LB - Left Back - Leighton Baines the best/world class?

[EFCNIK]

Jose Enrique is a better player imo.

 

[ianefc]

He's not even the best English LB.

You can look at the Stats all day, but I would prefer to look at the football. Baines is good, but he is not world class.

 

[dixie7]

how can you judge someone as being world class when they have never played in the champions league and arent even number 1 for their country.

 

[Jacko93]

So Anderson is a better player than Felliani then as Utd are above us in the League?

Nevilles better than Gerrard Lad!

 

[Goat]

Jose Enrique is a better player imo.

So tempted to neg you for this.

 

[EFCNIK]

So tempted to neg you for this.

C'mon mate we're not kopites. We can be honest when a player is better than one of ours.








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[Azzurri]

Also don't buy into that if you don' t play Champions' League you can't be world class. He faces United, City, Arsenal and Chelsea every year. Only Barca and Real would provide a tougher test than them.

 

[Goat]

Actually gonna neg Nik back to the Stone age in a minute.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

how can you judge someone as being world class when they have never played in the champions league and arent even number 1 for their country.

Easy. Because the rest of the players in the squad they play for aren't good enough to get Champions League and the manager who doesn't pick him as number one is a clown.

Next.

I've read all Kenada Blues posts where he states that because Baines hasn't played at the very highest level he can't be considered world class but still can't figure out why that stops his talent from being as good as any other player in that position.

If you're the best guitarist in the world it doesn't matter if you play in your own bedroom or in front of 100,000 people headlining Glastonbury.

If the talent is there its there.

 

[Goat]

Its just like sayin Southall wasnt the best Keeper in the World in his prime.

 

[bcblue1878]

Best left back to play for Everton since Ray Wilson! Him and Pienaar best left hand side in the Premier League. Am I the only one who'd rather he didn't play for England though?

 

[Goat]

Best left back to play for Everton since Ray Wilson! Him and Pienaar best left hand side in the Premier League. Am I the only one who'd rather he didn't play for England though?

Nope, I would rather he never played for England again.

But the lad himself wants to, so you gotta admire that I suppose.

 

[Toffeeman1878]

Not even arsed. He's boss for us and I wouldnt swap him for any left back in the world

 

[Kurt.]

yeah but ,,, he hasn't got a right foot...except for standing on.

 

[wandyr79]

I guess by some of these comments we can rule out the likes of Falcao or Neymar being treated as world class either then.

I was talking about this with guys at work and I don't care about the opposition if anybody saw Baines performance against
Newcastle they would surely find it hard to say that he is not a top top footballer and up there with the best in the world. In fact over the last 18 months he has just improved so much it is scary as to how good he is right now.

Added to that I have never seen a player get the ball up and down from set pieces, so close to the edge of the areas, as well as Baines does.