ZipURZZZZZip We need to offload Baldock. He has been a piss poor signing and offers no threat at all.
No he hasn’t
He offers plenty of threat
He works well in a two man strike duo which was evident earlier in the season. He’s categorically not a lone striker however which Bowen can’t seem to understand and for some reason, he still doesn’t use two up front
Yeah nine goals in two seasons. He’s lethal.
Congratulations for reaffirming my point that he’s not a lone striker
How many times have we played to his strengths (I.e partnered him with someone). Can think of very few occasions except earlier in the season when he was given a go with Puscas (and coincidentally his best form as a Reading player!). Likewise he was well liked at Brighton as part of a duo up top (with Murray) and was later sold by Brighton because they moved to one up top in the Prem and he didn’t fit
Doesn’t mean he’s “piss poor” or contributes nothing etc, he’s justly grossly misused. It’s characters like him, Morrison, Rinomhota, etc who are consistent, reliable pretty much each week who are good solid Champ players. We have too many players who range from an 8/10 each week to a 4, Yiadom, Richards, Swift, Ejaria, Olise, Puscas etc and it’s showed with massive inconsistencies in results