Leighton Baines

[tim cahill]

”One of you" = he's finished. Done, Kaput. Race run.

I'd rather have that haircut Garbutt back

Go on then. I'll bite. Why is he finished then?

 

[DanEFC92]

Go on then. I'll bite. Why is he finished then?

Cause he betrayed Roberto.

 

[TheCount]

Cause he betrayed Roberto.

* Roberto tried to go toe to toe with a club legend and it got him fired

 

[Goat]

Who scored.com

FFS.

Any idea who the Beano gave it to?

https://www.beano.com/search?q=leighton baines

Leighton.

 

[Connor]

 

[Paul w]

Baines has been a great player but along with the two centre backs needs replacing.

 

[cronullasharks]

* Roberto tried to go toe to toe with a club legend and it got him fired

Baines knew he was an utter fraud.

 

[Eggs]

I can't remember that far back mate.

...come on, Dave, it wasn't too long ago. I'm sure a LB is on the shopping list but the situation isn't that bad that it's an absolute priority.

 

[ically]

The best left back in decades for us,
But sadly his days are coming to an end,especially if we carry on playing wing backs.
Sad times and he'll be difficult to replace.

 

[Barnfred 55]

The best left back in decades for us,
But sadly his days are coming to an end,especially if we carry on playing wing backs.
Sad times and he'll be difficult to replace.

If we bring in young lad who can play WB and have time for us to develop defensively, we can save Bainesy for when we play a back 4. Reckon we can get an extra season or 2 out of him then.

 

[PhilM]

Him and Coleman are declining. It's painful to say because they've probably been the best full backs I've seen in royal blue. Both of their crosses are awful now.

I'd say Coleman is slowly starting to rekindle the form he showed a few years ago, at least offensively, rather than being in any form of decline.

 

[Dutch Toffee]

We still got a lot more pressing needs than a new lb/lwb. He'll need replacing eventually, but I'd prefer to bring in a young quality back up to gradually take over from him. As for wh that may be, I've got no idea. No real hurry though as imo he's still class.

 

[davek]

"One of us"

Erm, he grew up supporting Liverpool and then Blackburn.

I don't know too many of "us" like that, tbh.

 

[Dutch Toffee]

So Baines actually stopped growing up when he was about14? Because by his owm admission that was when he started to support Everton.

Baines, brought up in Kirkby but rejected as a youngster by Everton and Liverpool, had been made aware of interest from David Moyes and the lure of playing at Goodison was too strong, even if Everton were not always his favourite club. "I actually started as a Liverpool supporter because my dad supported themand I hero-worshipped Robbie Fowler. He was another left-footer and I loved him. I'd go back to school and every time we played I'd pretend I was Fowler.

"I was only young, though, and I didn't like the hustle and bustle of the stands. I lost interest in Liverpool, but I still loved watching football. I was at the 1995 FA Cup final [when Everton beat Manchester United 1-0]. I went through a spell of liking Blackburn Rovers because they had Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton in attack. And then I started watching Everton properly when I was about 14. My mum wouldn't let me go on my own but my cousin was three years older than me so we'd get the bus, 50p from Kirkby, and then hang around outside until we could sneak in.

 

[Prevenger17]

Him and Coleman are declining

No.