Mr sam Baldock

[skintmanblues]

If your reading this sam .please for FS get yourself fit to play versusVilla.

 

[BensGrandad]

He had a fitness test yesterday morning apparently so near playing so I wonder should CH have said you are not 100% so start and see what happens then have the summer off.

 

[Icy Gull]

I like Baldock but feck me he spends so much of EVERY season injured. I think we need two more players to cover him for the length of time he spends out injured

 

[brakespear]

Would you risk playing him in the last match of the season though, just in case?

 

[Blues Rock DJ]

Would you risk playing him in the last match of the season though, just in case?

absolutely.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

I like Baldock but feck me he spends so much of EVERY season injured. I think we need two more players to cover him for the length of time he spends out injured

Yes, I think we need another two next season, one a 'like for like' replacement/cover for him, one slightly different (the Pritchard/Judge/Cairney) variety.

 

[Triggaaar]

Would you risk playing him in the last match of the season though, just in case?

If he's fit, in what way is it a risk?

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

He had a fitness test yesterday morning apparently so near playing so I wonder should CH have said you are not 100% so start and see what happens then have the summer off.

Surely, Chris would say that vs Villa. I mean he has the whole Summer to get fit and if he keeps 'breaking down' perhaps he needs surgery.

 

[Stat Brother]

Would you risk playing him in the last match of the season though, just in case?

The implication being he'd be fit for next season, if he doesn't play.

As said before - If the Albion are in any way reliant on Baldock, next season, this season promotion would be a complete waste of time and effort.

 

[The Birdman]

He's that sort player who will get injured that's why we need to build a stronger squad.

 

[brakespear]

The implication being he'd be fit for next season, if he doesn't play.

As said before - If the Albion are in any way reliant on Baldock, next season, this season promotion would be a complete waste of time and effort.

Just that if he's coming back from an injury, is it worth playing him in the last match, maybe I am over-cautious.

I'm not sure what your second sentence refers to - possibly you don't rate Sam Baldock to highly.

 

[Seagulltonian]

It's the last game of the season. If it's a potentially career-threatening injury, then possibly no. If it's an injury that takes a month or two to sort, then he has to be in the team with Murray. If he's 70% fit, get him on the bench rather than a 125% fit Akpom!
Baldock was on fire before the latest injury.

 

[Stat Brother]

Just that if he's coming back from an injury, is it worth playing him in the last match, maybe I am over-cautious.

I'm not sure what your second sentence refers to - possibly you don't rate Sam Baldock to highly.

I was coming back to that, hoping to make a cheeky edit as I realised it was way to negative.

Sam's great, he makes the team tick (begging the question why only have 1) he'll do well and score Premier League goals.
But squeezing out a little over half a season, just isn't good enough.

Hopefully the lack of midweek games might play to his advantage, and he'd be pushing his replacement for starts, but the bottom line is he just can't be relied upon, which is a real shame.
The team needs him, but sadly the teams him fit, which after all this time clearly isn't an option.

 

[Murray 17]

Just had a quick look at Wiki. He has played 270 over the last 10 years, with only two seasons where he played over 35 games. This suggests we can't rely on his fitness.

 

[Stat Brother]

Just had a quick look at Wiki. He has played 270 over the last 10 years, with only two seasons where he played over 35 games. This suggests we can't rely on his fitness.

I'm surprised any Brighton fan had to check that on Wiki.

 

[BensGrandad]

Surely, Chris would say that vs Villa. I mean he has the whole Summer to get fit and if he keeps 'breaking down' perhaps he needs surgery.

I would have said that for yesterday rather than Villa and having a test yesterday means that he was under consideration to play so perhaps not a great risk..

 

[Murray 17]

I'm surprised any Brighton fan had to check that on Wiki.

Ha, ha, yes! It was my gut feeling, but wanted to be sure.

 

[Lush]

My favourite player and badly missed, but will he be match fit? Otherwise my money's on an over-excited early sending off.

 

[brakespear]

I was coming back to that, hoping to make a cheeky edit as I realised it was way to negative.

Sam's great, he makes the team tick (begging the question why only have 1) he'll do well and score Premier League goals.
But squeezing out a little over half a season, just isn't good enough.

Hopefully the lack of midweek games might play to his advantage, and he'd be pushing his replacement for starts, but the bottom line is he just can't be relied upon, which is a real shame.
The team needs him, but sadly the teams him fit, which after all this time clearly isn't an option.

I'd agree with that to a degree - I do think we need 'another Sam' as a backup certainly.

 

[durrington gull]

The implication being he'd be fit for next season, if he doesn't play.

As said before - If the Albion are in any way reliant on Baldock, next season, this season promotion would be a complete waste of time and effort.

Absolutely this, Baldock won't be good enough for Prem so I'll be worried if we haven't got 2 new strikers in during the summer