Ross Barkley

[Dimitr 488]

In January 

if the board decides to sign anybody 

he is mahrez not Barkley 

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Well, we won't coming for him again though.

[guddy6969 199]

Talk sport saying Ross did have a medical but his is lying because they found something out about him.. 

[LAM09 7,043]

Our interest in him should be over now

[Polo7 3,496]

I heard he failed the medical. Explains why everyone is trying to cover it up.

[robsblubot 3,595]

Ox failed the medical too: some problem in the head. 

Honestly, at this time, RLC looks like the better prospect. The fact he is playing so well away from Chelsea, does not look good for our coaching staff.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,059]

1 hour ago, Robguima said:

Ox failed the medical too: some problem in the head. 

Honestly, at this time, RLC looks like the better prospect. The fact he is playing so well away from Chelsea, does not look good for our coaching staff.

Ruben is playing no better at Palace than he's played here. Reports that he is derive from 'honeymoon' assessments. Let's hope that he keeps his place in the side, and that those increased number of minutes may, in time, help him to produce his best stuff more consistently. He isn't at that point yet however.

[robsblubot 3,595]

2 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Ruben is playing no better at Palace than he's played here. Reports that he is derive from 'honeymoon' assessments. Let's hope that he keeps his place in the side, and that those increased number of minutes may, in time, help him to produce his best stuff more consistently. He isn't at that point yet however.

Heh I wasn't really hyping rlc but rather saying Barkley never really did anything remarkably that much better. considering he had the minutes and support rlc never had.

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

4 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Ruben is playing no better at Palace than he's played here. Reports that he is derive from 'honeymoon' assessments. Let's hope that he keeps his place in the side, and that those increased number of minutes may, in time, help him to produce his best stuff more consistently. He isn't at that point yet however.

In the Guardian there's a fans view of the transfer window this is what a Palace fan said.

• Best buy: Sakho, given how well he did for us last season, though Loftus-Cheek has been a revelation

[the wes 7,212]

Why we still writing about this clown my granny has bigger balls than Ross Barkley 

[cosmicway 1,333]

Sometimes injured players go cheap.
The legend Dusan Bajevic of Jugoslavia in 1975, his leg was in plaster when he came to AEK Athens.
AEK payed nothing but he became "the" great Dusco.
There were no free transfers across Europe back then, but this man's price should have been pretty high, 50 mil in today's money - beyond Greek budgets.

Barclay then feels he 's so great and he 's going to stun the world so he dropped the 35 mil offer and he wants to wait until January.
Let's see.

[Reddish-Blue 2,489]

15 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Ruben is playing no better at Palace than he's played here. Reports that he is derive from 'honeymoon' assessments. Let's hope that he keeps his place in the side, and that those increased number of minutes may, in time, help him to produce his best stuff more consistently. He isn't at that point yet however.

I wouldn't agree with that.  At Palace, RLC is already showing signs of becoming a premier league midfielder.  Only time will tell if he's a Pogba (developed his career away from United) or a Ravel Morrison (looked a class above for 6-7 games at West Ham, then the hype got to his head and everything went south). 

At Chelsea, he was effectively the poster boy from the academy.

[communicate 2,703]

1 hour ago, Reddish-Blue said:

I wouldn't agree with that.  At Palace, RLC is already showing signs of becoming a premier league midfielder.  Only time will tell if he's a Pogba (developed his career away from United) or a Ravel Morrison (looked a class above for 6-7 games at West Ham, then the hype got to his head and everything went south). 

At Chelsea, he was effectively the poster boy from the academy.

Haven't watched his game with palace but did he run more for palace?

That is imo his biggest problem, even Mou said the same thing. When you are a young midfield,  you run more for your team to cover ground 

[OhForAGreavsie 6,059]

1 hour ago, Reddish-Blue said:

I wouldn't agree with that.  At Palace, RLC is already showing signs of becoming a premier league midfielder.  Only time will tell if he's a Pogba (developed his career away from United) or a Ravel Morrison (looked a class above for 6-7 games at West Ham, then the hype got to his head and everything went south). 

At Chelsea, he was effectively the poster boy from the academy.

Fair enough. Where we can definitely agree is in the hope that RLC goes from strength to strength.

On Ravel Morrison; that may be what happened or maybe the hype was born out of more honeymoon assessments in the first place.

[Reddish-Blue 2,489]

1 hour ago, communicate said:

Haven't watched his game with palace but did he run more for palace?

That is imo his biggest problem, even Mou said the same thing. When you are a young midfield,  you run more for your team to cover ground 

He has been more dynamic in his role for Palace. The one thing that has stood out for me so far: his willingness to take on the game.  He's not always trying to play the safe sideways pass or backpass to a CB, he's looking to get the ball forward, whether it be driving through midfield or trying his luck with longer-range passing. 

As for what Mourinho said, RLC knows how to cover ground for the team (i've seen him do it in england age-group games), he just needs to learn discipline, which is something players learn with age & regular game-time.