LondonLax Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 This was a match which suited him, not Nakamba. Agree he should have started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I last opened this thread on p72. Pretty much none of us saw it going off the rails like this. There has to be something else going on in his life/head as he's back to that old rotten form he was in for a few years. Pity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerbs Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Can hardly be blamed for that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 42 minutes ago, PaulC said: Others players need to be made accountable far more than him tonight. He was our highest paid player on the pitch vs bottom of the table team with 10 men and played like Ashley Westwood Not his fault we lost but a shameful performance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Just now, Zatman said: He was our highest paid player on the pitch vs bottom of the table team with 10 men and played like Ashley Westwood Not his fault we lost but a shameful performance Shameful performance by the whole team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, Zatman said: He was our highest paid player on the pitch vs bottom of the table team with 10 men and played like Ashley Westwood Not his fault we lost but a shameful performance He does this thing where he receives the ball on the edge of the box, and literally stops and doesn't know what to do with it. All were bad tonight though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 47 minutes ago, Swerbs said: Can hardly be blamed for that game. Agreed. Didn't do anything to help his case though, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 He doesn't seem to impose himself on a game at all. It just all happens around him. Every now and then he might get the ball but most of the time he does little with it. He's a number 10 not a midfielder and he's not good enough to justify playing him as a 10 because he doesn't score enough or create enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Wrong choice playing him, he's no impact sub and slows the game down to a crawl when we needed quick direct play. Either start him and play trez instead of traore or just don't play him full stop. Traore albeit extremely greedy and ball hogging, has shots and is progressive where as barkley has been slow and totally ineffective since injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 6 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I’m nitpicking but you know when you watch interviews and you think this player seems like a good guy, you can see how he would be a good influence around the team. I never really got that vibe from Barkley. I wonder what sort of character he is around the dressing room. I wonder that too, vibes are important. Alas, tonight against Sheff. Utd Barkley fails again. He seems clueless with the ball at his feet, ducks out of challenges and looks unfit. He's done, get rid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 He has probably got a good 6 weeks to convince Smith and the board he is worth signing. If he carriers on like this then that will be a no and he will be back in the Chelsea reserves and his career stalling bigtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Just as i predicted offered zero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa 59 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Just another 'nothing' cameo from him again! We ain't buying him from Chelsea at any price. Deano has seen enough. I'll be surprised and disappointed if he's in our plans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted March 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2021 Don't think he did much, but I don't think he did anything wrong either. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 6 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I’m nitpicking but you know when you watch interviews and you think this player seems like a good guy, you can see how he would be a good influence around the team. I never really got that vibe from Barkley. I wonder what sort of character he is around the dressing room. Agreed to be honest, added sub antics to it, and I think it goes a long way to explaining why he gets short shrift from alot of us. Especially in a team where we pretty much like all the players as lads, even the ones who aren't so good on the pitch. I wonder if it's had an effect behind the scenes myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I thought he looked more lively and involved, probably should have started, but easy to say in hindsight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Don't know if it has been posted, but Callum Wilson is talking him up big time in this interview on Sky Sports, was nice to read. Barkley just needs to find his best form for us. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11678/12233675/callum-wilson-on-the-super-6-podcast-choosing-newcastle-over-villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, Keener window-cleaner said: I thought he looked more lively and involved, probably should have started, but easy to say in hindsight. What? He was slow ponderous, wasted good positions. **** up a good ball from sanson that was probably our most incisive into the box. And he definitely should have done better after Konsa's shot. The ball was right next to him but he didn't even put a challenge in for it. He was 1 yard from the goal line ffs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Don't think he did much, but I don't think he did anything wrong either. I didn't think it was a bad cameo at all. Surprised to see the reaction in here. Edited March 4, 2021 by Tom13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 (edited) I've been a huge critic, but honestly I wouldn't pick this match to have a go at him. He was no better/worse than the other other 13 players involved today. Granted, by the time he came on there was no need for any defensive input at all, so his biggest weakness was not at all tested. There have been plenty of games where he has deserved criticism, but we shouldn't have a go just for the sake of doing so. We lost - an awful result. But it was a collective issue. I honestly struggle to pick out a particularly poor performance, it's just every player was down a notch. Things like this happen. Edited March 4, 2021 by Thug 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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