Why has Whitebread...

[samjonesdcfc]

Stayed with us this long whilst being injured? He's played about 2 games and normally when a loan signing comes in and gets injured they return to their club?

His loan ends in Jan and all he's really done is taken up our wage bill for the past 3 months

Don't know why they didn't just cut it short and return him to Leicester.

[Derbydave96]

Is he fit yet?

[StaffsRam]

Two reasons instantly spring to mind;

 

1) We've always intended to extend the loan come January

2) We've already got an informal agreement for a permanent transfer in January

[samjonesdcfc]

Still not, has returned to training though.

[Leicester Ram]

I prefer brownbread 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm here all week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

try the fish

[rynny]

I prefer brownbread

I'm here all week

try the fish

Sammon?

[Tricky1884]

We love him

[Cisse]

Well he played well while I was there. Good enough a reason.

[blackNwhites]

Maybe because there's an agreement of a 3 month loan? No recall, no sending back to club.

[Wolfie20]

With Keogh out for a month, if either Bucko or Keane get injured between now and then, assuming he's fit, Whitbread is the only viable back-up so it makes sense to keep him here. O'Briens' rehabilitation is not yet complete and to move Wisdom to central defence and bring in Freeman, in my opinion would weaken us.

[Ambitious]

I can almost guarantee he will sign in January - one of two reasons.

 

1) as the thread points out, he won't be fit while his 'loan contract' is in play, we've known that yet kept him on.

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2) when we was looking for players on loan, a day or two before we got whitbread Clough said 'clubs are saying that they want something permanent on the players we want.. (or something along them lines)' so perhaps Rush got restless and pulled the trigger on such a deal.

 

I liked Whitbread, thought he was very good - obviously he carries a pretty conclusive injury record though.

[DesertRam]

I agree with that mate, considering he was thrown in at the deep end, he did remarkably well

so as back up this is not as bad as first seems.

Although another younger up and coming 21/22 on a permanent would be my choice.

[BOB BIGGS]

Hopefully, we'll only sign him on for an extended time if he's fit enough to play. He didn't get the chance to impress in 2 and bit games, particularly given the timing of his arrival, but I hope we've stopped bringing in players who are injured most of the time.

[Ambitious]

I agree with that mate, considering he was thrown in at the deep end, he did remarkably well

so as back up this is not as bad as first seems.

Although another younger up and coming 21/22 on a permanent would be my choice.

 

Michael Keane would be a dream signing, it's going to be difficult for him at United but I think we would need to be promoted.

 

We'll have to wait and see.

 

If we were to be promoted, we'd need 2 or 3 centre backs coming in anyway. Keogh and Buxton wouldn't cut the Premier League, I wouldn't think.