Nathan Baker - Sold

[aj2k77]

I can't believe people are bleating over Baker leaving.

[villan from luton]

I liked his attitude, unlike other players. He always gave 110% as Sir Ron said. The fact is he is a medium championship player at best IMO, probably says how we played last season. Is he better than Chester or Terry, ? Is he better than Samba? Debatable but I think Samba has a little more. So he has gone from being a regular to possibly 4th choice, he deserves to do the best for him perhaps? I like Nathan as he is whole hearted and he won me lots of money at Brighton at 100/1 first scorer, but I liked his attitude and hope others who follow him have the same attitude for us fans and the club

[villa kicks]

Good luck to the big man. Great servant ! Good effort. I always appreciate his effort even if Bruce moving him on.
I take it baker passed the medical though!
I think injuries due to his frevious attitude in tackling hinder him. It will be  strange seeing him lining up  on 25th august against villa .
Thanks Nathan baker good luck in rest of career.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Great attitude and in his day a very solid defender. I hope he continues to develop and do well. Except when he plays against us

Good luck Nathan you made a lot of friends at Aston Villa. 

[brian green]

Nobody is bleating about Nathan Baker leaving.  Some of us are wishing him well and appreciating his efforts however less than perfect they may have been.

[robbo1874]

I also wish him well. A decent quality premiership level centre back. Would have liked him to be in our squad next season. Won't be crying over it though.

[Axl Rose]

All the best, Baker. A decent professional.

Hopefully that tosspiece Richards will be out next. Him or the useless jersey royal in charge. Both in an ideal world.

[brian green]

Axi, Jersey Royals are small and thin skinned.

[avfcdale]

Axi, Jersey Royals are small and thin skinned.

and look good smothered with butter

[villabear]

Good luck to him. He knew he wasn't going to be first choice so has decided to move on. Totally committed (if a little too much to his own detriment at times) but injury prone. I could never work out why he always tackled in that 'scissor type' action as it looked like it was never going to end up well.

The crowd liked him because he was wholehearted and he had a 'good' song which I always thought was a bit shit as they'd just nicked it off Leeds who sung it about Jansonn.

PS please don't celebrate when you undoubtedly score against us.

[Clampy]

SH is there any player in a Villa shirt from the relegation year you do not think is "shite"?  Do you think they were all as bad as each other?

A small handful, but trust me, Baker wasn't one of them.

Am I missing something? Wasn't Baker out on loan (at Bristol City) during the relegation season...?

He more than played his part in the Villa's decline since 2010. Tried his best I'll give him that, but never good enough for the first team, and I'm glad he's gone.

Regardless, he wasn't part of the squad that relegated us and it's wholly unfair to tar him with that brush.

Damned with faint praise I think.

Not really. The vast majority of team didn't have an ounce of spirit or fight in them. Whatever his limitations are, they're two things that you can't accuse Baker of.

Fight and spirit mean precious little when you can barely find a team mate with a pass.

I'm not disagreeing with that point. Just taking exception to you accusing him of contributing towards our relegation season, when he wasn't even part of the squad.

Fair enough, but for me he was part of our decline since 2010 and it irks me that players of his standard are still at the club.

And Gabby still is. That irks a lot of people as well.

[aj2k77]

£9m in fees for Baker and Westwood. If we can get a few million for Elphick and something for Bacuna and Hutton then we are pulling pants down left right and center.

[saunders_heroes]

And Gabby still is. That irks a lot of people as well.

And if Baker had scored more than 80 goals for us then maybe I'd have a bit of good will towards him as well, but he hasn't. In fact he's been absolute pants for the vast majority of time he's been here so good riddance.

[saunders_heroes]

£9m in fees for Baker and Westwood. If we can get a few million for Elphick and something for Bacuna and Hutton then we are pulling pants down left right and center.

Yeah we did well getting fees for those two no marks.

[Clampy]

And Gabby still is. That irks a lot of people as well.

And if Baker had scored more than 80 goals for us then maybe I'd have a bit of good will towards him as well, but he hasn't. In fact he's been absolute pants for the vast majority of time he's been here so good riddance.

How many goals did he contribute towards the part of our decline?