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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #4095 on: April 11, 2026, 08:27:47 AM »
Like with one or two of Sancho’s shirked challenges, I thought the optics were worse than the facts.

It did look bad though!

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #4096 on: April 11, 2026, 09:51:04 AM »
Seems to me Rowe had quite a lot to do after Bailey dangled his leg. Yes it wasn’t great, but Bailey wasn’t to blame for that goal and it feels like a bit of an excuse for a pile on.
Any half decent ‘engagement’ of Rowe at the start would have changed the whole trajectory of that move, and it may or may not have led to a goal.
Baileys inaction, for a professional footballer, is indefensible.

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #4097 on: April 11, 2026, 10:02:47 AM »
Seems to me Rowe had quite a lot to do after Bailey dangled his leg. Yes it wasn’t great, but Bailey wasn’t to blame for that goal and it feels like a bit of an excuse for a pile on.
Any half decent ‘engagement’ of Rowe at the start would have changed the whole trajectory of that move, and it may or may not have led to a goal.
Baileys inaction, for a professional footballer, is indefensible.


Cash was destroyed by Rowe all game.

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #4098 on: April 11, 2026, 10:03:34 AM »
I’ll add, I really like Cash, he’s ace, but Rowe got the better of him all night and he’s a defender.

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #4099 on: April 11, 2026, 10:31:28 AM »
Bailey has been awful since he came back, Thurs was just 1 example.

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #4100 on: April 11, 2026, 11:00:01 AM »
Listened to a preview of the game (I listen to them post-game so I can see if they know what they’re on about) and the Bologna fan on UTV podcast said Rowe is their best player and compared him to Ronaldinho.

All the Villa previews I listened to hardly mentioned him, or even speculated that he’d be playing!

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #4101 on: Today at 08:51:01 AM »
Can we close this thread so Fulham can't see it.

Please.

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #4102 on: Today at 09:04:23 AM »
Can we close this thread so Fulham can't see it.

Please.
too late!!

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #4103 on: Today at 09:15:20 AM »
Shucks

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Re: Leon Bailey
« Reply #4104 on: Today at 09:32:37 AM »
Can we close this thread so Fulham can't see it.

Please.
too late!!

we have lots of trolls on here Franksy dont read this thread ,  Bailey is awesome , honest

 


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