Blue Cheese
Mental Patient, GOT Ward
Bolasie ...check
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Bolasie ...check
He played in-and-around the area last night mate, and ran down blind alleys...
I so want Del to come good, but he needs to step up.
Oh definitely.
Difference is he usually somehow gets out of it and manages to get a cross in.
Prime example.
Last few minutes yesterday, we'd just had a decent(ish) chance where a cross had come in and VVD scrambled it clear.
The ball falls out to Del.
He's on the right touchline with 5 yards of space.
What does he do? Whip the ball in? Run to the byline?
No. He stops dead and tries to dribble his way past two men.
Wastes about 10/15 seconds, then concedes a throw-in.
Anyway, back on to Barks, he isn't a number 10. I'm not writing him off, he's got all the talent and all the tools to be a very very good central midfielder, but a No.10 he isn't.
Blue Cheese
Mental Patient, GOT Ward
It's got to the point where it's pointless criticising individuals(yes I know I've been slating Bolasie) as a collective unit the whole squad just aren't playing well. Nobody could shine in this current set up because it's so dis-jointed.
Going to be some big decisions made by the manager in the next few windows and I expect him to be this 'ruthless' guy I keep hearing about.
stick him in unts midfield and he would light them up - our midfield with barry and no other creative box to box midfielder is the reason why guaye is quite good in the lee carsley role he does not need barry to jog along side him imo!
Simon baker
Player Valuation: £10m
Been thinking this myself so easy to say get rid of them all when clearly very few teams in history ever does it. Get on the training pitch get prepared, work hard shut up talking to the press & then we will see what we need once we are actually functioning as currently weren't not even a team
Jt5688
Player Valuation: £950k
When Barkley had that performance in the middle against Arsenal in the 0-0 at Highbury a few years back I thought the same. The problem though is that he has never recovered mentally from his triple leg break. I genuinely cannot remember the last time he made an actual tackle. He jogs / runs towards a man in possession but then stops right in front of them without putting his foot in. He'd be slaughtered in central midfield doing this. If there's a 50-50 he pulls out every single time.
If he is in the team - and at this moment I don't think he should be anyway - he simply cannot play anywhere other than number 10, in a sort of Ozil role of attacking responsibility but without the expectation he makes any tackles, because he is simply too afraid to do so.
IllinoisBlue
Player Valuation: £10m
I so want Barkley to be successful but every game I see indecision and laziness. He makes the wrong decisions when he has the ball most of the time and he is lazy tracking back when he loses the ball. He' a very frustrating player to watch. I think the laziness can be addressed but I don't know how he can develop the footballing brain he needs to make good decisions about what to do with the ball. How do you teach someone to be smart? It's really worrying.
Jamesblue90
Player Valuation: £750k
The thing which is most glaringly obvious to me about Ross is that we still don't seem to know what his best position is after 3/4 seasons. You play him too deep and he is exposed defensively and doesn't run enough. Running the channels appears alien to him, so he's never going to be a De Bruyne type. Stick him behind Lukaku and he isn't creative enough, doesn't see the runs and can't unlock a defence. I know I'm stating the obvious here, but I feel as though his lack of identity as a player is the main cause of him not pushing on and becoming world class.
tadao
Player Valuation: £25m
I'm pretty sure there's schools and stuff but, I'll find out, pretty sure there's courses for you though.
How do you think he would do as an out and out striker?
I would love to see him tried up front.
What an absolute outrage that he's subject to exactly the same criticism as any other underperforming player in the team, don't people know that he's a delicate soul and a local lad? Disgrace, he should be immune from it and protected at all costs
He did say he thought of himself as a striker once.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/ross-barkley-im-a-striker-5430008
ImKoneKoneKoneKone
Player Valuation: £1m
Remember when Ross used to just beat a man and ping a shot off. This game he hits both the post/crossbar, when was the last time he even had two shots in a match
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