In all fairness Gents, not all us Everton fans are lacking in football understanding....
Yes Barry is getting on a bit, but, his experience is something we desperately need in the middle of the park, with Fellaini gone, and imo, the jury out on James Mcarthy, we need an old head in the middle of the park, especially with young lads like Barkley and Deulofeu who are still very raw and prone to making mistakes by doing too much with the ball due to their youthful exuberance and lack of experience. Barry is just the type of player we need to hold it all together. Lets be honest, up until the last 8 games of last season Phil Neville was the guy doing that and, as much as Phil wasn't cutting it anymore, that loss of experience in the middle of the park needed replacing.
As far as i'm concerned, Barry is a great signing for us, and even more so that when his loan comes to an end so does his contract at City, so we could get him for nothing if he has a decent spell, which i'm sure he will!
Have a great season all :)