Came on, played a lovely long pass into the box to Estevao which should have resulted in a goal and then proceeded to lose the ball twice in his own half.

I like Barco a lot so I would still play him and hope he irons out those mistakes cause what he offers going forward can make up for it with a better CM/defence around him.

He's definitely got something about him, but he's not the answer to our problems just yet although I still think we'd be better off starting him alongside Lavia

36 minutes ago, Remodez said:

Came on, played a lovely long pass into the box to Estevao which should have resulted in a goal and then proceeded to lose the ball twice in his own half.

I like Barco a lot so I would still play him and hope he irons out those mistakes cause what he offers going forward can make up for it with a better CM/defence around him.

I want him in a midfield three behind Rogers, Palmer and Pedro.

I guess it's James-Lavia-Barco by default until Caicedo rescues us.

Belongs in a midfield 3, he's short ginger Jorginho with a better engine

3 minutes ago, Deino said:

Belongs in a midfield 3, he's short ginger Jorginho with a better engine

Disagree, Barco frequently passes forwards.

He has some positives but he is pushed off the ball way too easily. Makes Estevao look like Granit Xhaka.

21 hours ago, forbzy said:

He has some positives but he is pushed off the ball way too easily. Makes Estevao look like Granit Xhaka.

Thing is though Alonso isn’t helping him. Paired him with Watson midweek and had him at 6 with Watson at 8. Looked better when James came on and he move further forward. You would think he would make a mental note of this, made the same mistake again v Hull. James was playing as the 8 while he was left playing the 6 role.

Wouldn’t be too worried about the physical part, he will need a while to get used to the physical side of the PL.

23 hours ago, forbzy said:

He has some positives but he is pushed off the ball way too easily. Makes Estevao look like Granit Xhaka.

Get used to it. He will regularly lose out in those 50-50s and shoulder to shoulder battles because he is 5'6" and probably 10 1/2 stone soaking wet. And a good percentage of that 10 1/2 stone is his hair. Safe to say he isn't the sort of physical specimen Arteta would put in his midfield.

BUT, he looks like something we need. Good touch, good passing, gets stuck in despite regularly getting beat up, doesn't mind a bit of sh*t-housing and wants the ball all the time. OK, he isn't Kante, but then who the f**k is? But maybe he could be our own Argentinian Billy Bremner.