Blitzer2011
Player Valuation: £950k
Getting personal now!
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Getting personal now!
Coming from the guy who's said he's crap off the bench when that's clearly not the case. Came on against Sunderland, was boss. Came on against Hull, was boss.
He's not actually come off the bench that often for us this year so there's no way you could possibly declare in such a black and white way that he's crap off the bench. Much more likely is a simple loss of form.
Fat Stan
Player Valuation: £750k
Not after yesterday!
Fat Stan
Player Valuation: £750k
I was actually happy with Barkley yesterday. I was exceptionally open in my criticism of him last week after an absolutely hopeless display but I was just happy to see him get on the ball and do it simple yesterday. He has tried too hard as of late which has led to stupid errors and I think a tackle here and a few simple passes there will build up his confidence again so that be can begin to try the snazzy when it's on.
Del
Ric Wee fan club member 2014
Baines is a left back ffs
Barkley is an attacking mid and is the link between the midfield and the forward
Zero assists is poor
Jayhow15
Player Valuation: £35m
Thats right, how ignorant of me not to notice, I'll get back in my box.
Dunno why you quoted Barkley as the initial comparison was to Ozzie, who for some reason despite being one of our own players, seems to get needlessly berated on here by those who want Barkley fast tracked to a regular starting berth. (Will be those same eejits who then slag him once he's left after getting that regular berth)
I think that Ozzie is a limited footballer but would never slag him off, regardless of how average he's played !
Bedfordshiretoffee
Player Valuation: £1.5m
Be interesting to see how Barkley does if he gets on tonight - a poor game could lose him his seat on the WC plane.
bluemangroup
Player Valuation: £70m
I'm not sure the world cup is exactly what he needs in his first season, myself. He still needs to master the league first.
Christiffa25
Player Valuation: £35m
Tend to agree from a footballing point of view. However the whole experience could well be great for his confidence, big game/tournament experience and general growing up from a boy wonder to a top player.
CahillsCornerFlag
Player Valuation: £70m
He should still definitely have got some in the league though, given that he's played attacking mid and had ample opportunity to.
It's a strange case with Barkley, I myself have no idea how to deal with him at this stage of his career, does he keep starting? Does he come on from the bench? Does he have a break from playing? I don't know what is good for him or what isn't. It's a hard situation for a manager. Now I believe Martinez adopts the philosophy "if you are good enough, you will play regardless of your age" which is a good way to think but I think with it being Barkley's first proper season, a lot of expectancy has been placed on him. He scored a worldy at Norwich, a lovely goal against Newcastle and a cracking free kick at Swansea, I can understand why the lad feels under pressure, we see him as one of the best players in our squad and we do depend on him. We expect more than enough from him, he is trying to impress us as well which he needs to forget about. There has been games this season when we have expected him to change it and we shouldn't be that way. Let the boy develop.
Dario Terracotta
Player Valuation: £70m
Hope this injury is not more serious,the last good game I can recall him having was the game he did his toe in against QPR,he seriously stank the gaff out when he came on at Chelsea.
He broke a toe and has been playing through the pain and lost a bit of sharpness.
He's not suddenly turned into John Oster.
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