Good luck Ross

I must admit though Chelsea do remind me somewhat of the big Italian teams who just constantly hoover up players in their own League to beef up their player squad numbers, predominately Juve who‘ve always had a strong history in this. Whether that is a Conte factor is debatable.

These aren’t necessarily great players either, compared to a club like Bayern who ,more often than not, do sign the best players in the Bundesliga.

Just players who can come in now and again and do a pragmatic job and I think ,mainly, that is what Barkley will offer.

Chelsea just looking to get their amount of English player contingent up.

Ross is by no means a poor player, he's just a decent player who shows some flashes of brilliance at times, doubt he'll ever reach the top grade, will probably be a Sidwell MkII

Will be a loss but not a great loss, bye bye Ross and mind you don't get injured by the closing door on the way out!

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comment by 🎶🎵 DOUBLE TOP 🎵🎶 (U15856)
posted 29 minutes ago
Just saw contes press conference and sounds like the club are signing Barkley and he doesn’t seem that keen on him

Conte wasn’t even able to answer where Barkley would fit into his side and just said the club sees it as good business because of his contract situation


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How could he say when he would be fit?

comment by RonaldVilliers - The Fat Mexican Dud Alchy > Dembele (U21490)
posted 4 hours, 29 minutes ago
Never really got the hype around him.

Would struggle to be worse than Bakayoko though

Chelsea
30m on Drinkwater
40m on Bakayoko
15m on Barkley.

Should have just bought someone good like Pogba
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we did Bakayoko

I'd like to see Barkley make it for the sake of England, but I am not sure that he will. I have a Scouse mate who knows one of the coaches at Everton. He reckons that the coach told him that Barkley is too thick to ever be a top talent. He is blessed with the natural ability, but isn't intelligent enough. Apparently you can only give him one instruction at a time - any more and he gets confused. Can a player like that ever be a top player in modern day football?

Deal done.

Good luck to him. Hope he is more like Stones than Rodwell

comment by Arouna Jagielka oooh I wanna take ya, Heitinga Nikica come on pretty mama (U1308)
posted 1 hour, 28 minutes ago
Deal done.

Good luck to him. Hope he is more like Stones than Rodwell
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He crapped on us. I don't begrudge him moving to Chelsea, if he plays he has a greater chance of winning something, but turning down the move in the summer meant we lost a large chunk of change. That's no way to treat your boyhood club.

comment by Alasnomoresmithandjones (long live Israel) (U15157)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Arouna Jagielka oooh I wanna take ya, Heitinga Nikica come on pretty mama (U1308)
posted 1 hour, 28 minutes ago
Deal done.

Good luck to him. Hope he is more like Stones than Rodwell
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He crapped on us. I don't begrudge him moving to Chelsea, if he plays he has a greater chance of winning something, but turning down the move in the summer meant we lost a large chunk of change. That's no way to treat your boyhood club.
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Think he wanted the spurs move at the time. He wants away from city I feel.

comment by Arouna Jagielka oooh I wanna take ya, Heitinga Nikica come on pretty mama (U1308)
posted 42 minutes ago
comment by Alasnomoresmithandjones (long live Israel) (U15157)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Arouna Jagielka oooh I wanna take ya, Heitinga Nikica come on pretty mama (U1308)
posted 1 hour, 28 minutes ago
Deal done.

Good luck to him. Hope he is more like Stones than Rodwell
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He crapped on us. I don't begrudge him moving to Chelsea, if he plays he has a greater chance of winning something, but turning down the move in the summer meant we lost a large chunk of change. That's no way to treat your boyhood club.
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Think he wanted the spurs move at the time. He wants away from city I feel.
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Naa, I had an idea something fishy was going on when he went for the medical then had a change of mind. I do think leaving our City was a big factor.