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Upto the play off final he had played well for us and claiming the ball wasn’t something he seemed to struggle at. In fact he seemed to play quite far off his line too to sweep up. 
The Villa goal happened and it must have played on his mind because it was on such a big stage. 
His confidence was shot so he made some mistakes early on last season, following this clubs took note and put loads of crosses on Roos every week to keep him unsettled.

It might be he’s got over that confidence issue, or might just be a one of game. 

Can he still sign out if the window? 

17 hours ago, ariotofmyown said:

Must be a difficult decision for young players and their families to make, especially if they are struggling financially in the first place.

4x salary is a big upgrade for anyone and if you really are that good, you could be playing for one if the top teams in the country within a couple of years.

But it also possibly means uprooting your family or having to do loads of travelling. You know your chances of getting into the first team at Derby are much higher/have already happened. You might even score a few goals this season and get a proper good contract, with either us or a bigger club who buys you.

What sort of money are kids on when they sign pro terms?

I thought this, I’m pretty sure Whittaker and sibley etc were on £1k per week. When I saw 4x money I thought surely we could match that. Maybe fa should bring in wage caps for players that can’t sign pro terms to avoid money becoming a factor in young lads moves which it really shouldn’t be. 
Kaide needs to decide whether he is good enough to break in to Liverpool’s team, or whether can break into Derby’s team get the experience of men’s football and move on. 
It I was in the same position as Delap last year I’d have gone. However Kaide seemed on the verge of making it in to the first team by the way Rooney was talking so I’d have thought I’ll make it here and go somewhere for a big fee and go straight in to a bigger first team in the prem etc in a couple of years time. 
Of course it would be very rare for kaide and his mum to work that out. They’ll have been shown around Liverpool and a big figure put in front of them probably met some first team players and it would be mind made. 
I actually think if he has a decent agent he’d be telling him to make it pro and then go for a big move later on. (agent will then get a bigger fee) 

I think as we see the gap between the bottom three wide, we will see more of Sibley. He’s got a great future here but as the moment we can’t risk playing Knight Sibley and and Buchanan on the same pitch. Add in Beliek only 22 and Jozwiak age 22. The squad lacks a bit of experience. Hence Shinnie playing ahead of him in midfield. Eventually I see him playing for Shinnie but I think Rooney will want to pull clear of the relegation zone first. 

1 hour ago, 86 Hair Islands said:

I can understand people being frustrated when young players we've nurtured and brought though the ranks nick off at the first available opportunity, to be honest. Given Wazza has had him in the senior squad recently, the onward path is pretty clear if he stays, after all. He's signed as a scholar until he's 18, but we're told he's been offered a pre-contract which he's not signed. You'd like to see young players (under the guidance of their parents), sticking around for at least a single season at the club that is, in a major regard, responsible for their development, but it seems that is not the way it works these days. For me, that's a shame. I'd have dearly loved to see him stay but no doubt the big fish are offering to throw comparatively huge money at him and his parents and we clearly can't compete with that. 

For all of that, I hope Kaide prospers at Liverpool for several reasons; firstly, he seems to be a good kid and a likeable one at that. Secondly, we could always use the sell-on / add-on fees. And lastly, as a further testament to the excellence of our Academy set-up and another reminder that there are aspects of Mel Morris' tenure that some less gracious fans might appreciate a little more than they clearly do.

Parents probably as bad as the kid, oooh look he could pay our mortgage off in a few weeks. 

17 hours ago, Millenniumram said:

Not to rain on anyone’s parade, but I think Wayne is talking about the youngsters within the first team there - ie Sibley and Knight. Still good news, but don’t think that necessarily means Gordon will stay. I mean there’s little we can do to stop him anyway.

Getting regular first team game time under Rooney or play in Man United under 18s... I’d like to think given the same opportunity I’d want to play first team football but as a 16 year old if your taken around carrington meeting the likes of OGS and other man United legends and players you can see it would be difficult to turn down and he might really back himself. 
If he has the same head in his shoulders that Bellingham and sancho did, I’d be really impressed, they’ve gone to a club where they will give them a chance. 
Hopefully he stays and gets a crack at the first team for for a couple of years, then we can get a big fee for him. 

2 hours ago, kevinhectoring said:

pleased for Bogle definitely but still delighted we have Byrne 

Kinda meant them conceding a goal.

Anyone else celebrate a little? 

23 hours ago, David said:

He is still a short term signing lets be honest, 34 years old we might see another season of him and thats that. 

Not sure where you have seen Cocu has stuck his neck out to sign him, but if true that is a little bizarre with how little he played him. 

Waghorn will probably argue till he's blue in the face he's a striker, number 9, but given a chance he hasn't shown it at all. Reminds me of Johnny Russell a lot. 

I think Cocu was too slow to integrate players. He always seemed to have them training for 6 weeks or so first. He might have come in eventually but I much prefer the way Rooney is managing players and sticking them in. Ibe wouldn’t have had a chance the other week without him. 

20 hours ago, DCFClks said:

Given a lot of people seem to be wanting Mac3, What would he do with the current team, and would it work?

This would be my prediction.

The main problem is obviously the absence of the icon Chris Martin. I think he'd try and get Rooney to play a similar role. He has the vision and passing ability to play there and his pace is probably similar to Martins. But no one can hold the ball up as good as CM. But as we saw last season, Martin was ineffective without players around him up top and Rooney would be the same.

The other main problem is the 3 midfielders. During Mac1, the midfield was so good it could dominate other teams midfield even if they were outnumbered.

I actually think we have better quality wingers now than under Mac and I think they'd flourish playing his style. 

 

I’d see him playing Waghorn up top in that Martin role and playing Rooney in the role Eustace played so well. 

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