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Re: Seems We Are In For Ross Barkley

Postby getdressedmctavish » Sun Jul 06, 2014 9:44 pm

I'd be astonished if anyone knew what Ya Ya was going to do.Pogba is his like for like replacement though nowhere as good. Have you seen the prices being quoted for him?I reiterate. Barkley will cost far more than £25 million. He's been sat in a hotel with James Milner for two weeks. Wonder what he asked him.....how warm is the bench? Then, those who say he's great, watch the games, he goes missing for huge chunks of the game. He's got a party piece, full tilt run at the defence, but a huge amount to learn about midfield play.....he was at Sheffield Wednesday 18 months ago. So
1 no room unless Ya Ya leaves which is unlikely to be decided for some time
2 He'll be around £30=40 mill logically, but if we want to force it, £50 mill
3He'd be mad to interrupt his development at Everton
4 They would be stupid to sell him except for megabucks
5 He aint good enough to play regularly for us yet and may never be


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Re: Seems We Are In For Ross Barkley

Postby MilnersJaw » Sun Jul 06, 2014 11:17 pm

getdressedmctavish wrote:I'd be astonished if anyone knew what Ya Ya was going to do.Pogba is his like for like replacement though nowhere as good. Have you seen the prices being quoted for him?I reiterate. Barkley will cost far more than £25 million. He's been sat in a hotel with James Milner for two weeks. Wonder what he asked him.....how warm is the bench? Then, those who say he's great, watch the games, he goes missing for huge chunks of the game. He's got a party piece, full tilt run at the defence, but a huge amount to learn about midfield play.....he was at Sheffield Wednesday 18 months ago. So
1 no room unless Ya Ya leaves which is unlikely to be decided for some time
2 He'll be around £30=40 mill logically, but if we want to force it, £50 mill
3He'd be mad to interrupt his development at Everton
4 They would be stupid to sell him except for megabucks
5 He aint good enough to play regularly for us yet and may never be


Hope I'm right


Most sensible thing said here. Have people actually watched him week in and out besides motd clips?

I never saw the Costa Rico game but when he came off the bench in the other two, he did nothing but run with the ball and the Italians had no problem taking it of him. Do people think just running with the ball at the defence automatically makes them class or because he's English?

We are overloaded in midfield right now and should look at trying to find a young star that won't cost in sane prices or bring someone threw. Even if we bought Barclay, he'd be straight on the bench.
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Re: Seems We Are In For Ross Barkley

Postby roblues » Sun Jul 06, 2014 11:26 pm

MilnersJaw wrote:
getdressedmctavish wrote:I'd be astonished if anyone knew what Ya Ya was going to do.Pogba is his like for like replacement though nowhere as good. Have you seen the prices being quoted for him?I reiterate. Barkley will cost far more than £25 million. He's been sat in a hotel with James Milner for two weeks. Wonder what he asked him.....how warm is the bench? Then, those who say he's great, watch the games, he goes missing for huge chunks of the game. He's got a party piece, full tilt run at the defence, but a huge amount to learn about midfield play.....he was at Sheffield Wednesday 18 months ago. So
1 no room unless Ya Ya leaves which is unlikely to be decided for some time
2 He'll be around £30=40 mill logically, but if we want to force it, £50 mill
3He'd be mad to interrupt his development at Everton
4 They would be stupid to sell him except for megabucks
5 He aint good enough to play regularly for us yet and may never be


Hope I'm right


Most sensible thing said here. Have people actually watched him week in and out besides motd clips?

I never saw the Costa Rico game but when he came off the bench in the other two, he did nothing but run with the ball and the Italians had no problem taking it of him. Do people think just running with the ball at the defence automatically makes them class or because he's English?

We are overloaded in midfield right now and should look at trying to find a young star that won't cost in sane prices or bring someone threw. Even if we bought Barclay, he'd be straight on the bench.


Buster Phillips sold for £10 million back in 1996 and all he did was run with the ball...

Agree with theme of these last two posts
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Re: Seems We Are In For Ross Barkley

Postby sheikh it all about » Mon Jul 07, 2014 2:19 am

Don't believe the report, or the price, or that Everton will sell him this window.

However, he's the sort of guy we do need for the longer run. Even if Yaya stays he will never repeat last season's achievements.

