Nathan Baker - Sold

[manic-road]

I'm surprised he has been sold, I thought he had a decent 16/17 season and ahead of Elphick and Richards.

If we sell Tommy and Richards and spend the money on a better player though it could be good business.

[frank black]

Not a good Move by us IMO. Leaves us too short as I wouldn't  be shocked  if samba and Terry have lengthy spells out.

[Matt Collins]

I presume Elphick will still go

Nobody will pay Richards what he's on here

[manic-road]

I presume Elphick will still go

Nobody will pay Richards what he's on here

True, Richards knows he won't get the same wage elsewhere.

[cdbearsfan]

So long and good luck, Nathan. Always tried his best for us and improved massively last season.

I expect we will give him a good reception when we visit Ashton Gate.

[john e]

Bakers not even  young but hes still 10 younger than his replacements

anyone thinking the cruise liner Samba will fill his spot on the basis of a couple of decent starts against no bodies i think might be disapointed,
 he's another Richards who also started well and looked the part for a few games before he reverted to shite
and Terry is an old age pensioner in footballing terms

Bruces Dads army, his whole reign is/will be a fucking disaster

[Meanwood Villa]

Quite surprised by this. Good luck Nathan, although not against us.

[Matt Collins]

That's the spirit

[Villatillidie25]

Bakers not even  young but hes still 10 younger than his replacements

anyone thinking the cruise liner Samba will fill his spot on the basis of a couple of decent starts against no bodies i think might be disapointed,
 he's another Richards who also started well and looked the part for a few games before he reverted to shite
and Terry is an old age pensioner in footballing terms

Bruces Dads army, his whole reign is/will be a fucking disaster

that's the spirit! :p

[Villatillidie25]

That's the spirit

is that the online equivalent of jinx?

[Mister E]

I liked his commitment but closed my eyes whenever he went into a challenge. If I opened my eyes and he was still on the pitch as opposed to going off injured or being sent off I was relieved.

I did the same but stopped as the vision that came into my head was of a White Walker coming into contact with Dragon Glass.

Very good!

[Ad@m]

Strange sale on the face of it, get in two players coming to the end of their careers and let the promising, but inconsistent Baker go.

Good luck to the lad.

Surely we can't still call him promising at 26.

OK, improving then.

Is he?  I saw nothing to suggest his positional sense or distribution was any better last year.  The standard being worse than previous years meant he got punished less for these flaws but they're still there and I can't see them going away now.

[saunders_heroes]

Glad to see him gone. Though last season he wasn't as bad as he normally was he's still not first team material in my opinion. In fact one of the main reasons we were relegated was because we either signed players as limited as Baker or promoted them from the youth system. In probably any other Villa era a player as limited as he would never have got anywhere near the first team at Villa or would have played a few games then quickly moved on. Then there's his injury problems...
Saying that though he always tried his best, so good luck to him.

[paul_e]

Like Hutton people always seem to willing to overlook the bad bits of his game because he was a trier.  We need to get over that and start expecting technical competence from the whole squad as a minimum.

[PeterWithesShin]

At least he'll help us with a few tickets for Ashton Gate.