Ross Barkley

[AGRIPPA]

See ya.....

[manic-road]

Tara Ross, expected more and only contributed slightly more than Drinkwater.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

Cheerio Ross!

[LeeB]

I feel for him, the bleeding heart liberal that I am.

I know he's a footballer on a staggering wage and all, but to me he looks like he has a few demons in his head that are holding him back. I look at the 'petulance' we saw when he came off and see it as a player angry with himself, not the decision. I hope he gets himself right because when he has the ability.

[ChicagoLion]

I feel for him, the bleeding heart liberal that I am.

I know he's a footballer on a staggering wage and all, but to me he looks like he has a few demons in his head that are holding him back. I look at the 'petulance' we saw when he came off and see it as a player angry with himself, not the decision. I hope he gets himself right because when he has the ability.

I don't think his body can do what he needs it to do.

[LeeB]

I feel for him, the bleeding heart liberal that I am.

I know he's a footballer on a staggering wage and all, but to me he looks like he has a few demons in his head that are holding him back. I look at the 'petulance' we saw when he came off and see it as a player angry with himself, not the decision. I hope he gets himself right because when he has the ability.

I don't think his body can do what he needs it to do.

I think you may be right

[Smithy]

Tara Ross, expected more and only contributed slightly more than Drinkwater.

Only slightly more than Drinkwater? Either you never saw Drinkwater play for us, or you've never seen Barkley play for us.  Barkley has overall been a bit of a disappointment, but to put him in the same bracket as Drinkwater is bonkers.  Before Christmas he was good (and sometimes great), and he played a big part in some great victories (Liverpool, Leicester and Southampton in particular).  Since Xmas, it's clearly not worked out and though I have no desire to see him sign permanently, he goes with my good wishes and I hope he gets a move in the summer to somewhere he can play regularly.

Drinkwater, on the other hand, was both crap on the rare occasions we saw him, and disruptive on the training field.  Chalk and Cheese.

[olaftab]

I feel for him, the bleeding heart liberal that I am.

I know he's a footballer on a staggering wage and all, but to me he looks like he has a few demons in his head that are holding him back. I look at the 'petulance' we saw when he came off and see it as a player angry with himself, not the decision. I hope he gets himself right because when he has the ability.

Saint LeeB.

[Duncan Shaw]

I feel for him, the bleeding heart liberal that I am.

I know he's a footballer on a staggering wage and all, but to me he looks like he has a few demons in his head that are holding him back. I look at the 'petulance' we saw when he came off and see it as a player angry with himself, not the decision. I hope he gets himself right because when he has the ability.

I don't think his body can do what he needs it to do.

I think you may be right

It's funny, I was watching the AVFC Official Goal of the Season montage on Twitter the other day and his one at Leicester was rightly in it.  In that clip when he scored and ran around celebrating it struck me he looked not only a totally different player to what we have seen of late, but almost a different person - sprightly, cheery call it what you will.  I think something has happened with his injury/rehab that has affected him more than just physically and I wonder if he will ever recover from it now?

[in exile]

Only a few more days to wait to see if Deano managed to get Barkley into the Euro's squad.

[chrisw1]

Ross played his part in a fantastic start to the season.  Without him we may not have had the foundation that we needed to get through the poor run unscathed.

Yep, he was mostly rubbish after his injury, but he wasn't the only one.  He played his part this season and was well paid for it.  Ultimately he was dissapointing but I'm not sure why there's so much hatred and glee about him moving on?  It was a marriage of covenience and it just about served it's purpose. 

[Drummond]

I feel for him, the bleeding heart liberal that I am.

I know he's a footballer on a staggering wage and all, but to me he looks like he has a few demons in his head that are holding him back. I look at the 'petulance' we saw when he came off and see it as a player angry with himself, not the decision. I hope he gets himself right because when he has the ability.

I don't think his body can do what he needs it to do.

Haha, I'm the same.

[PaulWinch again]

I feel for him, the bleeding heart liberal that I am.

I know he's a footballer on a staggering wage and all, but to me he looks like he has a few demons in his head that are holding him back. I look at the 'petulance' we saw when he came off and see it as a player angry with himself, not the decision. I hope he gets himself right because when he has the ability.

Yup that’s where I am too.

[Border villan]

Being of a certain age I remember watching players like Eamonn Deacy and David Geddies.
Both were far from the best who have appeared for the Villa, but importantly they gave their all in the claret and blue shirt and would have run through a brick wall for the team. A quality sadly lacking in Ross Barkley.

[N'ZMAV]

Only a few more days to wait to see if Deano managed to get Barkley into the Euro's squad.

Not sure on this form he'd even get in the Scotland squad