wilko154 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 16 minutes ago, tomav84 said: He was great tonight but that's been a long, long time coming. We can't be buying him because these performances, unfortunately, are the exception not the rule How do we know the poor performances weren't the exception to the rule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted May 1, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, wilko154 said: How do we know the poor performances weren't the exception to the rule? Because there have been so many of them 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Laughable Chimp said: I think Barkley has something to offer to this team and for the right price I would certainly want him. Unfortunately I don't see Chelsea offering him to us for the right price. Negotiate hard like we did for Sanson. Start at £5mil plus Josh Onomah. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Looks like his legs have finally come back tonight! That clever shift to win a foul late on was great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 59 minutes ago, Don_Simon said: The bond between him and some fans of VillaTalk and Twitter is broken. He signs, on the first home game of next season, 40,000 Villa fans will cheer his name. Don't be confused by a small minority of forum / social media users mate. He's quality. I'd sign him in a heartbeat. I really hope the board don’t make a decision based on Twitter and Villatalk 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vreitti Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 1 hour ago, sparrow1988 said: I really hope the board don’t make a decision based on Twitter and Villatalk Don't say that, the match thread is full of great stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tezzaleed Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 2 hours ago, DCJonah said: I think it's fitness. You saw in previous games he looked like he was treading water. He'd turn and couldn't get away from players. Against West Brom and tonight he looks back to the physical form he showed in those first few games before his injury. I think it's been dismissed way too much. yep I think its fitness probably exasperated by covid. I think we'd be lucky to have a fit and firing barkley my concern though would be that he does tend to get hamstring injuries on a regular basis and if it takes him 4 or 5 games of shite to get his fitness back can you afford to pay him big bucks and have the rest of the team carry him through those periods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 3 hours ago, turvontour said: Negotiate hard like we did for Sanson. Start at £5mil plus Josh Onomah. The wages he earns will be at least 5 million a year too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 I saw him make a tackle today. That makes 5 all season to go with 4 interceptions and 7 fouls given away in 1400 minutes and 22 appearances (16 starts). That's 2 in his last 2 games. Shame he doesn't want to get stuck in 90% of the time because against Liverpool he cost us the game by not bothering to close his man down. And I'm sure there are plenty of other times when he has done it that aren't coming to mind at this instant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldVilla Posted May 2, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 2, 2021 There's a lot of unknowns with regards to Barkley, that only the coaching and medical staff know. They probably should have brought him back slowly in the beginning, rather than dropping him in the deep end, this was a huge error. Saying that, he has the next 5 games to show what he is capable of, I don't think it will change the opinion of the club, but at least he can leave with our gratitude should he play well and we go on a run. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dont_do_it_doug. Posted May 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2021 7 hours ago, bose said: I had absolutely given up on him but he was pretty good vs WBA and brilliant today. Back to his best. Needs to continue it the next few games. He was ‘brilliant’ compared to the bilge he has been turning out for months, but in reality that is the minimum level of performance we need to see on a consistent basis from the position, every week, if we are to progress. Credit where it is due, he has been decent the last couple. If he can sustain that kind of form till the end of the season he may well earn a Premier League move yet, but it’s one I think we should avoid regardless. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Being a good player is more than ability, it’s mentality and fitness. He was much better today but having watched him walk around not trying for 4 months it’s takes more than one good game to think he’s any good. He’s been improving recently in comparison to what he was doing, has to do it for the next 5 for us to even consider taking him permanently. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 He isn’t the future of this club. I hope he smashes it out of the park for the next few games but if he does I’d question the motivation - probably just wants a move and a big pay day. He’s proven himself to be petulant and unreliable. Hope he has a great end of season and gets himself a good move, then who knows. Shouldn’t be at Villa though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmygreaves Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Keep it up Ross. Another decent performance by all accounts. Hope we can see this Barkley more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 The simple fact is that we’ve had an entire season to judge him. It was great to see him improve over the last two games but he’ll be assessed over the entire season. He’s not a kid just breaking through he’s a seasoned pro who hasn’t really made it at the top level. I believe that got him on loan as a stop gap until we can spend more and be less restricted by FFP. He’s hardly been a runaway success for whatever reason. Those reasons could be fitness or could be attitude but both have been an issue in his career, which has faltered many times. I’d be nervous about making a short term problem a long term and expensive problem. It’s a no for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 I wonder if another season loan is on the cards. Probably best for all parties. No way Chelsea can sell him for big money. Highly doubt a club bigger than us wants him. And we get another year of a potential quality player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Can't see us wanting him for another loan and paying his wages to block progression of players like JJ and Chukwuemeka. I don't see us needing any Loan signings next season 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 He's got Newc, Palace, spam written all over him. Yesterday was a decent performance but he simply hasn't done enough for us to take the plunge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 He's on 100k a week. He is 27 years old. It will be his last big time long term contract. It doesn't make any financial sense and there are far too many concerns. If we can get him on another loan then let's try again (which I think we can possibly, not many clubs will be queuing up to drop money on him. Hopefully Bruce ain't in a job) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 I would sign last night’s Ross as it’s clear he has serious skills but you can’t rely on him being consistent with performance and output week in week out. shame really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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