DcFc Dyycheee Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Derby County are in discussions with midfielder Bradley Johnson over his contract, DerbyshireLiveunderstands.https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/Derby-county-enter-discussions-bradley-3038066 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 < Inserts flying off the handle type comment including such phrases as "will we never learn" and "FFS Derby", before actually reading the article and discovering that unless there is a deal there that financially suits both parties then he'll probably be moving on this summer > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papahet Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 He's not a bad player, just no sod has played him in his preferred role. He didn't score 15 or so at Norwich doing defensive duties. Get him on the edge of that penalty box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 6 minutes ago, Papahet said: He's not a bad player, just no sod has played him in his preferred role. He didn't score 15 or so at Norwich doing defensive duties. Get him on the edge of that penalty box Nobody else has had a team good enough in other areas to carry him. Should we re-sign Jerome too? He got 20+ goals that same season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archied Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 All about level of wages , he has shown that he is a very decent squad player though I’m not sure he has shown enough to nail down any single position in the team if we are chasing promotion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaRam Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 I’m happy with this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kevin Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Well unless we buy / loan another player who doesn't mind getting stuck in, it's a yes from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smyth_18 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 27 minutes ago, Coconut said: Nobody else has had a team good enough in other areas to carry him. Should we re-sign Jerome too? He got 20+ goals that same season. We should never have let him go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFC1388 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 The fee the club paid for him has always made people see Johnson as a bad player imo - if he was signed for 2m he would have been a good buy, not his fault we overpaid in both fee & wages. If he is on a reduced wage then keep him around, we wont get anywhere near what he is on again so now down to what he wants to do. Recently got our player in the community award so seems settled in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackworthRamIsGod Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 I was told a few weeks back that we offered him a new deal on vastly reduced terms and he went away in the summer to think about it as it was such a big drop in wages. But apparently he really likes playing for the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePrisoner Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 12 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said: I was told a few weeks back that we offered him a new deal on vastly reduced terms and he went away in the summer to think about it as it was such a big drop in wages. But apparently he really likes playing for the club. He signed the vastly reduced deal for if we were gonna let him go. This is a proper new deal that would keep him in and around the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thierry Ennui Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 He's the only midfielder left with any goal threat! I'd certainly have him as a squad player if his wage demands are reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 53 minutes ago, Coconut said: Should we re-sign Jerome too? He got 20+ goals that same season. Would have done more for us last season than Nugent did...but the answers no. as for Johnson, he’d be a good squad player, if he’s happy to stay on squad player wages then I’d be fine with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDerbySuperRams Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Pending a new managers approval, I think this is totally deserved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheron85 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Papahet said: He's not a bad player, just no sod has played him in his preferred role. He didn't score 15 or so at Norwich doing defensive duties. Get him on the edge of that penalty box Scored 15 playing a very specific role in a very specific formation - They played 4-4-2 with two DMs and then essentially two CMs ahead of them - Then full-backs provided the width and they had two proper strikers - And then essentially got the ball out to the wing, deep crosses and speculating on throwing 4 players into the box - So he didn't have to do much defending or link up play - Just battle for the ball in the area/on the edge and then shoot We have always required him to do a bit more than that - Our CMs need to be able to pass the ball well and provide some link up with the forwards - Bradley, when keeping his game simple, is brilliant - But too often he showcases that he's not strong enough on the ball/passing to our players to play the CM role we need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuwtfly Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Personally I would be happy to say goodbye this summer, but it was very interesting to see that he was our third highest rated player last season on WhoScored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BondJovi Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 I thought he was an integral part of our upturn in form at the back end of the season. Fully deserved a new deal. I don't know why his passing gets so much abuse, yes he makes a few sloppy easy passes but he also moves it quickly and forward and his long passing in the last few games was better than Huddlestone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nottingram Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 So he signed a new contract on vastly reduced wages but is now in talks over a newer contract on better wages because we want to keep him, but if we can’t agree a new contract it is likely he will leave despite being under contract? Am I being stupid and misunderstanding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NottsRam77 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Who’s making this decision ?? if Lampard is all set to go to Chelsea then which footballl minded specialist aka a manager is making this decision ?? Mel ?? if he’s doing it to protect an asset fair enough to a point but what’s to say Bradley has no place in the next managers plans, in which case whatever deal he’s in is a total waste of money I have to say I can’t see any scenario where this dragging on of the Lampard to Chelsea scenario isn’t detrimental to us going into next season ... other clubs know their targets, where and what they need to do in the market ... a new manager now won’t have seen them in action competitively, won’t know their characters, their strengths , their limitations not happy from Nottingham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheron85 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 4 minutes ago, NottsRam77 said: if he’s doing it to protect an asset fair enough to a point but what’s to say Bradley has no place in the next managers plans, in which case whatever deal he’s in is a total waste of money We don't know what the agreement was in January when he took reduced terms - We know he agreed to a pay cut (which may have been significant) when he didn't need to - Might have been on the agreement that if he played a certain number of games we'd extend his contract and/or bump his pay back up for the final year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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