Players Who Simply Aren’t Good Enough

[Smithy]

Think I said on here a few months ago Ollie would never fire us into European competition so some humble pie needs to be cooked up there!

Would've been happy to move on Konsa and McGinn start of the year aswell as I thought they'd reached their peaks at this level in 20/21 but again both are huge currently.

Maybe Bailey can be the new one to morph into another Dwight Yorke in six months time, here's hoping.

That would be some morph. Unai is good but I don’t see how he can make Bailey run faster. He might give him some idea about wing play and beating his marker but that might be a stretch too far as well.

I think we'll know come the summer. I expect a top level winger/wide forward to come in, pushing Bailey to the bench, and then it becomes a matter of whether Unai wants him as a squad player, or if he would prefer to have one of the youngsters using that space and his potential minutes on the pitch.

I don't think Bailey is a lost cause, but time is running out for him, certainly.

[Risso]

Bailey's the one player who has shown no improvement whatsoever under Emery. If anything, he seems to be getting worse.

[Axl Rose]

Yes, he hasn't been very good.

Get rid 😂

Usually when I say such things (McGinn and Mings spring to mind), they eventually get back to a decent level.

[Drummond]

Think I said on here a few months ago Ollie would never fire us into European competition so some humble pie needs to be cooked up there!

Would've been happy to move on Konsa and McGinn start of the year aswell as I thought they'd reached their peaks at this level in 20/21 but again both are huge currently.

Maybe Bailey can be the new one to morph into another Dwight Yorke in six months time, here's hoping.

That would be some morph. Unai is good but I don’t see how he can make Bailey run faster. He might give him some idea about wing play and beating his marker but that might be a stretch too far as well.

Bailey can run fast, he just needs to get his hamstrings right, as Everton and Newcastle showed, they will go if he tries too hard.

[Drummond]

Bailey's the one player who has shown no improvement whatsoever under Emery. If anything, he seems to be getting worse.

I think he's still held back by the hamstring stuff, we need to get him properly fit and able to do his job, and if he's not fully capable then move him on.

[paul_e]

I agree. He's clearly not using his full pace very often, I'd put it down to being scared of using his right foot and wanting to cut inside but maybe he is scared of getting injured again.

[LeeB]

I still think he's going to score a Savo-esque massive goal for us in the run in, the winner at Anfield or Old Trafford.

[Meanwood Villa]

Will he be fit for the run in?

[Gareth]

Will he be fit for the run in?

As it took months after his last hamstring injury to commit to sprinting again I’d suggest he might be fit enough to play but whether he’ll be 100% is a different type of fit

[Brend'Watkins]

Maybe the hamstring injury or fear of another is holding him back.  What's for sure is that he ain't going to be starting many games between now and the end of the season as Traore is ahead of him on performances. If he does get a run for however many minutes he really needs to show what he is still capable of.  It's down to him.

[Gareth]

Hopefully Traore remains as a bench option….not sure he’ll ever show the levels of application the guys did on Saturday…little 20 minute cameos are plenty

[hipkiss92]

Maybe the hamstring injury or fear of another is holding him back.  What's for sure is that he ain't going to be starting many games between now and the end of the season as Traore is ahead of him on performances. If he does get a run for however many minutes he really needs to show what he is still capable of.  It's down to him.

I did think the same of Andre Green a few years ago. Looked great until he got a bad muscle injury, and never looked the same player. Other than the 3rd goal in the Sheffield United comeback.

[darren woolley]

I think Unai's identified that Bailey's position is a position we need to improve on.

[tomd2103]

Maybe the hamstring injury or fear of another is holding him back.  What's for sure is that he ain't going to be starting many games between now and the end of the season as Traore is ahead of him on performances. If he does get a run for however many minutes he really needs to show what he is still capable of.  It's down to him.

He’s two seasons in now.  Can see patience with him waning now.

[Legion]

Coutinho?