Ross Barkley

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I know its you tube blah blah but this kid has the lot, his touch,turn of pace, his passing technique is top drawer, he would flourish with our quality around him.

A modern day Paul Gascoigne

 

[CITYROBBO]

im reserving judgement.. still unsure on him ..

 

[Matt the Giant]

I watched highlights from yesterday's game, and seriously... anyone not in favor of attaining him must be out of their mind.
Yesterday he played in the position we would play him, central midfield, and he was the best player on the pitch! He's got the passing range, work ethics, pace, shot, physique... pretty much everything. And he's only 21 years old!!

I really hope we are working on getting him to our club. A future city icon, much like Zabaleta hopefully.

 

[aguero93:20]

Milner wants to stay, i think we should be keeping him

Also we need a player like Barkley as he has the potential to be better than what we already have in midfield - we should get him at all costs

That's optimistic, I think he'll have to go some way to ever be fit to lace Silva or Yaya's boots and it's highly unlikely he'll ever match their achievements.

 

[BillyShears]

Milner wants to stay, i think we should be keeping him

Also we need a player like Barkley as he has the potential to be better than what we already have in midfield - we should get him at all costs

That's optimistic, I think he'll have to go some way to ever be fit to lace Silva or Yaya's boots and it's highly unlikely he'll ever match their achievements.

Why?

You don't think Barkley can win the league/CL with City or go on to be a world class player?

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

I watched highlights from yesterday's game, and seriously... anyone not in favor of attaining him must be out of their mind.
Yesterday he played in the position we would play him, central midfield, and he was the best player on the pitch! He's got the passing range, work ethics, pace, shot, physique... pretty much everything. And he's only 21 years old!!

I really hope we are working on getting him to our club. A future city icon, much like Zabaleta hopefully.

So you didn't see him fail to get a foothold in the game, constantly occupy the same space as other Everton players and mislay passes right until he scored that great goal, did you?

Don't get me wrong, he could be very,very good, but people need to start looking at his overall game and not just a couple of wonder strikes.

Folk were saying he looked good against us, but the reason for that was we gave them the middle, and as soon as he threatened we switched formation, bringing Lampard into his area and there wasn't a sign of him for the rest of that game.

Very good player, but he's definitely flattering to deceive right now.

 

[aguero93:20]

Milner wants to stay, i think we should be keeping him

Also we need a player like Barkley as he has the potential to be better than what we already have in midfield - we should get him at all costs

That's optimistic, I think he'll have to go some way to ever be fit to lace Silva or Yaya's boots and it's highly unlikely he'll ever match their achievements.

Why?

You don't think Barkley can win the league/CL with City or go on to be a world class player?

I'm sure he could be part of a first eleven that could win either trophy, I highly doubt he'll ever be a better player than Yaya or Silva as FTE claims, Yaya in his prime was the best box to box player in World football and Silva along with Iniesta has been rightly classed as one of the best creative players in the game, there are very, very few players that will ever have the potential to be as good as those two have been. Barkley has potential but he'll do well if he matches Dinho, Milner or Nasri. Koke/Pogba/Gundogan are currently the best young players in central midfield, they'll do well to ever be as good as Yaya has been. Even if he is a ****.

 

[BillyShears]

That's optimistic, I think he'll have to go some way to ever be fit to lace Silva or Yaya's boots and it's highly unlikely he'll ever match their achievements.

Why?

You don't think Barkley can win the league/CL with City or go on to be a world class player?

I'm sure he could be part of a first eleven that could win either trophy, I highly doubt he'll ever be a better player than Yaya or Silva as FTE claims, Yaya in his prime was the best box to box player in World football and Silva along with Iniesta has been rightly classed as one of the best creative players in the game, there are very, very few players that will ever have the potential to be as good as those two have been. Barkley has potential but he'll do well if he matches Dinho, Milner or Nasri. Koke/Pogba/Gundogan are currently the best young players in central midfield, they'll do well to ever be as good as Yaya has been. Even if he is a c**t.

Barkley's a better player than Koke and Gundogan were at his age. He's on the same level as Pogba at that age and will develop IMO into not just the best midfield player in England, but one of the top 5 in the world. He has every attribute required, including the right mentality ( as opposed to a lot of English players ) .

 

[IanBishopsHaircut]

I watched highlights from yesterday's game, and seriously... anyone not in favor of attaining him must be out of their mind.
Yesterday he played in the position we would play him, central midfield, and he was the best player on the pitch! He's got the passing range, work ethics, pace, shot, physique... pretty much everything. And he's only 21 years old!!

I really hope we are working on getting him to our club. A future city icon, much like Zabaleta hopefully.

So you didn't see him fail to get a foothold in the game, constantly occupy the same space as other Everton players and mislay passes right until he scored that great goal, did you?

Don't get me wrong, he could be very,very good, but people need to start looking at his overall game and not just a couple of wonder strikes.

Folk were saying he looked good against us, but the reason for that was we gave them the middle, and as soon as he threatened we switched formation, bringing Lampard into his area and there wasn't a sign of him for the rest of that game.

Very good player, but he's definitely flattering to deceive right now.

He's 21 years old

Imagine him in a few years time

 

[aguero93:20]

Why?

You don't think Barkley can win the league/CL with City or go on to be a world class player?

I'm sure he could be part of a first eleven that could win either trophy, I highly doubt he'll ever be a better player than Yaya or Silva as FTE claims, Yaya in his prime was the best box to box player in World football and Silva along with Iniesta has been rightly classed as one of the best creative players in the game, there are very, very few players that will ever have the potential to be as good as those two have been. Barkley has potential but he'll do well if he matches Dinho, Milner or Nasri. Koke/Pogba/Gundogan are currently the best young players in central midfield, they'll do well to ever be as good as Yaya has been. Even if he is a c**t.

Barkley's a better player than Koke and Gundogan were at his age. He's on the same level as Pogba at that age and will develop IMO into not just the best midfield player in England, but one of the top 5 in the world. He has every attribute required, including the right mentality ( as opposed to a lot of English players ) .

No he's not, if you think that you obviously didn't see Gundogan playing at 18/19, all the lad was missing was a bit of strength and physicality, all the ability and the football brain were already there, along with consistency and composure. He might be better than Koke was at that age but he's a lot more developed in a physical sense than Koke was who was still growing in height at that age. Barkley's challenge now is to develop mentally over the next 3-4 years, the biggest challenge any young player goes through and I'd wait and see how he does with that before proclaiming him a world beater.

Oh and if you want to compare players at young ages he's not a patch on Wilshere at that age, look how well he's doing.