Ross Barkley

[cdbearsfan]

I've never really rated him other than thinking he had a decent shot. I was delighted to be wrong about him for a bit, and it seems I still have been, as his occasional decent shot seems to have vanished.

[aj2k77]

Everything about him seems half-hearted, he plays the game at walking pace. Shite.

[brontebilly]

A charlatan of a footballer. I know it's only a loan but a very expensive one. Up there with likes of Nzogbia and Ireland for me. Terrible professional and utterly deluded about his ability. His sit down protest in front of the Holte sums him up. I think Chelsea will struggle to give him away this summer. No way David Moyes tolerates a player like him at West Ham who won't try a leg without the ball. To think this move to us was seen as getting him back into England contention!

[Brend'Watkins]

There’s another moment in the game where he makes no effort to track his man equally as bad as that one.  I am now of the opinion that he no longer likes playing the game. 

[cdbearsfan]

Great news is that his price tag is dropping every game. We should be able to swoop in and get him for Ł70 million if we don't act too keen.

[cdward]

Dear Aston Villa,
Please do not sign any other player named Ross. It doesn't work.
Thanks.
The fans.

[Tayls_7]

Dear Aston Villa,
Please do not sign any other player named Ross. It doesn't work.
Thanks.
The fans.

Unless preceded by Ian.

[Mister E]

Waste of space.

[colin69]

He clearly must have something written into his loan that says he must play because why on earth is he even getting on the bench let alone getting minutes??
Can’t shoot, can’t pass, can’t run and can’t tackle....Jack obviously made him look good at the start of the season.

[caster troy]

I reckon that was one of the worst substitutions I have ever seen. I'll be honest, I was so angry I turned the game off. Good job I did because when I saw that bit where he didn't track back I'd have probably smashed up my TV.

I can accept poor play, loss of form etc. But the one thing I absolutely cannot accept is that level of effort. If we'd brought Chukwuemeka on sure the game might have passed him by, but I can guarantee he would have run his bollocks off for the team, and it would have been a great reward for the lad after bossing every single u23s game this season. But no, instead we get Barkley again for what seemed like his 10th pointless substitute appearance where he contributed less than zero. He's not even our player FFS! What was the point?

If fans had been there I'm convinced they would have booed like crazy when they saw him coming on, which may not be the right thing to do but at least it might have been the last we see of him.

[Risso]

Tammy was a great success, but the last two loan deals from Chelsea have been abolute stinkers. No more please.

[Three Spires Villa]

Just stop bloody playing him Dean

[Drummond]

I think I owe an apology to a few people on here. When we signed him on loan there were a few here less than thrilled. Using my legendary ability to spot a talent i stuck up for him and it seemed for a few games that I was right. But... I can honestly say I have never seen a players form dip so dramatically. He now looks like a lumbering sulking shadow of the player he was. Get rid.

Same for me.

And you two aren't alone.  His first few games were brilliant but the injury and Covid break seems to have finished him.

He can't complain he's not had an opportunity either; I wonder if he realises his career is done at a decent level and his motivation etc has gone too.

[cdbearsfan]

Nothing wrong with being optimistic about a new signing, especially when they start well. Nobody needs to apologise.

[eamonn]

It's what gives us fans oxygen. Without that giddiness, Villa would make our lives miserable all of the time instead of only 93%.