Not really. Baldock was on the mend - there was no reason to expect he'd have even more bad luck, and we were desperately short of striking options, especially in view of CH's apparent reluctance to throw youngsters in at the deep end. Anyway, although you or I might find a few months on his wages a life-changing experience, I doubt if we are paying him a lot by PL footballer standards. No problem with keeping him on the books - will be surprised if he's still here next season though - I don't think TB's striker shopping campaign has finished yet.
I get the feeling he won't get a sniff unless hell freezes over now, but I didn't have that impression during the first half of the season when we merely appeared to be waiting on his return to fitness. I get the feeling that something changed, maybe around the turn of the year? One setback too many perhaps, and running out of patience? I don't know, of course, I'm just guessing - but I definitely get the feeling that something changed.
