Danny Drinkwater

Mr. MUJAC · 14th August 2009, 13:48

Danny has just signed a season-long loan deal at Huddersfield Town.

Good step up for him and will guarantee first team football.

samabachan · 14th August 2009, 16:14

Excellent. He definitely needs some experience at this stage.

Rowem · 14th August 2009, 17:44

Good on. What league are they in this year?

datura · 14th August 2009, 17:50

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Originally Posted by Rowem

Good on. What league are they in this year?

League One (i.e. the old 3rd division). Should be a good move for him and Huddersfield are managed by Lee Clark (ex Newcastle/Fulham) so should be a good footballing side if they play in the way he did.

Decotron · 15th August 2009, 03:04

Good stuff. A player I rate highly. Cleverley has got alot of attention recently but I think this lad is the better player. Not to compare them directly but they remind me of each other a lttle so thats why I make the comparison.

Sir A1ex · 18th August 2009, 21:22

Just scored for Huddersfield

Tumbling-Dice · 18th August 2009, 21:33

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Just scored for Huddersfield

And hit the post too, not bad for half an hour on the pitch.

Ex United youth player Anthony Pilkington had a cracking game aswell, arguably MotM. Town fans are raving about him.

Tumbling-Dice · 26th August 2009, 22:21

Played the first 79 minutes tonight in Huddersfield's pulsating CC tie with Newcastle.

An assist for Danny in the goal that put Huddersfield 3-1 up but Newcastle came back to win the game 4-3. Some good corner kicks from young Danny aswell.

Mainoldo · 26th August 2009, 22:55

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Originally Posted by Tumbling-Dice

Played the first 79 minutes tonight in Huddersfield's pulsating CC tie with Newcastle.

An assist for Danny in the goal that put Huddersfield 3-1 up but Newcastle came back to win the game 4-3. Some good corner kicks from young Danny aswell.

link??

Tumbling-Dice · 26th August 2009, 23:11

Link to what ?

Texts from my brother-in-law and the BBC ?

Tumbling-Dice · 5th September 2009, 19:15

Got the assist today for the 3rd goal in a 3-2 win for Huddersfield against MK Dons.

Haven't heard too much about his performance today but he played from the start.

Collina · 6th September 2009, 11:37

I saw the match. He was excellent, his second half performance was particular good.

Man of the match for me.

Tumbling-Dice · 6th September 2009, 12:41

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Originally Posted by Collina

I saw the match. He was excellent, his second half performance was particular good.

Man of the match for me.

Yea definitely the best outfield player by all accounts.

(taken from DATM website).

Started on the right but drifted in quite a bit, good set pieces. After Michael Collins was taken off Danny was shifted to the holding role and excelled there. From a bloke who was at the match ..

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Square pegs in round holes IMO. Sure enough Drinkwater drifts into the middle to help out collins and kay who were both poor defensively, especially Kay who isn't a defensive midfielder in a month of sundays. Result, its all a bit scrappy, our forwards have no service at all, we're all unbalanced and have nothing down the right, and they were edging it.

Then he suddenly puts round pegs in round holes. Puts Roberts on, moves Drinkwater into holding midfield role, which he really looked the part in. I wouldn't have been fussed which one of Kay or Collins were sacrifised myself because they were both as poor as each other up to then, but Collins it was, allowing Kay to move up where he played pretty well.
All of a sudden the whole thing started to click and we were comfortably the better side from there on in.
Just pick players in their proper positions from the start next time eh Lee!!!

Pogue Mahone · 6th September 2009, 13:01

That's odd. Would never have thought "holding midfield" was Drinkwater's "proper position"!

Tumbling-Dice · 6th September 2009, 13:04

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Originally Posted by Pogue Mahone

That's odd. Would never have thought "holding midfield" was Drinkwater's "proper position"!

I presume he's referring to the other players there. By all accounts he did well in that position yesterday though.

x42bn6 · 6th September 2009, 13:08

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Originally Posted by Pogue Mahone

That's odd. Would never have thought "holding midfield" was Drinkwater's "proper position"!

