GingerCollins29 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: "past 3 months"... Try 12 months, @thunderball you really nailed it. McGinn is pish as they'd say in Scotland and completely ineffective. Agreed. Very ineffective assist fot our goal today 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooJung Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 1 hour ago, DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth said: Absolute garbage since his injury. Ramsey above him in the pecking order now for me. He's up there with Neil Taylor and Björn Engels in terms of hierarchy for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted April 10, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 10, 2021 Was played in late on and took a lovely first touch just inside the penalty area..... ... then a second. Then a third. Then the opportunity was well gone and he turned the ball over. Sums him up a bit at the moment. Has the ability to be in the right place, to take the good touch but so low in confidence he dithered. Apart from some poor individual performances, I think Dean Smith gets the best out of his players - but not with Barkley. As the outlier then, Barkley really has no future here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 3 minutes ago, ozvillafan said: Was played in late on and took a lovely first touch just inside the penalty area..... ... then a second. Then a third. Then the opportunity was well gone and he turned the ball over. Sums him up a bit at the moment. Has the ability to be in the right place, to take the good touch but so low in confidence he dithered. Apart from some poor individual performances, I think Dean Smith gets the best out of his players - but not with Barkley. As the outlier then, Barkley really has no future here. You forgot to mention he was in such a strop about it he foaled to close down twice to a player 2 yards away from him which led to the goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 21 minutes ago, ozvillafan said: Was played in late on and took a lovely first touch just inside the penalty area..... ... then a second. Then a third. Then the opportunity was well gone and he turned the ball over. Sums him up a bit at the moment. Has the ability to be in the right place, to take the good touch but so low in confidence he dithered. Apart from some poor individual performances, I think Dean Smith gets the best out of his players - but not with Barkley. As the outlier then, Barkley really has no future here. Zero confidence a confident player puts his foot through that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Bringing him on was a ridiculous decision today. He's been shit for months, and in fact for all but three and a bit games. He's not our player, you would hope he's never going to be our player, so what was Smith hoping to achieve by bringing him on? Then on the other hand you have Keinan Davis, who came on and did very well last week, not being given another chance at all. I'm no big fan of Davis, but surely he warrants a chance, having done well last match, above somebody who is unfit, and has a bad attitude to go with it? It's a similar sort of idiocy and hoping for the best that saw Smith persevering with that horrendous bellend Drinkwater last season. A blind man on a galloping horse could see that he was all washed up, but Smith ploughed on regardless. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Him being judged on these small cameos when team confidence is low and his is probably even lower is a bit harsh. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Tom13 said: Him being judged on these small cameos when team confidence is low and his is probably even lower is a bit harsh. Ah c'mon. His shit performances are what has led him being dropped to the bench in the first place and only getting cameos, and he is even shit in those too. A harsh reality for some to accept it appears. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digavilla Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Looks like another Drinkwater on our hands ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Wouldn't even have him on the bench for the remaining fixtures. Complete and utter waste of space Time to get one of the youth team integrated 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astondalston Posted April 11, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 11, 2021 Still so angry about his appearance and performance yesterday.... has never convinced since he arrived.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 7 hours ago, AvfcRigo82 said: Ah c'mon. His shit performances are what has led him being dropped to the bench in the first place and only getting cameos, and he is even shit in those too. A harsh reality for some to accept it appears. Same for McGinn, he needs to be dropped as he has been missing all season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, astondalston said: Still so angry about his appearance and performance yesterday.... has never convinced since he arrived.. his performance was meh but there were far worse performances out there yesterday than Barkley! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Kingman said: Wouldn't even have him on the bench for the remaining fixtures. Complete and utter waste of space Time to get one of the youth team integrated Now Chukwemeka (sp?) I’d love to see in the starting line up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 I guess Smith gambled on Barkley having a bit of spark when coming on against Liverpool. Everton boy, played a great game last time against them. It's not that far fetched an idea. Didn't work of course but I get why he might have tried it. Now we know. I'm hoping we don't have to watch him play for us again. Much rather some of the youngsters get the time on the pitch to make their own mistakes and learn from them. U never know, they might actually do some good as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, sne said: I guess Smith gambled on Barkley having a bit of spark when coming on against Liverpool. Everton boy, played a great game last time against them. It's not that far fetched an idea. Didn't work of course but I get why he might have tried it. Now we know. I'm hoping we don't have to watch him play for us again. Much rather some of the youngsters get the time on the pitch to make their own mistakes and learn from them. U never know, they might actually do some good as well. If he is not looking up for it against Liverpool there is no point giving him anymore minutes. Sends a bad message to the squad though and a player like Keinan works his socks off and even contributed with a lovely assist in the last game and isn't rewarded for that. Edited April 11, 2021 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astondalston Posted April 11, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Tommo_b said: his performance was meh but there were far worse performances out there yesterday than Barkley! Performance-wise he did the same he has done every appearance in 2021 and blew the chance to put us ahead before losing possession. He was the wrong sub imho. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Honestly, I'd send him back now. I understand that we've paid a load to loan him and we're struggling for creativity and would love him to get back to form asap. But it's clear its just not going to happen. The guy is a bust now. Give the kids a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 12 hours ago, GingerCollins29 said: Agreed. Very ineffective assist fot our goal today That was about it though. One assist every five or six games might be good enough for you but SEVEN times he gave the ball away, Jota nearly got an assist from him too. He's lightweight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 I think the substitution made some sense like sne said. However not sure it's worth giving him more minutes after yday. Such a shame really since he obviously has talent but nothing is clicking for him now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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