Baldock - worst signing since when?

[Rookie]

Not a winger so not sure he can be judged until he gets a run up top. Early signs are not great, but I hope he can only improve.

 

[Beezer]

I,m not being critical of baldock because he was bought in as a striker,and being played as a midfielder, and explain to me how from our corners he was taking up the position of our last man,he will find it hard to score from there.

 

[spanish flair]

I,m not being critical of baldock because he was bought in as a striker,and being played as a midfielder, and explain to me how from our corners he was taking up the position of our last man,he will find it hard to score from there.

He spent most of the game hiding and going through the motions, why do anything different from corners.

 

[Rugrat]

Totally unfair target for abuse. Yet again we have succeeded in signing a goal poacher and chucked them wide as a defensive wing player. All of his goals at any point in his career have been playing off someone else. I think the main issue here is signing him in the first place. Why do it when we only ever play a system of one up top that relies on us having a strong, physical striker.

I feel a bit sorry for Baldock.He is obliviously during a job for the team,playing so alarmingly out of position.I can only guess that CMS will not be with us next season, maybe even in this window.Baldock is his replacement.

Just two of several right answers ... can't for the life of me see why we are not playing him in position and with someone to do the grunt work for him.

Obviously this Manager lark is so much more scientific that I realised. I guess we all must be missing the bleedin' obvious!

 

[Tory Boy]

I've been following the Albion for many many years, but I've never seen a center forward (Baldock) go back and defend when we had a corner.

Very very weird.

TB

 

[fleet]

Bit harsh to say he is that bad when we have never played him in a 4-4-2 - and why did we buy him if he wasn't going to play alongside a big striker?

 

[Giraffe]

He was played up front in several games and failed to impress. He isn't showing anything to suggest he was worth the money. Bad signing in my book, can't see him proving me wrong, much as I'd like him to.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

It really does opitemise(sp?) how far we have gone backwards from last couple of seasons!

Epitomise

 

[redoubtable seagull]

I've been following the Albion for many many years, but I've never seen a center forward (Baldock) go back and defend when we had a corner.

Very very weird.

TB

Recent example? - how about Murray and Ulloa. Both played important defensive duties when defending corners.

Give Baldock a 3 game run in the middle and then judge his ability.

 

[perseus]

Baldock being played completely out of position, onto his wrong foot constantly. Let's focus of CMS shall we, who was LIGHT YEARS worse and cost a lot more.

Both his feet seem to be wrong. He has not got enough pace or height.

 

[Jaguar_uk]

I always thought that David Burke was under valued at the club, perhaps if we all said sorry he would come back and sign us someone like Heskey?

 

[spellfast]

It always amuses me how short the memories of football fans are. CMS was signed by Gus so therefore is not a sign of how we've gone backwards. He always works incredibly hard but whilst my heart says keep him my head says not. Baldock was poor and if O'Grady wants to leave he should, the club haven't treated him too well. What we really lacked today was any quality and until we get some we're going to struggle. What makes me most angry is that Brentford weren't great. The idea of them making the premiere league along with Bournemouth is simply ridiculous. This season has to be about survival then build for next season kind of reminds me of Gus's first season. The let's see what we can achieve next season once we hang on in the championship which I'm sure we'll do

 

[catfish]

Our strikers are pretty lamentable for this level of football I'm afraid.

 

[Hampster Gull]

Baldock isn't being played in position so seems very odd to slate him

 

[spanish flair]

Recent example? - how about Murray and Ulloa. Both played important defensive duties when defending corners.

Give Baldock a 3 game run in the middle and then judge his ability.

Erm, I never witnessed either of those players standing nearly on the halfway line when we had a corner, when did this happen?

 

[spanish flair]

I always thought that David Burke was under valued at the club, perhaps if we all said sorry he would come back and sign us someone like Heskey?

I think David Burke has done enough damage thank you, I think this is why our Chairman sacked him.

 

[Mowgli37]

Agreed. Baldock is useless at this level. Lightweight and can't shoot. League 2 at best but even then impossible to tell as he barely gets a touch.
We looked lightweight with him, FC & March all ineffectual against another strong physically superior team.

Shows what you know, got the Golden Boot last season in League One

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Not a winger so not sure he can be judged until he gets a run up top. Early signs are not great, but I hope he can only improve.

Very nicely put.

He has to play down the middle. CMS is just not good enough, as willing a trier as he is.

It's not only Baldock playing out of position on the wing, it's the left wing and he is clearly right footed, watching the highlights he tried to bring everything down with his right, and his touch was not great, so he kept ending further wide.......

Frustrating day.

 

[glasfryn]

An odd target to pick on in my opinion. This season we've had signings! Not only that but he's a striker playing on the wing, like Colunga and CMS. Only Barnes did that with any degree of ability and he was the subject of threads exactly like this.

and how is he doing?

 

[drew]

Surely if we are playing March, who can cross the ball, then COG would be the best option for a player in the box! He's not great but his attributes are better suited to balls into the box than CMS!