Jeez, I can't wait to see him come back for 2 matches before injuring himself again, while trying to clear a simple ball. So excited.
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I said he was back at the training ground, not back in training.
No idea when he's back but CB's are the least of our worries. If last season is any indication of whether Ole rates him, chances are we won't see much of him.
I said he was back at the training ground, not back in training.
No idea when he's back but CB's are the least of our worries. If last season is any indication of whether Ole rates him, chances are we won't see much of him.
Needs to get fit so that we can sell him before triggering an extension.
An absolute liability of a player. I don’t want to see any player, for any club to be injured - but even if fit, I can’t see that he would have played any meaningful minutes this season.
He would be horrible with Maguire. Maguire needs someone to always cover for him as one of his strengths is to move forward and meet the ball, especially if it is on the air. Bailly always need someone to cover for him because he leaves his place randomly. Not a good pair imo.
Does Bailly have a suitable partner? None of his attributes make any partnership stronger.
Contract up in the summer, little to no chance it gets renewed.
What a waste of money and time this was.
Sad to hear that considering how excited most of us were when he'd played a few matches for us. Probably best for all parties if he moves on.
Every chance he will be renewed because he is an "asset". The precedent has already been set with injury prone/ redundant players such as Rojo and Jones.
Probably not be we assumed the same with Mata.
No, unfortunately not. I kind of like the guy, but he lacks too much of the fundamentals imo.
Any idea when he's back?
Not even he's biggest fan but I've given up on Lindelof & would rather give this guy a chance to see if he deserves an extra year extension on his contract?
Not even he's biggest fan but I've given up on Lindelof & would rather give this guy a chance to see if he deserves an extra year extension on his contract?
The further away he is from playing for us the better.
I’m not Lindelof’s biggest fan, but there is no way Bailey should be replacing him. He’s behind Maguire, Lindelof, Tuenzebe, Jones and even Rojo.
apparently he has a two year extension option as part of his contract. I’d rather let him go for free than extend him for two more years, utter waste of a squad number.
I'd give him another chance, he was fantastic when he first came in, Lindelof is ok for now, but Bailly might be worth a try at some point, you can't just write him off.
I forgot that we have him. I really did. I was thinking about our backup defenders and i was thinking about Jones, Tuanzebe and Rojo.
Same - I think once he is fit he should be given chances in the cup to try and overtake Lindelof if he can & see if he is worth an extension.
He was horrible for ages but there is a better RB and a LCB playing around him so he should be given one more chance & see if he can take Lindelof's place or atleast compete with the guy.
You have any idea when he may be back in training & what injury he has?
He needs games to get back into form but we don't have the luxury of experimenting with our defence. If he can't cement his place in the Utd squad before the end of the season I would listen to offers for him.
Wow, I did as well. We actually have 7 defenders instead of 6.
Apparently back in training reported around 24th December - probably very light so should be another month or two.
Really hope we see players like him & Rojo get a chance of changing up our defensive line in the Carabao Cup even if its against City.
Really hope we see players like him & Rojo get a chance of changing up our defensive line in the Carabao Cup even if its against City.
A quick google search says 5 months off for knee surgery in late July (pre season), which would surely mean he's fairly close, but not heard a thing about him returning soon at all.
I'm really not trying to rewrite history here, but what I remember of him when he first joined was that he was massively enthusiastic - throwing himself at the ball, making last ditch clearances, but his positioning and composure being all over the place.
The problem is, 3-4 years later, most of us would say exactly the same thing.
Let's see him play a few games first, then we can make s judgement.
he’s had more than enough chances. We are not in a position to give him more game time. Any time he gets would be taken from Tuenzebe - he’s the player we need to be giving opportunities to, not Bailly.
Don’t think I can ever rate him after those 30 minutes vs PSG.
I’ve seen enough of him to know that he has world-class potential. His pace, instinct, drive, and even his passing can be classified as elite-level. Giving up on him would be absurd, specially knowing the level of defenders he has been partnered with in the past. Can’t wait to see him with Maguires calming presence and huge footballing brain besides him.
step away from the apple snaps. there is nothing about Bailly that is ‘elite’ level. He was very enthusiastic in the first few months, and could put in a crunching tackle. However, his positioning, heading, impulsiveness and carelessness are all far too poor for him to be a CB at Utd. Never noticed his passing was anything special at all. He’s 6th choice CB for me, 7th if you include Smalling.
I keep forgetting he still even plays for us, he's finished here.
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/the-flight-eric-bailly-manchester-united
He is very lovable guy, I hope he still has a chance.
He is very lovable guy, I hope he still has a chance.
Man, remember his first few months? Hope he finds form again.
Have no hope for him
When fit he's a very good one-on-one defender, which between Maguire and AWB might be really effective.
Forgot he even existed until I saw him mentioned in another thread. Is he still injured or has Ole just given up on him?
Hes back in training now.
I think we've reached the point where we can safely say that he wont turn out good, too rash, injury prone and while he’s got all the physical attributes to be a worldclass defender he hasn’t improved since he got here and this is his 4th season. We should get rid.
Its like an R&D department in a company. The most successful companies are those who quit poor projects in time to focus resources on other projects. This is how I feel about Bailly. Of course he can turn good, but from what I have seen it would take huge resources in terms of minutes on the pitch, and I would prefer to give those minutes to develop other projects like Tuanzebe.
Bit of a pointless player. Probably off in the summer, at least Jones and Rojo are sometimes available.
Those 30 mins still make no sense to me, I’ve never seen a defender at any level so confused when asked to play in a three, was as bad a 30 mins as I’ve seen from anyone bar Darmian v Sanchez at the Emirates.
It’s stranger still when you’ve seen the lad have some very good games against some very good players.
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