Ross Barkley

[simboy]

Interesting comment by him in the post match interview. He said he’d played more than he’d trained recently. I suspect the management and he himself feel he is still off the pace. He’s a clever footballer and I agree he dropped in to solidify the middle more in the second half.

[PeterWithe]

I think there is a lot more to come from him, he doesn’t look quite ready to play in a high tempo press and doesn’t seem to cover a lot of ground. But he will get better at it.

Very good with the ball and the other stuff can be worked at, perhaps his greatest asset is that Jack seems to be very happy linking up with him.

[aj2k77]

Yes, a great relationship with the King on the pitch. Physically, Barkley should be very good at a pressing game, with more miles in his legs we should see the rewards in another months time and when players are starting to flag later in the season he should have a fair few games left in him.

[wittonwarrior]

He's a good footballer, but you just know the second he puts pen to paper he will be injured.  His distribution is better than what I was led to believe but like McGinn his defending and picking the ball up deep are iffy.

[OCD]

It's not surprising he's playing more than he's training because all the first teamers will be focused on recovering after games while those that didn't play will be training more intensely.

[chrisw1]

I really like him but other than the goal I thought he wasn't great yesterday and would have hooked him a lot earlier.

I'm still hopeful he will have a great second half of the season though.

[darren woolley]

It was a good header by Ross for the goal.

[Footy-Vill]

That goal on Saturday night illustrate why we signed him and he's in the team.
Well played Ross.

[algy]

Daily Mail saying that there's been no talks over a permanent deal for Ross Barkley, with Chelsea (and presumably us!) deciding whether he makes a permanent move in the summer.

All in all says absolutely nothing, other than (perhaps) we didn't even attempt to sign him permanently in September.

Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9214223/Chelsea-wait-end-season-decide-Ross-Barkleys-future-Aston-Villa.html

[Dave]

Daily Mail saying that there's been no talks over a permanent deal for Ross Barkley, with Chelsea (and presumably us!) deciding whether he makes a permanent move in the summer.

Probably suits all parties really. He's been good, but not "chuck £40m at them to get him tied down quickly" good.

If he, and we carry on our form then he'll probably want to come here and we'll probably want him to.

If we do well and he doesn't, we'll probably want someone else instead of him.

If he does well and we don't, he'll probably have better options than us.

I don't really see a benefit for anyone in committing to it in January.

[Drummond]

From what I've seen so far, I'd like a permanent deal done, providing it's at the right price. I suspect it will be a case of the wining bid. Chelsea will be hoping to move him on and it's a matter of who else might be interested.

[algy]

From what I've seen so far, I'd like a permanent deal done, providing it's at the right price. I suspect it will be a case of the wining bid. Chelsea will be hoping to move him on and it's a matter of who else might be interested.

Tyrone needs to have a word and get him wandering down the Kings Road in full Villa kit when he goes back.

[OCD]

Problem Chelsea have is that they change their manager so often, they don't dare sell him in case the next one wanted to play him. Our problem is he's missed a chunk of the season with a Hamstring injury and we need to see how long he stays fit during the rest of the season.

[The Edge]

From what I've seen so far, I'd like a permanent deal done, providing it's at the right price. I suspect it will be a case of the wining bid. Chelsea will be hoping to move him on and it's a matter of who else might be interested.

Tyrone needs to have a word and get him wandering down the Kings Road in full Villa kit when he goes back.

Seconded. Barkley is a class act when he's fully on his game and when he and Jack are both in tune teams struggle to deal with them. His injury record remains concern and would have to be factored into any deal the two clubs might agree. I think the signing of Barkley has moved the club up a level. We've progressed from shopping in Tesco and are now shopping in Waitrose. The aim is to be shopping in Harrods. It's coming though ladies and gentlemen. That's why we seem to have gained a lot of haters. We've got em rattled.

[olaftab]

Daily Mail saying that there's been no talks over a permanent deal for Ross Barkley, with Chelsea (and presumably us!) deciding whether he makes a permanent move in the summer.

All in all says absolutely nothing, other than (perhaps) we didn't even attempt to sign him permanently in September.

Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9214223/Chelsea-wait-end-season-decide-Ross-Barkleys-future-Aston-Villa.html

We need to play it cool. Need to see how Morgan performs when he gets his chance and also consider Ross’s long term injury outlook.