I don't understand how Bridge gets in ahead of him.
I don't understand how Bridge gets in ahead of him.
Baines is not good enough with the ball. He is a strong defender and moves well off the ball, but he struggles to create things on his own when he goes forward.

He doesn't take people on like a winger but not many fullbacks do, Evra is one of the few I've seen who can beat a defender one on one consistently. Ashley Cole rarely does it, he uses his winger like Baines alot of the time.
Baines is composed, intelligent, has great movement off the ball and is a pass and move type fullback. He's the best defender we have at bringing the ball out of defence, by quite a distance.
Baines is not good enough with the ball. He is a strong defender and moves well off the ball, but he struggles to create things on his own when he goes forward.
At the moment in Capello's eyes it is Cole, Bridge and then Baines.
Only God knows what he sees in Bridge
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