20: Ross Barkley - Royal Blue future

Made FooFoo Gwladys wrote:

hairberto cataract wrote:

Armchair Evertonian wrote:Shame, but footballers recover from these things pretty quickly. He'll be back in a few weeks.

Not if it is his metatarsel -  it'll be six to twelve weeks.

typical really ... Barkley... Duelefeu... Kone.... Gibbo, .. Dizzy .. .FFS !

and where was Alcaraz today ... another injury ??

I assumed that Jags took his spot as the right CB.

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Made FooFoo Gwladys wrote:

hairberto cataract wrote:

Armchair Evertonian wrote:Shame, but footballers recover from these things pretty quickly. He'll be back in a few weeks.

Not if it is his metatarsel -  it'll be six to twelve weeks.

typical really ... Barkley... Duelefeu... Kone.... Gibbo, .. Dizzy .. .FFS !

and where was Alcaraz today ... another injury ??

I assumed that Jags took his spot as the right CB.

he did .. but Alca wasn't even on the bench..

Made FooFoo Gwladys wrote:

hairberto cataract wrote:

Armchair Evertonian wrote:Shame, but footballers recover from these things pretty quickly. He'll be back in a few weeks.

Not if it is his metatarsel -  it'll be six to twelve weeks.

typical really ... Barkley... Duelefeu... Kone.... Gibbo, .. Dizzy .. .FFS !

and where was Alcaraz today ... another injury ??

+1 and then some.
Just in time for the Derby!
Feckity Feck Feck

  

Roberto said in post match interview that Alcaraz was having a rest as he'd only just come back into the side.

hairberto cataract wrote:

Armchair Evertonian wrote:Shame, but footballers recover from these things pretty quickly. He'll be back in a few weeks.

Not if it is his metatarsel -  it'll be six to twelve weeks.

Likely just to be his toe:

"We are going to assess it to see if there was displacement or not, it is a very similar incident to the one Leighton Baines had," added Martinez,

Armchair Evertonian wrote:

hairberto cataract wrote:

Armchair Evertonian wrote:Shame, but footballers recover from these things pretty quickly. He'll be back in a few weeks.

Not if it is his metatarsel -  it'll be six to twelve weeks.

Likely just to be his toe:

"We are going to assess it to see if there was displacement or not, it is a very similar incident to the one Leighton Baines had," added Martinez,

Rest will do him good too. He can come back and play every game until the end of the season.

Out for up to six weeks.....

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/25700507

Super wrote:Out for up to six weeks.....

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/25700507

RM admitted that it was "a shame".
Local radio saying EFC announce "3-6 weeks" for the lad.
Bad timing huh?
So with McGeedy the new number 7, RM will cheer us all up with a further bumper signing or loan deal.

here we go.... transfer by shite journalism

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/ross-barkley-transfer-news-chelsea-3053230

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has targeted Ross Barkley as a long-term replacement for Juan Mata, according to reports.

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Made FooFoo Gwladys wrote:here we go.... transfer by shite journalism

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/ross-barkley-transfer-news-chelsea-3053230

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has targeted Ross Barkley as a long-term replacement for Juan Mata, according to reports.

Check out all the latest News, Sport & Celeb gossip at Mirror.co.uk http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/ross-barkley-transfer-news-chelsea-3053230#ixzz2rEK7LhzN
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Oh look, it's the Daily Mirror again.

Just the tiniest flaw in the Mirror's story - Mata has been sitting on the bench all season. Do they mean Jose wants Barkley to replace Mata on the bench? It's hardly the most enticing offer you could make to a lad who has become the first name on the team sheet this season: "Oh yes we'd love you to come to Chelsea because we will have a space for a frustrated, under-used talent on the bench now that Mata's gone...."

hairberto cataract wrote:Just the tiniest flaw in the Mirror's story - Mata has been sitting on the bench all season.  Do they mean Jose wants Barkley to replace Mata on the bench?  It's hardly the most enticing offer you could make to a lad who has become the first name on the team sheet this season: "Oh yes we'd love you to come to Chelsea because we will have a space for a frustrated, under-used talent on the bench now that Mata's gone...."

Never thought I'd say this but I hope the lad listens to Stevie Me La's gems of wisdom and stays put. Time's on his side, after all.

