2019/20 Leighton Baines.

[Papa Shango]

He was loyal enough when man u came sniffing around and grounded enough to give some fans a lift to the stadium.

He's allowed to say things- and if we were exasperated by Martinez's inability to set up a defence imagine his view as an experienced pro.

Some may say loyal, some may say he rested on his laurels too much...

Baines was part of this defence. Maybe he could have defended better?

 

[davek]

He was loyal enough when man u came sniffing around and grounded enough to give some fans a lift to the stadium.

He's allowed to say things- and if we were exasperated by Martinez's inability to set up a defence imagine his view as an experienced pro.

Martinez refused to sanction his sale and he never forgot or forgave it.

A snide.

 

[davek]

What's loyalty if if it's not 13 years at the same club.

£3M per year salary = £39M buys you 'loyalty'.

 

[cronullasharks]

Torn loyalties here. Baines my favourite player or @davek my favourite poster???

 

[McBain]

£3M per year salary = £39M buys you 'loyalty'.

He could earn that anywhere. Come on. Think harder.

 

[davek]

He could earn that anywhere. Come on. Think harder.

Ha Ha Ha. "Anywhere" didn't have Pienaar to make him look halfways good for about 5 years.

 

[DOMNOLAN]

I don’t know if this is possible GrandOldTeam, but anyone who works on the site I have an idea. A good function would be to be able to ignore people on specific threads. For example, davek has things to say that I want to hear on other threads, so I can’t just put him on ignore, but on threads like this, his utter diatribe ruins the thread for me.

Don’t know if that’s something that’s easy to integrate, or if it’s even wanted, but it’s a decent idea in my mind.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

 

[DaChunk]

Tragic he never won anything with us Baines is a king.

 

[degsy]

If not him as a back up LB, who else?

Now as to who is to blame for this being where we are = New Thread Required + plus a very long multi choice poll

 

[degsy]

Tragic we never won anything

Fixed that for you

 

[McBain]

Ha Ha Ha. "Anywhere" didn't have Pienaar to make him look halfways good for about 5 years.

Your false narrative is trying to cheapen the memory of a long serving popular figure.

I don't understand your context. Martinez himself has already condemned he fiction you're spinning. He put a pin in this fantasy years ago.

Roberto Martínez says Leighton Baines’ ‘chemistry’ comments were misinterpreted

The Everton manager, Roberto Martínez, revealed Leighton Baines has apologised for his widely reported comments questioning the team’s chemistry

www.theguardian.com

Martínez insisted Baines had not meant the comments to be interpreted in the way they were.“What he intended to say is that when you’re not getting the results you lose confidence so a ball that could go in hits the crossbar and it goes out,” said the Everton manager. “At the other end, a half chance ends up in the back of the net.
“That’s what he meant and it was more of a feeling of disappointment and frustration and obviously he used the wrong words.
“It’s very disappointing when you see a bit of a misinterpretation of certain words that a player says. Clearly this has been taken out of context in the way that it’s come out.
“But someone with the experience of Leighton Baines – and he knows, I’ve had a chat with him – he has to take responsibility for those words. They’ve been given the opportunity to attract a meaning that is not right and for that he apologised.
“We expect a senior figure at Everton to take responsibility, to make sure that we speak on the pitch, and the way to do that is against Watford.”

Martínez insisted there is no problem with the atmosphere within his squad. “We’ve got a very close group and we know each other. We’ve been through many situations over the years,” the Spaniard said.

Lets hope this ends your unsavoury fascination in made up stories and get back to treating Leighton as the best servant of the Club in modern era.

 

[Seathestars]

A good player for the club in days gone by but this is lazy by Brands.
What exactly are we paying him for. He can’t find a replacement, how many seasons has he been here now, since June 2018, 2 full years.

 

[Kiwi]

A good player for the club in days gone by but this is lazy by Brands.
What exactly are we paying him for. He can’t find a replacement, how many seasons has he been here now, since June 2018, 2 full years.

He's a completely competent backup still capable of playing at the top level. What are you complaining about?

 

[Seathestars]

He's a completely competent backup still capable of playing at the top level. What are you complaining about?

I’ve got no problem with Baines although I thought cracks were beginning to show when he covered last season.
He needs replacing and Brands hasn’t replaced him.