Ross Barkley

[brontebilly]

I thought that against Spurs, he looked completely out of his depth. Then again, they all did that day.

When we has to run he's a liability. Very good with ball at his feet and he's one of our best players in the air in fairness. Feared Tielemans/Barkley in a 2 but Liverpool suffer from a lack of legs too.

[Clark W Griswold]

I thought he looked really good against West Ham but in every game since he looks about as athletic as me, which obviously effects his general game.

[PaulWinch again]

Did well in the main last night.

[Steve67]

I think he's better when playing deeper these days.  It was a sensible move to bring him on at half time, probably surprised Liverpool too.  I thought he had a good game.  Shame he's not involved in the Europa squad as he's an asset.

[steamer]

Made a difference when he cane on last night
Bolstered the midfield and was his shot that was pushed out for a goal
Keep as squad player for me

[Villafirst]

Extend his contract for another 12 months.

[cdbearsfan]

He's already contracted until 2027 so I would be more than happy to see how things develop before offering any extension.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

Places like Capology still have it ending June this year, that's why some people think that we have a year extension option. I know it's wrong because I remember someone clearing that up earlier in the year (maybe Tanswell) as well as Barkley himself.

[eamonn]

Feel bad for him that he's not in the Europea squad. He would have got a decent amount of game time plus likely a sub appearance in the final at least.

[eye digress]

Wasn't that due to his early season extra curriculars? And therefore, a form of punishment?

[Dave]

I assume it's just that there were 21 players deemed more important.

[brontebilly]

Feel bad for him that he's not in the Europea squad. He would have got a decent amount of game time plus likely a sub appearance in the final at least.

Probably first sub on if registered. Strange to the point of stupid why we registered Elliot instead. Emery has very little faith in our bench.

[paul_e]

Yep, was just as simple as it was an area of the pitch where we thought we had enough cover by being able to have Bogarde in but not counted in that 21 (and he'll be #22 next season as well which adds some extra value to keeping him).

[Dave]

Feel bad for him that he's not in the Europea squad. He would have got a decent amount of game time plus likely a sub appearance in the final at least.

Probably first sub on if registered. Strange to the point of stupid why we registered Elliot instead. Emery has very little faith in our bench.

Presumably because in September we assumed that Elliot was going to be a crucial part of the first team squad, and in February we thought that including Abraham / Douglas Luiz / Bailey was more important to replace Malen / Kamara / Guessand than the Barkley / Elliot switch.

[eamonn]

Which was also short-short-sighted. Still, if we win the thing, I guess it doesn't matter. These are still our glory days.