Barkley would have to insane, retarded or just incredibly greedy to move to chelsea. There are few sides he could move to where he'd improve his chances of silverware and actually get to play more than a cameo role. At Everton he's playing week-in week-out. You can't put a price on that level of development.

Tonteau wrote:Barkley would have to insane, retarded or just incredibly greedy to move to chelsea. There are few sides he could move to where he'd improve his chances of silverware and actually get to play more than a cameo role. At Everton he's playing week-in week-out. You can't put a price on that level of development.

And he is getting, or got, an improved contract so it's not like he's not making any money.

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Tonteau wrote:Barkley would have to insane, retarded or just incredibly greedy to move to chelsea. There are few sides he could move to where he'd improve his chances of silverware and actually get to play more than a cameo role. At Everton he's playing week-in week-out. You can't put a price on that level of development.

And he is getting, or got, an improved contract so it's not like he's not making any money.

I'd like to agree.. in fact I WANT to agree... but remember Rooney.... bright sky team lights & lots of wonga...

The hope is that this is just shit Mirror journos selling our players again for a story

Made FooFoo Gwladys wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Tonteau wrote:Barkley would have to insane, retarded or just incredibly greedy to move to chelsea. There are few sides he could move to where he'd improve his chances of silverware and actually get to play more than a cameo role. At Everton he's playing week-in week-out. You can't put a price on that level of development.

And he is getting, or got, an improved contract so it's not like he's not making any money.

I'd like to agree.. in fact I WANT to agree... but remember Rooney.... bright sky team lights & lots of wonga...

The hope is that this is just shit Mirror journos selling our players again for a story

 
yeah, but Rooney was good enough to star for the best team in the land (at that time) and scored a hattrick on hios debut. Juan Mata's a ridiculously good player and he's barely got a sniff at chelsea under Jose. If you don't follow Mourinho's plan, don't track back, make a few mistakes or give the ball away, you get benched. Barkley has room to grow at Everton. A manager who trusts him and will let him learn from his mistakes.

Tonteau wrote:

Made FooFoo Gwladys wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Tonteau wrote:Barkley would have to insane, retarded or just incredibly greedy to move to chelsea. There are few sides he could move to where he'd improve his chances of silverware and actually get to play more than a cameo role. At Everton he's playing week-in week-out. You can't put a price on that level of development.

And he is getting, or got, an improved contract so it's not like he's not making any money.

I'd like to agree.. in fact I WANT to agree... but remember Rooney.... bright sky team lights & lots of wonga...

The hope is that this is just shit Mirror journos selling our players again for a story

 
yeah, but Rooney was good enough to star for the best team in the land (at that time) and scored a hattrick on hios debut. Juan Mata's a ridiculously good player and he's barely got a sniff at chelsea under Jose. If you don't follow Mourinho's plan, don't track back, make a few mistakes or give the ball away, you get benched. Barkley has room to grow at Everton. A manager who trusts him and will let him learn from his mistakes.

And he's a bit crap isn't he? (I'm trying to put would-be suitors off)

Statman wrote:

Tonteau wrote:

Made FooFoo Gwladys wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Tonteau wrote:Barkley would have to insane, retarded or just incredibly greedy to move to chelsea. There are few sides he could move to where he'd improve his chances of silverware and actually get to play more than a cameo role. At Everton he's playing week-in week-out. You can't put a price on that level of development.

And he is getting, or got, an improved contract so it's not like he's not making any money.

I'd like to agree.. in fact I WANT to agree... but remember Rooney.... bright sky team lights & lots of wonga...

The hope is that this is just shit Mirror journos selling our players again for a story

 
yeah, but Rooney was good enough to star for the best team in the land (at that time) and scored a hattrick on hios debut. Juan Mata's a ridiculously good player and he's barely got a sniff at chelsea under Jose. If you don't follow Mourinho's plan, don't track back, make a few mistakes or give the ball away, you get benched. Barkley has room to grow at Everton. A manager who trusts him and will let him learn from his mistakes.

And he's a bit crap isn't he?   (I'm trying to put would-be suitors off)

lol .. was thinking that ... I think he's possibly / probably better than Rooney was when we sold him... regular at EFC, excellent performances, England player now, certainty for World Cup, excellent free kick taker, great range goal scorer.... what's not to like...

