The enigma that is Eric Bailly, let's see if ETH can unlock his latent super powers.
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The curious case of Bailly,Baresi one Minute,Bramble the next. Had a bery good Game though.
I've always been Bailly Bias - but I genuinely think he suits ETH's football the most. He is rapid, carries the ball forwards well and is great at beating a press. His ground passing is pretty solid too.
We chased Timber but Bailly is just as good. He just needs to keep his concentration levels up for a full match.
His setup for Pellestris goal today was just magestic. If VVD had done that it would be all over the news for ages.
We chased Timber but Bailly is just as good. He just needs to keep his concentration levels up for a full match.
His setup for Pellestris goal today was just magestic. If VVD had done that it would be all over the news for ages.
He's a good player
Bailly in an ideal world is probably ten Hag's type of defender. Front foot, aggressive, decent on the ball. Unfortunately, he's not reliable, but everytime he plays, he seems to be a one man defence, and today was the same. Beast mode from Bailly.
Had Ole chosen Bailley in stead of Maguire when the latter just came back from injury last year, our whole season would have been radically different.
All over the place Bailly looked like a prime Maldini. Never a dull day with him in your team, the sad part is you never know what you will get. Great outing today though.
I think he‘s always had his admirers on the Caf, his problem has been fitness for the longest time.
Shame he can’t stay fit for more than 5 games.
It’s the main downside of the guy. People who say he’s shit technically or a worse defender don’t know football, but you simply can’t rely on a guy who’s injury history is as bad as his as much as I want to
Love me some Bailly but he’d have been injured as always after 3 games.
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this guy is amazing
There’s two downsides, he can literally look like the best centre back in the World for a handful of games, then one mistake tends to turn him into a mess for an unforeseen amount of time, sometimes just the rest of the game, sometimes for a spell of matches.
At any point, in his good, or bad spells he can pick up an injury, and he’ll be gone again for a month or two.
He’d be an absolute nightmare to rely upon, which is likely why there hasn’t been many buyers despite his obvious ability.
I laughed the other day at the Fulham loan rumour, why on Earth would he ever go there?
Oi, the guy broke up an attack, started a counter, beat a man with a step-over and ran all the way to the opposition's box to provide an extra body. feck all the noise you guys talk about, I never seen Nesta do that.
Is that time of year again? Where we blindly praise Bailly and hype him up as a very good CB?
In November we're calling for him to be sold after some abmysal performances.
Then repeat
In November we're calling for him to be sold after some abmysal performances.
Then repeat
His top level is best in the world stuff, quick aggressive, good on the ball, not intimdated by anyone. Such a bizarre player, the next game he can be conference level and look barely interested.
Tremendously fun to watch when on his game.
Tremendously fun to watch when on his game.
He can be so good and fun to watch when he's on song. Sadly he never stays fit.
It’s like he’s playing FIFA against sh*t players, just running through the middle.
His issue has never been fitness alone (although fitness is the biggest issue). He’s also prone to catastrophic brain farts. He had one today where a heavy touch under no pressure gifted Salah the ball on the edge of our box. Classic Eric to intercept the subsequent cross with an insanely athletic stretch of his leg.
He's way better than guys like Timber if he manages to stay fit.
He has many good things and showed them today, but one major disadvantage is his poor positioning.
I think he can be very good , but hes unreliable (injuries , occasional slipups) and i do not agree that hes better than Timber.
Let’s not do this to ourselves for the sixth season in a row. He’s going to get injured at some point early on and not be seen again until the league cup second round.
Martinez, Varane, Maguire, Lindelof, Bailly and Jones isn't sustainable.
2 of them would need to go. Bailly and Jones, I'm afraid.
2 of them would need to go. Bailly and Jones, I'm afraid.
why nobody is considering martinez would be played in double pivot?
He played like prime Phil Jones today.
sure, sometimes it can be. playing a high defensive line with good pressing will help negate that though.
It was a comment to you saying he’s perfect for ETH football and as good as Timber. He has some attributes that fit bit lacks other. From what I’ve seen from ETH is that his football is demanding in terms of positioning, and it’s one of Bailly’s weaknesses imo.
He is bat shit crazy! He's great to play with on FIFA....horrible to have in your team. He'll either be a briliant or brain dead.
He was all of it in one move. He gave away the ball in our own box and that acrobatic leap to toe poke it in the air.
Bailly at his finest today, showing how good he is on his day.
Hopefully a match that has caught the eyes of some suitors and we manage to sell him.
Hopefully a match that has caught the eyes of some suitors and we manage to sell him.
With all due respect Timber does that 9 out of 10 games
Good thing my post said Nesta then
Yep but the guys 28 so if he hasn't developed that attribute at this stage it's unlikely he ever will.
He's shown he's capable of stringing performances together no problem, but then injuries derail that.
Anyway, we shall see. As you say things will unlikely change but maybe if a manager truly puts their faith in him things could change.
He's an asset, so if we do sell him then we need to be getting a good fee, not some desperation deal to just get him out of the club as some were so keen to do.
Personally I'd like to keep him for this season, unlikely as it is, a well coached and fully fit Varane and Bailly partnership could be something special.
Personally I'd like to keep him for this season, unlikely as it is, a well coached and fully fit Varane and Bailly partnership could be something special.
The stars would truly have to align for those 2 sick notes to be fully fit at the same time.
One good game, but the next he will most likely make some costly mistakes
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