It seems Warne didn't want a make weight, which I agree with, why bring somebody in if you don't think they are good enough? He clearly isn't a manager in the "wee Billy" style, who collected players just because he could it seemed.
Lets face it, its worked to date, given that hardly any of us (well except for me) expected Derby to be even challenging for promotion this season. There is a concern that a run of injuries could stop progress, but we shall see. Dobbin and Roberts remain with us which is a plus, Dobbin can play as an out and out striker if required.
White it seems is a versatile player, can play as "false nine" and actually given Bird's injury I think he will be involved sooner rather than later.
I'm puzzled with the pair from Arsenal joining the u23 squad, but I guess they can if required step up to the first team and in the mean time are guaranteed playing time in that squad. It seems a clever piece of business by Warne, who wasn't going to agree a loan player would be required to play regularly in the first team unless he merited it.
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Maybe Harvey White could become the new Leon Osman. He’s a similar age and has much the same level of experience as that of barely heard of (at the time) LO and I struggle to think of many other individuals who have had a greater impact on a side than young Leon did 19 (!) years ago.
In other news...Chris Martin been ‘made available’ so could still be signed even thought we’re into February. I wonder.
Chrissy Martin. Great memories. A return? Many fans are waxing lyrical on Social media with a lot saying "get him back".
Me? I say, look at today's squad and what they all do out there on the park. Look at what PW has told us about what he wants from his players. IMO CM doesn't fit into that "pattern".
Id have CM back for a short period, McGoldrick seems injury prone and i reckon CM could do a job holding the ball up as a back up for McGoldrick
He might be able to do a job, but my concern would be that he wouldn't fit into the team ethos, Warne seems to view that as a key issue, the team pulling together and CM always seemed a wee bit arrogant.
I'm sure Warne is aware of his availability, but so far he has got the judgement calls right.
PW says he's not interested, so that's that. Probably right.
CM gone to QPR!