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Leon Bailey

I noticed he scored the first Leverkusen goal today

Thats 9 in 20 league games
Still currently able to play for England.

Think we need to snap him up before Jamaica do
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  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,626
    I doubt whether he would get ahead of Kane,Vardy,Roshford,Sterling.....
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344

    I doubt whether he would get ahead of Kane,Vardy,Roshford,Sterling.....

    Not saying he should go to World Cup but we need to tie him down before Jamaica do

    Rashford 2 in 15 for england
    Vardy is 10 years older than Bailey
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    If he was that good it would have been sorted.
  • As a general opinion, I hate the competition between countries to get players to commit to them. It's a bit unseemly when countries call up young players for competitive matches when they're not ready, to stop them playing for someone else. Wales seem to be doing that a bit at the moment.
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Anyone honestly say u can do better than

    -----Wilshire Dier-----
    Sterling Ali Bailey
    ----------Kane-----------
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167

    Anyone honestly say u can do better than

    -----Wilshire Dier-----
    Sterling Ali Bailey
    ----------Kane-----------

    You need a goalie...
  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    Got to put Gareth Barry in there after his performance in Barcelona the other night.
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Riviera said:

    Anyone honestly say u can do better than

    -----Wilshire Dier-----
    Sterling Ali Bailey
    ----------Kane-----------

    You need a goalie...
    ------Pickford-----
    Walker Stones Jones Bertrand
    -----Wilshire Dier-----
    Sterling Ali Bailey
    ----------Kane-----------

    That better
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    No Gomez mate?
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344

    No Gomez mate?

    Maybe dislodges Jones depending on form
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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    edited February 2018
    Wasn't Southgate looking at playing three at the back in recent friendlies?

    You could have Gomez, Jones and Stones at the back, Walker and Bertrand as the wing backs.

    Dier and another in the middle (please not Livermore and don't fancy Wilshere, made of glass) with Kane, Sterling and a third player in the front three.

    If that player is Bailey based on his Bundesliga form then so be it. Think it would help having more players on the team that the average armchair fan knows little to nothing about.

    Even Bailey can play as a left wing back in a 3-4-2-1 formation I believe. We do love a versatile player or two in the squad.
  • I noticed he scored the first Leverkusen goal today

    Thats 9 in 20 league games
    Still currently able to play for England.

    Think we need to snap him up before Jamaica do

    You do realise it’s his choice what country he represents, not who calls him up first
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344

    I noticed he scored the first Leverkusen goal today

    Thats 9 in 20 league games
    Still currently able to play for England.

    Think we need to snap him up before Jamaica do

    You do realise it’s his choice what country he represents, not who calls him up first
    Fully aware of that.

    But if england havent spoke to him and Jamaica call him up he will just go for it.

    But if we have spoken to him and told him he has a good chance to play for us he may reject a jamaican call up
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167

    I noticed he scored the first Leverkusen goal today

    Thats 9 in 20 league games
    Still currently able to play for England.

    Think we need to snap him up before Jamaica do

    You do realise it’s his choice what country he represents, not who calls him up first
    Fully aware of that.

    But if england havent spoke to him and Jamaica call him up he will just go for it.

    But if we have spoken to him and told him he has a good chance to play for us he may reject a jamaican call up
    FFS!!!
    As I said earlier...If he's any good he would have been sorted. You and Twitter etc have not discovered him!
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Riviera said:

    I noticed he scored the first Leverkusen goal today

    Thats 9 in 20 league games
    Still currently able to play for England.

    Think we need to snap him up before Jamaica do

    You do realise it’s his choice what country he represents, not who calls him up first
    Fully aware of that.

    But if england havent spoke to him and Jamaica call him up he will just go for it.

    But if we have spoken to him and told him he has a good chance to play for us he may reject a jamaican call up
    FFS!!!
    As I said earlier...If he's any good he would have been sorted. You and Twitter etc have not discovered him!
    Oh really are you sure.
    I thought I did discover him

    I guess you are right at 21 he is to old to break through and would have been a international player at the age of 16.

    How old was Vardy when he got his first cap??

  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    Being reported by the Mirror at least...

  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167

    Being reported by the Mirror at least...

    Being reported by the Mirror at least...

    Old news! Been around for a long time.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,849
    @Riviera - not sure what was wrong with original post.

    I for one had not heard of him so interesting to hear of an England qualified player plying trade in Bundesliga.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    I hadn't heard of him either. According to the article he's eligible for Jamaica, England, Belgium and Malta.

