Baldock. What exactly does he do?

[Super Steve Earle]

I counted two touches, but I think there may have been three. Did no-one give him the ball or was he rubbish?

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

I think he received the ball to his feet on 1 occasion, predictably he shanked it. If the poor bloke never sees the ball he's unlikely to be prolific for us.

 

[portslade seagull]

Playing with no recognised wingers apart from kaz who seemed stuck in the middle doesn't help his cause

 

[perseus]

After about 20 minutes he touched the ball. I said I would buy my mate if he scored with header, and I would buy him a pint if he crawled through the defender's legs.

He did not fall over like CMS.

 

[Easy 10]

His entire afternoon was spent chasing dinked balls over the top, which their CB's gobbled up effortlessly.

We really are an absolute piece of PISS to defend against.

 

[portslade seagull]

His entire afternoon was spent chasing dinked balls over the top, which their CB's gobbled up effortlessly.

We really are an absolute piece of PISS to defend against.

And who's fault is that ? Hyppia's or the scouts for signing them

 

[Exile]

NSC match report. If you're a big fan of Baldock, I'd recommend you don't read it.

https://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/content.php?289-Albion-v-Middlesbrough-18-10-2014

When finally the Albion fashioned a genuinely good opening, Baldock wasted it. Bennett drove into the box, much as Reach had done for Boro, and pulled it back - on a plate for the ex-Bristol striker to open his Albion account. His weak, misdirected side-foot effort never looked like taking the chance. Truly woeful.

The only other chance he had, when Calderon squared to him from the opposite side, he inexplicably ducked the responsibility - leaving the ball to a team-mate who it was never going to reach. Strikers thrive on confidence. Baldock looks bereft of it, and he's certainly not thriving. He scored for fun last season so there's clearly ability there. Fingers crossed we get to see it soon.

 

[Easy 10]

And who's fault is that ? Hyppia's or the scouts for signing them

He's got no confidence, and he's getting no service. He's probably thinking "this was not in the brochure", so take your pick.

CMS will be saying "welcome to the club mate".

 

[BN9 BHA]

I'm struggling with the question here.

BRISTOL City fans, please stop laughing

 

[hans kraay fan club]

He's got no confidence, and he's getting no service. He's probably thinking "this was not in the brochure", so take your pick.

CMS will be saying "welcome to the club mate".

Rot.

He missed the sitter, not the scouts, nor Hyypia. That's his job.

Can't blame the service, when he ****s up when they put it on a plate.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Rot.

He missed the sitter, not the scouts, nor Hyypia. That's his job.

Can't blame the service, when he ****s up when they put it on a plate.

Yep, any decent ' striker' would have put that away.

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Rot.

He missed the sitter, not the scouts, nor Hyypia. That's his job.

Can't blame the service, when he ****s up when they put it on a plate.

Which sums it up. If anything this shows the difference between League 1 and the Championship.....and that we really should NEVER buy a League 1 top scorer again.

 

[Pondicherry]

Baldock is here to make CMS and COG look good.

 

[London Irish]

I can't believe we paid money for him and I can't believe it was Sami's fervent wish to sign a League 1 player either

 

[Trust in Tony]

good player being let down by the service.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

Yep, any decent ' striker' would have put that away.

Ulloa missed lots of sitters, he just got more than one chance each game. If Baldock took all his chances as they came he wouldn't be playing in the Championship.

 

[nwgull]

His one chance today was put so horribly wide that he almost got away with it being a layoff to COG on the right edge of the 6 yard box. May be hard for him to be sharp after a 4 week lay off and not seeing the ball all game, but that should've been buried.

 

[OSRGull]

So bored of these threads, grow the **** up.

 

[Easy 10]

Rot.

He missed the sitter, not the scouts, nor Hyypia. That's his job.

Can't blame the service, when he ****s up when they put it on a plate.

When the "service" provides him with one chance in 90 minutes, he's probably entitled to think "I thought I might get a few more chances here".

I'm not saying he's blameless, but our buildup play is so frigging ponderous that most teams could build the best part of a new housing estate (plus plumbing) in front of us before we even think of getting the ball in their box.

 

[PROTASM]

he does what the manager tells him to that why he looks shit but ive seen him play before and he was superb try to remember the players are just doing as they are told