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Derby County will wait until after tomorrow night's game against Swansea City before deciding whether or not to extend Bryan Hughes' loan.

His one-month stay with the Rams from Hull City is up after the Championship clash at the Liberty Stadium.

Fellow midfielders Paul Green and Stephen Pearson have returned to action since Hughes arrived and defender Miles Addison, who can also play in midfield, is back from a foot injury.

Lee Hendrie is also close to a return after a hamstring problem.

Given the number of midfielders available, it is likely Hughes will return to Hull and the Rams are thinking of delving into the loan market for a striker before the deadline a week today.

Nigel Clough says Hughes' situation will be dictated by how many midfielders are fit.

"That certainly comes into the equation," said the manager.

"If Paul Green is OK, Lee Hendrie is on his way back and we have got Stephen Pearson, Robbie Savage and Jake Livermore – it might be just a case that we have got too many in there.

"We will make the decision after the Swansea game, when we will see who is fit."

Hughes has made two starts for Derby.

The 33-year-old's debut was in the home defeat by Queens Park Rangers and he kept his place against Ipswich Town at Portman Road, a game the Rams lost 1-0.

Hughes did well at Ipswich but dropped to the bench when Paul Green returned in the victory over Coventry City after a two-month absence with a foot injury.

Derby also have Fredrik Stoor, Jake Livermore and Paul Dickov on loan.

Stoor will return to Fulham when his three-month loan is up on December 27.

Livermore and Dickov are here from Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City until January 2.

Dickov and Rob Hulse are Derby's two fit strikers at the moment while Chris Porter, Steve Davies and Kris Commons edge their way back from injuries.

Porter, Davies and Commons are back training.

"It is going to take them a while to get back up to speed again," said Clough.

"So if you are talking about getting a loan in, it will probably be a striker because the others could be three or four weeks before they are up to playing for the first team.

"It is OK coming off the bench for 15 or 20 minutes but if you are talking about strikers ready to start we actually still only have two – Hulse and Dickov – which is a precarious position to be in."

Clubs are allowed to name five loan players in the 18 on duty on match days.

Derby goalkeeper James Severn made his second appearance for England Under-19s this week.

Severn came on as a 75th-minute substitute in a 3-1 victory over Turkey at Ssausagehorpe United's Glanford Park ground.

The 18-year-old Rams Academy scholar made his England debut in Slovenia last month.

http://www.therams.co.uk/news/Rams-wait-Hughes-decision/article-1527196-detail/article.html

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hope we extend stoor's loan or try to sign him he's been great for us so far hughes i'd say send back was ok but nothing special unless we can sign him on a free in jan livermore send back too and dickov extend til end of season hey who say this footy manager malrki is hard i've been promoted to the prem in my first season on fifa 10 :D

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Just been through the old archives and found this.....

SWEDISH defender Fredrik Stoor is to stay on loan with Derby County for another two months.

The 25-year-old right-back's initial one-month loan from Fulham was up after the weekend defeat by Queen's Park Rangers.

Fulham have agreed for him to remain with the Rams until December 27 but the Premier League club has a 24-hour recall clause.

Stoor was also keen to stay.

"It is a compliment that Freddie wants to stay. He is enjoying it here and he wants to play games," said manager Nigel Clough.

"I think he has got better with each game and losing him on Saturday in the second half was a big blow."

Stoor's eye closed completely after he suffered a knock against Rangers but he has trained this week and should be fit to face Ipswich Town on Saturday.

Stoor's loan can only run for a maximum of 93 days and he has already spent a month with the Rams.

http://www.therams.co.uk/news/Defender-Stoor-s-Rams-loan-extended-months/article-1458884-detail/article.html

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I'm guessing again here, I think it was one of those emergency loan deals signed outside the loan window which you can only have for as it says above 93 days.

Looks like Connolly will be back in the starting 11 with Barker as backup.

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You can if you sign the player within the transfer window, outside that you can only have the player for a maxium of 93 days. I guess this is so clubs can't sign the player on an emergency loan, then extend till the end of the season when the window re-opens. That would make the original window pointless, if that makes sense.

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apparently billy boy is intereted in stoor now -

Nottingham Forest manager Billy Davies is set to high jack local rivals Derby Counties bid for on loan Fulham defender Freddy Stoor. Billy Davies see's Stoor as ideal back up for highly rated Welsh defender Chris Gunter and with Derby's current money worries a deal is expected to be struck with Fulham soon.

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apparently billy boy is intereted in stoor now -

Nottingham Forest manager Billy Davies is set to high jack local rivals Derby Counties bid for on loan Fulham defender Freddy Stoor. Billy Davies see's Stoor as ideal back up for highly rated Welsh defender Chris Gunter and with Derby's current money worries a deal is expected to be struck with Fulham soon.

Dont think he would want to join to be some wipping boys apprentice as back-up.

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