Once a blue always a blu.... oh fuck !

Made FooFoo Gwladys wrote:

Statman wrote:

Tonteau wrote:

Made FooFoo Gwladys wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Tonteau wrote:Barkley would have to insane, retarded or just incredibly greedy to move to chelsea. There are few sides he could move to where he'd improve his chances of silverware and actually get to play more than a cameo role. At Everton he's playing week-in week-out. You can't put a price on that level of development.

And he is getting, or got, an improved contract so it's not like he's not making any money.

I'd like to agree.. in fact I WANT to agree... but remember Rooney.... bright sky team lights & lots of wonga...

The hope is that this is just shit Mirror journos selling our players again for a story

 
yeah, but Rooney was good enough to star for the best team in the land (at that time) and scored a hattrick on hios debut. Juan Mata's a ridiculously good player and he's barely got a sniff at chelsea under Jose. If you don't follow Mourinho's plan, don't track back, make a few mistakes or give the ball away, you get benched. Barkley has room to grow at Everton. A manager who trusts him and will let him learn from his mistakes.

And he's a bit crap isn't he?   (I'm trying to put would-be suitors off)

lol .. was thinking that ... I think he's possibly / probably better than Rooney was when we sold him... regular at EFC, excellent performances, England player now, certainty for World Cup, excellent free kick taker, great range goal scorer.... what's not to like...

Once a blue always a blu.... oh fuck !

Rooney went down the road to the best team in the country. He also went to a manager who was absolutely thrilled to have bought him. Do you remember how much Fergie was beaming when he signed him? I actually felt a little bit happy for the grumpy sod.

Chelsea aren't the best team in the country and are not likely to be. And they are in London. Also I don't see Mourinho as being the right manager for him. He needs someone who will let him express himself. Let him make a mistake.

I also think that he is as good a prospect as Rooney at the time.

The call from Citeh might be more attractive but with their squad he would struggle to get a game.

Statman wrote:

Made FooFoo Gwladys wrote:

Statman wrote:

Tonteau wrote:

Made FooFoo Gwladys wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Tonteau wrote:Barkley would have to insane, retarded or just incredibly greedy to move to chelsea. There are few sides he could move to where he'd improve his chances of silverware and actually get to play more than a cameo role. At Everton he's playing week-in week-out. You can't put a price on that level of development.

And he is getting, or got, an improved contract so it's not like he's not making any money.

I'd like to agree.. in fact I WANT to agree... but remember Rooney.... bright sky team lights & lots of wonga...

The hope is that this is just shit Mirror journos selling our players again for a story

 
yeah, but Rooney was good enough to star for the best team in the land (at that time) and scored a hattrick on hios debut. Juan Mata's a ridiculously good player and he's barely got a sniff at chelsea under Jose. If you don't follow Mourinho's plan, don't track back, make a few mistakes or give the ball away, you get benched. Barkley has room to grow at Everton. A manager who trusts him and will let him learn from his mistakes.

And he's a bit crap isn't he?   (I'm trying to put would-be suitors off)

lol .. was thinking that ... I think he's possibly / probably better than Rooney was when we sold him... regular at EFC, excellent performances, England player now, certainty for World Cup, excellent free kick taker, great range goal scorer.... what's not to like...

Once a blue always a blu.... oh fuck !

Rooney went down the road to the best team in the country. He also went to a manager who was absolutely thrilled to have bought him. Do you remember how much Fergie was beaming when he signed him? I actually felt a little bit happy for the grumpy sod.

Chelsea aren't the best team in the country and are not likely to be. And they are in London. Also I don't see Mourinho as being the right manager for him. He needs someone who will let him express himself. Let him make a mistake.

I also think that he is as good a prospect as Rooney at the time.

The call from Citeh might be more attractive but with their squad he would  struggle to get a game.

I think that's the advice he'll be getting. A couple of other things to bear in mind

- EFC aren't as cash-strapped as we were in the Rooney era so we can put up more of a defence. Bill will back up RM in wanting to keep the lad.

- I don't know who he his agent is but he might not be from the same Satanic stable as Rooney's.

