Leandro Bacuna - Sold

[London Villan]

Good riddance. The sooner we rid this club of the rubbish that got us relegated the better. His effort and commitment were pathetic in those last few games before we were relegated. The defence splitting 40 yard backpass, giving up on tracking players, zero concentration and an inane grin. Happily drive him to Reading, but with the money he has earned from us he'd probably be able to buy a private jet to get there.

[eamonn]

Feel sorry for Leo, he's being bullied all over the place. I don't see how he's any worse than the rest of our under-achieving midfield and with the crowd against him he's probably playing within himself more and more.

If Reading up their offer it might be best for everyone he gets a clean break.

[Steve67]

He's a terrible, sulky player who is simply not good enough, regardless of the efforts he puts in.  I cannot believe we did not have better options available to us despite injuries. All the players we have signed since Bruce got here and yet he sticks with this shocker of a player.

[London Villan]

Was he really a better option than the three midfielders sat on the bench that bruce had signed?

[kieron]

Reading can have him for free.

[paul_e]

Feel sorry for Leo, he's being bullied all over the place. I don't see how he's any worse than the rest of our under-achieving midfield and with the crowd against him he's probably playing within himself more and more.

If Reading up their offer it might be best for everyone he gets a clean break.

I agree, just like Westwood his mistakes are magnified and anything he does well is ignored and it got to the point where selling was the only sensible option.  I'd let him go but not for a pisstake sum.  Lots of fans like to talk about Lambert ruining the value of fringe players by putting them in the bomb squad but then are forcing the club to look at selling Bacuna for less than his value.

[CT]

Good riddance. The sooner we rid this club of the rubbish that got us relegated the better. His effort and commitment were pathetic in those last few games before we were relegated. The defence splitting 40 yard backpass, giving up on tracking players, zero concentration and an inane grin. Happily drive him to Reading, but with the money he has earned from us he'd probably be able to buy a private jet to get there.

I was thinking about what to write about Leandro Bacuna. I think you've done it for me my friend.

I'm afraid I can't forgive someone who grinned his way through that abomination of a season that saw us go down.

[aj2k77]

Garbage should have never turned down any cash for him. Get him gone and off the wage bill.

[KevinGage]

Good riddance. The sooner we rid this club of the rubbish that got us relegated the better. His effort and commitment were pathetic in those last few games before we were relegated. The defence splitting 40 yard backpass, giving up on tracking players, zero concentration and an inane grin. Happily drive him to Reading, but with the money he has earned from us he'd probably be able to buy a private jet to get there.

And if he had gone during the summer of 2016, fine.

But since then:   He played well against Sheff Wed away last year, Reading when he came into the side and we won our first away game since 1534 AD and was prob MOTM v Derby at home when Bruce was on thin ice and could have been potted.  Those were standout performances, there were plenty of other games when he was solid. He is easily good enough for this level -certainly as back up. 

He has a laidback approach, which comes off as not trying at times and can be infuriating. Ditto his composure on the ball.  But his reaction to that idiot linesman last season showed he does care when riled.

He was in the team ahead of Hourihane because both played last week and Bacuna looked better.

Getting jeered before he has even stepped out onto the pitch is a bit shit, so we are probably at the stage where it is best for everyone if he moves on.

Odd how he is so inept that it is a manager like Jaap Stam coming in for him though. Surely Yeovil Town or Great Barr Falcons is about his level, based on some of the comments in this thread.

[tomd2103]

I thought he was fairly average, and any other player that hadn't been made scapegoat of choice wouldn't have got the same reaction. The only justification for booing individuals is if they aren't trying, and I never get that impression with Bacuna. Booing him was a twattish move.

I didn't hear any booing when he went off, just cheering which I suppose is worse in some ways.  He did play some poor passes yesterday, as did some others, but I suppose there is previous with Bacuna that means he will get singled out more. 

Apparently his name was booed when the team was read out.

Got to say that I didn't hear any when his name was read out just before kick off.  It might have been when the teams were read out before that though. 

[tomd2103]

I thought he was fairly average, and any other player that hadn't been made scapegoat of choice wouldn't have got the same reaction. The only justification for booing individuals is if they aren't trying, and I never get that impression with Bacuna. Booing him was a twattish move.

I didn't hear any booing when he went off, just cheering which I suppose is worse in some ways.  He did play some poor passes yesterday, as did some others, but I suppose there is previous with Bacuna that means he will get singled out more.

The "previous" seems to be him saying that he'd like to play in the Champions League, much like every other player on the planet. People still bearing a grudge over that non-issue, two years later is ridiculous.

There were some other incidents as well though and as evidenced on here there is a widely held view that he isn't good enough.  Doesn't excuse booing your own players though.

[kippaxvilla2]

Don't forget he 'played' away at Wycombe as well. 

[SoccerHQ]

Some of his performances in the premier league run in were a total joke.

I too am surprised we turned down a bid for him. Suppose SB values his workrate and versatility but I'd have moved him on.

[pauliewalnuts]

I don't have any problem with that champions league thing, and he was probably misquoted anyway.

My problem is he just isn't very good, and it is giving far too many games to players of his low quality which has contributed greatly to our current lower league irrelevance.

I was at the match yesterday and thought he was poor, but didn't realise just how poor until I watched the TV coverage today.

Green has a fair way to go before convincing me he's going to be good enough, too, but the difference between him and Bacuna languidly misplacing passes was huge.

Get rid.

[KevinGage]

If we're going solely on contribution (or lack of) in our relegation season, I would have gladly fucked them all off, save Ayew.  Even massive Villa fan Grealish, who offered next to nothing.

Pragmatism dictated that we couldn't get shot of them all though. Even with Tone burning through the TV money like a dose of salts.

So after that, you look at their contribution last year.  Bacuna did OK.

But he still has to take the fall for 15/16 in a way that other sinners don't, it seems.