lexicon Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Better today. A lot more effort and keeping it simple. Made a few **** ups but definitely progress. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmygreaves Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Yeah, came to post the same. Much better so far, fair play Ross. Keep it going! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Hes been good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Done alright but utterly pointless giving him 90 minutes. Robbing a bright young prospect or two of a PL debut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTTERDAM1982 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Much, much better tbh, On that perforance you would pay £20m for him. Have to say that Perreira looks a player as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Good to see a big effort from Ross. That's the minimum you can ask for but he involved and trying to make things happen. Fact is we were very poor in final third with bad passing decisions. Still we rescued a point and the hope for better goes on. Pleased for Davis who should have been on much sooner and of course big Wes is back too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Much better performance from him but still not great and still not the player you expect to come from Chelsea. We also improved dramatically in intensity when he went off, not sure if that is just coincidence today as we were throwing everything at them, it has happened previously however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 He was better and should keep his place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 25, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 25, 2021 He's trying, I think that much is clear and he added something tonight. I thought he showed a decent attitude in his sub appearance against City but his passing was off, tonight was better - he can still help us this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 25, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 25, 2021 Far better today. No idea how McGinn stayed on whilst he came off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Thought he did well today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Barkley played really well today. His movement was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 I've been criticising him alot of late but credit where it's due Barkley was much better. If he can find some form the last six games it would be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 2 hours ago, OutByEaster? said: He's trying, I think that much is clear and he added something tonight. I thought he showed a decent attitude in his sub appearance against City but his passing was off, tonight was better - he can still help us this season. I mentioned in the match thread, I wondered if Deano reiterating publicly, that no permanent deal has been discussed, was a final kick up the backside he needed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Don't let the pen cloud your judgment. No, I will give him cred for that but fact is we got much better after Ramsey came on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 He was good today and I wasn’t sure he deserved to be substituted. Would have sorted out the Traore problem first by preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Same as usual for me, made so many wrong decisions in final third. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 What was clear to me is that we have to have a number 10 who looks to go forward with the ball and fills the space between Mcginn/luiz and Watkins. I thought Barkley today was effective, he linked well and struck up a good partnership with Watkins. I dont think he was helped by how poor McGinn and Luiz were today. He would stay in my side. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Thought he looked a bit fitter today. Actually drove forward with the ball like he did at the start of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Was far better than his new normal, however he just does not work for us without jack. He slows the game down without speeding it up again doesn't tackle or press and yet again along with mgginn gave the ball away a stupid amount of times. His attempts at heading were truelly laughable, 3 times I saw him try and jump and missed the ball by 2 or 3 foot each time, not because it flew over him, the ball landed right where he was jumping, because he totally miss timed his jump. Kids basic stuff. As I say, better than the last 4 months but does not work in out team. No coincidence we looked far better when he went off and had someone who puts in the dirty work of running blocking and pressing while still supporting the front. And then swapping out the other lazy player for an aggressive player got us the point. Both should have been off at half time as both were not working for the greater good ( the team). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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