Demitri_C Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 31 minutes ago, Zatman said: We were in the Championship when he left us Therefore more a side step Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 21 hours ago, Demitri_C said: id rather have terry than baker any day of the week And so would i if it was for one year and we could get better once promoted. If we fail to go up then we're left trying to fill another hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 12 hours ago, DCJonah said: And so would i if it was for one year and we could get better once promoted. If we fail to go up then we're left trying to fill another hole. Yeah we will need two cbs whatever league we are in next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 One (typical) late challenge aside, not sure he deserved the stick he got. Albert got a standing ovation from Bristol, one of our own gets booed and jeered. Stay classy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Yeah, I was very disappointed in the booing, though it seemed to be from a minority from my perch in the Upper Doug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted January 1, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2018 He was not booed till he clattered Grealish. The booing was muted I thought but “Baker what’s the score” being sang by The Holte was unnecessary at 5-0. Good servant very brave and likeable lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 1, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2018 The challenge on Grealish was a strange one. Not awful, but was clearly a deliberately hard challenge with little intention of getting the ball. There was no handshake afterwards. Grealish even came over to the ref and complained about the challenge right in front of Baker. No love lost between those two I'd imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 It was a poor challenge and Baker knew he was never going to get the ball. Baker could have stopped and let Grealish get the ball, but Baker wanted to hit him. Poor challenge on a former teammate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Presumably they didn't get along when they were teammates? I think we forget sometimes that footballers have lives off the pitch and some people just don't get along. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 I think it was just a poor tackle, borne of frustration. We'll probably never know whether there's any hard feelings or not, but I doubt that was the cause of the tackle anyway. And it doesn't excuse any booing before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 2, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 2, 2018 7 hours ago, Czechlad said: It was a poor challenge and Baker knew he was never going to get the ball. Baker could have stopped and let Grealish get the ball, but Baker wanted to hit him. Poor challenge on a former teammate. I don't really mind the challenge. It was more notable that there was no apology or handshake or anything between the two. Not even a glance. You'd expect former teammates to be a bit more forgiving. I just thought it was a bit strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 10 hours ago, Stevo985 said: No love lost between those two I'd imagine. No surprise if this is the case. I'd say every club has players who don't get on. Put 30 lads together and there'll always be people who fight/hate each other, etc. There are plenty of cases of team mates who don't like each other Sheringham/Cole, Bowyer/Dyer, Sanchez/Ramsey. It's not surprising that Baker left one on Jack if they didn't see eye to eye as team mates. It's happened before and will happen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Really poor form if he was booed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Personally don't think there was any malice on the tackle by Baker. That's just how he is, he's always flew into tackles. As for not shaking hands, again baker probably didn't think he'd done anything wrong. As for the crowd, it didn't appear to be full on booing. There were a few the first time he touched the ball after the foul as people wanted a red. Then there was the baker what's the score when we were 5-0 up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 2, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 2, 2018 18 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said: Personally don't think there was any malice on the tackle by Baker. That's just how he is, he's always flew into tackles. As for not shaking hands, again baker probably didn't think he'd done anything wrong. Depends what you mean by malice. If you mean he didn't want to seriously hurt Jack, then I'd agree. If you mean he didn't want to hurt him at all then I disagree. it was a deliberate, hard challenge designed to take the man and not the ball. It wasn't dangerous, but he was definitely trying to rough Jack up, imo. I don't have a problem with that, it just surprised me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowandlow Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Seemed like a standard Baker challenge to me, used to do them most games when he played for us. No need for the chanting towards the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted August 29, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 29, 2022 All the best Nathan. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 A shame, one of those defenders who always got blocks in even if it meant a big risk he'd get injured. Think he got concussed once or twice for us. Good luck to him in whatever he does next as he's had time to plan post retirement at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 tbh he tried hard for us in a really poor and uninspiring period in our history as a youngster and for that i respect him. He did used to get injured a lot however and I think aged 31 after having a steady and decent career in the championship is something to be proud of. Best of luck to him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Bristol City fans saying same as we'd have said - would give absolutely everything on the pitch. Wish him well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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