This will help ease Blues boss Steve Tilson's selection problems for Saturday's game with Swindon Town where a possible three players could be out injures, Christophe, Grant and Laurent, and Macca is certainly not playing as he's starting a two-match suspension.
Balders turned down Bristol for sunny Southend, good bloke
Baldwin has had a succcesful loan spell with Bristol Rovers, who wanted him to re-sign, but the experienced central defender has decided to come to Roots Hall.
We'll forgive Scotty the facial hair if he grabs a goal on debut
Vernon has just returned from a three month lay-off with an ankle injury, which saw him play only once for Gillingham in an earlier loan deal, but returned to score a hat-trick against Maldon in the Essex Senior Cup in midweek.