BarrowRam Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 I'll be really sad to see Hughes go. He had a poor season last season. But so did a lot of the team. Watford have got a bargain if he goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lokidoki Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 The Derby way; lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coneheadjohn Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Doing some cracking deals with Watford ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanjwitham Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 1 minute ago, SuperDerbySuperRams said: But Hughes was distinctly average last season. And with the way we're going to play this season, I don't see that changing. The big clubs aren't in for him. There's a reason for that. His progress has stalled massively, and now is the right time for him to move on. It does make me feel a bit sick knowing that we're selling Hughes for the same fee we paid for Vydra And a huge part of that was him coming off the back of a season out injured. He was starting to play himself back into shape mid-season, until he picked up that hamstring injury and that seemed to set him back again. That's nothing to do with progress stalling, it's entirely fitness related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannable Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 2 minutes ago, Mostyn6 said: Hughes is about 100th in the list for England place. There are Chelsea bench warmers ahead of him. He's hardly first choice in Derby's midfield, and as I said about 2 seasons ago, he needs to start influencing the results of games. Looking pretty with the ball isn't enough, and at some point "potential" has to turn into "performance". Can you say he improved much? I cannot say it and feel like I'm being honest. There's no doubting he has a lot of attributes, but in the business of football, it's about consistent production of performance, and Will has had about half a good season, halted by injury, in all the years he has been here. He's been in the Championship TOTY and FL YPOTY one season and then our POTS the year after… The role under McClaren limited him as much as anything else as well. He was restricted to the right-hand side of the pitch and he was knitting triangles. He looked amazing under Clough, whose tactics were to "give the ball to Will" and Wassall who let him off the leash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coneheadjohn Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 1 minute ago, BurtonRam7 said: ...ffs,what's with photo shopping heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 5 minutes ago, SuperDerbySuperRams said: But Hughes was distinctly average last season. And with the way we're going to play this season, I don't see that changing. The big clubs aren't in for him. There's a reason for that. His progress has stalled massively, and now is the right time for him to move on. It does make me feel a bit sick knowing that we're selling Hughes for the same fee we paid for Vydra So do you sell your stocks while the market has crashed? You can try all you want to justify this out... we need the money (we don't, we have other sources), he doesn't fit in the team (he's our best player, he fits wherever you want him to), whatever you want to try tell yourself... but this is absolutely indefensible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Have we not learned from last season about giving away our best players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjam Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 I think 8m rising to 10m is about right. We may value Hughes higher and the potential is of course there but since his injury I don't really recall him having a massive influence on a game. Maybe a change of scenery and playing with better players will do Hughes good. To get 15m+ he really needed to have a stellar season or impressive Euro's neither of which he's had/having tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 I thought Liverpool wanted him over the years. His stock must have gone down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheresOnlyWanChope Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Don't sell. He's a top player and very valuable. How can we replace him, his ball retention is amazing, he's had to do too much defensive work however since we lost George Thorne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Hi everyone, Can somebody please be kind enough to offer me some reassurance that we're not about to sell our star player to Watford for 8 million pounds please? Thanks in advance, Parsnip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuwtfly Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 On the face of it, selling Will Hughes for the same amount we paid for Matej Vydra absolutely stinks. Regardless of add-on fees. I sincerely hope there's a significant sell-on clause tucked in there somewhere, and some decent players coming in to fill the massive void his departure will create. An excellent servant with the club in his heart. We were lucky to have him. All the best, Will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 DON'T DO IT GARY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nottingram Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 As with the Chris Martin deal last summer, it's one of them where Rowett now has to make sure he gets off to a fast start. This sort of thing only puts more pressure of him. Not saying it's right but it is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexydadbod Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Hughes is without a doubt a talent but has stagnated for me and was very poor last season. He needs to take his game to the next level now, he is no longer a kid and needs to start showing it on a consistent basis. I look at players from other nations who are in a 'similar mould' and age as Hughes like Dahoud from Germany and Saul Niguez from Spain and he is light years away from them when he should be in the same conversation as them sort of players with how early he broke into the team. We are going to play 4-2-3-1 next season and as stated before, I can't see where he would fit into that formation. Watford are a good club to go to and Silva will help him to develop a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkeram7 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 He flatters to deceive, doesn't offer enough in terms of assists and goals for an attacking midfielder. For 10 million, it's about right and I trust Rowetts to reinvest. I imagine an attacking midfielder will be top of his wish list now we've secured two great deals for the back four. He warned fans that there are a few who had been here a little too long, after the last few season I'm looking forward to the changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Will I would suggest might want to leave and will be given the chance of playing Premier League Football . Good luck to the lad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AutoWindscreens Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 If Hughes goes to Watford for £8m it will stand as a symbol of the failures of this club over the last couple of seasons. Having a jewel like Hughes come up from the academy is what fans dream of. Somehow we've managed to piss it up and throw it away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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