Are we missing a trick with Leighton Baines?

Deleted member 24970 · August 10, 2016

I love Bainesy, not a bad word to say about him. Lucky to have such a class act on and off the field.

COYBL25 · August 10, 2016

silent bob said:
Taking that to it's logical conclusion, last season NONE of the players liked Martinez!

I'm not claiming to be an ITK, but my mate who works at the training ground said that he changed from being really chatty to withdrawn during the latter stages of Martinez reign.

TheSpaniard · August 10, 2016

We've been having this discussion for nearly 10 years. Let it go, he's a left back.

AndyC · August 10, 2016

TheSpaniard said:
We've been having this discussion for nearly 10 years. Let it go, he's a left back.

Didn't Gareth Bale start out as a fullback - he made the switch further forward quite effectively eh ?

sageyefc · August 10, 2016

AndyC said:
Didn't Gareth Bale start out as a fullback - he made the switch further forward quite effectively eh ?

Completely different type of player, also made the switch when he was young

Walken · August 10, 2016

playing wing is different to playing full back, changing 30 plus full back to a winger is INSANE, please please stop with this nonsense

Kiwi · August 10, 2016

AndyC said:
Didn't Gareth Bale start out as a fullback - he made the switch further forward quite effectively eh ?

he also had copious amounts of pace, the ability to beat a man, and was a considerably different kind of fullback.
He was also much younger in making the switch.
You seem awful concerned about moving players into positions that aren't their own, see your similar threads on Barkley as a forward and Stones as a midfielder.

MikeH72 · August 10, 2016

He would be an absolutely terrible winger, I thought we'd abandoned this idea in 2009?

AndyC · August 10, 2016

Kiwi said:
he also had copious amounts of pace, the ability to beat a man, and was a considerably different kind of fullback.
He was also much younger in making the switch.
You seem awful concerned about moving players into positions that aren't their own, see your similar threads on Barkley as a forward and Stones as a midfielder.

Merely offering alternatives for consideration/discussion/debate - that's all mate.

And I fully expect Guardiola to use Stones as a ball-playing defensive midfielder - let's see eh?

Kiwi · August 10, 2016

AndyC said:
Merely offering alternatives for consideration/discussion/debate - that's all mate.

And I fully expect Guardiola to use Stones as a ball-playing defensive midfielder - let's see eh?

Everything he's said suggests otherwise but that's alright...

ijjysmith · August 10, 2016

He's a left back. A really decent left back. Let's just keep him there hey?

Matt Wright · August 10, 2016

The people in front of him need to link up with him better.

smileychap · August 10, 2016

sageyefc said:
Needs a clever player in front of him to link up with as well

Totally agree - never replaced Steven Pienaar in this respect, albeit maybe KM could do the job given a decent run and manager that can get through to him.. RK might be that man though, since he was also pretty decent in Leighton's postiion

ClausThomsen · August 10, 2016

He's a good left back not a winger.

31 years old is not the time to suddenly become a winger and I'm sure at some point in his career of playing professional football and training day in, day out the possibility has been looked into. If he's not a winger now he never will be and there's probably a good reason or 2 for it.