A (then) 29 year old journeyman lower league striker who'd been at 6 clubs prior to us and, not done an awful lot since a 1 in 3 scoring record in the third and fourth division at Swindon several seasons prior
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A 21 year old prospect from Arsenal who Wenger thought highly enough of to keep...
Exactly. We may or may not get a big return in terms of goals from him, but I'm hopeful he can play that Baldock role and really help stretch defences. Perfect signing in every way - we've not made a big long-term financial commitment by signing a player who may or may not be able to cut it IF...
Pleased with this. I mentioned a month or two ago that this chap would be the ideal type of loan signing for us as cover/competition for Baldock. OK his scoring record is far from spectacular so far, but we've all seen how the team benefits from that element of pace, movement and workrate to...