Maybe he was born to that role in the end?

The same could have been said of Fletcher at that age.

PS18 · 6th September 2009, 15:30

Drinkwater played the holding role regularly for the academy (or as a more defensively-minded midfielder anyway) so it's not new to him. Wouldn't surprise me if that ended up being his position.

datura · 6th September 2009, 19:25

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Originally Posted by PS18

Drinkwater playing in the holding role regularly for the academy (or as a more defensively-minded midfielder anyway) so it's not new to him. Wouldn't surprise me if that ended up being his position.

He played more withdrawn for the England u19s too. He's quite a versatile player though.

Tumbling-Dice · 12th September 2009, 15:17

Starting again today against Brentford, I'll try and cobble a few match summaries together later.

Tumbling-Dice · 12th September 2009, 15:32

Huddersfield Examiner - HTAFC - Huddersfield Town News - Huddersfield Town loan suits Manchester United starlet Danny Drinkwater just fine

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Huddersfield Town loan suits Manchester United starlet Danny Drinkwater just fine

Sep 12 2009 by Dougie Thomson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

DANNY DRINKWATER’S got Premier ambitions – but he’s loving life in League I.

The Manchester United midfielder is four weeks into a season-long loan at Town, and can’t believe how fast the time is going.

Today’s home clash with Brentford is set to provide a fourth start and sixth appearance in all for the 19-year-old, who returned from two games out with a groin injury to help his adopted club win 3-2 at MK Dons last Saturday.

Drinkwater, born and bred close to United’s Carrington training base, signed a new two-year contract over the summer, but knew a loan move was on the cards.

“I really need some first-team football under my belt,” explained the versatile England Under 19 cap, who was a regular in the United reserve side last season, but hadn’t played a senior game until coming on as a substitute in Town’s 3-1 home win over Southampton on August 15.

Drinkwater’s long-term plan is to force his way into the Old Trafford reckoning, but his current commitment to Town is underlined by the fact that he has chosen to live in Huddersfield rather than commute.

“This move is all about me developing as a person as well as a player, and I wanted to get fully involved with Huddersfield,” he explained.

“Myself and the staff at Manchester United started talking about a loan move midway through last season, but it had to be right.

“When Huddersfield came in I was delighted, because it’s not that far from home, it’s a club of stature and tradition with good support, there is an excellent coaching staff here and I knew a couple of the players, Lee Peltier through mutual friends and Alex Smithies from England Under 19s.

“The rest of the lads have been fantastic since day one, and the team spirit here is superb.

“I think you could see that from the reaction to the win at MK Dons. We had to show a lot of character to come from behind twice and get the win, and it really meant something.

“The supporters backed us brilliantly, and it was great to be able to go over and celebrate with them at the end.”

MK boss Paul Ince, of course, was a Manchester United midfield legend, and Drinkwater says he has learned a huge amount from watching and training with the likes of Roy Keane, Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick.

“There are so many good players there you would have to be mad not to watch, listen and learn from them,” he added.

“Every training session is meaningful, but you can say that about Huddersfield as well, because the manager and his staff are hugely knowledgeable.

“Derek Fazackerley is a great coach, and for me, having a legendary midfield player like Terry McDermott as well as Lee Clark around is brilliant, because they are always passing on tips and advice.

“League I is challenging – faster and more physical than Premier Reserve League football – but I think I’m beginning to get to grips with it now.”

prateik · 12th September 2009, 15:42

another midfielder who has impressed in the reserves .. we have had some very promising midfielders and defenders come through the ranks in recent years .. and now there are a few strikers too

samabachan · 12th September 2009, 15:59

It sounds silly to have him describe Terry McDermott as legendary.

Tumbling-Dice · 25th October 2009, 09:16

Seems to be out of favour at present. He hasn't featured since goalless draws against Brentford and Stockport which is just about a month ago barring a day or two (26th Sept). There has been no news of any injury so it's just a case of him playing himself back into the side.

