Romey 1878 Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 That was true for the first half of the season that Baines came, but by the end of that year Baines was clearly his first choice CB with Lescott & Jags starting in the middle. It was only Lescott getting out of form the season after and Baines getting a few niggles that meant Lescott played LB a bit more and got his form back. This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete0 Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 That was true for the first half of the season that Baines came, but by the end of that year Baines was clearly his first choice CB with Lescott & Jags starting in the middle. It was only Lescott getting out of form the season after and Baines getting a few niggles that meant Lescott played LB a bit more and got his form back. Baines 1st season he didnt even get a look in, was even considered a flop. Lescott wasn't considered good enough to play centrally, he was much better at LB and his poor form was more than likely because he didnt want to play there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonButtle Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 we should lineup no.1-11 in Barca strips, it seems to work for them? why can't it work for us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 According to Wiki, Baines played 22 times in his first season, and Lescott 38. While I appreciate some of them may have been as subs, there is no way Baines could have featured 22 times with Lescotts 38 if he 'didnt even get a look in'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete0 Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 http://www.evertonfc.com/player-profile/leighton-baines/stats/ 13 starts From jus lookin back on the forum it wasnt till Feb 09 (a season and a half later) that Baines started to impress. http://www.toffeetalk.com/index.php?showtopic=15504&hl=baines&fromsearch=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 http://www.evertonfc...n-baines/stats/ 13 starts From jus lookin back on the forum it wasnt till Feb 09 (a season and a half later) that Baines started to impress. http://www.toffeetal...es&fromsearch=1 Well even 13 starts in a season in which he was mostly injured (especially at the start) still shows that he was part of Moyes' plans and played a chunk of games. The point is that he started to get games and Lescott moved inside and Yobo missed out at the end of that season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete0 Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 Well even 13 starts in a season in which he was mostly injured (especially at the start) still shows that he was part of Moyes' plans and played a chunk of games. The point is that he started to get games and Lescott moved inside and Yobo missed out at the end of that season. Yobo was always picked ahead of Lescott. http://www.physioroom.com/news/english_premier_league/players/1234/leighton_baines_injury.html not injuries that kept him from playing http://www.physioroom.com/news/english_premier_league/players/641/joseph_yobo_injury.html Yobo had injury troubles, as did Jags, which explains Baines game time. You're argument would have more credit if it was for his second season, but even then it was only injuries that got him into the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 (edited) Yobo was always picked ahead of Lescott. http://www.physioroo...nes_injury.html not injuries that kept him from playing http://www.physioroo...obo_injury.html Yobo had injury troubles, as did Jags, which explains Baines game time. You're argument would have more credit if it was for his second season, but even then it was only injuries that got him into the team. That information kinda proves my point. In the 2007-2008 season Baines had a hamstring injury that kept him out a lot early on and then several small niggling injuries until Feb 2008. When he got fit he started to play. Baines ended up playing 30 odd games in his second season and pretty much every game in our cup run! Anyway I have had enough of this now, we could be going back and fourth for ages! Edited July 31, 2011 by Bailey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete0 Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 Fair enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codders78 Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 for me Howard Coleman Jagielka Distin Baines Fellaini Arteta Rodwell Osman Bily Saha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beard Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 I may be wrong about this but I see many people have selected Coleman in their starting line up. If memory serves me right, all the way back to May 22nd, wasn't he sent off against Chelsea in the last game of the season earning himself a ban? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 he was yeah but i think it's just a how to line up in general thread rather than for just one game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beard Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 he was yeah but i think it's just a how to line up in general thread rather than for just one game Haha, just realised that, oh well back to the drawing board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinByrne Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Id say Howard Nev Jags Distin Baines Fellaini Coleman Arteta Osman Cahill Saha I would love to have a fresher side with a few new additions but looks unlikely, so keep it solid, 'same old 4-5-1' and maybe the likes of Barkley, Rodwell and Gueye can break through as the season progresses and hopefully can give us that extra boost up the table Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 I'll post my opinion as soon as pre-season is over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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