    A quote on his Wikipedia page says he's had personal problems with the Jamaican FA since he was 11 or 12. Looks like they've already tried to call him up but for whatever reason he's not wanted to play for them.
  • Riviera said:

    I noticed he scored the first Leverkusen goal today

    Thats 9 in 20 league games
    Still currently able to play for England.

    Think we need to snap him up before Jamaica do

    You do realise it’s his choice what country he represents, not who calls him up first
    Fully aware of that.

    But if england havent spoke to him and Jamaica call him up he will just go for it.

    But if we have spoken to him and told him he has a good chance to play for us he may reject a jamaican call up
    FFS!!!
    As I said earlier...If he's any good he would have been sorted. You and Twitter etc have not discovered him!
    Not necessarily. England have been rightly criticised for letting Zaha represent Ivory Coast and Iwobi represent Nigeria when they both could play for England. Both may not have been starters, but they represent good options.
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  • Riviera said:

    I noticed he scored the first Leverkusen goal today

    Thats 9 in 20 league games
    Still currently able to play for England.

    Think we need to snap him up before Jamaica do

    You do realise it’s his choice what country he represents, not who calls him up first
    Fully aware of that.

    But if england havent spoke to him and Jamaica call him up he will just go for it.

    But if we have spoken to him and told him he has a good chance to play for us he may reject a jamaican call up
    FFS!!!
    As I said earlier...If he's any good he would have been sorted. You and Twitter etc have not discovered him!
    Not necessarily. England have been rightly criticised for letting Zaha represent Ivory Coast and Iwobi represent Nigeria when they both could play for England. Both may not have been starters, but they represent good options.
    If Alex Iwobi represents a good option then we are well and truly fucked.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    edited February 2018

    Riviera said:

    I noticed he scored the first Leverkusen goal today

    Thats 9 in 20 league games
    Still currently able to play for England.

    Think we need to snap him up before Jamaica do

    You do realise it’s his choice what country he represents, not who calls him up first
    Fully aware of that.

    But if england havent spoke to him and Jamaica call him up he will just go for it.

    But if we have spoken to him and told him he has a good chance to play for us he may reject a jamaican call up
    FFS!!!
    As I said earlier...If he's any good he would have been sorted. You and Twitter etc have not discovered him!
    Not necessarily. England have been rightly criticised for letting Zaha represent Ivory Coast and Iwobi represent Nigeria when they both could play for England. Both may not have been starters, but they represent good options.
    Zaha would have been handy to bring off the bench and cheat win a penalty.

  • Ben18
    Ben18 Posts: 1,638
    I've never seen this Bailey play, but I would automatically prefer him to watching Townsend or Lingard play for England
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,142
    Shhh as a Leverkusen fan...don't draw too much attention.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,477

    Riviera said:

    I noticed he scored the first Leverkusen goal today

    Thats 9 in 20 league games
    Still currently able to play for England.

    Think we need to snap him up before Jamaica do

    You do realise it’s his choice what country he represents, not who calls him up first
    Fully aware of that.

    But if england havent spoke to him and Jamaica call him up he will just go for it.

    But if we have spoken to him and told him he has a good chance to play for us he may reject a jamaican call up
    FFS!!!
    As I said earlier...If he's any good he would have been sorted. You and Twitter etc have not discovered him!
    Not necessarily. England have been rightly criticised for letting Zaha represent Ivory Coast and Iwobi represent Nigeria when they both could play for England. Both may not have been starters, but they represent good options.
    Zaha would have been handy to bring off the bench and cheat win a penalty.

    Which we would immediately miss!
  • Jones in the England side!!! At the Valley he'd be behind Bauer, Konsa and Sarr.
  • England Defence for me would be

    Gomez - Stones - Maguire

    The three kept Germany and Brazil at bay in November, have the same three again for Holland and Italy, create familiarity between the Defence and go to the World Cup with them, barring any really ridiculous errors
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764

    England Defence for me would be

    Gomez - Stones - Maguire

    The three kept Germany and Brazil at bay in November, have the same three again for Holland and Italy, create familiarity between the Defence and go to the World Cup with them, barring any really ridiculous errors

    Fair shout but I'd have Maguire through the middle with Gomez and Stones either side.
  • In terms of Bailey he's only 20-years old so call him up to the U21 Squad next month...

    See what happens and go from there - If he's prepared to do that then its a sure sign he wants to play for England
  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,867
    Bailey can’t play for England. The rumor has probably done the rounds as he’s got two grandparents with British passports but neither were born in England so that rules him out.

    He could only have played for Belgium or Germany due to residence but he wasn’t in Belgium long enough and won’t have been in Germany long enough until 2025, so Jamaica it is then