Ross Barkley

[SoccerHQ]

Woeful tonight.

[Monty]

With them doubling up on Jack, this was made for him tonight, but he rivalled Martinez for most inept performer.

And he has a lot less goodwill in the bank than Martinez.

[PhilVill]

Big no from me, sorry chaps. Give me two hungry champ players for that money every day.

[PeterWithe]

We know he's not good enough without the ball but he combined that with being woeful with it tonight, did well to last as long as he did. How he had the cheek to complain at his being subbed is laughable.

Just not fit enough for the side

[Sexual Ealing]

It's a no from me as well. We know he can be a decent player on his day but we're not in a position to carry someone whose days come around so rarely.

[rob_bridge]

Good player when chips are good.

Not someone I want permanently. IF he had become the player he should have he would be a Champs League regular. File him next to Wilshere and DannyBoy Sturridge in 3 years time. Lingard will be there too

[ChicagoLion]

File under luxury player, not for me either.

[brontebilly]

Seemed to be running in treacle tonight. I’m far from convinced.

Reminded me of Ross McCormack. Carrying timber too. Disgraceful lack of effort without the ball. Didn't try a leg when moved to a midfield three. Not sure where this guy gets his ego from but he certainly isn't good enough with the ball to get away with his walking efforts without it. Throwing a bit of a strop getting taken off too, stayed on 15 mins too long for me.

[PeterWithe]

To be fair he wasn't the only one to have a stinker tonight, most did. And we were still not as terrible as we've seen in other seasons

[olaftab]

He's the new David Bentley.

[Steve67]

I know he has been out injured for a few games but we are now over half a season in and he has had what, three good games in that period? He really needs to be far more consistent if we are going to shell out the kind of money that he will cost us.

[TelfordVilla]

Not for me. There will be better options for 20million plus.

[Risso]

In terms of consistency of performance and his injury record, against his likely wages, it's a no from me.  Shame, he's got it in him to be a brilliant player, but you can see why at the age of 27 he's never really nailed it anywhere.

[PaulWinch again]

Don’t really see the need to make a decision now. When he’s been on it he’s been excellent, but at the moment he’s not. He strikes me as an instinctual player, but he’s out of form and he’s over thinking and ponderous at the moment. Hopefully he can rediscover his spark in the coming weeks.

[tomd2103]

A bit of a tough ask to come back in and play as many games as he has in a short space of time, but he looked very sluggish tonight especially in comparison to Lingard.  Can't help but think Grealish or McGinn would be more effective in that role at the moment.