PS18 · 25th October 2009, 11:56

Played for their reserves on Wednesday. Seems to have have become a bit of a scapegoat for the poor run of form they were on, even though most on their messageboards say he was far from the problem in that run.

Test of character anyway.

Decotron · 12th November 2009, 00:59

He was an unused sub in their last 2 games.

Tumbling-Dice · 20th January 2010, 08:12

Started last night against Bristol Rovers in Huddersfield's 0-0 home draw with them. Bit of a mixed reaction to him but the general feeling is he's technically good on the ball but doesn't seem to fit in with Huddersfield's system. He's started 9 games there, 1 win, 3 draws, 5 defeats.

Direct quote from a Town regular.

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It's not because he's a bad player, it's because he's a player who is in no way suited to league 1. He passes the ball well, he shows for the ball well, but he'll never beat a player, get behind a player, play a killer pass. He'll never make a driving run - Peter Clarke was having to do that tonight. He just doesn't do what we need him to do.

I can't see him getting many more starts for Town, he might get a few appearances off the bench. A lot may depend on injuries of course.

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He didn't use the ball well at all today, he just slowed everything down and played most of passes deep in our own half. On what he has shown so far he isn't what we need at this moment in time.

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He is obviously a talented lad, but his style does nowt for us - too slow and deliberate in the build up when our best play is centred around quick counter attacking breaks.

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it's like putting Pirlo in a league 1 team

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I think he should be given a run in the team. He looks comfortable on the ball, doesnt panic wanting to get the ball away. I'd like to see more of him.

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Neat and tidy on the ball (although even that betrayed him as the game went on) he just doesn't look like he will ever hurt the opposition and he killed the build up of any tempo in our play.

He also committed the cardinal sin of "running away" from his man on at least one occassion!!!

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A luxury who plays five yard square balls.

Decotron · 20th January 2010, 10:32

I always rated him very highly and that remark about the 5 yard passes isnt the player I watched come through the academy. Suppose they all cant make it.

Tumbling-Dice · 7th February 2010, 11:10

Started again yesterday and had a superb game, his best yet in a Town shirt by all accounts. Created a couple of chances that should have been put away, one especially. Commanding midfield performance, good distribution, good set pieces. Good stuff.

A few quotes from fans who attended.

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DD showed today( for the first time possibly) that he can grab a game by the scruff of its neck and control midfield.

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Drinkwater was class today, but he was the opposite against Bristol Rovers.

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Drinkwater today showed what a good player he is....after the bristol rovers game there was thread after thread saying hes crap send him back to man u and the like which made me laugh and i stuck up for him the lad needs to be playing next to a defensive mid and allowed to go forward, think we will see alot more from him as the season goes on!!

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totally agree with this danny showed yesterday he can make the mdifield tick and for 35 mins we were well on top, the last ten wins we seemed to fall apart.

danny was making the midfield tick from sitting in the hole aswell.

id of prefered him to get a bit more forward ...

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... would def start with tom and danny on tuesday night.

datura · 7th February 2010, 12:48

Good work TD.

Tumbling-Dice · 7th February 2010, 13:03

Cheers, what a difference a few weeks makes in football hey.

Drainy · 17th February 2010, 18:52

He played 90 minutes against Carlisle in a 2-1 win. Lee Clarke was pleased with his performance saying:
“When Danny gets on the ball as much as he was in this game, you see what a good footballer he is."

x42bn6 · 17th February 2010, 18:55

Hi Drainy, welcome up.

Looks like this loan is starting to pay off after a slow start.

Tumbling-Dice · 17th February 2010, 18:55

He got booked aswell I believe.

x42bn6 · 17th February 2010, 18:57

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Originally Posted by Tumbling-Dice

He got booked aswell I believe.

First ever yellow card for Huddersfield Town!

