Nathan Baker - Sold

[edgysatsuma89]

Beards

[UK Redsox]

Sit in and play on the counter is exactly how we should go on Saturday.

Anyway, as this is the Baker thread, this apparently isn't his name. He was referred to as Barker and Blake on the RAWK post match thread.

He's lucky that people on here aren't referring to him as "Bakere"

[paul_e]

He did well on Saturday, still got caught out of position a couple of times, but Cisskho and Senderos helped him out and he settled well.  Him and Clark both look better with a senior defender alongside them and most of the complaints about them stem from the periods where they've been paired together, at which point Baker wanders out of position too often and Clark spends too much time trying to organise the defence and forgets about his own game.

[Gerrin]

Named in the Non-La Liga Team of the week in Spain.

http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/topics/aston-villa-youngster-named-one-of-europe-s-best-this-week

[ClaretAndBlueBlood]

he'll be off to Barca in the summer then :-)

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

They picked a pair of Fanni's at the back then;-)

[UK Redsox]

Given that England caps are dished out much more easily these days it can't be too long, should Baker continue his development apace, before he gets recognition from Roy Hodgson. Aston Villa will hope that only underlines his future with the club rather than presents the opportunity to go and sit on a bench elsewhere.

 

[UK Redsox]

They picked a pair of Fanni's at the back then;-)

Its an American style formation to have them at the back. The British preference is to have them up front.

[OzVilla]

Given that England caps are dished out much more easily these days it can't be too long, should Baker continue his development apace, before he gets recognition from Roy Hodgson. Aston Villa will hope that only underlines his future with the club rather than presents the opportunity to go and sit on a bench elsewhere.

 

The author completely lost me at that point. Didn't bother with the rest.

[LeeB]

Given that England caps are dished out much more easily these days it can't be too long, should Baker continue his development apace, before he gets recognition from Roy Hodgson. Aston Villa will hope that only underlines his future with the club rather than presents the opportunity to go and sit on a bench elsewhere.

 

The author completely lost me at that point. Didn't bother with the rest.

There's no way Baker is international class, but that hasn't hindered dozens of other England centre halves down the years.

[ozzjim]

That lad playing for United will be in the England side in the next game anyway. On account of him playing for United. Baker would have to have an incredible couple of seasons to be anywhere near it. Maybe when he gets to 28-30 he might have learned the positional sense, but I doubt it.

[Matt Collins]

Baker for England?

I think john Terry's got more chance

[jeowje]

Sounds like Baker had a decent game at anfield, but Vlaar has to come back when fit, he is clearly the better player.

[UK Redsox]

Given that England caps are dished out much more easily these days it can't be too long, should Baker continue his development apace, before he gets recognition from Roy Hodgson. Aston Villa will hope that only underlines his future with the club rather than presents the opportunity to go and sit on a bench elsewhere.

 

The author completely lost me at that point. Didn't bother with the rest.

The only excuse would be if this was the first time that the author had seen Baker play and that he had never read anything written about the player before. No-one with even a passing knowledge of Baker's previous performances would make the England claim unless they were being sarcastic.

[Toronto Villa]

Nathan Baker's performance is like seeing a swallow in the sky on a beautiful day in March.