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The point is I think that Baldock is still playing Division 1 football and looking for a touch and more time than is actually available. Hopefully he will up his game.
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Craig Mackail- Smith
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keaton
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- Nov 18, 2004
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Based on what I've seen this season, he has no movement or work-rate and twice on Saturday he was scared to shoot early which lead to the chance being lost
I only saw one **** up against Blackburn, I saw three against Wigan though.
Even the best Championship strikers **** up about twice or three times in a game, but they get more non ****-ups as well.
How many times did Baldock receive and control the ball in the box so far? Less than once in a match, Should be at least three times to get paid at all.
At least he did not embrass himself and fans by falling over and claiming for a foul!
Machiavelli
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I'm thinking of certain examples (my memory isn't as good as yours, so there aren't as many), such as:
that awful one (against Rotherham?) where he spliced it wide, when he really should have scored
his goal
that effort on Saturday, when Bennett played him through, and he hit it too weakly.
So, these examples at least illustrate that he -- at times -- shoots early, while yours indicate that at other times he doesn't.
Is it just a difference of emphasis between us?
Betfair Bozo
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- Jul 24, 2007
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Two things out of Saturday:
1. If Colunga doesn't start at home to Fulham I will be seething. He should be the one definitely retaining his place off the back of two very good performances.
2. I understand he may have wanted him on to defend set pieces aerially but if Halford is considered a better bet than CMS as a sub forward near the end it doesn't bode well for Craig. Could easily have plumped for his energy as the "out ball" in the channels but he didn't.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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Depressing that CMS is still with us. Seen enough of his stupid aimless running around to last a lifetime. Just can't be doing with it anymore.
BensGrandad
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IMHO Halford should have come on for Colunga as he did but played alongside of Ince to try to stifle their supply from the midfield and CMS for Baldock to make their defenders run around more.
Not a bad call for a change, BG.
SIMMO SAYS
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Harsh Tom. I can see where you're coming from BUT Smith up front with A Another may have worked.
Don't agree. Would keep Colunga on (unless he was spent) as most intelligent forward player we have. Was continually finding space.
Hanford should have slotted in the back as a 3rd CB, as we were being overpowered aerially, another body might have closed Hooper down after the loose ball.
This.
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Blue Valkyrie
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This as well.
Colunga must start.
As for CMS, he either needs to sign a new contract within the next 2 months, or we must try and get a few hundred thousand for him in January.
Marshy
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CMS is in my opinion way better than Baldock
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Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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Damned with faint praise.
He's also better than Bas Savage. Perhaps we need a list of footballers that CMS is better than:
Jake Robinson
Nathan Elder
Mark Farringdon...
For me he was good at creating a nuisance up front which is what we needed . He was able to hold ball up and take pressure off which is lacking with our front players at mo as they get knocked off the ball too easily .
father_and_son
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He's better than my Nan.... but then she's dead.
Seriously though... such a wasted talent playing/bench warming for us. We have never played to his strengths and we should have released him long ago.
Wrong-Direction
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- Mar 10, 2013
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We got rid of Leo and brought in 3 CMS's now we have 4 CMS's