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2017/18 Ross Barkley

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Thomasc said:
Oh turn it in FFS lol

He has been paid thousands of pounds a week to play football for the club he apparently supported.
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You act like that equates to happiness. You sacrifice your privacy and solitude to be abused by fans every week and blasted in the media. Our very own Aaron Lennon went through hell and this just makes everything dandy don't it? Fans should know better by now.
 

GrandOldTeam said:
Cringing here. Some of you acting like a jilted lover, scrambing around for any justification you can to support his decision to leave the club.[/B]

First it was Koeman bullying him, and a few managers on, it's Moshiri for a comment he made after Barkley jilted the club by not moving in January.

He's a judas rat. That's that, we should be used to it now - boo him when he's back, cheer when he struggles - be the bitterest blue you can and move on.
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These two go hand in hand.

Could care less as he's been practically out of the club since the summer and we're rebuilding without him.

Not bothered about not getting a fee either being that we're lobbing stupid money at anyone.

I think he's a great player. Just a shame we can't seem to keep any great players for too long.
 
davek said:
Of cpourse the summer spending was dependent on Lukaku's sale...just as the previous summer spending was based on the Stones cash.
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Oh, so NOW we haven't really spent anything AND we lost Rom, Stones, and Geri.

I thought it was your opinion that we've spent 200M and gotten nothing?

Actually I get it. Moshiri is BAD. Ross is GOOD. Koeman is BAD. Walsh is BAD. Every argument needs to be presented as such.
 
CRIMHEAD said:
Oh, so NOW we haven't really spent anything AND we lost Rom, Stones, and Geri.

I thought it was your opinion that we've spent 200M and gotten nothing?

Actually I get it. Moshiri is BAD. Ross is GOOD. Koeman is BAD. Walsh is BAD. Every argument needs to be presented as such.
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No idea what this means.
 
kenada_blue said:
These two go hand in hand.

Could care less as he's been practically out of the club since the summer and we're rebuilding without him.

Not bothered about not getting a fee either being that we're lobbing stupid money at anyone.

I think he's a great player. Just a shame we can't seem to keep any great players for too long.
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As long as we replace those players with as good if not better players, it's fine. But it's not really possible if you can't sell them for value. If we bought Seri or Demirbay, or could've gotten Brahimi, or whoever, we'd never had thought twice about Ross leaving. No problem.
 

davek said:
No idea what this means.
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It means that you don't appear very objective and appear to be constructing arguments to support your opinions, not the other way around.

For example, you question that a deal was offered to Barkley, asking for posters to cite evidence, saying we don't know what has happen, yet turn around and claim that Koeman hounded Ross.
 
CRIMHEAD said:
As long as we replace those players with as good if not better players, it's fine. But it's not really possible if you can't sell them for value. If we bought Seri or Demirbay, or could've gotten Brahimi, or whoever, we'd never had thought twice about Ross leaving. No problem.
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True. But we didn't and haven't. We spunked £70mill on Siggurdson and Klassen as replacements/competition.
 
Moomin said:
He is a waste of space on the pitch, yet it seems Champion League clubs want to sign him.

You couldn't make it up.

Hahahahahaha look at them silly clubs buying Rom, Stones and Barkley off us hahahahahahahahahaha

Haha Williams will replace Stones

Haha Klassen will replace Barkley

Hahahaha we wont even replace Rom we would have finished 7th without him anyway.
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Well mate, we are actually only 2 places off 7th without Lukaku, and we had Lukaku for two bottom half finishes on the bounce didn't we?

as for CL clubs wanting to sign Barkley

Yeah they do, Spurs want him - for a knock down fee, same spurs who spunked 30m on sissoko arent willing to pay that for Ross, doesn't even look like they are willing to shell out the 20m they paid for Janssen the wonder boy either, maybe not even the 14-15m they paid for Llorente

Maybe they'd be willing to pay the same for him as they paid for Clinton N'Jie - 14m or so (who - yeah me neither) or the 10m for N'kodou, or 12m for Foyth - those staples of the CL spurs juggernaut.

Chelsea apparently want him badly too, so bad they where willing to pay the same money they paid for the brilliant Danny Drinkwater, helps ofc that he is English and Chelsea have a major problem with that quota, ofc as they where willing to pay that much for him, it must also mean they see him as a vital part of the Chelsea team going forwards, much like the aforementioned Drinkwater is, like the similarly priced Batshuayi has been or Abdul Rahman Baba is... (yeah struggled with who the hell he was they paid 25m for myself)

Maybe the reality of the matter is - Chelsea where willing to pay around the 30m mark for him because of the English players available to help a bit with squad depth in lesser games or dead rubbers - he was the best available, second option then was Danny Drinkwater, not a chance in hell he is wanted as anything more than that.

Spurs want him, and want him so badly they aren't actually willing to pay very much money and by all appearances where willing to let him go Chelsea for 30 odd million, unless ofc they tapped him up etc, in which case it's been done with the precise intention of getting him as cheap as they can or on a free - which again makes you wonder just how badly they wanted him in the first place, or is he a 'free/low' priced gamble, who should he not work out they can spin him around in a season to the likes of Newcastle etc for a 30m profit in the current market.

As for CL clubs, he better choose wisely then, cos will get awful cold sitting on the bench if he chooses the wrong team and they miss out on CL - as going to a 60 games a season team is the only chance he will have of getting sizeable minutes, ofc if you think otherwise feel free to say who in the spurs or chelsea starting 11 he will be taking the spot off, ffs Willian, Pedro, Fabregas can't guarantee a starting spot in that side
 
CRIMHEAD said:
It means that you don't appear very objective and appear to be constructing arguments to support your opinions, not the other way around.

For example, you question that a deal was offered to Barkley, asking for posters to cite evidence, saying we don't know what has happen, yet turn around and claim that Koeman hounded Ross.
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That's not a claim. What would you call a player being singled out and criticised constantly by his manager in the media?
 

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