 Baird remained with the club but struggled for form, clashing with manager Alan Ball Jr..He was dropped from the first team over the Christmas period and was made to train away from the rest of the squad, along with Kenny Swain, after criticising Ball in a newspaper interview.Scoring only one goal in his 20 appearances for the club, during a 2–1 defeat to Queens Park Rangers, in the 1987–88 season.