He's peaked and he's piqued. See what I did there?
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Re: Seems We Are In For Ross Barkley

Postby Burt » Mon Jul 07, 2014 6:56 am

roblues wrote:
MilnersJaw wrote:
getdressedmctavish wrote:I'd be astonished if anyone knew what Ya Ya was going to do.Pogba is his like for like replacement though nowhere as good. Have you seen the prices being quoted for him?I reiterate. Barkley will cost far more than £25 million. He's been sat in a hotel with James Milner for two weeks. Wonder what he asked him.....how warm is the bench? Then, those who say he's great, watch the games, he goes missing for huge chunks of the game. He's got a party piece, full tilt run at the defence, but a huge amount to learn about midfield play.....he was at Sheffield Wednesday 18 months ago. So
1 no room unless Ya Ya leaves which is unlikely to be decided for some time
2 He'll be around £30=40 mill logically, but if we want to force it, £50 mill
3He'd be mad to interrupt his development at Everton
4 They would be stupid to sell him except for megabucks
5 He aint good enough to play regularly for us yet and may never be


Hope I'm right


Most sensible thing said here. Have people actually watched him week in and out besides motd clips?

I never saw the Costa Rico game but when he came off the bench in the other two, he did nothing but run with the ball and the Italians had no problem taking it of him. Do people think just running with the ball at the defence automatically makes them class or because he's English?

We are overloaded in midfield right now and should look at trying to find a young star that won't cost in sane prices or bring someone threw. Even if we bought Barclay, he'd be straight on the bench.


Buster Phillips sold for £10 million back in 1996 and all he did was run with the ball...

Agree with theme of these last two posts


Buster Phillips did not sell for £10mill. Where da fuck did you get that bollox from mate?!!!
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Re: Seems We Are In For Ross Barkley

Postby lets all have a disco » Mon Jul 07, 2014 7:53 am

I've never seen Barkley play,apart from the time where i stood and watched a match for 90 minutes at Goodison and he was easily their stand out player.
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Re: Seems We Are In For Ross Barkley

Postby Dubciteh » Mon Jul 07, 2014 5:16 pm

Burt wrote:
roblues wrote:
MilnersJaw wrote:
getdressedmctavish wrote:I'd be astonished if anyone knew what Ya Ya was going to do.Pogba is his like for like replacement though nowhere as good. Have you seen the prices being quoted for him?I reiterate. Barkley will cost far more than £25 million. He's been sat in a hotel with James Milner for two weeks. Wonder what he asked him.....how warm is the bench? Then, those who say he's great, watch the games, he goes missing for huge chunks of the game. He's got a party piece, full tilt run at the defence, but a huge amount to learn about midfield play.....he was at Sheffield Wednesday 18 months ago. So
1 no room unless Ya Ya leaves which is unlikely to be decided for some time
2 He'll be around £30=40 mill logically, but if we want to force it, £50 mill
3He'd be mad to interrupt his development at Everton
4 They would be stupid to sell him except for megabucks
5 He aint good enough to play regularly for us yet and may never be


Hope I'm right


Most sensible thing said here. Have people actually watched him week in and out besides motd clips?

I never saw the Costa Rico game but when he came off the bench in the other two, he did nothing but run with the ball and the Italians had no problem taking it of him. Do people think just running with the ball at the defence automatically makes them class or because he's English?

We are overloaded in midfield right now and should look at trying to find a young star that won't cost in sane prices or bring someone threw. Even if we bought Barclay, he'd be straight on the bench.


Buster Phillips sold for £10 million back in 1996 and all he did was run with the ball...

Agree with theme of these last two posts


Buster Phillips did not sell for £10mill. Where da fuck did you get that bollox from mate?!!!


It was 15million that's why. Alan ball sold him. Great times.
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Re: Seems We Are In For Ross Barkley

Postby Lee_R » Mon Jul 07, 2014 6:27 pm

Manchester City in November 1995 for a fee of £500,000. Upon signing Phillips, City manager Alan Ball predicted "Buster will be the first British £10 million pound player."[1] He struggled to establish himself at Maine Road and was loaned to Scunthorpe United in January 1998 and back to Exeter City in March 1998.

He left Maine Road in August 1998, moving to Portsmouth for a fee of £100,000.



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Re: Seems We Are In For Ross Barkley

Postby I Just Blue Myself » Mon Jul 07, 2014 7:15 pm

Dubciteh wrote:
Burt wrote:
roblues wrote:
MilnersJaw wrote:
getdressedmctavish wrote:I'd be astonished if anyone knew what Ya Ya was going to do.Pogba is his like for like replacement though nowhere as good. Have you seen the prices being quoted for him?I reiterate. Barkley will cost far more than £25 million. He's been sat in a hotel with James Milner for two weeks. Wonder what he asked him.....how warm is the bench? Then, those who say he's great, watch the games, he goes missing for huge chunks of the game. He's got a party piece, full tilt run at the defence, but a huge amount to learn about midfield play.....he was at Sheffield Wednesday 18 months ago. So
1 no room unless Ya Ya leaves which is unlikely to be decided for some time
2 He'll be around £30=40 mill logically, but if we want to force it, £50 mill
3He'd be mad to interrupt his development at Everton
4 They would be stupid to sell him except for megabucks
5 He aint good enough to play regularly for us yet and may never be


Hope I'm right


Most sensible thing said here. Have people actually watched him week in and out besides motd clips?

