Leighton Baines

[mkrudden]

Its starting to seem like we would have ripped Man Untied off by accepting 15M for him. He was never much of a defender but now he doesn't have the legs or a partner like Peanut to get forward either.

Oh mate.

 

[grandjoeblue]

Must be difficult for him with Cleverly in front of him but he hasn't been great recently.

Cleverly drifts into the centre and leaves Baines alone both defensively and offensively.

 

[Rook]

Oh mate.

I'm not saying sell him. He could have a Barry like resurgence. I also wasn't implying that Pinnear is better (he wasn't). However he's probably going to need help in the future i.e. a RW who doesn't pinch in and leave him hung out to dry.

 

[jal123]

Finished for me, should have sold him when Moyes wanted him for brewsties. Injuries seem to have killed him.

 

[mkrudden]

I'm not saying sell him. He could have a Barry like resurgence. I also wasn't implying that Pinnear is better (he wasn't). However he's probably going to need help in the future i.e. a RW who doesn't pinch in and leave him hung out to dry.

Totally agree with this.

 

[mkrudden]

Finished for me, should have sold him when Moyes wanted him for brewsties. Injuries seem to have killed him.

Which he didn't have when the bids came in.

 

[jal123]

Which he didn't have when the bids came in.

We all see in 20/20 after the event kid.

 

[mkrudden]

We all see in 20/20 after the event kid.

I don't know what you mean.
When the bids were made he was boss.
He's struggled all this season. 2 years after the bids.

 

[jal123]

I don't know what you mean.
When the bids were made he was boss.
He's struggled all this season. 2 years after the bids.

I'm being a fickle football fan, saying we should've sold him when we were being offered all kinds, despite him being boss that year, despite the fact if we had have sold him then I'd have been screaming murder. Sorry.

 

[Rook]

If you are going to go into next year with a Mirallas type or Kone at LW/Striker, then you are probably better off with Oviedo or a smart vet who can just hang around the CBs/center line and defend. England tried this when Baines was in his prime (wasn't it Rooney pinching in that year?) and he got unfairly blamed for god forbid not being able to handle the entire attacking and defending duties on entire left flank.

 

[mkrudden]

I'm being a fickle football fan, saying we should've sold him when we were being offered all kinds, despite him being boss that year, despite the fact if we had have sold him then I'd have been screaming murder. Sorry.

lol

 

[Prevenger17]

I love me a bit of Leighton, but he was very poor today.

 

[witchdoc187]

Jesus Christ. Anyone who says we should have sold him to united is an absolute belter

 

[sageyefc]

Looks like all the injuries, knocks and niggles over his time with us have caught up with him over the past year or 2, so use to him performing so faultlessly no matter what.

Hope he swerves the euros, needs a good summer off resting, would hate to see him stumbling through a season off the pace like cahill did in his last season

 

[4737carlin]

Been great for Everton over the years, one of the best players of the Moyes era, getting a bit past it now like but time catches up on them all.