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Offline Steve67

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3825 on: January 20, 2026, 09:29:47 PM »
If Bailey is our best winger, we really are struggling. Hopefully, coming back will do him and us, some good. Need Unai’s motivation to get him going.

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3826 on: January 20, 2026, 09:39:51 PM »
Watching him last season my biggest takeaway was that he still had the legs and could take on anyone, but if he skinned one player he'd have to do another, then miss the obvious pass, lose the ball and they'd counter. It was unbelievably frustrating.

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3827 on: January 20, 2026, 09:51:39 PM »
When he’s good, he will be a good asset but it doesn’t happen often enough. Hoping for a better stint from him because there’s a player in there somewhere.

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3828 on: January 20, 2026, 10:07:07 PM »
Are we really pretending Bailey is going to actually perform and won't get injured after two short appearances?

Him being recalled is better than seeing that absolute donkey Guessand though so there's some positive.

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3829 on: January 22, 2026, 05:30:56 PM »
This thread has dropped like a stone already to the bottom of Heroes Discussion. Has he officially come back? Can't see owt on Pravda.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3830 on: January 22, 2026, 05:34:27 PM »
This thread has dropped like a stone already to the bottom of Heroes Discussion. Has he officially come back? Can't see owt on Pravda.

They announced it on YT, Twitter, FB.

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3831 on: January 22, 2026, 05:35:43 PM »
The modern means of comms, I guess. Ta.

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3832 on: January 22, 2026, 06:55:37 PM »
He is flaky as fuck when it comes to picking-up knocks. Like Sancho, you wonder how motivated he is to be fit for games after a couple of big contracts. Fucking wingers, are any of them made of tough stuff?
Tony Morley was

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3833 on: January 23, 2026, 03:22:40 PM »
And he's in the squad for tomorrow. Emery stated there's no acclimatisation needed as he knows us, and that he's fit.

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3834 on: January 23, 2026, 03:26:51 PM »
And he's in the squad for tomorrow. Emery stated there's no acclimatisation needed as he knows us, and that he's fit.

Wow did he say that?

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3835 on: January 23, 2026, 03:28:38 PM »
Yep as mentioned in the elsewhere on here.

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3836 on: January 23, 2026, 03:29:03 PM »
And he's in the squad for tomorrow. Emery stated there's no acclimatisation needed as he knows us, and that he's fit.

Especially as we are not playing.  Should play well.

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3837 on: January 23, 2026, 03:31:50 PM »
And he's in the squad for tomorrow. Emery stated there's no acclimatisation needed as he knows us, and that he's fit.

Especially as we are not playing.  Should play well.


oooooh  it is like a new signing  !!!!!!!

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3838 on: January 23, 2026, 03:48:36 PM »
No chance he's playing tomorrow.

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3839 on: January 23, 2026, 04:26:54 PM »
Technically Drum is correct as the squad will travel to Tyneside tomorrow.

 


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