BRISTOL86

Quite. Bottom line is if he was scoring that many he wouldn't be playing for us! Anyone would think we were Man City the way we think so highly of ourselves. We're propping up division 3 people, reality check.

Baldock is now joint scorer with JET. who knows who will finish the season on more. At least Baldock wanted it today. More than can be said for JET who can seemingly do no wrong. Much is made of Baldock's chances missed but nothing of JET who today couldn't find a team mate more often than he was dispossessed.

Don't let sense get in the way of a good scapegoat opportunity! The fact that we've dropped a level and we are still propping up a league due to goals conceded seems to have escaped the attentions of the whingers.

For at least a week your comment will have legs. Enjoy.

Baldock's goal to appearance ratio is considerably better than Pitmans, and he's the 6th highest scorer in the league. If that's a wasteful striker then I'm glad we have one. Fact is we don't have Pitman, so move on. There is absolutely no evidence of any kind to suggest he would be on more than 12 goals this season, might as well speculate on how many assists Ozil would have for all the good it will do. There's a reason Baldock's played basically every game we've played. We don't have anyone who will put the ball in the back of the net as much as he will, so maybe people should try supporting rather than constantly picking fault. Good to see I still can't make a post without you having a personal dig though. The hallmark of intelligence.

Maybe so but he scored just 20 times in nearly 80 games. If Baldock isn't driven out by the time he's played 80 games for us he could be on 30-35 I don't know how often he starts for Bournemouth but he's on 5 in 24 this season. So still VERY strange for people to be lamenting him as the one who got away when our only out and out striker who starts games is considerably more prolific. Less clinical perhaps, but still by far the more prolific striker.

My thoughts are he's one of the highest scorers in League One and the joint highest in our team, and on course for 20-25 league goals. Why does no one talk about the number of missed tackles that Flint makes? Or the number of times JET tries to take on 8 players and loses possession? Ultimately, a striker is measured on goals scored, and for him to be on course for that total when we've been propping up the league all season makes it beyond belief that every game ends in a thread bemoaning a "wasteful" striker.

But Baldock's twice the goalscorer for us that Brett ever was......?

I'm not saying he hasn't missed chances he should have buried. But there's still only 6 players in the entire division that have scored more than him, so that tells it's own story. People just aren't happy unless they have someone to moan about.

The stats are still incomparible. Pitman finished better than Baldock in the one on one environment, but Baldock scores more goals. Personally I'd rather have someone who will give you 20 a season than someone that is more "clinical" but doesn't make enough chances. 1 in 2 is better than 1 in 4 whichever way you slice it up.

Because Baldock's been spoiled with excellent service all season?! He's had long balls pumped to him from defence for 80% of the season!

That's never been in doubt, it's just a real shame how sporadic that talent is used, and when it's not there, we are effectively a ten man team because he contributes nothing off the ball.

Pitman scored almost 1 in 4 for us, Baldock is close to double that, yet everyone talks about how clinical Pitman is.

Precisely. Baldock makes a good deal of chances for himself that others wouldn't have even had. Pitman would be lucky to have 5 up to this point if he'd been playing in the team we've been playing for most of the season under SOD, he relies on excellent service. Baldock is so used to getting no service that he has to engineer his own chances.

Beyond belief isn't it. Just beyond the halfway point and conceivable he could finish the season on 25, yet every week berated for his wastefulness. Only OTIB. Never mind the fact that we concede in EVERY SINGLE GAME, with woefully inadequate defending.

Staggering that you can't see beyond missed one on ones. Why was JET taken off today and not Baldock? Because he did **** all for the team, that's why.

Amazing that there's a thread slagging off Baldock, and nothing about how utterly useless JET was. We may as well have played with 10 men until Burns and Barnett came on. Perhaps if every other game SB didn't have to do the work of two people he'd get more. He worked his socks off in the second half, and Barnett did more in 30 seconds than JET did today. Baldock clearly lacks a bit of confidence in the one on one situation, but he still got two goals which salvaged us a point today. I couldn't believe the two chumps behind me who booed him off at half time. Embarassing. Funny how Baldock is lamented for his lack of putting chances away, and what's he on now? 15 or something? Well on course for 20+. If we didn't concede so many, we'd be top half. The goals we conceded today were so soft, and that's why we dropped 2 points today.

Great signing, look forward to seeing him in action. Anyone that adds a bit of experience and grit to our backline is great.

Welcome aboard Tyrone!

Just announced.

A successful 433 though normally depends on two good wingers and one out and out striker, rather than three strikers! It would certainly make us a threat going forwards! ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK!

I don't know why everyone is suddenly obsessed with player age. As you say, 28 or 29 is not old by any stretch for a good player. It's very admirable bringing through young players, but there has to be a balance of youth and experience, and Tyrone Barnett - although might not be everyone's first name on the list for new recruits - has experience at this level. Prolific goalscorer he isn't, but that's not exactly his role. I do think however that we certainly won't be accommodating SB, JET and TB on the same teamsheet, so it'll be interesting to see what gives....or whether Cotterill knows something we don't about where JET will be by the time the month is out.

Like how all the Ipswich fans said JET was a lazy so and so whose attitude and work rate would have us tearing our hair out?

We can only hope!