Lee Buchanan

[RoyMac5]

Thought he had a decent game today. Got into some good positions in the box too. Maybe just needed to be a bit braver at times out wide. But still he's doing well.

[Jimbo Ram]

Didn’t see him today but I would like to see Fozzy back in for the run in…

[angieram]

Thought he was poor until Ebosele went off and after that he was very good. Realised a lot of that was Ebosele's fault! 

[Bald Eagle's Barmy Army]

Too static at times and doesn’t offer enough going forward. 

[Dean (hick) Saunders]

Eboselee was not very goodeee todayeee

[Wolfie20]

I also thought he was off his game - his first half distribution was poor. Whether he's playing under instructions to limit his attacking overlaps but he's nowhere near the wide threat he was when he first came into the side.

Byrne on the other flank just gets better and better - MOTM for me, with Lawrence not far behind.

[EtoileSportiveDeDerby]

Defense as a unit was tremendous but Buchanan was not at the level of the other 3. i thought Davies, Cashin or Byrne could have won MOTM, they were superb today.

[The_Sheriff]

Honestly just dont think hes that good a footballer.

He is still young so could improve but i dont think he deserves a thread, let alone a starting position in the team.

Edited April 2, 2022 by The_Sheriff

[kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong]

I didn't think he a particularly good game today personally..he worked hard,don't get me wrong but really struggled to deliver the decisive crosses and runs that we could have done with.

I think fozzy would have been a better fit for this game to be honest.

Edited April 2, 2022 by kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong

[Gaspode]

Buchanan would have had a better game if we had players that could actually deliver a decent pass to him (Ebosele particularly guilty) - a number of times where he was sprinting towards the Preston goal and the pass to him was overhit or underhit- one (I think from Lawrence) went straight out for a goal kick….

[BramcoteRam84]

Buchanan is an excellent prospect, good in the air for his height, good one on one defender (no doubt from being  a central defender in the academy), can also get forward and really affect the game in attacking areas when he’s on form. He’s had a stop start season with injuries and think at times he’s looked low on confidence. That’s his issue not ability.

Its his second full season, like all those who were writing Bird off last season as no good  Buchanan will show his form next season and prove people wrong….unfortunately that might not be in Derby shirt for obvious reasons.

 

[Ramifications]

I thought he played as well as I have ever seen him play. 

 

[Wistaston Ram]

I noticed the crowd grumbled a couple of times when he received the ball and did not play it forwards, instead turning and passing it back to a central defender. To be fair there was no movement by players ahead so at least we retained possession, rather than punt a hopeful ball up front.  I think he is an excellent prospect but maybe currently lacking confidence as others have suggested.

[jono]

14 hours ago, angieram said:

Thought he was poor until Ebosele went off and after that he was very good. Realised a lot of that was Ebosele's fault! 

I agree. Early on he seemed unusually reticent. I thought what’s up Lee ? Didn’t seem to want to push on. He looked much stronger in the second half. 

[Keepyuppy]

Second half he was really good. 
Cashin was my standout performance - he’s gonna be a great player, hopefully he stays with us ??

[ck-]

5 hours ago, Wistaston Ram said:

I noticed the crowd grumbled a couple of times when he received the ball and did not play it forwards, instead turning and passing it back to a central defender. To be fair there was no movement by players ahead so at least we retained possession, rather than punt a hopeful ball up front.  I think he is an excellent prospect but maybe currently lacking confidence as others have suggested.

Interesting. I noticed a few times he tried some quite ambitious through balls that didn’t come off. Was good that he was trying some more incisive passing, but maybe after a few got intercepted he lost his confidence. 
Personally I’m of the opinion we should be taking a few more risks to get it forward quickly rather than this continued recycling to the keeper and central defenders that usually just ends up with a punt forward anyway. 
So I’m not going to criticise any player who is trying to be more positive