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BOOKING - Danny Drinkwater picked up his first yellow card in Huddersfield Town colours in first half added time for a late challenge on left-back Murphy on the touchline.

Drainy · 21st February 2010, 00:21

Danny played another 90 mins in the 2-0 away win at Hartlepool, he is described in the HTFC match report as "impressive".

Tumbling-Dice · 23rd February 2010, 23:29

Another 90 minutes in a 2-0 away win at Tranmere.

His quality seems to be coming to the fore now, intelligent passing, good work rate, breaking down opposition attacks but most importantly excellent ball retention. Winning a lot of plaudits at Town.

Leeds on Saturday, come on Drinky !!

samabachan · 24th February 2010, 11:37

Nice player, would be delighted for him if he makes it but I've got a feeling that he's around his real level at Huddersfield.

x42bn6 · 24th February 2010, 11:54

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Originally Posted by samabachan

Nice player, would be delighted for him if he makes it but I've got a feeling that he's around his real level at Huddersfield.

I think he can do better personally. I wouldn't write him off at this age and things will get interesting if he does a Cleverley and finds a club that is "just perfect" for him to develop.

PS18 · 24th February 2010, 15:17

He's a year younger than Cleverley and following a similar sort of career path so far - loan to a promotion-chasing League One side, like Cleverley had last year. If he can get a loan to the Championship next year then who knows. Don't think anyone would really have predicted Cleverley making the progress he has so you can never really know.

I'd be surprised if League One ended up being his eventual level anyway, there's a good Championship player there at least I think.

Tumbling-Dice · 24th February 2010, 17:21

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Originally Posted by x42bn6

I think he can do better personally. I wouldn't write him off at this age and things will get interesting if he does a Cleverley and finds a club that is "just perfect" for him to develop.

Maybe he is already at that club. Huddersfield are a fresh young side playing some cracking football who are serious about getting out of league one, if it doesn't happen this season then it will the next. One of these clubs where the chairman is a lifelong born and bred fan who is carefully pumping money in as required.

This is the most competitive League One ever, the quality and standard has been raised this season beyond any level previously known. Danny has already said in interviews that it's [sic] ''faster and more physical than Premier Reserve League football''. It's taken time for him to adapt and settle in and now he has, his quality is starting to shine through. You've got clubs like Norwich, Southampton, Leeds, Millwall, MK Dons in there, Swindon, Colchester and Huddersfield can beat anyone on their day. Town are in a play off spot and should they make the play offs they are more than capable of beating the top sides in the league, they hammered Leeds at Elland Rd before Christmas and were unlucky to come away with just a point, they beat MK Dons home and away.

They have a young manager in Lee Clark with good connections, experienced heads like Terry McDermott in the management team. Andy Cole was coaching the strikers up until fairly recently and Kevin Keegan pops in now and again. Derek Fazackerley is one of the most experienced and respected coaches in the game.

He's playing with some good young talented players many of whom won't be in League One for long. [sic] “When Huddersfield came in I was delighted, because it’s not that far from home, it’s a club of stature and tradition with good support, there is an excellent coaching staff here and I knew a couple of the players, Lee Peltier through mutual friends and Alex Smithies from England Under 19s.''
Lee Peltier, Lee Novak, young Jordan Rhodes signed from Ipswich, Gary Roberts, ex United youth Anthony Pilkington, Alex Smithies who has already courted a lot of premier league attention from the likes of Moyes and Redknapp. There's a hell of a lot of young talent in that side.

The M62 was snowed down to one lane last night but they still managed to get 2000 fans over to Tranmere in a bitter blizzard on a Tuesday night in Feb. A journey that would take under 2 hours normally was taking 4 and 5 hours, my brother-in-law got in at 2 15am this morning. Some people had to dump their cars, some people crashed, some people went into quarter mile skids down hills. That's how serious these people are about following their club. I'd say this has been a great move for him and he's at the right club for now, Huddersfield have the set-up and infrastructure to be a more than capable Championship side in the near future.

