Charlie Sweet
Player Valuation: £35m
Thanks mum. By common consensus he's having a little dip in form. Why wouldn't you give him a start on the bench in the next game and bring him on with a half hour left?
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Thanks mum. By common consensus he's having a little dip in form. Why wouldn't you give him a start on the bench in the next game and bring him on with a half hour left?
Charlie Sweet
Player Valuation: £35m
I didn't say that. Read the post my good man.
Because you don't need to bench a player if their form dips. It's not like his form is costing us goals - which is why many were calling for say, Howard, to be dropped. The best way for Barkley to re-find his form is with game-time.
No mate, he really isn't - he had one bad game! His Sunderland performance was excellent, which everyone except you for some reason recognises.
http://www.thefa.com/news/england/2015/nov/ross-barkley-everton-run-riot-against-sunderland
The reason I wouldn't bench him is because I'm not utterly nuts. He's made us tick for the majority of this season. The alternative is Naismith, and for all the good things Naismith can do, asking him to be a playmaker is just about the stupidest idea ever. Or it would be, if you hadn't have suggested Gibson at the same time!
Charlie Sweet
Player Valuation: £35m
I disagree mate. Goals count for the same at both ends. Barkley keeps making poor choices of late and looks disinterested. He needs a kick up the backside.
Foot Long Hot Dog
Player Valuation: A packet of pork scratchings
Only you did old bean. You said he needed benching with Gibson coming in. You didn't say as a straight swap positionally, but the outcome you were advocating was that Ross sat on the bench whilst Gibbo was in the starting XI.
Go have a lie down mate.
Kiwi
Say NO to Ginger Managers
Some people are proper clueless on here. Yeah the lad had a crap game, lets drop the one player who looks to pass forward and move the ball at pace for us.
Young players by nature are inconsistent. But he's performed well this season, and doesn't deserve to be dropped just yet.
Naismith can't pass the ball more than 5 yards and so is definitely the answer.
Young players by nature are inconsistent. But he's performed well this season, and doesn't deserve to be dropped just yet.
Naismith can't pass the ball more than 5 yards and so is definitely the answer.
Charlie Sweet
Player Valuation: £35m
Don't quote a FA PR jobby as proof Barkley had a good game!
I'm not suggesting like for like replacements with Naismith or definitely Gibson.
Charlie Sweet
Player Valuation: £35m
Firstly I am lying down already. And you Mar says Hi.
We have, for once, a decent array of attacking players. I'm suggesting the line-up could be re-jigged with Barkley benched in favour of others coming in. That's all.
Foot Long Hot Dog
Player Valuation: A packet of pork scratchings
So you're trying to say that Barkley didn't have a good game vs Sunderland then?
Charlie Sweet
Player Valuation: £35m
As I said at the time - No I definitely do not think he had a "good" game against Sunderland.
Foot Long Hot Dog
Player Valuation: A packet of pork scratchings
He's done nothing to deserve being benched, and the other alternatives to him, are all inferior to the lad.
This was his opinion on his Sunderland performance.
Seriously
Kiwi
Say NO to Ginger Managers
Did he not score a worldy lad?
Oh boo hoo, must have been crap then.
Doesn't have to score or assist to have a good game, kept things moving and ticking for us.
Foot Long Hot Dog
Player Valuation: A packet of pork scratchings
You're either on the wind up or you have absolutely no understanding of the game whatsoever.
Either way, it's a waste of time continuing to discuss it, if that's your genuine opinion.
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