Ross Barkley

[wainy]

Over rated by evertonians and lazy. Not kicked on in the last 2 years. Still a good player, just don't think he's as good as we think he is.

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

The Manager is also telling him to do as little off the ball as possible

And yet he's one of the first to be blowing for tugs later in the game. The lad's not fit for a full 90. Nor are half the others.

 

[Blue Horse]

Over rated by evertonians and lazy. Not kicked on in the last 2 years. Still a good player, just don't think he's as good as we think he is.

And his decision making is terrible. Runs too far with the ball when there's an easy pass to someone in far better position or when he should shoot. Takes far too many touches on the ball at times too giving opposition time to get defence organised.

 

[Jags..class]

Over rated by evertonians and lazy. Not kicked on in the last 2 years. Still a good player, just don't think he's as good as we think he is.

His stats are very similar to gerrard tbf
His first 5 years
Gerrard
Appearances. Goals
13 1
33 1
50 10
45 4
54 7

Barkley
9 0
38 7
36 2
39 12

Gerrard was 24 when he got 13 goals and doubles figures for the next 10 years.

Barkley is growing and already got double figures and yet he not at his best yet.

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

Hate reading fans comments about him, telling him to "grow a pair", "harden up", "get over it" etc, like your mental wellbeing is just something you can fix with a click of your fingers.

Perhaps the lad's not gonna be that world class player that we invisiged, maybe he will, but I know one thing, booing him and telling him to "grow a pair" isn't going to make him play better.

He needs to play with a bit less fear of criticism. Worrying about making a mistake inevitably leads to making a mistake.

He looks like he's terrified of making a mistake half the time. You can almost see the cogs whirring around in his head. He either hesitates, makes the wrong decision, plays the ball too hard or too light, or runs into the nearest man while showing too much of the ball.

He needs to do a bit less thinking about how he's going to beat his man when he's got the ball, and more about where the ball's gonna end up when he hasn't.

He's had a few full seasons now, if he hasn't improved in any of the categories I've mentioned by the end of next season - especially under new tuition - then I'd get rid, because he'll never improve.

 

[Elong]

He needs to play with a bit less fear of criticism. Worrying about making a mistake inevitably leads to making a mistake.

He looks like he's terrified of making a mistake half the time. You can almost see the cogs whirring around in his head. He either hesitates, makes the wrong decision, plays the ball too hard or too light, or runs into the nearest man while showing too much of the ball.

He needs to do a bit less thinking about how he's going to beat his man when he's got the ball, and more about where the ball's gonna end up when he hasn't.

He's had a few full seasons now, if he hasn't improved in any of the categories I've mentioned by the end of next season - especially under new tuition - then I'd get rid, because he'll never improve.

Don't disagree with any of that, next year is make or break for him if he's going to be truly world class. He's got all the potential. Needs some proper management though.

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

Don't disagree with any of that, next year is make or break for him if he's going to be truly world class. He's got all the potential. Needs some proper management though.

Not all about management though. He has to get himself right, as much as any manager can do for him.

There was no excuse for last Saturday's overtly half-arsed effort. He can't claim he was overawed by the occasion because he's played at wembley for his country.

 

[Elong]

Not all about management though. He has to get himself right, as much as any manager can do for him.

There was no excuse for last Saturday's overtly half-arsed effort. He can't claim he was overawed by the occasion because he's played at wembley for his country.

A great manager, no, a good manager even, will get more out of him.

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

A great manager, no, a good manager even, will get more out of him.

I'd hope so!

 

[ExpatinBangkok]

He has great potential- but for the next year or two we should have a proven, class CAM (like a Payet, De Bruyn etc) in the first team, with Barkley coming on as a sub - build up his expereince . At the moment he is getting on the job training and it shows in his performances..

 

[demo84]

His stats are very similar to gerrard tbf
His first 5 years
Gerrard
Appearances. Goals
13 1
33 1
50 10
45 4
54 7

Barkley
9 0
38 7
36 2
39 12

Gerrard was 24 when he got 13 goals and doubles figures for the next 10 years.

Barkley is growing and already got double figures and yet he not at his best yet.

But Gerrard was a DM when he started and barkley has a free role.

What the stats don't tell you is the amount of wasted attacking opportunities we make due to his passing and decision making.

He does one good thing a game and gets lots of praise for it and 10-20 bad things and no one in the media mentions it or brushes it off.

Praise and confidence boosting talk is great but sometimes a player needs to know the areas where he is going wrong to improve them.

Hopefully a new manager will sort this out because at the minute Roberto is ruining a whole load of our young players

 

[KevMirallas]

But Gerrard was a DM when he started and barkley has a free role.

What the stats don't tell you is the amount of wasted attacking opportunities we make due to his passing and decision making.

He does one good thing a game and gets lots of praise for it and 10-20 bad things and no one in the media mentions it or brushes it off.

Praise and confidence boosting talk is great but sometimes a player needs to know the areas where he is going wrong to improve them.

Hopefully a new manager will sort this out because at the minute Roberto is ruining a whole load of our young players

Definitely, what the lad needs is more people telling him he's useless. Surefire path to success.

 

[BlueToff]

He's boss. He's been poor the last few games. All of them have, pretty much, and he can be especially frustrating to watch at times when he sees to play within himself.

However...

12 goals and 10 assists in all competitions for Everton this season.

2 goals and 2 assists for England.

So, 14 goals, 12 assists.

He's 22...

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

Definitely, what the lad needs is more people telling him he's useless. Surefire path to success.

And what Barkley needs to do is to shut them up, innit? No excuses for that semi final - where he was useless for all but 5 seconds.

 

[BlueToff]

And what Barkley needs to do is to shut them up, innit? No excuses for that semi final - where he was useless for all but 5 seconds.

No there aren't excuses mate...

But, he's a 22-year-old who has been great for us this season. He went into that game in poor form, as did the rest of the team. It happens. Ro was turd, McCarthy poor, Baines, Besic... they were all pretty bad.

It's not as easy as been able to 'shut the crowd up'. Players just can't turn form in and off like a tap, and playing in a team devoid of confidence with little faith in the manager won't help...