2017/18 Ross Barkley

[blueloon]

Whatever happens with Koeman , Ross doesn't have the stature to turn this team around on his own , even at his best he's not that type of inspirational player who can drag this team up by the scruff of the neck. Maybe Rooney a few years ago could have done it. Either Koeman stays and we somehow muddle our way back into respectability or he goes and the new man breathes fresh life into them . I can't help but feel he's dodged a bullet with his injury, as he'd have been tried out at some time ,but wouldn't have turned it around for us , no one player is capable of that, and ended up getting dogs abuse from some and MoM from others.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

And some said Sigurdsson was way better.

 

[Connor]

 

[davek]

To be fair it was coined by a good blue to follow on twitter: @nsno_83

Mark O"Brien came out with a belter in his last blog: Niasse - the Sub-Saharan Straqualarsi

Cap doffed.

 

[chicoazul]

Mar O"Brien came out with a belter in his last blog: Niasse - the Sub-Saharan Straqualarsi

Cap doffed.

Incredible. Best Everton penner out there for me Mr O’Brien.

 

[SeanyD]

What chances have we got of Barkley putting on the royal blue jersey again? Who (at the club) could get his confidence back? Barkley at the top of his game is terribly missed at Goodison! He could turn our season around.

 

[NCLBlue]

What chances have we got of Barkley putting on the royal blue jersey again? Who (at the club) could get his confidence back? Barkley at the top of his game is terribly missed at Goodison! He could turn our season around.

The issue is that he doesn’t want to and his heart isn’t in it. Confident or not.

I would love him to stay and become as influential as he was after Christmas 17 but even when his injury clears up his fitness won’t be there.

We would have to turn it around without him to have any hope in him staying...

 

[Rudolf Hucker]

The issue is that he doesn’t want to and his heart isn’t in it. Confident or not.

I would love him to stay and become as influential as he was after Christmas 17 but even when his injury clears up his fitness won’t be there.

We would have to turn it around without him to have any hope in him staying...

Is the issue Koeman though?

 

[Tel001]

The best player in squad by some distance, ran games for 5 months solid last season, our kopite dinosaur fans will deny this, but koeman driving him out has been just as damaging as Rom going

Wtf? Ran games? Your talking absolute rubbish mate

 

[MACCA75]

Yeah we need Ross back. Because nobody rises to a challenge when the pressure is on and when Goodison is a cauldron of boiling frustration more than Ross Barkley..

Christ, he'd probably start crying.

 

[Rudolf Hucker]

The best player in squad by some distance, ran games for 5 months solid last season, our kopite dinosaur fans will deny this, but koeman driving him out has been just as damaging as Rom going

This

People who don't rate Ross should be forced to watch all our games without him in for the last few seasons.

Not perfect but does things that no other player we have can get near.

And this

Hang in there Ross....

And this

 

[Saint Domingo]

Yeah we need Ross back. Because nobody rises to a challenge when the pressure is on and when Goodison is a cauldron of boiling frustration more than Ross Barkley..

Christ, he'd probably start crying.

This. All the talent in the world but the lad is a complete flap artist. Can't function in any situation that isn't 'run of the mill home game against poor opposition with zero pressure on it'.

 

[Eggs]

And some said Sigurdsson was way better.

..early days. I think Sigurdsson can positively influence games much more than Barkley given he plays in his best position and in a formation that suits.

Be interesting if the manager re-introduces Barkley given he’ll be gone in January and Koeman has bought a number of replacements in his position. In a way, it’ll be a poor reflection of those additions if Barkley piggy backs them all.

 

[BigBlueConk]

Two of our best ( and important) players last season were Rom and Ross.
What we have now is hard to describe including the word 'team'.

Ross did a job for us last season that none of the new signings has risen to.
Look at the performances, I do not need to justify the comment any further.

I am not saying Ross has behaved like an Evertonian should, but we are so poor at the moment that some of us would take ANYTHING over what we are currently doing with the shower on the pitch.

 

[Ebrell22]

Two of our best ( and important) players last season were Rom and Ross.
What we have now is hard to describe including the word 'team'.

Ross did a job for us last season that none of the new signings has risen to.
Look at the performances, I do not need to justify the comment any further.

I am not saying Ross has behaved like an Evertonian should, but we are so poor at the moment that some of us would take ANYTHING over what we are currently doing with the shower on the pitch.

More like shower off the pitch who seems to not give a monkeys