I never saw the Costa Rico game but when he came off the bench in the other two, he did nothing but run with the ball and the Italians had no problem taking it of him. Do people think just running with the ball at the defence automatically makes them class or because he's English?

We are overloaded in midfield right now and should look at trying to find a young star that won't cost in sane prices or bring someone threw. Even if we bought Barclay, he'd be straight on the bench.


Buster Phillips sold for £10 million back in 1996 and all he did was run with the ball...

Agree with theme of these last two posts


Buster Phillips did not sell for £10mill. Where da fuck did you get that bollox from mate?!!!


It was 15million that's why. Alan ball sold him. Great times.


15million Vietnamese Dong maybe.
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Re: Seems We Are In For Ross Barkley

Postby Bianchi on Ice » Mon Jul 07, 2014 8:26 pm

Most sensible thing said here. Have people actually watched him week in and out besides motd clips?

I never saw the Costa Rico game but when he came off the bench in the other two, he did nothing but run with the ball and the Italians had no problem taking it of him. Do people think just running with the ball at the defence automatically makes them class or because he's English?

We are overloaded in midfield right now and should look at trying to find a young star that won't cost in sane prices or bring someone threw. Even if we bought Barclay, he'd be straight on the bench.[/quote]

Buster Phillips sold for £10 million back in 1996 and all he did was run with the ball...

Agree with theme of these last two posts[/quote]

Buster Phillips did not sell for £10mill. Where da fuck did you get that bollox from mate?!!![/quote]

It was 15million that's why. Alan ball sold him. Great times.[/quote]

15million Vietnamese Dong maybe.[/quote]

By the time Phillips left he wasnt worth a horses dong wrapped in newspaper
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Re: Seems We Are In For Ross Barkley

Postby michaelcityfan » Wed Jul 09, 2014 8:48 pm

Golden days remembering the days of Alan ball remember frank Clarke god we had some poor managers did we not? Thank heaven for sheikh mansoor.
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Re: Seems We Are In For Ross Barkley

Postby Niall Quinns Discopants » Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:51 am

To be fair, Martin Phillips looked amazing in his debut.
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Re: Seems We Are In For Ross Barkley

Postby Ted Hughes » Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:05 am

Can some of you seriously not recognise the potential in Ross Barkley ?

No wonder people are moaning about Zucculini.

Just to list it: he has pace, skill, strength, stamina, can tackle, shoot, beat players, pass & just recently made Rooney look like an amateur for football nous, when he replaced him.

No he isn't fantastic for Everton every week. He is a kid.

None of the Spanish or Italian or German kids City fans regularly wank over are great every week either. But because they're not English they are automatically better.

If Barkley was slow, or lightweight or lazy etc I could understand people criticising but he basically has everything you could want in a potential star.

He may not see that through, many don't, but the idea he is only rated is because he is English, is fucking nonsense.
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Re: Seems We Are In For Ross Barkley

Postby Beefymcfc » Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:13 am

He's gash. 30 mil for English talent is just ridiculous.
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Re: Seems We Are In For Ross Barkley

Postby Niall Quinns Discopants » Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:20 am

Beefymcfc wrote:He's gash. 30 mil for English talent is just ridiculous.


He is definitely not "gash". Boys got talent in abundance. The kind of talent which with proper training couod well turn into world class performances. Right now he is inconsistent as these kids with genuine natural talent and technique often are. Once he finds consistency I'm pretty sure he will be one of the better players in the league for next decade or so.
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Re: Seems We Are In For Ross Barkley

Postby Beefymcfc » Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:31 am

Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:
Beefymcfc wrote:He's gash. 30 mil for English talent is just ridiculous.


He is definitely not "gash". Boys got talent in abundance. The kind of talent which with proper training couod well turn into world class performances. Right now he is inconsistent as these kids with genuine natural talent and technique often are. Once he finds consistency I'm pretty sure he will be one of the better players in the league for next decade or so.

What I'm saying is that he is gash at that price. Like I said, he is a talent and could become the next ....... (insert name here) but he isn't that player yet. Worth more than Yaya, Big Dave or ........ (insert another name), not a chance.

And, once the media get hold of him then he'll be ruined just like all of the rest of them, probably only proving himself in the PL. However, alongside the likes of Yaya/Silva et al then he could turn that talent into real quality but it will be down to him to prove he can make it, not make it before he's proved himself.
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