CONFIMRED - Blackman to Derby

[Hoop Blah]

I work with someone in Manchester who comes from Bury and knows the family, they are Man Yoo fans apparently, including Nick, so you would have thought he would have been really up for playing his boyhood heroes last night.

That's rubbish.
He's a professional footballer.
Rooney still puts in a (fat) shift against Everton.
If anything he'd try even harder in the hope they might sign him

Isn't that what Mr Optimist said....

[Rusty royal]

Is it not time to kill this thread?? He's no longer a Royal

[ladida_gunner_graham]

Is it not time to kill this thread?? He's no longer a Royal

We're looking for others to share in our (prior) frustrations. I'm sure the Germans have a word for it.

[Sutekh]

He was one of their more lively players and had a couple of chances, one that wasn't too far away.

Overall United shut Derby down very well.

Shows the Champ./PL gap though that given all the money Derby have spent they still can't hold a struggling PL team at home in the cup.

Oh and Derby fan's have a thread on Blackman....

http://dcfcfans.uk/topic/21674-we-all-see-different-things-blackman/?page=1

[Mr Optimist]

I work with someone in Manchester who comes from Bury and knows the family, they are Man Yoo fans apparently, including Nick, so you would have thought he would have been really up for playing his boyhood heroes last night.

That's rubbish.
He's a professional footballer.
Rooney still puts in a (fat) shift against Everton.
If anything he'd try even harder in the hope they might sign him

Don't wet yourself. What I was saying, thank you Hoop Blah, was that players will raise their games against boyhood teams, former clubs, teams from a higher division, the league leaders, if the opposition excites them. Do you think our professionals would be more geed up playing a cup game at home to Man United or Walsall?

[genome]

I thought he was decent last night and harshly substituted

[Hendo]

He was totally anonymous up until his headed chance, but grew into the game more after that.

[No Fixed Abode]

He was totally anonymous up until his headed chance, but grew into the game more after that.

Surprised he got taken off tbf. Derby looked poor after the substitution and his replacement Camera did absolutely nothing.

[John Smith]

That Abdoul Camara is pony. I'd be fuming if we wasted £2m on him. They didn't need him either

[TBM]

and his replacement Camera did absolutely nothing.

Yeah i agree, Utd exposed him

[Platypuss]

and his replacement Camera did absolutely nothing.

Yeah i agree, Utd exposed him

He did try to pull out all the f-stops though.

[semtex1871]

and his replacement Camera did absolutely nothing.

Yeah i agree, Utd exposed him

no need to be negative.....

[Vision]

Shutter up you lot.

[Platypuss]

^^^^^

So much Pentax frustration.

[glass half full]

A petulant gesture did not aid his cause in that FA Cup match.

[John Smith]

and his replacement Camera did absolutely nothing.

Yeah i agree, Utd exposed him

no need to be negative.....

I thought he showed flashes of brilliance, nothing special though

[Pseud O'Nym]

A petulant gesture did not aid his cause in that FA Cup match.

Maybe just a reflex.

[TBM]

So he went from starting every game for us to being a sub and getting 10mins here and there, for Derby....surely thats where he was in his career 2-3 years ago?!

[Sanguine]

By all accounts he has stayed very much off the boil since his move and since his purple patch earlier in the season. But Derby have been playing him wide right too. Which is bizarre. He was most threatening for us through the middle.

[Hoop Blah]

I hadn't realised he'd got dropped yet.

Having had a quick look it seems he also got bumped down into the u21s for a run out as well. Quite the fall from grace but it's no real surprise is it considering what he turned out for us over his time here.