going to be slated for not being the new Pele, Rooney, Messi, Zidane etc.
 
The lad is class. He'll be one of the top PL players for years to come. Hopefully we get to see it in an Everton shirt.
 
bluebottle said:
But you are turning round after a good performance saying "See? I knew he was going to do that. It's obvious he's been capable of doing it all along and Moyes has been holding him and us back".
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How the hell does that equate to me criticising Moyes for playing him tonight???
 

Jonathan Norcroft, Sunday Times Football Correspondent already giving it the "Barkley's performance will be good for thought for Sir Alex Ferguson" on twitter.


It's begun
 
had a very good game, would be disappointing to see him get dropped now to accommodate leon osman who has been quite poor recently imo, having barkley just behind the striker allows fellaini to play in his favoured and imo his best position alongside gibbo in centre midfield, hopefully ross will gain a bit more confidence from tonight, played well.
 

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