Nathan Baker - Sold

[PeterWithesShin]

For many though it will take more than a few months and 1 goal to get back in credit after years of taking the piss. Same as most folks didn't turn on him after just the first few months of being shit.

I think he's a bit of a twat and his attitude over the last few years has been a disgrace. Doesn't stop me hoping he continues to improve. I'll be delighted if he smashes this division this season and helps us to promotion. Won't stop me being pissed off over the previous years, same as they didn't stop me appreciating his first few.

[Malandro]

Of course his attitude has changed, he'll be unemployed in less than a year.

[Clampy]

He's a very lucky fella to be still playing for a club this size. Baker might not have been the best defender i've seen down there or the worst. He didn't take the piss out of the people who were helping pay his wages though.

[Toronto Villa]

I wish Nathan Baker well at Bristol City. Injuries aside, we've let a player go who was willing to put his body on the line and would put his head in where the boots were flying.

Unlike that clown Richards who wouldn't cross the road to benefit Aston Villa.

I second that emotion.

But Brucey said that Micah is great around the place.

So good around the place that he told him he should stay there while the rest of the squad went to Germany. Richards is no longer a footballer but a block of wood with legs. He's immobile and utterly useless. I don't think we can even give him away.

[Villa in Denmark]

For many though it will take more than a few months and 1 goal to get back in credit after years of taking the piss. Same as most folks didn't turn on him after just the first few months of being shit.

I think he's a bit of a twat and his attitude over the last few years has been a disgrace. Doesn't stop me hoping he continues to improve. I'll be delighted if he smashes this division this season and helps us to promotion. Won't stop me being pissed off over the previous years, same as they didn't stop me appreciating his first few.

100% agree.

[peter w]

I always have and do still thinkt here's more to teh gabby situation then just being shit with a shit attitude. I think it goes deeper than that.

[dave.woodhall]

I always have and do still thinkt here's more to teh gabby situation then just being shit with a shit attitude. I think it goes deeper than that.

You mean seven consecutive managers have all had an unjustified downer on him?

[LeeB]

I always have and do still thinkt here's more to teh gabby situation then just being shit with a shit attitude. I think it goes deeper than that.

You mean seven consecutive managers have all had an unjustified downer on him?

Don't remember Lambert or McLeish having a problem with him.

[Drummond]

There are too many that haven't had a downer on him. He's offered the square root of fuck all for years. I'd wager most teams are scared of him though... Because they don't want to be the first to concede a goal to him.

[john e]

It would suit me if we just wheeled him out for two games a season and left it at that

[Gregorys Boy]

Think Baker has been one of our most improved players and is a good prospect for the future.  The problem is that Bruce seems to be placing too much on experience over the future.  Its not like Terry will be able to play every game.  Chester and Baker would be my regular centre back pairing. 

[john e]

Think Baker has been one of our most improved players and is a good prospect for the future.  The problem is that Bruce seems to be placing too much on experience over the future.  Its not like Terry will be able to play every game.  Chester and Baker would be my regular centre back pairing. 

think there's a fella called Alex Bruce knocking about who he could bring in now he's created a space

[London Villan]

He's not improved though, we've just dropped to his level. Lower half of the Championship. That said you could never fault his effort or his commitment and he deserves to play football.

[Ads]

Think Baker has been one of our most improved players and is a good prospect for the future.  The problem is that Bruce seems to be placing too much on experience over the future.  Its not like Terry will be able to play every game.  Chester and Baker would be my regular centre back pairing. 

I don't see him as a prospect. He's not a kid and his technique, pace and distribution will never improve. He's simply faced poorer strikers at this level and been exposed less.

He's decent at this level, clearly didn't want to be 3rd or 4th choice and has gone for a relegation battle at Bristol.

We got good money for him, have replaced with a significantly better player, so the more I think on it the more it makes sense.

I don't believe any manager in their right mind would pick Baker over Terry.

[peter w]

I always have and do still thinkt here's more to teh gabby situation then just being shit with a shit attitude. I think it goes deeper than that.

You mean seven consecutive managers have all had an unjustified downer on him?

Well no because most played him. I may be wrong but I think Remi Garde was the first to drop him for any length of time. Maybe Houllier too?