Baines: We have no chemistry

[bluestevon]

Both really mate. Not a big thing but we try to discourage posters from characterising or labelling other posters as it inevitably ends up in confrontation.

Generally we don't like the accusation of winding up against other blues neither.

To be fair though mate, it does happen and we all know it does.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

YOU are Leighton Baines.

This is my hair, and I'm also that good looking.

 

[Goat]

He is NOT Leighton Baines.

 

[The Esk]

To be fair though mate, it does happen and we all know it does.

It does, but then we ask can the report function be used.

 

[fandjango]

I love Leighton Baines
He is a true blue legend
this censoring of him has left me truly saddened
I was on the fence over Martinez up until this point
Now it's legend vs Wanabee
No contest.
We ARE Leighton Baines

 

[Goat]

May I ask that we all take this chance to show support for 1 of us, Leighton John Baines.

Everton fan
Everton player

Hung out to dry by a fraud of a man.

I am Leighton Baines.

 

[TheFinnFan]

Why hasnt Martinez said those things when LUKAKU HAS BEEN TALKING BS IN THE MEDIA

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

May I ask that we all take this chance to show support for 1 of us, Leighton John Baines.

Everton fan
Everton player

Hung out to dry by a fraud of a man.

I am Leighton Baines.

Nah, I am Leighton Baines.

 

[Neiziro]

#JeSuisLeighton

 

[fandjango]

I would I've to hear a "we are Leighton Baines" chant at the Watford game
Preferably all the way through half time

 

[RFUS]

May I ask that we all take this chance to show support for 1 of us, Leighton John Baines.

Everton fan
Everton player

Hung out to dry by a fraud of a man.

I am Leighton Baines.

All joking aside I hope the lad realises that most blues are on his side (if he even views it as such a matter; it may not actually be that big of a deal to him or those at the club). One of the soundest footballers I can recall and the kind of player and character you're proud to say is a blue.

 

[Goat]

All joking aside I hope the lad realises that most blues are on his side (if he even views it as such a matter; it may not actually be that big of a deal to him or those at the club). One of the soundest footballers I can recall and the kind of player and character you're proud to say is a blue.

Hes 1 of us.

He got away with it with Eto'o
He got away with it with Distin
He even got away with it with Mirallas
And Lukaku

But as I say, Leighton is 1 of us.

We are all Leighton Baines.

 

[ToffeeDoug]

I love Leighton Baines
He is a true blue legend
this censoring of him has left me truly saddened
I was on the fence over Martinez up until this point
Now it's legend vs Wanabee
No contest.
We ARE Leighton Baines

I tried to read that like a poem.

 

[Rook]

Why are the two things mutually exclusive?

YES, YES ARE MUTALLY EXCULSIVE. CHOOSE.

 

[Duncan Disordely]

It's a quote.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/spor...evertons-players-no-chemistry-admits-11135217

Everton's players have "no chemistry" admits Leighton Baines

• 16:00, 4 APR 2016
• BY PHIL KIRKBRIDE

Blues defender gives honest assessment of team's plight after third straight league defeat

• Blues defender gives honest assessment of team's plight after third straight league defeat

Timothy Fosu-Mensah of Manchester United tackles Leighton Baines of Everton during the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and Everton at Old Trafford on April 3, 2016 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

Leighton Baines has lifted the lid on Everton’s troubles by admitting: “There’s no chemistry between the players”.

The Blues slumped to a third successive Premier League defeat on Sunday, as they lost 1-0 at Manchester United.

In a typically honest assessment of Everton’s plight, Baines says the players have let the Blues fans down and that FA Cup success is the only way to repay their support.

The left-back admits Everton’s season now hinges on their semi-final at Wembley later this month but insists that performances and results in the Premier League games either side do matter.

But Baines says that if the Blues are to drag themselves out of this rut then and take some form into the FA Cup then they players quickly need to rediscover their understanding with each other.

“You are only really secure as individuals when you are winning games but even then we will make changes from time to time with what is required tactically,” Baines told the ECHO.

“I don’t think there is anyone expecting to have their name pencilled in for that game (FA Cup semi-final).”

Leighton Baines during the Everton training session at Finch Farm on April 1(Photo by Tony McArdle/Everton FC via Getty Images)


“But the motivation should be getting your name there,” he added.

“I just don’t feel as though the chemistry is quite there with the team on the pitch at the moment, and it hasn’t been for a while.

“We are maybe leaning too heavily on individuals to come up with something.

“We’re in games, we were in the game on Sunday and had a couple of chances, but we’re not performing as a team to the level we know we can or we should be.

“Results have an impact on that because chemistry and confidence go hand in hand.

“If you start winning games

“Look at the teams who are having success this year and you’d say they have chemistry.

“If I had to say one thing, I just don’t know if it’s there with us at the moment, for whatever reason.”

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Everton are languishing in 12th in the table, on 38 points, with eight games remaining.

The Blues’ home form has been wretched this season but they have fared much better on the road.

But after a limp display, they fell to a second away defeat in the league of the campaign at Old Trafford on Sunday.

“It’s another game where we have come away without a win and we’re not where we should be,” Baines said.

“We haven’t won enough games to make excuses.

“You get judged at the end of the season, and we’re getting towards the end of the season, and we’re not near a position we should be in given what we’ve got.

“We’re all accountable. We try and put it right but we’ve not been able to. That’s the third loss on the bounce in the league which is disappointing to us all.

“We want to win everytime we go out to play and we’d like to go into that cup game with a few wins behind us.

“That’s our season in some respects now, it certainly is from the fans’ point of view and we’ve let them down a lot, it’s our only way of making it up to them.

“To go on and have success in the Cup now. You had the travelling fans there again on Sunday and they are amazing, they follow us wherever we go and generally they have seen us win a few games this season but unfortunately we weren’t able to give them the result or performance we wanted to."

Interesting that despite putting an article out claiming Baines wasn't misinterpreted, the echo have done some "housekeeping" on that article.

This is the headline now

Leighton Baines worried that Everton players have no chemistry

And this is the first line now, they've changed the speech marks to apostrophes

Leighton Baines has lifted the lid on Everton’s troubles by admitting: 'There’s no chemistry between the players right now'.

Even the URL has been amended

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/spor...ghton-baines-worried-everton-players-11135217

Couldn't be bothered trawling through it all to see if there's any other changes, but I wonder if they were worried the club might react to it in its original form.

You only have to watch a recent game to see Baines is right in what he's saying though, there's no real partnerships, moves break down because no one knows what the other players are going to do on the ball or with their runs, Lukaku is often totally isolated, and without Deulofeu in the team no ones putting in the early crosses for him. We never close down in pairs (or individually half the time). This all comes from the training ground and its up to the manager to fix it. If he doesn't, I think he'll be gone before the months out.