“Domestic cup” Barkley
“Preseason” Barkley
“England” Barkley

= Whenever he’s trusted Barkley

When will you admit that when he’s actually given proper game time he shines

If he was academy or bought for 70m he’d be a starter

Domestic Cup Havertz looked generational too btw https://twitter.com/arrizabalager/status/1308857202837422082
When Barkley came on against Brighton and brought the quality that we’d been missing despite your faves Mount, Havertz & RLC playing (they were largely underwhelming)

It wasnt props to “Premier League Barkley” no it was “Substition Barkley” is amazing

You’re deceiving yourself
The truth is people trick themselves to justify their bad opinions

An example is the “inconsistent Barkley” tag

1. Can anyone tell me how you achieve consistency with inconsistent game time?

2. How many players in our starting XI are actually consistent that that’s the bar?
Under Sarri Kova & Barkley shared a position

Both were curtailed under Sarri as well, Kova’s dribbling was curtailed Barkley’s all round game was curtailed too

Neither looked their best

Kovacic last season was freed and given a degree of consistent starts & guess what PoTY
You lot literally say

Preseason Barkley
Domestic cup Barkley
England Barkley
Substitute Barkley way too much for this inconsistency thing to be a thing

He doesn’t even play that much but every other time he gets a chance you have to start telling people dont get sucked in!
Inconsistent Barkley = Not being sexy enough as a player

I.e
Not Foreign
Not expensive signing
Not an academy product

Meaning he cannot make mistakes

With creative players, not everything will come off

But when execution isn’t quite right w/ Barkley - all hell breaks loose
Prefix Barkley fans

How many times will you say he’s inconsistent despite the fact that every time he gets a chance in the team you have to make a new prefix

How many more prefixes will you make to justify your bullshit?
When will he get the same treatment as the other players?

Why is it that the players that get consistent minutes are allowed to be inconsistent

Whereas players who get crumbs and inconsistent minutes have to be perfect?
Barkley can do 99 great things in a game and then one misplaced pass or poorly timed pass etc and all of the 99 is forgotten, that becomes the focus

“& that’s why Ross Barkley can’t be a starter”

Well done, analyst of the year, you’ve discovered that actually he isn’t perfect
When Kova & Kante midfielders play

“That midfield doesn’t try anything”

..but you slaughter someone who tries things b/c what he tries doesn’t ALWAYS come off

It’s not as if he gets criticism for not executing enough

He literally gets slaughtered for not being perfect
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