northstandsteve
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Sheff Wed. miss out out on a traget.Not surprised he has gone, free agent in 6 months.
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Derby Sign Blackman For £2.5m
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martin tyler
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For Derby worth a gamble I should think. Overall goal record is not great but even if they get promoted sure they will find a championship club to have him back.
Brian Fantana
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Quite a lot to pay for someone who is out of contract in 6 months time.
I reckon part of the movitation was making sure that he didn't end up going to a promotion rival instead.
I reckon part of the movitation was making sure that he didn't end up going to a promotion rival instead.
northstandsteve
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Fair point, for 2.5M a decent gamble based on this season's performances.
Icy Gull
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Or a team making sure they don't fall flat on their faces again if their star striker gets injured like Martin did last year. Derby are properly serious about getting out of this division this year.
If you listen very carefully, you can just hear the combined whispers of c20,000 miserable Yorkshiremen uttering "Never rated him anyway".
northstandsteve
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Nice one Bozza!!!
More to the point what about us!!!!
More to the point what about us!!!!
Icy Gull
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Or 26000 gay ( in the old fashioned sense) Southerners mumbling, "will we get somebody as good to bolster our goal shy strike force"
Yes. In fact its exactly like when Derby were up at the top last year, and they spent big bringing in Ince and Bent to GUARANTEE promotion.
Oh.
Icy Gull
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They have since signed both. They also have Martin back and now have Blackman but carry on. The Albion are plainly in a much stronger position today
There are no guarantees but I suggest they are much more covered against failing again.
They have since signed both. Have Martin back and now have Blackman but carry on. The Albion are plainly in a much stronger position today
I know. And all good players, IMO. Just commenting that there are no guarantees. After all, they can't play them all at once. In many respects this transfer is good news for the Albion, as whilst Blackman is decent, he doesn't actually add as much value to Derby's squad as did to Reading's or would have done to Wednesday's.
Icy Gull
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You make a good point re Reading and Wednesday
sussex_guy2k2
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Fair point - then again I think back to last season when they battered us and lost 2-0 as they couldn't put the ball in the net with Martin and Bent out, and I think they're likely to have enough of a use for him at some stage to make it worthwhile.
But you're right, he'd have added more to the other two squads in quality terms at least.
Stumpy Tim
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You could argue his temporary form was what made Reading look good earlier in the season. As soon as he went off-colour they've turned pony
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Hopefully Reading will continue to slide away from the top half.
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Only twenty thousand? But aren't they the Massive?
Ernest
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Are Derby going to be allowed to play with 14 players or they might just need an extra long bench, they play one up top and now have about 10 strikers on the books