Bily on the right

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Okay, don't hate me people, but so far I'm not seeing all the Bily (fine, one L!) love, kinda like toffeestillidie said at the start.

That's purely because I haven't seen him in previous seasons so don't have the history with the kid that you guys do.

I only have a few spare minutes to judge him on based on previous games, so today I was like, okay, I'm going to see the kid that everyone's raving about!

I expect someone who is a perennial benchwarmer to come on and grab the start by the horns. Coleman has done this 732%. Rodwell typically does this. Hell, Beckford has managed to do this (though I'd say more at 150% compared to Coleman's 732%). I thought Bily today was okay. I definitely do NOT think he "stunk up the place" - he was solid. But the rest of the team was so good and so well paced that he just stood out a bit (along with Anichebe, but that's covered elsewhere).

Now I hear all of you - he's rusty for sure due to lack of game time, he may be micromanaged... But for a watcher who is coming in new, I wasn't overly impressed. Not enough hustle going forward (though defensively, he did a nice job there), not enough attacking prowess, had a tendency to come towards the middle instead of staying out wide (I get that's his natural position).

Don't hate me (I know you love him Damon & LCAB)! Just putting my two cents out there as someone who really hasn't seen him in the past. I'm not slamming the guy, just giving a new fan's perspective. So far, he's not cracking my starting XI.
 
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Kay20 said:
Okay, don't hate me people, but so far I'm not seeing all the Bily (fine, one L!) love, kinda like toffeestillidie said at the start.

That's purely because I haven't seen him in previous seasons so don't have the history with the kid that you guys do.

I only have a few spare minutes to judge him on based on previous games, so today I was like, okay, I'm going to see the kid that everyone's raving about!

I expect someone who is a perennial benchwarmer to come on and grab the start by the horns. Coleman has done this 732%. Rodwell typically does this. Hell, Beckford has managed to do this (though I'd say more at 150% compared to Coleman's 732%). I thought Bily today was okay. I definitely do NOT think he "stunk up the place" - he was solid. But the rest of the team was so good and so well paced that he just stood out a bit (along with Anichebe, but that's covered elsewhere).

Now I hear all of you - he's rusty for sure due to lack of game time, he may be micromanaged... But for a watcher who is coming in new, I wasn't overly impressed. Not enough hustle going forward (though defensively, he did a nice job there), not enough attacking prowess, had a tendency to come towards the middle instead of staying out wide (I get that's his natural position).

Don't hate me (I know you love him Damon & LCAB)! Just putting my two cents out there as someone who really hasn't seen him in the past. I'm not slamming the guy, just giving a new fan's perspective. So far, he's not cracking my starting XI.
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Excellent use of percentages here Kay, you're learning.
 

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