Ross Barkley

[Finney Is Back]

Said almost everyone when I was criticising Sissoko 12 months ago for similar reasons

As they also said about 24 months ago when you were criticising Dembele and talking down the qualifties of potential signing Toby Alderweireld, then again 12 months ago when you were criticising Eriksen and talking down potential signing Victor Wanyama.

 

[r-u-s-x]

Doubt there was much criticism of Sissoko being a show boater.

 

[JerusalemMan]

poppyrooster!

Loving the auto-correct by the filter here.

 

[Bedfordspurs]

Said almost everyone when I was criticising Sissoko 12 months ago for similar reasons

Yeah you got one right....

And we still had our best seaon in modern history

 

[Gazza Dazzla]

Yeah you got one right....

And we still had our best seaon in modern history

To be fair I think the people who thought sissoko would be a good signing were in the minority, especially when the transfer fee became apparent.

 

[Bedfordspurs]

To be fair I think the people who thought sissoko would be a good signing were in the minority, especially when the transfer fee became apparent.

I thought he would be good

He tore us a new one a few times

 

[StephenH]

To be fair I think the people who thought sissoko would be a good signing were in the minority, especially when the transfer fee became apparent.

I only know two!
And Pochettino don't count anyway!

 

[lovely rita]

Barkley has a hell of a lot more talent than Dier. Of course what Dier has over Barkley is awareness and discipline. One thing I would say though is that I would expect Pochettino to be able to coach the awareness and discipline into Barkley, whereas I don't think Poch can coach 'talent' into Dier.

Agree with this. Dier is a bit of a master of all but a jack of none. There are lots of players like this , he is a good type granted but the type that always gets highly praised when the team is doing well .

Barkley has a lot more natural talent and technique - by definition this is much rarer.

 

[Raziel]

Agree with this. Dier is a bit of a master of all but a jack of none. There are lots of players like this , he is a good type granted but the type that always gets highly praised when the team is doing well .

Barkley has a lot more natural talent and technique - by definition this is much rarer.

Dier is a utility player (something Poch likes) and what he has in bags over Barkley is consistency, Barkley has never consistently delivered.

Dier is a first team player, Barkley (if he did) would be a bench player at Spurs, he'd have to (not saying it isn't possible) up his game and consistency considerably to push for a start.

 

[AVB]

Barkleys career will go from strength to strength under poch in my opinion

 

[Danishfurniturelover]

Dier reminds me of Gareth Barry.

 

[RunTMC]

You know what? I've been reading this thread and have given it a lot of thought.

It's a 'yes' from me for Barkley. Size, pace, stenghth, technique, ball control...there's more than enough raw ingredients there to develop.

And for £20m it should be a no brainer. Especially as we could do with an extra body in that position

 

[Gutter Boy]

You know what? I've been reading this thread and have given it a lot of thought.

It's a 'yes' from me for Barkley. Size, pace, stenghth, technique, ball control...there's more than enough raw ingredients there to develop.

And for £20m it should be a no brainer. Especially as we could do with an extra body in that position

Intelligence is the big missing piece though. He's a no brainer (literally)

 

[awesome dawson]

Intelligence is the big missing piece though. He's a no brainer (literally)

GB you've be going all out for weeks, on not signing this guy. If it does happen and he turns out to be half decent you are going to look pretty foolish. He's 23 for fcuks sake, do you not think Poch and the players around him like Dembele and Eriksen can help him develop into a better player? He's got enough good attributes to allow the intelligence (or I prefer the phrase - decision making) to improve.

I've started new jobs and had no idea about what I was supposed to be doing until I'd benefited from a few months experience and then you could say the intelligence/decision making followed.

I seriously hope you get behind him if he signs because hoping a player fails is not exactly the type of fan we need. Especially when his signing probably means the exit door for Sissoko.

 

[metalgear]

Intelligence is the big missing piece though. He's a no brainer (literally)

System can somewhat replace intelligence, it depends on the role. Attitude and resilience, Barkley has loads of it.


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[Gazza]

Intelligence is the big missing piece though. He's a no brainer (literally)

Michael Jackson's "man in the mirror".

 

[StephenH]

Intelligence is the big missing piece though. He's a no brainer (literally)

Oh you are not keen then!

 

[Denmark Spur]

https://twitter.com/x/status/901131677673676800

 

[DeleHarry]

Barkley could stay at Everton and earn more money than he would at Spurs.

From what I understand it's not so much about money, he wants to work with Poch. So I would be very surprised if he joined Chelski.

 

[Whiffler]

https://twitter.com/x/status/901131677673676800

Mrs Malaprop writing for the Telegraph, I see.