May Contain Nuts Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 To look at it another way, how much have the players we already had in October 2013 upped their game during the past 14 months due to having competition in the squad? Or, If you were to go through the players and put a mark next to them as either improved since October 2013 (or since we signed them), stayed the same or got worse, what would the outcome be? Is it individual improvement or are we simply better organised as a team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_dcfc Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 How many have just come and sat on the bench? I can only really think of Best, Naylor and Whitbread. The rest have become starters or been used in rotation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteroseram Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 How many have just come and sat on the bench? I can only really think of Best, Naylor and Whitbread. The rest have become starters or been used in rotation. Goalkeepers aside you're right I can't think if another, and even Whitbread had a very short spell playing ahead of others earlier this season if I remember right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
condor Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Won't understand why we don't steer well clear of players that are obviously injury prone. NOT Barker or Thorne, those are freak injuries that will never happen again. But Whitbread had a checkered past. Maybe he was the best available for what we were looking for (Essentially just a rotation player). But personally I wouldn't sign an injury prone player, harsh as that sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abu Derby Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Never mind his ankle, what about his eyes. Has he had them checked yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North_Stand_Ram Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 @sport_simon: My understanding that Stephen Warnock's move to #dcfc has gone through. #lufc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
condor Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Good deal. The Leeds version of Steve Nicholson reported he was one of their higher earners, no idea what he's on but it's a good deal if it' fits within our wage structure, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 McClaren has signed a large number of players since he came to Derby. Apart from giving about ten players renewed contracts, he has spent a ridiculously low amount of money. I know that we like to do undisclosed fees so that no club can assume that we are loaded and therefore think that we are an easy touch but excluding Thorne what is our best assessment of what his net transfer dealings has been. Including Albentosa and Warnock it seems to be about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
condor Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 McClaren has signed a large number of players since he came to Derby. Apart from giving about ten players renewed contracts, he has spent a ridiculously low amount of money. I know that we like to do undisclosed fees so that no club can assume that we are loaded and therefore think that we are an easy touch but excluding Thorne what is our best assessment of what his net transfer dealings has been. Including Albentosa and Warnock it seems to be about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JW- Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 He's not coming anymore Simon Austin @sport_simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
condor Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 He's not coming anymore Simon Austin @sport_simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Bradley Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Reading are other team according Twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JW- Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Reading are other team according Twitter He'd be mad to turn them down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
condor Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Assume we have other targets, maybe we're going after experience instead of the typical Premier League loanee in his early 20's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DcFc Dyycheee Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 So he's not coming anymore then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombo Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 The data is so good that SI have sold the database to clubs and last year..ProZone, can't be that bad if Everton bought the rights a few years back and are using it. Anyway, I have posted on the SI forum to ask the question of how researchers come up with the salary figures I remember hearing something about Man City contacting them to find out how the hell they managed to find out their player bonuses! They were utterly stunned to find out that it was totally accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DcFc Dyycheee Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Simon Austin ?@sport_simon 10m10 minutes ago @jamiesimmo5 told Derby offered 18 month contract & another club offered 2 yrs. whatever the case I've been told player has been sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JW- Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 16 pages all for diddly squat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
condor Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Simon Austin ?@sport_simon 10m10 minutes ago@jamiesimmo5 told Derby offered 18 month contract & another club offered 2 yrs. whatever the case I've been told player has been sold I wouldn't have offered a 33 year old a two year contract anyway. Regardless of ability. We aren't going in for Lampard or Gerrard, there's not many players (in our price ranger) like Eustace that are still at the top of their game. 18 month contract seems fair so I wouldn't be to bothered if we didn't get him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Bradley Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Guess be guaranteed first team at reading unlike at derby maybe could take obita of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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