Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:09 pm
Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:10 pm
ngriffiths wrote:Supposed to be a done deal on loan,according to other board,can't see us having 2 keepers on loan,anyone heard anything.
Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:11 pm
ngriffiths wrote:Supposed to be a done deal on loan,according to other board,can't see us having 2 keepers on loan,anyone heard anything.
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Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:47 pm
Bluebird99 wrote:Uhhhh, he's injured! Hence why Derby signed Frank Fielding on loan from Blackburn!!
Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:48 pm
glammy74 wrote:Bluebird99 wrote:Uhhhh, he's injured! Hence why Derby signed Frank Fielding on loan from Blackburn!!
so we havnt signed him then?
Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:51 pm
Forever Blue wrote:glammy74 wrote:Bluebird99 wrote:Uhhhh, he's injured! Hence why Derby signed Frank Fielding on loan from Blackburn!!
so we havnt signed him then?
I never said we did, I said, we enquired about him.
Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:52 pm
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Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:51 am
Alex W wrote:Hello lads, Derby fan here.
To be honest, i'm struggling to understand why any promotion chasing side would want Bywater, we're struggling as it is and most of our fans don't want him! The first i've heard of this is from a link on a Derby forum sending me here, so can't tell you how true or not it is as i'm not in the know with this one.
He was a decent keeper once, in our Promotion season a few years back he was quality, since the disaster that was the Premiership campaign in 2008 though hes never been the same. Infact, hes been bloody poor for the most part.
His shot stopping is usually ok, though this season even that has dropped off. His distribution is........well..........i'll let you enjoy that when you see it He's not a commanding keeper, and he isn't that vocal. We had Frank Fielding in earlier this season (hes just joined again) and it's amazing to see how much better we became with a decent keeper in net. Admittedly the whole side was on-form for a few months but still, it really showed us what we'd been missing.
He came back in, had one or two decent games (recently at Scunthorpe he kept us in it) but for the most part hes not performing up to his usual standard, which is of an average Championship goalkeeper anyway.
Will be glad to see the back of him, just so that it will mean we'll have a decent keeper in the net. Well, hopefully anyway. He seems like he needs a change of scenery, perhaps this move will spark some life into him.
Anyway, just thought i'd post and give you my two cents is all! (Oh, and if you could send Bothroyd the other way in exchange, we'd be much obliged...... )
Fri Mar 04, 2011 11:52 am
Fri Mar 04, 2011 6:47 pm
GarethGardner wrote:Cheers for the info Alex.
Is it me or hasnt Derbys form dropped since Commons left ? Also wondered how Chris Porter is doing with you ? He snubbed us for you apparently. Bad move on his part possibly
Fri Mar 04, 2011 7:40 pm
Alex W wrote:GarethGardner wrote:Cheers for the info Alex.
Is it me or hasnt Derbys form dropped since Commons left ? Also wondered how Chris Porter is doing with you ? He snubbed us for you apparently. Bad move on his part possibly
No worries.
Aye, and very badly. Though it was dropping when he was with us anyway. We had a few injuries and had to shift players about, right-backs at centre-back, midfielders at right back, that kind of thing. Our squad is incredibly weak if we get a first teamer injured.
Alot of protesting against the board, Hulse and Commons gone (Commons we offered a deal better than what he wanted and he still buggered off just before the window closed, the swine) and a pretty average squad when most of the side is out there. This summer will be big for us, if the board don't invest (Clough has mentioned we need 6 experienced players to really compete at the top end of the table) then there'll be trouble for us next season.
Cheers Alex(Derby) for the info and coming on our forum
Porter joined us as he thought our facilities/stadium were better apparently, though a big part of it was that he'd be closer to his girlfriend who lives closer to Derby which I think was the clincher. He looked really good at first, couldn't stop scoring, then he pretty much obliterated his hip and hes missed about two and a half seasons of football because of it. What little pace he had before has gone, he'll probably be out of the door this summer.
Really unlucky for him, to be honest the injury may end his career.