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Nugent to Derby.
- Thread starter grubbyhands
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Arthritic Toe
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Its bonkers. My take on Derby is that they need to create more clear goal-scoring opportunities rather than just endlessly keep adding to their list of strikers.
The alternative would be to replace McClaren with Ian Holloway - the only manager who would play all six of them at once.
BBassic
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That is genuinely bonkers.
And doesn't include Will Hughes or Thomas Ince, both of who can / do play as a no. 10
Whoislloydy
Well-known member
Different tactics being adopted by Derby this season, buy all the strikers available so nobody else can.
Not Andy Naylor
Well-known member
And runs like it too.
Whoislloydy
Well-known member
So by my count the current forwards Derby have are -
Johnny Russell
Darren Bent
James Wilson
Abdoul Camara
Nick Blackman
Matej Vydra
Andreas Weimann
And Chris Martin out on loan
Johnny Russell
Darren Bent
James Wilson
Abdoul Camara
Nick Blackman
Matej Vydra
Andreas Weimann
And Chris Martin out on loan
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Plus Verman according to the picture above.
And Ince, who CAN play there.
And at a stretch that albino lad
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
James Wilson is out injured long term, and gone back to United for rehab.
But they also have Ince (if Hughes if they wished to push him forward).
mikeyjh
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Just to put a bit of balance out there - Russell & Camara are most definitely not centre forwards, Camara has never played there for us, Russell I could count on 1 hand the times he has. Wilson is back with Man U, Blackman injured (is he not more in the mould of Russell/Camara? The problem then is the timing of Pearson's departure and McClaren's arrival. I don't believe we would have signed Vydra or sent Martin to Fulham had Schteve been in charge.
Weimann isn't good enough and Vydra can't play the CF role in a McClaren style. In fairness Bent doesn't naturally suit that role but has done really well. In summary, it may not make much sense to you lot but it does to me!
BensGrandad
New member
Could Tom Ince be on the move during this window?
darkwolf666
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Of those currently playing for Derby, so not including Martin, their forwards have scored 7 goals between, so it's not always about quantity and more about quality!
They might have more players then us to fill in for the injuries, but no guarantee that those replacement forwards will score goals.
mikeyjh
Well-known member
Compared to
Glenn Murray
Sam Baldock
Tomer Hemed
Hmm, but if we did the same comparison of 'strikers' from the BHA site, we'd get:-
Skalak
Baldock
Hemed
Murphy
Murray
Manu
March
You see?
But, as mentioned earlier, Derby County's own website describes them as strikers.
Just to put a bit of balance out there - Russell & Camara are most definitely not centre forwards, Camara has never played there for us, Russell I could count on 1 hand the times he has. Wilson is back with Man U, Blackman injured (is he not more in the mould of Russell/Camara? The problem then is the timing of Pearson's departure and McClaren's arrival. I don't believe we would have signed Vydra or sent Martin to Fulham had Schteve been in charge.
Weimann isn't good enough and Vydra can't play the CF role in a McClaren style. In fairness Bent doesn't naturally suit that role but has done really well. In summary, it may not make much sense to you lot but it does to me!
Don't bring logic into it. That just confuses everyone.
Manu's no longer with us