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2017-18 Performances


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6.3 Season Average Rating
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18
Clean sheets
11
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Yellow cards
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3KDré

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Cannot wait to see us line up with Rojo and Bailly again :drool:
 

FujiVice

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Scary thing is, he's not half as good as he's eventually going to be. So much potential its frightening.
 

el3mel

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Our beast defender and he combines very well with Jones as a pair.
 

#07

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Bailly instead of Lindelof and the supercup against Madrid goes to penalties. Talk about spine. This guy is the backbone of our back four.
 

Sylar

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Bailly instead of Lindelof and the supercup against Madrid goes to penalties. Talk about spine. This guy is the backbone of our back four.
I was thinking, him and Jones instead of Lindelof and Smalling makes a big difference to our defence. Smalling played well but i think the understanding between Jones and Bailly is good.

Bailly is only 23 :lol: Madness.
 

Devil may care

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Good start, a little rash but I thought he used the ball well and positioned himself well.
 

Nicklas

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He's a beast! Were we the only team going for him, along with City?
 

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This guy, this guy is brilliant. So composed for someone so young yet so ferocious and aggressive when needed.
 

Jacky Quacky

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You can really see how much he has progressed from his early days. Also that back header when on the floor was hilarious.
 

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I feel so much better when he's in the team. Whenever the other team attack I just think "it's ok, Bailly got this". Beast.
 

Gatti33

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Just needs to cut out the stupid bookings. Valencia too.
To be fair the booking he got today was a little harsh. The ref was pointing to different areas of the pitch as if he had commuted previous fouls but it was his first, I can only assume he took one for the team and as a result of fouling by others.
 

datura

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To be fair the booking he got today was a little harsh. The ref was pointing to different areas of the pitch as if he had commuted previous fouls but it was his first, I can only assume he took one for the team and as a result of fouling by others.
Yeah looked to be for a number of fouls on Chicharito although Bailly hadn't made a foul before it.
 

Pexbo

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To be fair the booking he got today was a little harsh. The ref was pointing to different areas of the pitch as if he had commuted previous fouls but it was his first, I can only assume he took one for the team and as a result of fouling by others.
Such a bullshit way of managing a game, if the ref is going to do that he needs to let every player know.
 

TsuWave

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Haven't enjoyed watching a defender this much since Vidic (other clubs included). watching this guy is as exciting as, if not more than, watching a silky attacking player

god i've got a crush :drool:
 

Martial

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Bailly + 1 and I have no worries about the defence. He is that good.
 

SATA

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Kudos to Jose for finding this gem of a player. I remember we signed him without much fuss and not a single team interested in signing him
 

Trizy

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24 and already a top 10 defender in the world in my opinion. One could argue top 5.
 

Wednesday at Stoke

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I'm loving Bailly + Jones.

That being said, he is going to rack up the yellow cards for a suspension in no time. Hope Rojo is back soon so we don't have to suffer the three legged horse, Smalling.
 

VorZakone

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24 and already a top 10 defender in the world in my opinion. One could argue top 5.
These are the 5 top CB's in the world IMO, by no particular order: Ramos, Bonucci, Boateng, Varane, Pique (yes he's still good IMO)
Then you have a tier of Godin (who has regressed but is still decent), Alderweireld, Hummels etc.
 

Coxy

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24 and already a top 10 defender in the world in my opinion. One could argue top 5.
Agreed. Although that says more about the state of defenders today compared to the legends of the past.

He could easily be the best defender in the world soon.
 

ZAGREB RED

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Have to be honest, if van Dijk was brought in to partner Bailly, that could be a potentially awesome CB pairing in the Vidic/Ferdinand mould. Won't happen though.
 
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