vicky-27 Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 According to a report in the Mail-online website this morning Nigel Clough has told a local reporter that "Rob Hulse could be sold" during the January transfer window. Yet the club denied reports that Hulse would be sold for £3m to Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier last week. Clough also went on to state "It is the same with any player if an offer comes in we will consider it on its merits". So in effect the smallest squad in the Championship is in fact likely to get smaller if any club takes a fancy to any Rams player, speculation is that any money made from any sales will not be given to Clough and more loan deals will have to be made. The Rams already have a maximum five loan players that are allowed in the match day 18 man squad. So any further loans would mean other loan players either returning to their club or being left out of the squad. Where did the promised £50m investment by the American owners and associates go? Is the club now out of debt, if not where has all the money gone, or more to the point going? And this one from sky sports : Derby boss Nigel Clough admits he may be forced to part with a number of his key men in January. The Rams have already been forced to cull their playing staff this year, with the club struggling to operate on an even keel. More departures are required, though, to help balance the books and that could mean their most saleable assets are offloaded during the winter transfer window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbydan Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 commons barnes and hulse can all go for me all on big wages all let downs and with porter coming back i see him pushing hulse out of the starting 11 anyway so if we can get £3/£4 mill for him happy days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrOrdinary Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 i think the players wed expect to go are commons, hulse and barnes, so i dont think its a massive shock if they go as we all expect them to go anyway id be massivly annoyed if the money made from them doesnt go back into playing staff, then whats the point in operating? it wouldnt at all surprise me if a bid for addison gets accepted... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbydan Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 NOOOOOOOOOO not addison he's my favourite current derby player and he's quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrOrdinary Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 NOOOOOOOOOO not addison he's my favourite current derby player and he's quality same here, but hes one of the best we have and would generate income, you cant see him turning down an offer of a prem club can you? and ive heard a scary rumour hes falling out with nigel, dunno if it means anything as i live in essex so its proberly weeks old news to you lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicky-27 Posted December 7, 2009 Author Share Posted December 7, 2009 We knew there wasn't much in the pot - but if it's true we HAVE to sell the high earners then i am worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 The main quote from Clough was "It is the same with any player if an offer comes in we will consider it on its merits". I don't think this applies to just Derby, every manager in the league knows every player has there value. The rest of the article is just the media filling column space. If a silly offer comes in for Hulse or any player he obviously has to consider it as the money can be used to streghten other areas in the squad. With Porter coming back from injury maybe Clough see's him as the player to replace Hulse. Also if we had to sell to survive surely the board would of known this in the last transfer window, and snapped Boros hand off at the offer they made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Porter is Cloughs signing, and did look good for the couple of games he played. Hulse is a misery guts who cana jump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbydan Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 hulse is a powder puff backs out of challenges far too often Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 I'd hate to see where this club would be without a misery guts non jumping powder puff Hulse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangerous Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Every player has his price.Hulse is a gonner.The money must be made available for a replacement though.Hulse is good,but not all that good.Definately not premiership quality.Having said that,I think lumping long balls to him doesnt use him to hs full potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAZ Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Don't get me wrong Hulse is quality and is a real handfull on his day but he's "getting on abit" (no disrespect intended to you older folk ) at nearly 30 odd and he is only gonna get slower, worse and more injury prone as this season and the next goes on. It would be a good idea if we sold him IMO, anything over £3 million and we've done bloody well to have near enough doubled his value in the space of a year and half. I that means Nigel can bring in his own options with the cash then...SHOW ME THE MONEY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Mmm hard one jury out on Porter not seen enough,Hulse to me is pants at min playing like a broken man as posted before,Still not sure of Nigels remit on how much he can spend/wage would hate to see us bargain hunt again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicky-27 Posted December 8, 2009 Author Share Posted December 8, 2009 Hulse plays like he is frightened to put a good crunching tackle in - wonder if he is still scared to after he broke his leg ? If Hulse and Common's do go then will Nigel be allowed to spend that money on players if we are as skint as people are saying ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Yes we are potless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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