First post for a number of years - Hello all.

[mattwellwba]

Good morning all,

Not used this site for a number of years so hello!

Interested to see what everyones thoughts are about the current regime, management and players that have been linked?

I have seen that Matt Clarke has been linked in the last few days - a good signing I think if it comes off!

[rambaggie]

Welcome back. Matt Clarke is a 100%er but not sure if he is good enough for us as he has been with a struggling Derby side for the last two seasons. Not really an improvement in my opinion.

[mattwellwba]

Hi mate, thank you. I had this impression of hi being an old fashioned centre back - maybe what we need? I think most of the signings we make under this managers will be 100%ers. Bartley replacement?

[soulman101]

HI Matt, over the years our best signings have been the ones like Gareth McCauley ,Matt Clarke could be one of those.
The big name signings have never worked out for us.

[Albionic68]

Can't pretend I know much about him. My wife's mate who's a Derby supporter texted earlier to say he's a no nonsense, solid defender who always gives 100% during games. On the other hand I've read he's pretty slow both on the turn and off the mark. The £5,000,000 we're apparently willing to pay seems a tad excessive for a player registered to Brighton who's yet to make a first team appearance for them. If it's that high a fee I'd imagine it includes a number of conditional add ons.

[mattwellwba]

I have to agree - the excitement of Chadli and Grzegorz Krychowiak (yes I googled for the spelling) unfortunately meant more disappointment when they flopped.

If only we could go back to the days of Koren, Mulumbu, Olsson, Mcauley etc.

[mattwellwba]

I would hope so - I don't mind a slow defender as long as they can actually defend.. Chiellini isn't quick but would want him!