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Author Topic: Leon Bailey  (Read 517272 times)

Offline eamonn

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3900 on: February 01, 2026, 12:16:38 PM »
It started earlier, he scored in the wins against Palace and WHam that autumn.

Offline eye digress

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3901 on: February 01, 2026, 12:44:55 PM »
It started earlier, he scored in the wins against Palace and WHam that autumn.
Yes, obviously it's subjective. But he was very much an "off the bench" option until the City game, wasn't he?


Offline Mellin

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3902 on: February 01, 2026, 02:07:57 PM »
He was our best player in the season where we qualified for the Europe's top tier European competition for the first time in 41 years. I don't think it's overegging.

Offline john e

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3903 on: February 07, 2026, 06:39:01 PM »
He was our best player in the season where we qualified for the Europe's top tier European competition for the first time in 41 years. I don't think it's overegging.

he’s a moments player and he had some great moments especially in the timescale you mention but never consistently good enough for me

Offline PhilVill

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3904 on: February 07, 2026, 07:17:10 PM »
Didn't take long for the weak as piss, half arsed performances to appear.

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3905 on: February 07, 2026, 07:22:51 PM »
A bit like Guessand, he did himself no favours my hugging the touchline with no space to move into. Maybe Unai wants it that way but again like Guessand, it was like playing with 10 men.

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3906 on: February 07, 2026, 07:25:14 PM »
It’s only his second game back and by the time he come on we was already pretty awful. It wasn’t a great cameo, but come on, by that point it was backs to the wall defending.

Offline AlexAlexCropley

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3907 on: February 07, 2026, 08:50:44 PM »
It’s only his second game back and by the time he come on we was already pretty awful. It wasn’t a great cameo, but come on, by that point it was backs to the wall defending.
I think there were at least two occasions when he received the ball and we were in great positions approaching Bournemouth's goal mouth and he completely fucked up the pass or the dribble. He put us on the back foot more than anyone.

Offline ChicagoLion

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3908 on: Today at 12:04:49 AM »
It’s only his second game back and by the time he come on we was already pretty awful. It wasn’t a great cameo, but come on, by that point it was backs to the wall defending.
I think there were at least two occasions when he received the ball and we were in great positions approaching Bournemouth's goal mouth and he completely fucked up the pass or the dribble. He put us on the back foot more than anyone.
He was awful and we saw what happened when Emery tried to play him back into form last time.

Offline Pat McMahon

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3909 on: Today at 01:11:58 AM »
When he’s good, he’s good. But there’s a reason we let him go.

Offline john e

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3910 on: Today at 06:50:50 AM »
When he’s good, he’s good. But there’s a reason we let him go.

Yeah because he’s not very good

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #3911 on: Today at 07:59:17 AM »
The PL is way more physical than eve 2 seasons ago (when he was most effective).  The way the rules are now applied makes it impossible for a player like Bailey to be effective.  At least twice he was just buffeted out of play by a defender.  Is there a more lightweight player in the PL?  If so I haven’t seen them. 


 


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