Wow, the total lack of respect for a former Barcelona regular in 2010 haha! I imagine they all thought we would be signing all the big names and seen Yaya as a dissapointment but reality struck. I don't even want to see the Silva comments! Too small, too slow, weak, can't handle the hard British boys.
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Wow, the total lack of respect for a former Barcelona regular in 2010 haha! I imagine they all thought we would be signing all the big names and seen Yaya as a dissapointment but reality struck. I don't even want to see the Silva comments! Too small, too slow, weak, can't handle the hard British boys.
Brightwell’s left peg
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Nice work
It's fun, but it's the fact people are so adamant, they end up abusing others on here that I find strange.
I too thought Bony and Bravo would be excellent (still haven't given up on Bravo), and I was very excited at the prospect we were going to land Pogbad as the natural heir to Toure. I thought Mangler was the missing piece to defensive greatness.
My inclusion of Barry wasn't so much rating him, but my recollection is that he was very much an attacking mid at Villa, and I doubt people thought he'd end up playing the role he did so well for us.
In a nutshell, I clearly know f all, and I'm not in a minority, and so doubt I'd abuse a fellow poster on their thoughts re potential signings and whether they'd be any good and in what position.
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Good for you...and how about the others?
;-)
It eventually dawned on all of us I think, before it happened permanently...but he was signed as a midfielder, and there were probably heated debates about whether he was too expensive, the fact we should have bought numerous others instead, whether he'd be better off used as a striker etc etc. ;-)
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Fuck all natural about his hair ;-)
Brilliant post
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If we had continued like we started the season we would be getting ready for a big celebration. Years ago there was a standard text called "How to lie with statistics"
I hesitate to put too much faith in most of this Opta stuff. Barkley has had a good season but not twice as good as Sterling.
I'm reluctant to take too much from that because there's no way in hell that Puncheon or Redmond are better players than Sterling.
Stoned Rose
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This is without all the Rags' English players though yeah? ;)
Wretched Vengeance
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And a Barkley that isn't faced with the massed ranks that City have to contend with every week.
johnmc
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Spurs are in for Barkley this summer. Strange given he plays the same position as Alli
Kane also back next week but that's not transfer related.
Kane also back next week but that's not transfer related.
lancs blue
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But that single stat doesn't mean they are better players does it? You have to put the stat into context - for example how many creative players they have competing to create chances etc. Sterling has Silva, KdB and Sane also looking to create chances, Barkley has...Mirallas if he gets on maybe, Coleman when he gets forward? It's no real surprise that most of Everton's creativity flows through Barkley.
Problem with Barkley is consistency because on form he is easily one of the best midfielders in the country.
Some of his passes in the last month or so have been outstanding.
he's still so young so that's not surprising
Ok. The stat simply showed who created more chances. Not who is better. But when a player creates chances at a rate that much higher than all the others, its hard to argue he is not a good player... Barkley clearly is playing well this season. Its hard to deny that.
In fairness he isn't that inconsistent. As far as CMs go, he has been quite consistent with his passing.
Probably because he is a pretty good player.
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