Season 2011-12 Fan Articles

Is Moyes doing a Rooney with Barkley?

We all know what happened as Evertonians, to our once beloved Wayne Rooney. Just a much talked about youngster working his way through the ranks at Everton football club. But once he had made his debut, and also subsequently made history along with the headlines, David Moyes ensured his own policy on the inexperienced and fragile youngster, insisting that he had to be very carefully nurtured, so that he does not 'burn out' at a young age.

This approach to the treatment of Wayne Rooney was acknowledged throughout the football club as Rooney's talent was clear for everybody to see, but at the tender age of 16 he was vulnerable and naive and therefore due care and attention was payed heavily towards him. As time went by, frustration started to build amongst the fans and also upon the young shoulders of Wayne Rooney. He was desperate to prove himself in the Premier League, and make his mark on the world of football, after he could not get off to a much better start, when striking a glorious long range effort against Arsenal, to leave Veteran goalkeeper David Seaman stranded inbetween the posts.

Rooney's opportunites became limited, and the suggestion that David Moyes was looking after him too much, and was wrapping him in cotton wool arose. Immense pressure was luring over David Moyes as it was stressed that a young talent such as Rooney could not be wasted, especially as Manchester United's interest in scouser started to circulate. After an extremely long summer concerning the future of Wayne Rooney, he finally made his transfer to Manchester United after brandishing the words on a shirt after scoring for Everton "once a blue, always a blue", much to the discretionary of the Everton faithful.

The early stages of the Wayne Rooney story are already reflecting upon another highly regarded Everton and England footballer, Ross Barkley. The central midfielder has experienced some first team football at the start of this 2011-12 premier league season due to injuries endured to the team however since then his football has been limited to the reserve team, and has already left many questioning David Moyes' tactics concerning the youngster. Even when injuries and bans have seen Jack Rodwell and Marouanne Fellani out of the side, Barkley has not been given his chance, and even more recently has seen Ross not making it onto the bench as well as other youngsters such as Conor McAleny and Magaye Gueye getting the nod infront of him.

Everton fans fear a repeat of the Wayne Rooney saga, especially as rumors have already hit the tabloids about interest for 18 year old from big names such as Manchester City, Barcelona and Chelsea, and talk about £30million has been referred to as the fee for the player. The last thing Evertonians want to see, is yet another talented youth academy product being forfeited as a result of Everton's increasingly worse financial situation.

However confirmation in December that Ross Barkley will be signing a new long term contract with the club has boosted morale of the fans, but still leaves them asking Is It just a reassurance policy to guarantee big money would be required to prise away Barkely from Goodison Park?

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