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Ross Barkley

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Are you all missing the clear fact Koeman has said he hasn't signed it?

Asked if Barkley had given him an answer, Koeman replied: "No.
"I will speak to the board tomorrow and we will make a statement about that."
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He's our most gifted player. It's crucial we hang onto him and get the best from him.

If the BU tweet is correct this has been a good end to the day...and a very important one, imo, for the club in the future.
 
Ernie said:
so he waited until the last day of the season to sign?

Why?

His agent must know the teams above have gone cold on him
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Or, if he has - and that's a big if - maybe his agent and him just wanted to get the season over before conducting off the field matters?

Not that it matters now; thanks to Koeman, even if he does sign and had every intent to, he's a Judas in the eyes of the fans and wanted off.
 

Tony Hibbert's 3rd leg said:
Players want success and lots of money. If the opportunity arises to move on, they'll take it. You're either not good enough and you get moved on to a lesser team, are in the middle state of progression (The team are happy with where you are, so are you with where the team is) or you get a sniff about the possibility of success and more money. If the team aren't succeeding and you 'think' you're better, you look for a move.

Players are fickle. Fans are fickle. When Ross was playing well before last year's european championships I was championing him for an England spot and lamenting his omission. It was a time of where people messaged him plenty of "Never leave Ross".

A year later, no signs of real progression from him. The pressure ramps up. Barkley starts the season well. Doesn't get an England look in still. Deletes his England instagram pictures. Hilarious, but a rather telling attitude and response. Starts getting benched. Sees Lukaku linked with a move away. Starts wondering what he's doing here.

And suddenly, just like that, you have a boyhood blue, our 'Diamond' who had so much promise, who we were meant to build a team around, essentially messing the club he supports around. And then it gets to a stage where the majority of fans are not bothered whether he stays or goes, in fact a large proportion are through with him all together.

It's no shock, it happens to every club in world football. It's more perplexing when the player in question is an avid supporter of the club. This club has too many players who are not good enough. Over the years we've had some of our best talents leave, and we could have what was our 3 key talents leave in a year. You can be bothered by that fact, or accept it. What the team lacks the most is those players who see what we can achieve, and Koeman is dictating that himself.

If you're half arsed and are considering whether you want to be here leave. If you're not good enough, we want you to leave. If you want to give 100% every game regardless of where you've come from or where you want to be, then you're what we want.

Sorry it's come to this Ross, truly. But you're not as good as you think you are. We want you to stay. We want you do to better here. But if you're not getting better, if you're having reservations, we're not going to wait, and we are not arsed.

*That was longer than intended.
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That pretty much sums it up mate. Although I'm one of those that is still arsed because I think there's a player in there that will get better when we improve the playing staff around him. After RKs comments post match though, it's pretty clear he won't be staying and that saddens me.

The grass isn't always greener so he could be making a mistake by not signing. But part of me hopes he smashes it where he goes and turns into true world class player.
 
My mate just text me And said he seen him looking up the lyrics to " you'll never walk alone", he's on the train back to Liverpool.

Just passing on the info.
 

Tubey said:
Not that it matters now; thanks to Koeman, even if he does sign and had every intent to, he's a Judas in the eyes of the fans and wanted off.
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If he did sign, I think the majority of fans would be fine with the whole situation. Even if it got a little messy towards the end.

As far as I'm concerned, it'd be a clean slate. It'd also be a vote of confidence in Koeman and the future.

No hard feelings.
 
Moshiri must want his Jim White event again to announce the 'coup', whereas Bill preferred the trestle table moment.

I'm guessing tomorrow TalkSport mid-morning and Moshiri declaring Ross is part of the family and couldn't be allowed to leave.
 

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