DownOnTheUpside
Player Valuation: £30m
swear if lahm broke his leg we'd have people on here the next morning going 'should we break baines' leg?'
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Blanshard96
Player Valuation: £500k
Could having 3 at the back help enable this and let our wing backs go up freely, when we have posession play them further up and have them drop back off the ball?
Lukaku'sLeftTesticle
Player Valuation: £5m
No leave him as is but we need to be bringing in his replacement this year or the latest next .. especially given his body is clearly on the way out
At his best he was easily the best attacking full back in the country. He's an everton icon and his a class act off the pitch as well as on it.
His performances over the last 2 seasons have dropped alarmingly though. I would hate to see him stay past his sellby date and be a booboy victim.hopefully koeman can revitalise him
His performances over the last 2 seasons have dropped alarmingly though. I would hate to see him stay past his sellby date and be a booboy victim.hopefully koeman can revitalise him
Plus NONE of the fans.
For me it's a huge no. As mentioned by others, his strength is working with a like minded partner who lets him overlap and run into space.
I simply could not see him flourishing in the first instance as I doubt his movement off the ball is up to the standard, nor is his hold up play.
Too much like Martinez with the square-peg and round-hole philosophy. If anything, he'd be better suited moving to the centre of midfield.
Yet still I genuinely don't believe that's a sensible option either. He's a top left back on his day: let's simply concentrate on getting back to that!
I simply could not see him flourishing in the first instance as I doubt his movement off the ball is up to the standard, nor is his hold up play.
Too much like Martinez with the square-peg and round-hole philosophy. If anything, he'd be better suited moving to the centre of midfield.
Yet still I genuinely don't believe that's a sensible option either. He's a top left back on his day: let's simply concentrate on getting back to that!
silent bob
What a guy.
Apart from one on here!
Didn't want to be controversial.
silent bob
What a guy.
You're in the wrong place then!
Woolly Blue
Player Valuation: £80m
@AndyC
Sorry mate, not for me thanks.
I look at some players, like Barkley and ( sob ) Stones and can see them playing in different positions, but I can't see Baines at left-wing working.
Going forward from deep, he's ace, but a fair amount of the work expected of a winger involves having your back to goal and bringing other players into play, or turning on a sixpence ( showing my age there ) with the ball while showing great close control, before bombing past your marker or drawing a foul. I don't see those as skills which are really in Baines' locker.
I do agree with you on his defensive duties, much as I love him, it's what stops him from being really world class. I think, well hope, a different coaching regime will help him there, after all, you're never to old to learn stuff.
Sorry mate, not for me thanks.
I look at some players, like Barkley and ( sob ) Stones and can see them playing in different positions, but I can't see Baines at left-wing working.
Going forward from deep, he's ace, but a fair amount of the work expected of a winger involves having your back to goal and bringing other players into play, or turning on a sixpence ( showing my age there ) with the ball while showing great close control, before bombing past your marker or drawing a foul. I don't see those as skills which are really in Baines' locker.
I do agree with you on his defensive duties, much as I love him, it's what stops him from being really world class. I think, well hope, a different coaching regime will help him there, after all, you're never to old to learn stuff.
evertony
Player Valuation: £50m
Like Jagielka the World Cup broke him. It showed up limitations that we'd not seen before and shattered his confidence. It changed both of them from really good players to just good players. Neither stand out now unfortunately.....not a popular view but perhaps it's time to move both on whilst we can still command a fee?
Opposing teams know exactly what Baines is going to do so it's made him less effective. Sorry state of affairs all told. Hopefully Big Ron can revitalise him.
Opposing teams know exactly what Baines is going to do so it's made him less effective. Sorry state of affairs all told. Hopefully Big Ron can revitalise him.
deipnosophist
Player Valuation: £80m
Yep...our GA column last season attests to that
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