"a beautiful footballer, absolutely lovely to watch" Ian Holloway
"He is an intelligent player, he can read the game well and adapt well. I don’t think Xavi and Iniesta, who are outstanding players, are of huge size. They are intelligent, they have the skill, they have the desire – young Barry has all of that." Houllier
"is in the mould of the best midfielders in the world", and said "I'm talking about Xavi, Iniesta and Paul Scholes". Darran Fletcher
so it cant be lack of ability he hasn't made it!!!!!