- While you could point out that Shrek's move has turned out to be a success I reckon RB will be looking at ( or having it pointed out to him) that some of the other high profile exits haven't fared as well : Lescott ( lot of bench-warming), Gravesen (likewise), Pieman ( now returned to the fold), Gosling (who he?), Arteta ( not too bad but not the fulcrum he was at GP), Felli ( too early to tell but not a fairytale to date), without even mentioning others in the past that he'll remember as a lad supporting his club ( Jeffers, for instance.)

Comparisons are obvious, especially for lazy journos but this might just be a Blue who stays a Blue, becomes a legend at GP and is respected by all right-thinking football fans for not selling out. ( Err, desperately looks for "fingers-crossed" emoticon!)

VenezuelaBlue wrote:

Statman wrote:

Made FooFoo Gwladys wrote:

Statman wrote:

Tonteau wrote:

Made FooFoo Gwladys wrote:

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:

Tonteau wrote:Barkley would have to insane, retarded or just incredibly greedy to move to chelsea. There are few sides he could move to where he'd improve his chances of silverware and actually get to play more than a cameo role. At Everton he's playing week-in week-out. You can't put a price on that level of development.

And he is getting, or got, an improved contract so it's not like he's not making any money.

I'd like to agree.. in fact I WANT to agree... but remember Rooney.... bright sky team lights & lots of wonga...

The hope is that this is just shit Mirror journos selling our players again for a story

 
yeah, but Rooney was good enough to star for the best team in the land (at that time) and scored a hattrick on hios debut. Juan Mata's a ridiculously good player and he's barely got a sniff at chelsea under Jose. If you don't follow Mourinho's plan, don't track back, make a few mistakes or give the ball away, you get benched. Barkley has room to grow at Everton. A manager who trusts him and will let him learn from his mistakes.

And he's a bit crap isn't he?   (I'm trying to put would-be suitors off)

lol .. was thinking that ... I think he's possibly / probably better than Rooney was when we sold him... regular at EFC, excellent performances, England player now, certainty for World Cup, excellent free kick taker, great range goal scorer.... what's not to like...

Once a blue always a blu.... oh fuck !

Rooney went down the road to the best team in the country. He also went to a manager who was absolutely thrilled to have bought him. Do you remember how much Fergie was beaming when he signed him? I actually felt a little bit happy for the grumpy sod.

Chelsea aren't the best team in the country and are not likely to be. And they are in London. Also I don't see Mourinho as being the right manager for him. He needs someone who will let him express himself. Let him make a mistake.

I also think that he is as good a prospect as Rooney at the time.

The call from Citeh might be more attractive but with their squad he would  struggle to get a game.

I think that's the advice he'll be getting. A couple of other things to bear in mind

- EFC aren't as cash-strapped as we were in the Rooney era so we can put up more of a defence. Bill will back up RM in wanting to keep the lad.

- I don't know who he his agent is but he might not be from the same Satanic stable as Rooney's.

- While you could point out that Shrek's move has turned out to be a success I reckon RB will be looking at ( or having it pointed out to him) that some of the other high profile exits haven't fared as well : Lescott ( lot of bench-warming), Gravesen (likewise), Pieman ( now returned to the fold), Gosling (who he?), Arteta ( not too bad but not the fulcrum he was at GP), Felli ( too early to tell but not a fairytale to date), without even mentioning others in the past that he'll remember as a lad supporting his club ( Jeffers, for instance.)

Comparisons are obvious, especially for lazy journos but this might just be a Blue who stays a Blue, becomes a legend at GP and is respected by all right-thinking football fans for not selling out. ( Err, desperately looks for "fingers-crossed" emoticon!)

And if ever there was a bench warmer, step up (or is that sit down?) Jack Rodwell.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/ross-barkley-return-lifts-everton-3067816#.UudykWdFCCg

Read that yesterday, not sure it'll happen though.

Knight of Thorgothshire wrote:Read that yesterday, not sure it'll happen though.

He's in the team according to Sky.

Ross wont be going to Utd just yet :

Everton midfielder Ross Barkley, 20, has said current boss Roberto Martinez is a better tactician than predecessor David Moyes, now struggling in his first season at Manchester United.
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