Ross Barkley

[Toronto Villa]

I can't recall the last time a player join us and immediately look like he's played for us for ages. And we have two in Barkley, and Ollie who looked that way against Sheff Utd.

[stevo_st]

Settled in much better than I expected. Bit of an upgrade on Hotlips isn't he!

[supertom]

There's a great balance to having Dougy sitting, spraying out passes and all that energy you get from SGM and now Barkley. He's already got a bit of a connection with Grealish too. To be fair, everyone seems to, I think it's Jack as a leader and just as an inspiring football talent. Barkley was great today and long may it continue.

I feel like we've got elements in place to have an exciting season that we've not had since the early days of O Neill, and going back to Little's side in 95-96.

[WarszaVillan]

Barkley is just the kind of player we've needed, adds a completely new dimension to our play.

[themossman]

He does. His physical presence and aerial ability immediately made us look more competitive in the middle. 

[robleflaneur]

The missing piece in the jigsaw.

Just posted that on the post match thread.I was undecided whether Loftus-Cheek would be a better choice but he makes us more powerful in midfield and he must have enjoyed playing with Jack,he will get lots of chances.

[Proposition Joe]

He and Jack also seem to geniunely be friends

[Toronto Villa]

dare I say it, and not meaning to get too carried away, but he reminded me of Jimmy Milner.

[Smithy]

He's such a good footballer - the ball sticks, and he can move it accurately and quickly, he can also beat his man and carry the ball up the field.

If he carries on like that and Chelsea don't challenge for the title, I can see Fat Frank getting Hell's abuse for the decision to lend him to us.

I'm already wondering what the plan is to sign him for keeps next summer!

[SaddVillan]

Jack and Ross walking to their cars after tonight's match.

https://youtu.be/JMOBxjIvLBE

[Risso]

dare I say it, and not meaning to get too carried away, but he reminded me of Jimmy Milner.

He's more skilful than Milner.

[Toronto Villa]

at 2-0 Barkley missed a pretty easy chance after a brilliant through ball by Jack. That run he made is one we haven't seen any of our players do at this level since we came back up. Expect to see that relationship get much better and that run seen more often and goals come from it.

[PeterWithe]

Not sure we need aother forward player into the squad after seeing how far forward Barkley played.

[Risso]

at 2-0 Barkley missed a pretty easy chance after a brilliant through ball by Jack. That run he made is one we haven't seen any of our players do at this level since we came back up. Expect to see that relationship get much better and that run seen more often and goals come from it.

He'll get sharper, and then he'll be even better.

[Monty]

I love him already. A huge contributor to one of the most famous nights in our recent history.