Nathan Baker - Sold

[brian green]

Good luck Nathan.  You had the bloody awful luck of being in some shit teams.

[eamonn]

Bizarre. He's a solid, fairly reliable defender, especially in this league.

Why haven't we dumped Samba, Elphick and Richards instead?

Samba joined 10 days ago, at least give him a chance to outlast Unsworth before casting him on the rubbish tip that's accumulating in Sparkhill currently.

[saunders_heroes]

Good luck Nathan.  You had the bloody awful luck of being in some shit teams.

Yeah and he was one of the reasons we had so many shit teams.

[PeterWithesShin]

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.

As a third or fourth choice CB he was fine, especially at this level. You could flip what you said and say that people tend to overlook that 3rd/4th choice players at a Championship club are hardly going to be top players.

[Leicester_Villian]

Good luck Nathan.  You had the bloody awful luck of being in some shit teams.

Yeah and he was one of the reasons we had so many shit teams.

Lets get it right ....we had a solid defence last season in the Championship ....had we have had goals in us we may not still be here

Baker was a solid performer who at this level is fine .....I would rather have him at the club than Richards but nobody will buy him

[brian green]

The difference between Nathan Baker and players like Richards, Lescott, Agbonlahor, Elphick and co. was that he always tried and did his best.  He is not a gifted player but he is an honest one.  If we had had another ten with his bravery and commitment we would not have stunk out the Premiership.  Perhaps we would have gone down but as the laughing stocks we became.

[Villa in Denmark]

The difference between Nathan Baker and players like Richards, Lescott, Agbonlahor, Elphick and co. was that he always tried and did his best.  He is not a gifted player but he is an honest one.  If we had had another ten with his bravery and commitment we would not have stunk out the Premiership.  Perhaps we would have gone down but as the laughing stocks we became.

I'd agree with that.

Unfortunately Baker's abilities were epitomised by his last couple of appearances.

An otherwise solid performance at Blackburn ruined by the mistake for their goal and a rash challenge leading to his sending off against Brighton.

[Ads]

Fitting his last action in a Villa shirt was to get turned, turn slower than the apparent cruise liners that have replaced him and proceed to give both a penalty away and get sent off.

You always felt he had that in him.

[Steve67]

Banned for the first three games!  I hope we got a good price for him.  Very average player whether he tried hard or not. I think him going answers the question about us playing three at the back. 

[Deano's Mullet]

Annoyed by this. Can't believe we have sold him.

[PeterWithesShin]

Banned for the first three games!  I hope we got a good price for him.  Very average player whether he tried hard or not. I think him going answers the question about us playing three at the back. 

It was a 1 game ban.

[brian green]

If he had been able to play alongside Laursen, Mellberg, McGrath, Southgate, Ugo or Cahill he would probably have learned his trade better and not made so many stupid mistakes.

[Steve67]

Only 1 game?  Really?  Ok, I hadn't realized that as it was a straight red?

[Lobsterboy]

Good luck to him - not a great player by any stretch of the imagination but tried his best which is a step up on or two others still stinking out the dressing room at Villa Park.

If we got a few quid for him then it might be a good bit of business as he is no more than 4th choice behind Terry, Chester and Samba now

[PeterWithesShin]

According to the FA it's 1.

http://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/discipline/suspensions