AVTuco Posted May 9, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 9, 2021 Ross Barkley, I hereby sentence you back to Chelsea in the summer. By. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Enough is enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Really didn't help his case today - we needed better and that was a poor performance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 He makes a gesture to do something but just doesn't actually do it. Hopefully we leave him out for the last few games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted May 9, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 9, 2021 No threat. No ball retention. No work rate. .... no point. See ya. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Smith should be sacked, just because of this persistence. Feck off back to Chelsea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 15 minutes ago, WooJung said: Normality resumes its course. Didn't do much wrong, just didn't do much at all... he gave away the ball for their first two goals. Probably would have been the 3rd to if he’d been on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTTERDAM1982 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Too inconsistent to pay £25-40M for. Good last week, average at best this week. Save the money, see how Leicester finish, and then go and bid for Maddison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 He's just absolutely done physically. Sure he can pop it about against an Everton side on the beach but in a high intensity PL game? No. Just no. There was one point where he did a little Cruyff like turn and went to sprint away and he just went absolutely nowhere. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Nothing against the chap personally but I will have serious doubts about our progress if we pick him up permanently. He’s the second highest earner after Jack, taking home about 96K a week and I really can’t see any reason in retaining his services for that type of money, not even factoring in the potential transfer fee. I just think he’s part of a long line of England players which have been ridiculously overhyped and “never live up to their potential.” I just don’t think he’s a very good footballer. I don’t know if it’s ability or his passion for the game has gone but he just doesn’t cut it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 (edited) It’s ridiculous we aren’t giving our own young players game time instead of him. No pressure and nothing to lose. I just don’t understand it. Edited May 9, 2021 by HeyAnty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Just now, HeyAnty said: It’s ridiculous we aren’t giving our own young players game time instead of him. No pressure and nothing to lose. I just don’t understand it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 9, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 9, 2021 I can't see any reason to play him or even have him on the bench for the rest of the season. He's utterly pointless to us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Was non existent today 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Just not good enough sadly, wanted him to be good but it just isn't happening. Some want him, some undecided and some definitely do not want him to sign, hopefully today should point all in the right direction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Phil Silvers said: Just not good enough sadly, wanted him to be good but it just isn't happening. Some want him, some undecided and some definitely do not want him to sign, hopefully today should point all in the right direction. I’ll never want anyone who pulls on the shirt for us not to perform. If he played well in spite of the result I would applaud him for it but I think the consensus of people who think “there’s a player in there” is shrinking as each match passes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 1 hour ago, HeyAnty said: Smith should be sacked, just because of this persistence. Feck off back to Chelsea That's where Smith is hung out to dry, Barkley has done OK last 2 games and was a no brainer to start imo... And then he goes and does that "performance" Kills us 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 (edited) Don't think anyone wants someone in our shirt to fail. But 9/10 times you know it is Berkley who is our worst player. He kills our game. Slows it, wrong choices ,no effort, no bottle,no commitment all equals keep him away from our team. It will effect how other players think and play and no good will come of it. 4 games, 12 points, no Berkley means we have more chance of at least attempting to challenge for points. Edited May 9, 2021 by brummybloke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_avfc Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 1 minute ago, brummybloke said: Don't think anyone wants someone in out shirt to fail. But 9/10 times you know it is Berkley who is our worst player. He kills our game. Slows it, wrong choices ,no effort, no bottle,no commitment all equals keep him away from our team. It will effect how other players think and play and no good will come of it. 4 games, 12 points, no Berkley means we have more chance of at least attempting to challenge for points. This is embarrassing. Sort of thing I’d expect from school kids. Poor performance from Barkley again though which suggests that his previous two performances weren’t the turnaround that I was hoping for from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 I don't think he was good today but I also don't think he was as bad as is being made out. It's a game where a number 10 is always going to struggle without possession. On the ball he's our best passer by a mile, unfortunately today he just didn't get the opportunity. If we are judging our players in games like this then Cash, Mings, Martinez, Luiz, El Ghazi and Traore could also be slated for aspects of their game today. He's now got two games against opposition that he can prove himself in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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