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14th August 2009, 16:14	#2 (permalink)
samabachan First Team Sub Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Football is about glory, it is about doing things in style and with a flourish, about going out and beating the lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom Posts: 9,355	Excellent. He definitely needs some experience at this stage.

14th August 2009, 17:44	#3 (permalink)
Rowem First Team Sub Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,557	Good on. What league are they in this year?

15th August 2009, 03:04	#5 (permalink)
Decotron First Team Regular Join Date: May 2007 Location: I am not a man......................I am Cantona Posts: 20,025	Good stuff. A player I rate highly. Cleverley has got alot of attention recently but I think this lad is the better player. Not to compare them directly but they remind me of each other a lttle so thats why I make the comparison.

18th August 2009, 21:22	#6 (permalink)
Sir A1ex First Team Regular Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Where the goals come from. Posts: 19,907	Just scored for Huddersfield

26th August 2009, 22:21	#8 (permalink)
Tumbling-Dice Caf Nostradamus Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Roy Keane has five kids, partly because of his Irish Catholic background, and partly because someone told him that Patrick Vieira has four. Posts: 18,820	Played the first 79 minutes tonight in Huddersfield's pulsating CC tie with Newcastle. An assist for Danny in the goal that put Huddersfield 3-1 up but Newcastle came back to win the game 4-3. Some good corner kicks from young Danny aswell.

26th August 2009, 23:11	#10 (permalink)
Tumbling-Dice Caf Nostradamus Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Roy Keane has five kids, partly because of his Irish Catholic background, and partly because someone told him that Patrick Vieira has four. Posts: 18,820	Link to what ? Texts from my brother-in-law and the BBC ?

5th September 2009, 19:15	#11 (permalink)
Tumbling-Dice Caf Nostradamus Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Roy Keane has five kids, partly because of his Irish Catholic background, and partly because someone told him that Patrick Vieira has four. Posts: 18,820	Got the assist today for the 3rd goal in a 3-2 win for Huddersfield against MK Dons. Haven't heard too much about his performance today but he played from the start.

6th September 2009, 11:37	#12 (permalink)
Collina Reserve Team Player Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: A loan or no money - no! But spend money, okay. Didier Drogba is not the only man who plays in Chelsea. The money they must pay is for everybody. Posts: 3,289	I saw the match. He was excellent, his second half performance was particular good. Man of the match for me.

6th September 2009, 13:01	#14 (permalink)
Pogue Mahone Poster of the year 2008 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: "like a man in silk pyjamas shooting pigeons from a deckchair" Posts: 59,521	That's odd. Would never have thought "holding midfield" was Drinkwater's "proper position"!

6th September 2009, 15:30	#17 (permalink)
PS18 Reserve Team Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ruud ftw Posts: 2,075	Drinkwater played the holding role regularly for the academy (or as a more defensively-minded midfielder anyway) so it's not new to him. Wouldn't surprise me if that ended up being his position.

12th September 2009, 15:17	#19 (permalink)
Tumbling-Dice Caf Nostradamus Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Roy Keane has five kids, partly because of his Irish Catholic background, and partly because someone told him that Patrick Vieira has four. Posts: 18,820	Starting again today against Brentford, I'll try and cobble a few match summaries together later.

12th September 2009, 15:42	#21 (permalink)
prateik First Team Regular Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,029	another midfielder who has impressed in the reserves .. we have had some very promising midfielders and defenders come through the ranks in recent years .. and now there are a few strikers too

12th September 2009, 15:59	#22 (permalink)
samabachan First Team Sub Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Football is about glory, it is about doing things in style and with a flourish, about going out and beating the lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom Posts: 9,355	It sounds silly to have him describe Terry McDermott as legendary.

25th October 2009, 09:16	#23 (permalink)
Tumbling-Dice Caf Nostradamus Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Roy Keane has five kids, partly because of his Irish Catholic background, and partly because someone told him that Patrick Vieira has four. Posts: 18,820	Seems to be out of favour at present. He hasn't featured since goalless draws against Brentford and Stockport which is just about a month ago barring a day or two (26th Sept). There has been no news of any injury so it's just a case of him playing himself back into the side.

