peterw Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Given that he's a potential game changer I think Gerrard will keep him to see if he can use him in his system. If not, and we gat another season out of him, his resale value will not have dropped off alarmingly that makes keepimng him an extra season too much of a risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancvillan Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Ashley Preece is a poor man's Mark Lawrenson. And we all know that Mark Lawrensonis a poor man's human dustbin. Absolutely full of shit. Nailed on staying now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Panto_Villan Posted May 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 26, 2022 One nice thing about Leon being in terrible form is that we've not had to hear from his dad in a while. 1 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 19 minutes ago, Panto_Villan said: One nice thing about Leon being in terrible form is that we've not had to hear from his dad in a while. Certainly one of the better things. But he looks like the kind of character who will blame the club and not take responsibility Leon started well but has since been very injury prone and poor in large periods. But there is sonething about him. You can see he has some quality 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wainy316 Posted May 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 26, 2022 Clean slate next season. Fully healed and hopefully a mental reset, let's get that Bailey that we saw for 21 minutes against Everton. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 29 minutes ago, Panto_Villan said: One nice thing about Leon being in terrible form is that we've not had to hear from his dad in a while. We were just a stepping stone when he signed if I remember correctly? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Delphinho123 said: We were just a stepping stone when he signed if I remember correctly? There is belief in your own ability and then on the other hand just plain old arrogance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister_a Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) Be interesting to see whether his pace returns when we see him in pre-season. He looked positively slow last time he played. Edited May 26, 2022 by Mister_a 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 1 minute ago, Mister_a said: Be interesting to see whether his pace returns when we see him in pre-season. He looked positively slow last time he played. Yeah, I recall a few saying he was moving in slow motion.... Either he was still injured or confidence has gone. He was a non-entity in that game! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 10 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Yeah, I recall a few saying he was moving in slow motion.... Either he was still injured or confidence has gone. He was a non-entity in that game! It’s hard to believe his pace has completely disappeared, more likely he doesn’t trust his body and is afraid of pushing himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 I don't see him making a huge impact here tbfh. I'm imagine at least 15m of that fee is already "written off" in Purslow 's head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 5 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: I don't see him making a huge impact here tbfh. I'm imagine at least 15m of that fee is already "written off" in Purslow 's head. In reality 7.5m should be written off after one year, so selling for 20 wouldn’t be a disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Injury has cost him. A full pre season and hopefully he gets fully fit. Sounds like he was ripping it up in training as Gerrard said and that's why he got into the team. Hopefully he can learn the 10 role and maybe add some width in games he plays Coutinho Buendia Bailey, that's a quality group to pick your 10s from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 14 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: tbfh Chill out mate, its a forum. You must be one angry bastard if you're swearing in an abbreviation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterVillan Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 I have a feeling he’ll just be another (albeit) more expensive Sanson, I’m puzzled as to why we sign so many injury prone players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 I think we will see a much better player in the second season. For a variety of reasons including injury, loss of form, settling in to a new environment, managerial change, preference for formations not involving wide players etc, we haven't seen much of him. I expect he will be working hard in the gym on rehab and getting a month and a bit of rest too come back and prove to us and the wider premier league that he is a player here to make an impact. Leon Bailey will prove to be a good purchase for us 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Leon Bailey will be our version of Pepe (not the frog but the arsenal player) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 2 minutes ago, messi11 said: Leon Bailey will be our version of Pepe (not the frog but the arsenal player) Pepe’s pricetag makes Bailey look like a bargain. Was it £74m they paid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 there's a player in there, we didn't sign him on form he was consistently standout in a good side in Germany. still only very young and constantly injured. He'll kick on next season, he needs to have a good enough pre-season to force his way into the XI and then needs to play well enough to stay in, we've got no room for passengers anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted May 26, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2022 Not going to break through I'm afraid, if we cant sell him then loan him out so he can build some value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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