I think you may be forgetting about alcaraz's touch.I know this may sound nutty, but we kicked off and Barkley lost the ball after 10secs playing with a sloppy pass.
Next time we touched ball was Tim taking it out of net.
This could be a factor if true.His head is deffo not right, he miles behind the player he was earlier on in the season. Was told a few weeks ago his agent is playing hard ball with Everton and are looking for a massive contract, this could be putting him under pressure.
I think it's almost guaranteed of any young player to go through this.Really disappointed with his recent performances, hope he does get his place in the squad for rio for his sake, but needs to get involved in games more, seems like he isn't motivated enough. Perhaps being left out of the squad would make him more determined to improve? Don't want to see him left out but it could do him good for next season. Gonna judge him on next season for now, look at sterling for example, pretty much same story in his breakthrough season and now he is playing well consistently.