a m ole Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 11 minutes ago, darrenm said: Interesting stat nothing against Ross, but have to be honest this seems pretty coincidental. it’s league goals only, and of 7, 5 were in the liverpool and arsenal games. it’s not like he’s just consistently scoring because barkley is on the pitch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicVillan Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 4 minutes ago, a m ole said: nothing against Ross, but have to be honest this seems pretty coincidental. There's also the goals he had ruled out by a gnat's knacker on VAR which pre VAR would have stood 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Barkley's essentially a luxury player; he's not got the work ethic of Grealish or Watkins (few have), but he's more skilful than most and has the ability to play a pass through the eye of the needle. In seasons gone by a luxury players wasn't what we needed, we didn't have the talent around them to utilise them properly. We tried it with players like Gil, Traore, N'Zogbia, Cole and Ireland (none of which were anywhere near Barkley's level either). We now have the team to utilise a luxury player like Barkley; and as with most players in this side he's only going to get better. It's a no brainer buying him this Summer for me, as long as he can keep himself fit this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 On 20/01/2021 at 21:17, VillanousOne said: he's not a PL starter, or international quality. He's not a PL starter 'for Chelsea anymore' or they wouldn't have loaned him to us, and he wasn't starting much before that. He isn't currently international quality as 'he's not being picked for England' these are facts. He's not a PL starter for us either as he's injured. Should he be a PL starter, yes, for us, when not injured (hopefully starting today) Is he international quality 'yes when not injured and when playing regularly' he should be in the England squad, if not the starting 11. You quote all these Chelsea names ahead of him but contradict yourself by inferring he should play ahead of them because he is international quality (surely?). Also Pedro was sh*te at Chelsea. I am not questioning his talent and quality at all, just pointing out his injury record and lack of starts have hampered him or he wouldn't be at Villa currently. Not sure we're on the same page, let's agree to disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 22 hours ago, darrenm said: Interesting stat His xG in those games is almost exactly the same, so it seems more coincidental than anything else. That's not to say I don't think having Barkley on the pitch frees up space for Grealish and Watkins. He is more dynamic and unpredictable than, say, El Ghazi. It means that whilst he is not performing on the ball as i am sure he would like just yet, he creates a threat by presence alone. I think this is generally quite underrated. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmygreaves Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Blowing out his arse on the corner, couldn't be arsed to mark... watched Burnley players run past him on both of their attacks which lead to goals.... I know he's been out injured but the lack of effort and application isn't good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 One lazy turd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 The defeat cant be all on him. We cant defend crosses and Martinez should have done better for the last two goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Crap performance, rather not buy him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Spent his injury out downing shots if vodka daily by the looks of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 I think he's poor for their first goal, but the other two are basically a complete fluke and a brilliant header. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Ducking out of tackles, looks slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Annoyed we are giving him game time to get up to speed. Hes not fit enough to be starting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Dire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 He looks fat and slow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbcuk Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Needs to be on the bench next game, been crap since he’s had that injury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmygreaves Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, PaulC said: The defeat cant be all on him. Fair point.... but when the rest of the team are running their nuts off, pressing from the front and challenging for everything he's letting every single one of them down. Working hard should be the absolute minimum requirement. Edited January 27, 2021 by jimmygreaves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 5 minutes ago, Nicho said: Annoyed we are giving him game time to get up to speed. Hes not fit enough to be starting. I'd have had him off at half time tbh. I'm glad we've gone for this "try before you buy" deal because 2-3 months ago, I'd have said he was worth £30m without a second thought. Not so much, now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 gonna say it now....Sanson in for Barkley this weekend please. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 minute ago, jimmygreaves said: Fair point.... but when the rest of the team are running their nuts off, pressing from the front and challenging for everything he's letting every single one of them down. Working hard should be the absolute minimum requirement. Completely agree, Sanson in for him at the weekend please.... Barkley just looks so lazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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