2017/18 Leighton Baines

[Connor]

Pure crap. As if the English are so entitled to believe they invented or are the standard bearers for everything.

One thing y'all did invent - how to take the most powerful and modern army of its time, and lose (not just lose, but get straight up beat down) to a bunch of farmers carrying Grandad's shotgun.

Scoreboard.

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[ChicagoToffee]

Englaracist?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

That's ace. At first, I thought it was an indie term I couldn't understand... then I realized it was just funny.

 

[Goat]

Pure crap. As if the English are so entitled to believe they invented or are the standard bearers for everything.

One thing y'all did invent - how to take the most powerful and modern army of its time, and lose (not just lose, but get straight up beat down) to a bunch of farmers carrying Grandad's shotgun.

Scoreboard.

Mate we invented your country.

 

[Kever10]

Whatever happened to him making the transition to CM / CDM

I blame bobby

What are you on about, that was Martinez idea for him. He took Baines to watch him and everything. More like Baines didn't fancy the change, refused it and started his snide comments to other players.

Should change his name to Leighton Baelish

 

[BrendanGOT]

Pure crap. As if the English are so entitled to believe they invented or are the standard bearers for everything.

One thing y'all did invent - how to take the most powerful and modern army of its time, and lose (not just lose, but get straight up beat down) to a bunch of farmers carrying Grandad's shotgun.

Scoreboard.

Pretty sure he was joking mate lol

 

[Tel001]

I love Baines but the sad reality is he ain't going anywhere as he has no ambition, as harsh as it seems its the only reason he stayed at Everton for so long . Now he is finished anyway and should only be backup if he stays .

This is what I don't understand , people complained when Rooney left , called Barkley a rat Etc because they treated the club badly in order to fleece the club and line their won pockets. Baines has been the opposite and is now being critisized for not being ambitious? Maybehes just loyal ? Maybe he realises he gets paid millions to do a job that he loves, maybe he's happy, maybe he realises he's lucky? Shearer, Le tissier, totti ? They not ambitious just because they wanted to play for their clubs?

You think Coleman is not ambitious? He's basically exactly the same situation wise as baines .

 

[jonnyg]

This is what I don't understand , people complained when Rooney left , called Barkley a rat Etc because they treated the club badly in order to fleece the club and line their won pockets. Baines has been the opposite and is now being critisized for not being ambitious? Maybehes just loyal ? Maybe he realises he gets paid millions to do a job that he loves, maybe he's happy, maybe he realises he's lucky? Shearer, Le tissier, totti ? They not ambitious just because they wanted to play for their clubs?

You think Coleman is not ambitious? He's basically exactly the same situation wise as baines .

I've always thought it's much more ambitious to try and win something while not being at one of the "top" money clubs, the money we've spent this season notwithstanding ofc

 

[Toffeelover]

He was still very good when he came back into the side at the end of last season.

Nobody is suggesting we don't need a new left-back. We evidently do and have done for going on 2 years.

But... that doesn't mean we have to get rid of Leighton. He can be used smartly to act as an insurance policy for this season.

As I said, yes back up okay but from the bench. In games I seen him play lately very slow at getting back and out paced by many younger players now.

 

[wainy]

Pure crap. As if the English are so entitled to believe they invented or are the standard bearers for everything.

One thing y'all did invent - how to take the most powerful and modern army of its time, and lose (not just lose, but get straight up beat down) to a bunch of farmers carrying Grandad's shotgun.

Scoreboard.

Liked that rant till you put "scoreboard" at the end and ruined it. C+.

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

Pure crap. As if the English are so entitled to believe they invented or are the standard bearers for everything.

One thing y'all did invent - how to take the most powerful and modern army of its time, and lose (not just lose, but get straight up beat down) to a bunch of farmers carrying Grandad's shotgun.

Scoreboard.

We won virtually every major battle. In the end we decided it just wasn't worth the bother as we had more important things to be getting on with.
( oh and the establishment were getting concerned about the high levels of support the colonists had in Britain and feared the 'revolution' would spread to their own backyard.

 

[Tel001]

I've always thought it's much more ambitious to try and win something while not being at one of the "top" money clubs, the money we've spent this season notwithstanding ofc

Depends on your ambition doesn't it? If your ambition is to win things with your boyhood club for example ?

The post I replied to said that "the only reason he is here is because of lack of ambition" I don't agree that's the only possible reason

 

[abelard]

One thing y'all did invent - how to take the most powerful and modern army of its time, and lose (not just lose, but get straight up beat down) to a bunch of farmers carrying Grandad's shotgun.

Scoreboard.

Please. You lot immediately soiled yourselves, then fled for the hills in terror, cowering in your hideouts out until the French turned up to save you. Then twenty years later, yous' all were bested by a much smaller and even more hayseed rabble of proto-Canadians. The only time Americans have ever "won" a war is by turning up after the real men have done all the fighting, sticking a flag on top of the mess, and declaring victory

As for Leighton, would love to have him stick around, though increasingly for just for cover, and to dispel wisdom on attitude and comportment to the youths. If he prefers the money though, he's earned it - though it's hard to think of a place more contrary in spirit to what makes Baines admirable than Los Angeles.

Out of sentiment, I am happy we never sold him before now - after all, absent sentiment, what is even the point of modern football? - but if we were being ruthless and pragmatic about it, it would have been better to have sold him to Moyes's United, though obviously after extorting them for three times more the initial asking price.

 

[Aberblue]

As for Leighton, would love to have him stick around, though increasingly for just for cover, and to dispel wisdom on attitude and comportment to the youths. If he prefers the money though, he's earned it - though it's hard to think of a place more contrary in spirit to what makes Baines admirable than Los Angeles.

Out of sentiment, I am happy we never sold him before now - after all, absent sentiment, what is even the point of modern football? - but if we were being ruthless and pragmatic about it, it would have been better to have sold him to Moyes's United, though obviously after extorting them for three times more the initial asking price.

The thing is, Martinez was in charge then - do you think he'd have bought a replacement as good as Baines is even now? Bear in mind that Martinez wanted Sam Byram before West Ham took that bullet for us.

 

[Zatara]

Too slow now to play wing back so we cant have him in the side if we play a 3.

Too slow now to gdt in the side if we play with a high line.

I'm unsure as to what purpose he serves.

 

[Bluebonic]

Leighton Baines has been a great player for us and was 50% of one of the best partnerships i have been privileged to see at Everton. If he is content to remain as a back up i would be happy, but he should not be starting for us any more. He has lost much of his pace and most of his set piece skills. He no longer has the legs to run up and down the pitch because he no longer has a supreme engine like Pienaar to cover for him when our opponents hit us on the break. It is a sad but true fact that he is on his way down and increasing slippery slope!