Leighton Baines<\/a> is determined to build on a successful season at Goodison Park as he looks to push the club and himself onto better things.<\/p>\nThe 26-year-old was vital in helping the Toffees finish in seventh place in the Premier League last term, and he is keen to keep improving rather than settling for a spot outside of Europe.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is important not to think \u2018that is enough\u2019 and stand still because once you stand still you are effectively going backwards as other people are improving as well,\u201d he told the club\u2019s official website.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just want to keep on improving really, that is the most important thing and I have been lucky enough to do that over the last few seasons.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will go away, enjoy my break, come back and look at ways to improve \u2013 whether it be discussing my game with the coaching staff here or something that I am already aware of.<\/p>\n
Baines made 42 appearances for David Moyes\u2019 side last term, contributing 11 assists – the best for a defender and fifth best of all players in the Premier League, whilst also chipping in with seven goals.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me, getting the assists is probably more important than scoring the goals because it is an important part of my game to help the team by doing those sorts of things,” he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was really pleased with my return for assists. I think it was pretty much the same last season as the one before.<\/p>\n
“As I have said before, a goal or an assist is all the same to me because it is a goal or an assist for the team, so I will take either.\u201d<\/p>\n
His impressive performances caught the eye of England manager Fabio Capello and the former Wigan defender earned himself a place in the England squad, making five appearances for the national side.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou always learn, you never stop and I think even the more senior players are still learning on a weekly basis,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cGoals are not the most important thing I need to do for the team, but it is something I like doing if I can and I was really pleased with my best tally for a season.”
<\/em><\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
See more here:
\nLeighton Baines targeting Everton improvement<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Alex Fisher 20 Jun 2011 21:45:00 Leighton Baines, Everton(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Everton full-back Leighton Baines is determined to build on a successful season at Goodison Park as he looks to push the club and himself onto better things. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":444590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-444589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"\n
Leighton Baines targeting Everton improvement - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Leighton Baines targeting Everton improvement - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Alex Fisher 20 Jun 2011 21:45:00 Leighton Baines, Everton(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Everton full-back Leighton Baines is determined to build on a successful season at Goodison Park as he looks to push the club and himself onto better things.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Leighton Baines targeting Everton improvement\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-20T20:45:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/\"},\"wordCount\":398,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/\",\"name\":\"Leighton Baines targeting Everton improvement - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-20T20:45:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Leighton Baines targeting Everton improvement - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Leighton Baines targeting Everton improvement - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"By Alex Fisher 20 Jun 2011 21:45:00 Leighton Baines, Everton(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Everton full-back Leighton Baines is determined to build on a successful season at Goodison Park as he looks to push the club and himself onto better things.","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Leighton Baines targeting Everton improvement","datePublished":"2011-06-20T20:45:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/"},"wordCount":398,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/","name":"Leighton Baines targeting Everton improvement - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2011-06-20T20:45:00+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/leighton-baines-targeting-everton-improvement\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"Leighton](\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/113300\/113373_news.jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/div>\n