irobinson Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Good luck to Shaun - incredible fightback All the best to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaphaRam Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Barker is back, Barker is back Hellooooo Hellooooo Is it acceptable to sing Gary Glitter since the recent news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeytennis12345 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 NO !! But 'Welcome Home' by Peters and Lee could be an interesting alternative .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted McMinn Football Genius Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I was there. You are either deaf or Fawazock. "Fawazock" genius, pure genius!!! Love that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted McMinn Football Genius Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Surely a fellow pro would never do such a thing , they high fived actually !! My blood still boils thinking about it , would never tire punching Yorke in his horrible goofy face Both have proved in their personal lives to be a horrible pair of CNUTS! You reap what you sow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Dwight Yorke has a face that only a cricket bat could fix. Stan Collymore's into dogging, kicking women on the floor and recording his own pundit analysis in his bedroom. What more needs to be said? If there were any justice in the world they'd both have met with untimely, and grizzly accidents a long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripperg-ram Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Really humbling. http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31440219 Good guy to have as club captain. Really hope he gets to play for us again. If it's on merit, amazing, or if it's just 15mins in a game at the end of the season before he starts playing for Burton(or somewhere) then I'd take that as well. Be good to give him a full, pride park fan fare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramos Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Fingers crossed if we have nothing to play for (Ie already promoted) in the last 1 or 2 games, hopefully he will get some minutes on the pitch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram a lamb a ding dong Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Supposedly penned in for u21's at Burton on Monday. Great time to show the big fella some support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Love Barks! Also loved having Nigel talk about it being the best news this week after beating Colchester. But then ... I had to listen to one of those Nigel interviews. After banging my head on the wall, I jumped onto YouTube to listen to his dad. What I don't or will never get, is how I can listen to a father and I hang on every word, and then I listen to the son, and I want to hang myself at every word. Nige, please please be more like your dad - cheeky funny original - puleeeeez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abu Derby Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Good read on Sky Sports today about Barkers' trials and tribulations. It would be nice to see him playing a part at some point this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11696/9796137/derby-defender-shaun-barker-battling-back-after-serious-knee-injury Sky Sports News HQ reporter Rob Dorsett met Derby defender Shaun Barker after he made his comeback following a lengthy lay-off with a serious knee injury.Four major bouts of surgery; 25 operations to drain fluid from his knee; 24 months without running; three full years without playing.Shaun Barker's injury was more than career-threatening. It threatened his very mobility, with his family and colleagues fearing he would spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair."When I first arrived at the club and met him, I never thought he'd walk again," says his manager Steve McClaren. "I thought it was a miracle seeing him out there training with us. It was another miracle watching him play 45 minutes in a game, and he did very well. There he was, clattering into people and winning every header in the game."His wife has an even more personal perspective. "There have been times we couldn't go out shopping because he needed to sit down every half an hour - that does make you doubt whether he'd ever walk again normally," says Bec. "He had a big limp for so long. But he never doubted he'd play football again, and after a while, you start believing him."His surgeon, Andy Williams, is one of the world's leading experts in knee injuries within elite level sport. He told Barker this was unchartered territory."When I first saw him, he said he'd never seen an injury quite so severe," recalls Barker. "He told me I was going to be a case study for any similar injuries in the future. He estimated it would take me 18 months to two years to get back playing - it turned out to be three years."The memories are gruesome. "It was a very complicated injury to treat, because I'd severed every single ligament in my knee. In simple terms, the only thing holding my lower leg to my upper leg, was the skin."The cause? An innocuous collision with his own player in a derby game against Nottingham Forest in March 2012. Derby's goalkeeper, Frankie Fielding, came off his line to collect the ball but smacked into Barker, trapping his leg underneath his body."Frankie was gutted," says Barker. "He took me out, but it wasn't his fault. I felt really bad for him. Strangely, it wasn't that painful. But I knew it was a bad injury. I hoped it was just a dis-located patella - that would've been 3-4 months - but it turned out to be much worse."It was very hard, psychologically. For the last three years, I've not missed one of Derby's home games, but watching was tough. I couldn't jog for the first two years, never mind kick a ball. But despite others doubting me, I always knew I'd play again. And my battle wasn't so much to prove those other people wrong - more to prove myself right."An administrative mistake by Barker's representatives meant that shortly after he started his rehab, he discovered his medical insurance was invalid. With a young child already at home, and another on the way, the need for him to earn a living again, was essential. His second child, Blanche, is now 11 months old, but she was born at the height of his pain."I used to spend 12 hours a day attached to a special machine that flexed my leg for me, and gently stretched the knee," he remembers with a wince. "But slowly, I improved. I could feel every day - slowly - that I was improving, getting stronger, even if it was difficult for the physios to see the development."It was tough going in every day, all summer when the rest of the squad was on its holidays, being stuck in the gym. But the development over the last few months has been so rewarding."Barker started training again with Derby's