Chinman3000
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Guys & Girls - Baldock has scored about 6 or 7 goals in about 50 appearances - its about time we gave it up.
yes, he creates a few - but he is a striker?
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Time for Elvis Manu
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No not at all - just a comment in the thread by someone stated that Manu is not a competent finisher............but neither is Baldock. In my opinion, Baldock has had far too many chances now. Everytime he comes on as a sub, do people really think "Glad he is on, he will get us a goal" - ??
I would much prefer to have someone who can run with pace, however clumsy, as something may pull off. Simple as that.
3 assists and 2 goals from the bench already this season for Baldock and you want him dropped completely for a guy who may or may not be a footballer?
Improved - yes
Good enough - no
Good enough - no
sussex_guy2k2
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To be honest, the guy is 23 and he's now in his second season in a new country having come from one of that country's biggest clubs. My biggest concern with him last season was his lack of a football brain. I didn't see either of the cup games (other than the highlights) so it's hard to judge the improvement in him, in this regard, over the summer, but there are physical tools there for him to be a nuisance at Championship level. There must be a reason CH signed him, after all. So I'll give the guy the benefit of the doubt when he plays.
KingstonSeagull
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Elvis is that fat kid at school to would goal hang all game and then celebrate for weeks to come when he scored one...
LamieRobertson
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Worth persevering with?
Postman Pat
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This is now possible by the way, if a player is in an offside position in the oppositions half, but runs on-side into their own half, the free-kick is taken from where the player touched the ball, not where he was when the ball was played, therefore it can be in their own half.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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How come amongst Seagulls fans we always have so many Lame Duck fans?
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Seagull1989
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Song for Elvis to Elvis Presley's Wonder of you
When no one else can understand him
When everything he does is wrong
He gives us hope it's not Mccammon
He still has strength to carry on
He's always there to lend a hand in everything we do
That's the wonder , the wonder of Manu
When no one else can understand him
When everything he does is wrong
He gives us hope it's not Mccammon
He still has strength to carry on
He's always there to lend a hand in everything we do
That's the wonder , the wonder of Manu
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Nixonator
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I'm all for giving credit where it's due, but can we stick to league games for these stats? 3 assists and 2 goals sounds very impressive until you factor in it's lower league opposition.
The league is where it counts, and for that he is at 1 very good assist and a goal that hit him on the way in.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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This. Completely This.
Agree with you. If anyone's attitude was to be questioned it was LuaLua who was flapping his arms, kicking the ball away etc. I felt sorry for Manu, he's the new joke figure with people taking the piss out of him. I remember when everyone used to slag off Murray for always being offside and being lazy. There's a need to pigion hole players in such a way. You could see how desperate he was to do well and how much he wanted to score. I fully understand the lack of confidence and belief in him as he's been here a year and had no impact on the first team but he's nowhere near as bad as some like to make out. It's hurt him that he's not really a wide midfielder who can play in a 4-4-2 but neither is he a central striker. He's an advanced wide man for a 4-3-3/4-5-1 shape and we just don't play that way.
HastingsSeagull
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This is a comedy thread right? Baldock shows against weaker opposition that's he's on another level. Scores the first goal, important goal, does everything he does for the team too.
Manu shows he is the opposition level and people say why not throw him in against Newcastle?
Manu shows he is the opposition level and people say why not throw him in against Newcastle?
He hasn't scored in the league. He's had 0 starts and 8 sub apperances totalling 129 minutes on the pitch.
So your first paragraph is correct when read in isolation however we are starting from rock bottom so it wad almost impossible not to see any improvement.
It would be great if it happened but I wont be holding my breathe.
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Baldock has got better (quicker) as well. Within a 20% chance of scoring, think of Baldock as a deep lying number 10 and then his low strike rate is not so bad.
I hope we keep Manu as I see him as a speed merchant on the bench right now. Depends on the opposition whether he or Baldock should come on, or Lualua, or Jamie Murphy.