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I wouldn't have expected it at the beginning of the season Madger, but if he's had so many gilt edged chances then why not? It's not really a question of 26 being an incredible total at this stage of the season if he's had an extraordinary number of relatively straightforward chances, which in my view he has. There's no rule I know of that says it's somehow understandable to miss numerous chances just because you've got to double figures despite doing so. We all know he should be on alot more. I'd be very surprised if Baldock himself is anywhere near satisfied with his clear cut chances to goals ratio, and he himself would probably admit he should be on well over 20 by now. He's even said himself he's never before in his career been presented with the chances this City team has created for him this season, so amassing an extraordinary total by this stage would have been far from ridiculous had he been confident and on form. By the same token it's also not beyond the realms of possibility that he will notch a further 20 in the run in (if he gets his shooting boots on) should the chances keep coming at the same rate. Then he could end up with even more than Bob Taylor, and he'll no doubt have fired us to safety - so let's hope so!

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I rarely watch MOTD, my assertion that Baldock should have doubled his tally is based solely on the chances I've seen him squander. He's had a plethora of easy chances this season - certainly not just one on ones - and he has notably failed to take far too many. When comparing him with others I couldn't say whether any other striker in this division has had so many easy chances and failed to take them, but I'd doubt it, because the number he's had would be extraordinary for any striker, even in a much more successful team Certainly it's hard to think of a City striker in the last 45 years with a comparable catalogue of misses because we've almost never been a high chance creating team. Liam Robinson springs to mind, but even then he wasn't doing air shots from 5 yards out, or often missing the target completely. I think it was 'Harry' who listed a large number of Baldock's misses a few weeks ago and of course there are quite a few more to add even in the last few games. Perhaps he could do an update? I'd look at it that there are half chances, good chances, and gilt edged 'really should score most of them' chances, and it is in the latter catagory that many of Baldock's notable misses fall in to. Even allowing for the fact that all forwards miss chances it's bemusing to think there's anyone out there who truly believes his total shouldn't be far higher on the quality of chances afforded to him.

And so they should. Player after player leaving the tour. All this must have been known before they left England, yet players and selectors seem to have failed to talk to one another, or chose to ingnore the obvious problems within the team. At the end of the day I think we have been playing too much cricket, too many ashes games close together. I think the whole squad needs a break away from one another. It won't happen of course. So I think the rebuild is going to be difficult.