Decent move for him. Derby are a decent big club and quite close to Sheffield and I’d say…a bottom half Championship club fits his level.
He came with a great reputation….in fact some Liverpool fans were angry he left saying their coaches believed he could be the new Michael Owen.
However what a disaster of a signing….injured almost through out his contract….which isn’t his fault.
However my issue was when he was on the comeback trail….his composure in front of goal was terrible.
Even his technique as a striker seemed poor because he always went for power and tended to blast it straight at the keeper.
However you could see he has allround ability regards passing and awareness and when moved into midfield he was decent for us without ever being great
He also clearly cared about the club, good influence on the training pitch and gave 100% when playing matches…so I give him credit for that.
Our fans give him stick but I’d put him in a similiar category to Sam McCallum.
Great attitude, quite versatile and decent ability, at is best probably average Championship standard and a great squad player to have on the bench.
As long as we’d offered squad type, reduced wages then I’d have been happy to keep him as a squad player.
Can understand how some feel bitter about the high transfer fee and wasted money
But unlike some of our other players don’t think we should have any malice towards him
And I hope and expect he’ll get a good reception when he returns to play at the Lane.
