Stuart McCall.
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Gary Speed and Paul McGrath
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These two can be used for either argument. Both good players, both contributed, particularly McGrath, who was fantastic...
...and both earned a fortune and were out injured for months, and United were not promoted when either one was with the team.
None of whom I'd put in the bracket as Dean Hammond. At 32, it really isn't past it. Just because he isn't playing for a Premier League team (that are doing damn well might I add), it doesn't mean he isn't more than good enough in League 1.
If we managed to get him, he would be captain material for the next 3 years IMO. Signing people towards the end of their career is fine, when those players are actually good quality players that have knowledge and experience to pass on.
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Totally agree with you casah he is just what wanted. a leader who has a proven track record of being a winning captain. If he has the desire for a challenge (adkins rates him that's enough for me) we have to get him in quickly.
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I find all of this puzzling.
When Clough was in charge the accusation was that never looked further than Scotland, or that we preferred players who were small, or that we returned to Derby for players that couldn't get in the first team. Now our manager seems to be spreading his net a lot farther than the previous regime, yet even this doesn't meet with the approval of some posters.
My senses tell me that Adkins is doing his best. Whether our manager's best is matched by other employees of this club is a question that remains unanswered. I'm not suggesting that Adkins is perfect or even faultless, but for the moment he's the man in charge and someone we must support. As things stand he'll probably need a second season to create the type of team he knows will compete at this level, but until then...squish that desperation, prepare to be surprised (positively I hope), and let's see how the team, and Adkins, performs.
When Clough was in charge the accusation was that never looked further than Scotland, or that we preferred players who were small, or that we returned to Derby for players that couldn't get in the first team. Now our manager seems to be spreading his net a lot farther than the previous regime, yet even this doesn't meet with the approval of some posters.
My senses tell me that Adkins is doing his best. Whether our manager's best is matched by other employees of this club is a question that remains unanswered. I'm not suggesting that Adkins is perfect or even faultless, but for the moment he's the man in charge and someone we must support. As things stand he'll probably need a second season to create the type of team he knows will compete at this level, but until then...squish that desperation, prepare to be surprised (positively I hope), and let's see how the team, and Adkins, performs.
McGrath wasn't out injured for months he just went on the piss after about 8 games and never came back.
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Having posted on this thread and added to the speculation that we were signing Hammond I have to say that if, as a club, we are not going to make these type of signings happen then the club should not get us all involved in the speculation. FFS make it happen. This is exactly the type of signing we need. We have a MASSIVE VOID in the central area of midfield in 4-4-2.
Some of us fans want to believe. FFS Adkins make things happen. Burn, Hammond - pie in ths sky?? Thing is they are exactly what we need.
I'm not one who blames the Board not the manager because the manager knows his budget. If Burn and Hammond don't fit into the budget then don't start the hares running please.
Some of us fans want to believe. FFS Adkins make things happen. Burn, Hammond - pie in ths sky?? Thing is they are exactly what we need.
I'm not one who blames the Board not the manager because the manager knows his budget. If Burn and Hammond don't fit into the budget then don't start the hares running please.
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Hammond doesn't fit in the budget but we will be trying to get him on the cheap with Leicester paying most of his wages so Leicester have likely told us to f.o.
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Yep. Move Basham to centre half. He's considerably better there than Edgar.
I agree with you about pursuing attainable targets by the way. Even if they're not as good as Hammond and Burn, in the short term we'd be better off getting them in and gaining points rather than signing nobody and losing points.
I agree with you about pursuing attainable targets by the way. Even if they're not as good as Hammond and Burn, in the short term we'd be better off getting them in and gaining points rather than signing nobody and losing points.
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If they're not letting them go, we need to move on (at least in the short term) I fail to see what's stopping us bringing in a couple to cover until January and then going after them again. Even if the two we bring in aren't as good, they'll improve the team.
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Maybe the actual players that Adkins feels will improve the team are not available ! no point in swelling our squad with players that don't
Improve what we have.Adkins stated we need to go up this year so why would he not bring in or move on to other targets if. They are available .He knows as well as us where we are short looks like patience is the name of the game.
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I can't imagine for one second they aren't available. Look at who we've played and most of the better players have been loans.
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But are they better than what we have in the positions we need strengthening maybe not!!
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strengthening is strengthening. Even if we can't bring in players in the 2 most needed positions, there's nothing preventing us looking at other areas. Forget positions for a moment but we desperately lack pace. I'd like a couple of pacey attacking players to give us another dimension and option. Players who could potentially even just be thrown on against tiring defences.
With Adams and Done back, I'd say we should have plenty of pace to frighten any defense in this league now
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If they're fit and both playing (in essentially the same position). Football is about options and neither of them are really wingers.
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The Beard, Done, Adams, JCR and Scoogs all have bags of pace.
Hammond or Burn do not have pace as far as I am aware but I would still love to see them here which must be happening otherwise why wait and wait and wait - unless they are both worth waiting for?
Imo I think just Hammond would be needed if we move back Bash to CB with Collins/Edgar/Tel
A team that would get us out of this division would be (ideally)
Howard
Beard -- Burn -- Bash -- Freeman
Adams/JCR -- Hammond -- Baxter -- Done
Sharp -- Sammon/McNulty
Long
Scoogs
Reedy
Coutts
J Wallace
They don't both need to be on the wing to make use of their pace. I'd like to see Done partner Sharp up top, having Flynn on the wing instead of him.
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Can you still get Hammonds sauce? Always thought it was miles better than HP, chop sauce I think it was called. Haven't seen any in ages
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I used to like it as well SEB.
It's a bloody pain in the arse as the missus is always telling me to get HP and she thinks it's very odd that I won't move onto a different option if my favourite isn't available. Anyone would think that a decent brown sauce is better than none at all. Pah, what does she know . . . . . ?
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Gentlemen, just to add to the brown sauce knowledge bank, you might want to consider Stokes and Wilkin & Sons Tiptree Brown Sauce. I tend to check ingredients and both tick the right boxes, of course it's a very individual thing but I can recommend both if you're in the mood to experiment.
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Morrisons used to stock it nationwide but they've stopped selling it now locally (probably I was the only one buying it). I still stock up when I visit Sheffield as I don't really like any of the other brands. Don't like malt vinegar either, it's strictly petrol by products for me.
It's full name ised to be Hammonds YORKSHIRE chop sauce, although it was being made in Lancashire a couple of years ago. On the latest label it just says produced in the UK
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Pete O'Rourke @SportsPeteO 13m13 minutes agoNottingham Forest are weighing up a move to sign Leicester City midfielder Dean Hammond on loan. #NFFC #LCFC http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2015/10/12/nottingham-forest-eye-leicesters-hammond-on-loan/…
I await the reaction...
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