Nathan Baker - Sold

[walsall villain]

McGrath was quick.

It was his reading if the game and positioning that was key. Not bad over 5 yards but never quick, he tended to be in the right place at the right time

[tomd2103]

McGrath was quick.

It was his reading if the game and positioning that was key. Not bad over 5 yards but never quick, he tended to be in the right place at the right time

Injuries may have hampered him a little, but when you hear his fellow pros talk about Paul McGrath the first thing most of them mention is how quick he was.   

[pauliewalnuts]

McGrath was quick.

It was his reading if the game and positioning that was key. Not bad over 5 yards but never quick, he tended to be in the right place at the right time

I agree re his reading of the game. He was basically a few seconds ahead of everybody else.

There used to be on youtube (think it has gone now) a clip just showing his interventions in that Italy v Ireland world cup game, and watching that, you see this perfectly.

I wish the clip were still there, it was astonishing to watch.

[bob]

From what I remember, the clip also showed how quick he was to get into the positions he needed to. It was a combination of being able to see things as they were happening and move quickly to deal with them that made him so good.

[bob]

I'd forgotten about this

[KevinGage]

He didn't do so much of it in his latter years, but McGrath could turn on the gas when required.

Remember a goal he set up for us in the City Ground in 1991, when he bombed down the right flank for Mountfield (I think) to head home.

[dcdavecollett]

I recall that it was Can'tscoreino, as he was sometimes called.

[SoccerHQ]

It's true that centre halfs mature lately than probably in any other position, you look at a lot of them in their early 20s and they look like car crashes, people like Dawson and even Davies who I didn't rate at all when he was here once Laursen got injured and yet as they approach 30 they suddenly improve.

Look at how well Cahill is playing nowadays at Chelsea although a lot of that is due to Mourinho who knows how to improve CBs.

I thought Clark was rubbish last season and wrote him off ever  being a premier league centre half but I've been pretty happy with his performances this season.

Not sure on Baker. He's decent in some games (usually against slow forwards) but in other games he looks completely out of his depth. Can't see him ever being more than a squad player here but who knows in a years time as I can't see the point of selling him when hopefully he'll just be back up next year.

[Phil from the upper holte]

My mates just sent me this..@MFVillanews: Nathan baker has been suspended from aston villa football club.     #avfc

Anyone heard anything?

[Toronto Villa]

He tried to slide in on the tea lady and clattered into Keane instead?

[dekko]

I know a bloke who works in some fancy bar in the middle of brum and apparently Baker came in last season with some of his mates and wanted free booze for all of them, and he literally uttered the phrase 'don't you know who I am?' when said mate refused.

I imagine Lambert found out about this and suspended him for being a massive twat.

[nigel]

My mates just sent me this..@MFVillanews: Nathan baker has been suspended from aston villa football club.     #avfc

Anyone heard anything?

Apparently, this chap talks through his bottom 

[taylorsworkrate]

I know a bloke who works in some fancy bar in the middle of brum and apparently Baker came in last season with some of his mates and wanted free booze for all of them, and he literally uttered the phrase 'don't you know who I am?' when said mate refused.

I imagine Lambert found out about this and suspended him for being a massive twat.

Would have been better if your mate would have replied:

"Yeah, you're that calamity of a defender that at best should be playing in league 1"

[Phil from the upper holte]

I know a bloke who works in some fancy bar in the middle of brum and apparently Baker came in last season with some of his mates and wanted free booze for all of them, and he literally uttered the phrase 'don't you know who I am?' when said mate refused.

I imagine Lambert found out about this and suspended him for being a massive twat.

Would have been better if your mate would have replied:

"Yeah, you're that calamity of a defender that at best should be playing in league 1"

I'd have said something similar

[LeeB]

My mates just sent me this..@MFVillanews: Nathan baker has been suspended from aston villa football club.     #avfc

Anyone heard anything?

Maybe it's for falsely impersonating a footballer?