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2017/18 Ross Barkley

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Yank said:
Care to expand on that because I believe you are probably misunderstanding me.
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Well

Yank said:
Do we really need another CAM? It seems like that's all this team has and none are very good

Including Ross, I'm not quite sure how special he is. Either way, I think he's done here and he'll probably wander around the likes of Swansea's, West Ham's, Southampton's... mid table starter for the rest of his career. He can go or stay, he won't change the club
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1 you say he is destined to be a mid table starter for the rest of his career - what do you think we are, we have been mid table for years and now we are not even that atm, we are in the relegation zone so mid table is a step up atm

2 chelsea and tottenham both want him, neither are mid table teams

hence you post is stupid
 
Hannu said:
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1 you say he is destined to be a mid table starter for the rest of his career - what do you think we are, we have been mid table for years and now we are not even that atm, we are in the relegation zone so mid table is a step up atm

2 chelsea and tottenham both want him, neither are mid table teams

hence you post is stupid
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But there has been nothing to suggest Tottenham want him.
 
Lot of bickering on here and quite a lot of divided opinion on Barkley.

I am just going to wait now and watch it unfold before I have any further opinion on him. I have said what I thought of him, I hope he comes back and smashes any doubts I have right out of the ball park.
 
Simon baker said:
You really don't want him to do well. It's not just barkleys problem is it?

It's his, the managers, the club & the fans problem as if it can be solved what do we have.

Have you ever managed people in anything work, sport etc id say not or you simply have a vendetta against him for some reason.
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Mate are you shagging him or something?

So we can't voice any concerns about any other player or manager because Barkley will take offence ... are you serious..

If I'm at work and someone is getting a bollocking.... I don't need my mates to come over and tell me that it's not about me and everything will be ok...

So basically cannot play in any environment where criticism is present? Lol can't wait for opposition fans to figure that out.
 
Hannu said:
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1 you say he is destined to be a mid table starter for the rest of his career - what do you think we are, we have been mid table for years and now we are not even that atm, we are in the relegation zone so mid table is a step up atm

2 chelsea and tottenham both want him, neither are mid table teams

hence you post is stupid
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Chelsea WANTED him ...they don't now.... actually they wanted a homegrown player cheap to sit on their bench to fill their quota... they spent the money on drinkwater instead
 

mikeh72 said:
But there has been nothing to suggest Tottenham want him.
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There really has though.

Obviously they haven't come out and said it, like we didn't come out and say we wanted Sigurdsson even though it was commonly accepted that we'd been after him for about a year. The way it's reported in the press is not as a rumour but as a fact. They know there's interest, they're not guessing. Whether he'll end up there is a different matter, but I'm pretty sure they want him.
 
mikeh72 said:
But there has been nothing to suggest Tottenham want him.
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Tel001 said:
Chelsea WANTED him ...they don't now.... actually they wanted a homegrown player cheap to sit on their bench to fill their quota... they spent the money on drinkwater instead
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if he leaves at the end of the season i doubt its going to be to swansea soton west ham etc, he will go to someone above us
 
Lanolin said:
There really has though.

Obviously they haven't come out and said it, like we didn't come out and say we wanted Sigurdsson even though it was commonly accepted that we'd been after him for about a year. The way it's reported in the press is not as a rumour but as a fact. They know there's interest, they're not guessing. Whether he'll end up there is a different matter, but I'm pretty sure they want him.
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We bid several times for Sigurdsson, that's how everyone knew we were seriously interested. Spurs have never bid for Barkley ever, people have just ran with newspaper rumours and forum gossip, then comfort themselves with "Levy's just being shrewd trying to get him dead cheap lad".
 

mikeh72 said:
We bid several times for Sigurdsson, that's how everyone knew we were seriously interested. Spurs have never bid for Barkley ever, people have just ran with newspaper rumours and forum gossip, then comfort themselves with "Levy's just being shrewd trying to get him dead cheap lad".
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Several times in the summer yes, but the reports of us wanting him came well before that.

You can dismiss it all you like, but it's just plain wrong to say there's been nothing to suggest interest. Henry Winter - about as well respected a sports journalist as there is - said just this week 'if he joins Tottenham as expected'. The word 'expected' is key there. Not 'reported', not 'rumoured', not 'he would like' but 'expected'. It's expected because he knows there's been interest/contact.

There's not a chance Barkley turns down a contract with us without knowing what options are available to him. Anyone who thinks he isn't aware of which teams want him is living in cloud cuckoo land.
 
Hannu said:
so what side are you on then,

A: he is going to a mid table team for the rest of his career

B: he is going to a team above us

because this is getting confusing
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Your confusing yourself mate... not once did I mention he was going to a mid table team... I said Chelsea won't want him... as In January... any team in Europe would sign a 23 year old England international on a free transfer (wages depending ofc) financially there is no risk...

I am saying that me writing my opinion about him on an Internet forum shouldn't be labeled "toxic abuse" I don't even watch Everton live anymore as I have lived in Aus for the last 8 years... that's why I find it confusing that I am told that I am part of the problem to why Barkley plays crap
 

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