25th October 2009, 11:56	#24 (permalink)
PS18 Reserve Team Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ruud ftw Posts: 2,075	Played for their reserves on Wednesday. Seems to have have become a bit of a scapegoat for the poor run of form they were on, even though most on their messageboards say he was far from the problem in that run. Test of character anyway.

12th November 2009, 00:59	#25 (permalink)
Decotron First Team Regular Join Date: May 2007 Location: I am not a man......................I am Cantona Posts: 20,025	He was an unused sub in their last 2 games.

20th January 2010, 10:32	#27 (permalink)
Decotron First Team Regular Join Date: May 2007 Location: I am not a man......................I am Cantona Posts: 20,025	I always rated him very highly and that remark about the 5 yard passes isnt the player I watched come through the academy. Suppose they all cant make it.

7th February 2010, 12:48	#29 (permalink)
datura First Team Sub Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: so it goes Posts: 9,135	Good work TD.

7th February 2010, 13:03	#30 (permalink)
Tumbling-Dice Caf Nostradamus Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Roy Keane has five kids, partly because of his Irish Catholic background, and partly because someone told him that Patrick Vieira has four. Posts: 18,820	Cheers, what a difference a few weeks makes in football hey.

17th February 2010, 18:52	#31 (permalink)
Drainy Reserve Team Player Join Date: May 2009 Location: "isn't a good dribbling a form of deceiving (cheating) your rival?" Posts: 2,506	He played 90 minutes against Carlisle in a 2-1 win. Lee Clarke was pleased with his performance saying: “When Danny gets on the ball as much as he was in this game, you see what a good footballer he is."

17th February 2010, 18:55	#32 (permalink)
x42bn6 First Team Regular Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 西田麻衣の谷間. Being a nerd, geek and virgin Posts: 17,358	Hi Drainy, welcome up. Looks like this loan is starting to pay off after a slow start.

17th February 2010, 18:55	#33 (permalink)
Tumbling-Dice Caf Nostradamus Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Roy Keane has five kids, partly because of his Irish Catholic background, and partly because someone told him that Patrick Vieira has four. Posts: 18,820	He got booked aswell I believe.

21st February 2010, 00:21	#35 (permalink)
Drainy Reserve Team Player Join Date: May 2009 Location: "isn't a good dribbling a form of deceiving (cheating) your rival?" Posts: 2,506	Danny played another 90 mins in the 2-0 away win at Hartlepool, he is described in the HTFC match report as "impressive".

23rd February 2010, 23:29	#36 (permalink)
Tumbling-Dice Caf Nostradamus Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Roy Keane has five kids, partly because of his Irish Catholic background, and partly because someone told him that Patrick Vieira has four. Posts: 18,820	Another 90 minutes in a 2-0 away win at Tranmere. His quality seems to be coming to the fore now, intelligent passing, good work rate, breaking down opposition attacks but most importantly excellent ball retention. Winning a lot of plaudits at Town. Leeds on Saturday, come on Drinky !!

24th February 2010, 11:37	#37 (permalink)
samabachan First Team Sub Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Football is about glory, it is about doing things in style and with a flourish, about going out and beating the lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom Posts: 9,355	Nice player, would be delighted for him if he makes it but I've got a feeling that he's around his real level at Huddersfield.

24th February 2010, 15:17	#39 (permalink)
PS18 Reserve Team Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ruud ftw Posts: 2,075	He's a year younger than Cleverley and following a similar sort of career path so far - loan to a promotion-chasing League One side, like Cleverley had last year. If he can get a loan to the Championship next year then who knows. Don't think anyone would really have predicted Cleverley making the progress he has so you can never really know. I'd be surprised if League One ended up being his eventual level anyway, there's a good Championship player there at least I think.