first team in the new year, and he's now played 90 minutes in two U21s matches in the last fortnight."As we left the house that morning, heading for my first U21s game back, my wife and I nodded at each other. Nothing was said. But we both knew it was a crucial day, a big step for me," he said."I was only supposed to play 20 minutes, but ended up playing the whole of the first half. Played pretty well too! I've never played in the Premier League, but I've had a good career, and some good moments - I've been player of the year at a couple of clubs, won the play-offs with Blackpool, and survived a last-day relegation battle. I can honestly say that none of those - nothing - came close to how I felt playing again in that first U21s game."And in the last few matches, I've started to feel like my old self - smashing people, winning headers, tackling - that's the type of player I've always been. I may never have been the most gifted player, but I've always had a mental strength - I guess that's what's got me through this in the end."Derby have stuck by Barker, throughout his rehab. His old manager and close friend Nigel Clough even extended his contract (on reduced terms) as he battled for fitness. But that contract is now coming to an end, in two months' time.He said: "My mission now is to prove I'm worth another contract. Here, or elsewhere. I feel I'm ready now, if I was called on for the first team, but I know I still have a lot to give. The body is right, the knee is right - all I need now is games. And so I'm sure I will get another contract, and it'd be great if it was here at Derby."Not that it hasn't been difficult for me recently. It's the way of things in football - I've been out for so long, I've not had the chance to build up relationships with some of Derby's newer players. Gradually, your importance at a club deteriorates if you've been out - I haven't done a media interview for 18 months. No one has been that interested."McClaren said: "He's an example to all young players. The medical team have worked hard with him, of course, but ultimately it's been him and him alone that's got through this. The mentality and character to come through what he's been through - fantastic. The PFA should use him as an ambassador after he finishes playing - but hopefully that's not quite yet."Having come so far, there's no danger of Barker calling time on his playing career yet. At 32, he's sure he has much more to offer, but accepts it's unlikely he'll be offered a new deal at Derby.So after a torturous three years, it's a big summer for Barker. He's certain there will be plenty of clubs interested in signing him, if they give him a chance to prove his fitness.After such a remarkable story to date - part drama, part horror, part tale of tenacity - few would doubt that there's still an exciting next chapter in Shaun Barker's career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 brings a lump to my throat if I'm honest. It shouldn't, he's probably a wealthy-ish person, who's led a decent lifestyle.But, like Seth Johnson, and many other's before, he plays the game with the right attitude, and in my opinion would be ideal in this side right now. He's a proper natural leader.I've said for a while now, if he does get on the pitch again for Derby, I hope I am there, and I will probably shed a tear for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz_The_Ram Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 An absolutely remarkable story of true grit. He is, in his own way ... a Derby County legend.This guy is still the best centre half at the club by a country mile. There is a reason that the football club has gone through the pain barrier with him for so long and supported his monumental effort. Because he is a class act. A fully fit Barker would be like a brand new £8 million defender to us...whether we will ever see it again, is another question.I say, ease him back in and around the first team squad ... 15-20 mins here and there in the run in all being well ... and if we win the playoffs ... he lifts the trophy.I honestly do not think I'd be able to stop crying.Well done Shaun Barker ... you are an out and out credit to yourself. Always a part of the Derby County family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashz09 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 What worries me is that he thinks no one cares. Of course we do he was my favourite player somone who would be 1st on the team sheet. I think we should give him another 6 months to see what cracks off but doubt he would want that. P.S. So annoying that you can't copy and paste doesn't even let you select writing (Using I.E). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenportram Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 reading that I think the club renewed his contract because his medical insurance had lapsed. note it was Shaun's insurance and not the clubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_D Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 I see Barker is presenting the Jack Stamps trophy on Saturday before the game, I assume so we can give him a proper goodbye when he walks on the pitch. Nice gesture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smyth_18 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 I see Barker is presenting the Jack Stamps trophy on Saturday before the game, I assume so we can give him a proper goodbye when he walks on the pitch. Nice gesture.Personally believe he deserves more. Our defence is awful as it is, would it really hurt to give him at least 5 minutes? He has worked harder than anybody to get in the position he is now in, and I feel presenting an award is an insult to his efforts, regardless of whether we paid his wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLACML Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Personally believe he deserves more. Our defence is awful as it is, would it really hurt to give him at least 5 minutes? He has worked harder than anybody to get in the position he is now in, and I feel presenting an award is an insult to his efforts, regardless of whether we paid his wages. Disagree completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deano180 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Personally believe he deserves more. Our defence is awful as it is, would it really hurt to give him at least 5 minutes? He has worked harder than anybody to get in the position he is now in, and I feel presenting an award is an insult to his efforts, regardless of whether we paid his wages.And Teddy Sheringham is still trying to get a spot in the England squad for the Euro 2016 finals, get a grip, it is all about fitness and ability, our management team see this day in day out, emotions to one side..........he is not at the required standard anymore, full stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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