Leighton Baines

[davek]

Dave you think putting 2 of the younger lads in the team would make us stronger defensively just because of their pace? I think the art of defending is lot more than having the pace to recover from a quick striker or winger.. Positioning, awareness, aggression

You cant position yourself intelligently on the half way line with two defenders who'll have the arse ripped out of them back peddling from there. And the half way line is where out backline needs to be for us to dominate.

 

[Jacko93]

I think anyone who looks at Baines and is happy that he's a starter at LB is kidding themselves.

It's pure nostalgia.

He's the best LB we currently have at the club.

 

[Joey66]

He's the best LB we currently have at the club.

I agree hes had a great start missed him since injury no doubts about it!

 

[Goat]

Imagine being an Everton fan and spending your days abusing outstanding servants and players like Leighton Baines.

Then suggesting utter yard dogs like Funes Mori to come in and take his place.

I wouldnt bother getting up in the mornings.

 

[JLW]

Imagine being an Everton fan and spending your days abusing outstanding servants and players like Leighton Baines.

Then suggesting utter yard dogs like Funes Mori to come in and take his place.

I wouldnt bother getting up in the mornings.

I give up now

 

[Saint Domingo]

Every time i think 'maybe Baines is past it, he's not that good anymore', I then watch Oviedo Galloway Garbutt or Funes Mori try to play left back and realise they are nowhere near Baines. When he's gone some people will realise what a brilliant player he is. He was once close to world class quality, but even now he's still comfortably one of the best LBs in the league and certainly the best at Everton.

 

[JLW]

Every time i think 'maybe Baines is past it, he's not that good anymore', I then watch Oviedo Galloway Garbutt or Funes Mori try to play left back and realise they are nowhere near Baines. When he's gone some people will realise what a brilliant player he is. He was once close to world class quality, but even now he's still comfortably one of the best LBs in the league and certainly the best at Everton.

I think every Evertonian thinks the same except one!!!

 

[davek]

Imagine being an Everton fan and spending your days abusing outstanding servants and players like Leighton Baines.

Then suggesting utter yard dogs like Funes Mori to come in and take his place.

I wouldnt bother getting up in the mornings.

I consider winners as 'outstanding servants'. He is not a winner. And he likely never will be. The Everton players who won things with the club must piss themselves to see such accolades placed on him. In fact, it's a symbol of just how far we've been distanced from the top table that statements like yours can be made.

Ray Wilson; Sandy Brown; John Bailey; Pat Van den Hauwe; Paul Power; Gary Ablett.

Names like that are 'outstanding' as left backs.

Baines is a player who, as really an adapted winger, hit on a partnership with a hard working Pienaar and was able for a few seasons to play some memorable matches going forward.

That's it.

I maybe have a more exacting criteria to fill than you for heroes. Your's let's a lot of people in who really aren't up to the mark.

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

I consider winners as 'outstanding servants'. He is not a winner. And he likely never will be. The Everton players who won things with the club must piss themselves to see such accolades placed on him. In fact, it's a symbol of just how far we've been distanced from the top table that statements like yours can be made.

Ray Wilson; Sandy Brown; John Bailey; Pat Van den Hauwe; Paul Power; Gary Ablett.

Names like that are 'outstanding' as left backs.

Come on David - Like all those great players you mentioned, Baines can't win a trophy on his own, can he?

Cut him some slack, eh?

 

[davek]

Come on David - Like all those great players you mentioned, Baines can't win a trophy on his own, can he?

Cut him some slack, eh?

If he was that good then he'd have been cherry picked from us years ago. United offered a paltry £7M for him and it was no go...and they only enquired because that divvy Moyes was in charge for his catastrophic single season.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Baines is our best passer

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

If he was that good then he'd have been cherry picked from us years ago. United offered a paltry £7M for him and it was no go...and they only enquired because that divvy Moyes was in charge for his catastrophic single season.

Oh.

Ok then. That's one of your many benchmarks, is it? If arsene or jose or SAF don't want him...

 

[StatesideBlue3]

Baines is our best passer

I agree. He unlocks the opposing defenses in a way we struggle to do without him in the team.

 

[DanEFC92]

If he was that good then he'd have been cherry picked from us years ago. United offered a paltry £7M for him and it was no go...and they only enquired because that divvy Moyes was in charge for his catastrophic single season.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...s-Sir-Alex-ferguson-ponders-left-options.html

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...all-news/sir-alex-ferguson-targets-12m-689048

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...nal-want-Leighton-Baines-Everton-For-10m.html

 

[bicycleheader]

I consider winners as 'outstanding servants'. He is not a winner. And he likely never will be. The Everton players who won things with the club must piss themselves to see such accolades placed on him. In fact, it's a symbol of just how far we've been distanced from the top table that statements like yours can be made.

Ray Wilson; Sandy Brown; John Bailey; Pat Van den Hauwe; Paul Power; Gary Ablett.

Names like that are 'outstanding' as left backs.

Baines is a player who, as really an adapted winger, hit on a partnership with a hard working Pienaar and was able for a few seasons to play some memorable matches going forward.

That's it.

I maybe have a more exacting criteria to fill than you for heroes. Your's let's a lot of people in who really aren't up to the mark.

You really dont think he has been a great servant to the club?