Anyone noticed Danny boy?

[waylander]

Still like and miss drinky if he had been fit and still here we would have been higher up the table and no Claude puel . have to see how this works out. But he was great for the club wish him the best . ?

[SheppyFox]

8 hours ago, Strokes said:

He started games in our title winning season.

How much have we spent since then? He should never start another game for us, if we can’t improve on Andy King for the starting lineup, as I’ve said we’ve gone wrong.

[shailen]

We haven't got another midfielder like him. Ability to pick the ball deep, turn and ping a long pass, he does it better than anyone else we had.

 

He was also really good at getting out of tight situations, and starting attacks. Having said that Iborra looks very composed and is a huge presence with N'didi in midfield.

[mod hero]

His new hair transplant looks mint 

[RumbleFox]

We still love you Drinkwater, thanks for all you did for us.  Don't listen to the misers, they have sad little lives. X

[Guest Papasmurf]

10 hours ago, themightyfin said:

Typical Foxestalk.

Slag a player off for showing ambition who has been a great servant and player for us.

Ambition = sitting on the bench week in week out.

 

Brilliant.

 

[fazzyfox]

The fact that it's Chelsea is relevant, Drinky with Kante is even stronger than the sum of the parts, if they get match time together I'm sure they'll click straight away once again. However I suspect even that factor won't be enough to elevate him above Bakayoko in the pecking order and then there's Fabregas. Over a season especially if they progress in Europe I can see them using him some weekends resting Bakayoko before Champions League games. It's just a shame that he's unlikely to be integral and play every game and beyond the Kante factor he was signed becuase he's English and ticks a box in the quota's.

 

As for being pleased for him, if it was United saying welcome home, your journey has gone full circle here's the number four shirt and a place in the team then yes I'd be pleased for him but it's Chelsea, they of the illegal tap ups, squad hoarding, straight after signing Bakayoko, he was so much more important to us than he can ever be to them.

 

Don't  know if we'll ever get him back but I can see him at a Southampton or West Ham in two or three years time. It's another one of those like Llorente leaving Swansea where instead of having more quality players spread across the clubs turning out week in week out big clubs stick them on their bench and the broader strength of the league diminishes (although if it lead to us adding Silva to the league that's not so much of a factor). It's not quite another kind of Steve Sidwell situation as Drinky has some Champions League experience and has won the League but with his playing style he's more likely to impress the coaches than the fans, I can see him being an easy scapegoat when he's part of a losing side.

 

He  should get in the England squad on merit but will number of games affect his chances? He isn't one of the F.A.s "Golden Ticket" club like Wilshere and Henderson who they're happy to stretcher onto the pitch rather than leave out.

 

As for his late departure leaving us in a mess, I don't know at what stage the club were aware that he was very likely to leave there was obviously last minute haggling over the fee and as we know an extra minute would have seen Silva available for the last few weeks. 

[weller54]

2 hours ago, shailen said:

We haven't got another midfielder like him. Ability to pick the ball deep, turn and ping a long pass, he does it better than anyone else we had.

 

He was also really good at getting out of tight situations, and starting attacks. Having said that Iborra looks very composed and is a huge presence with N'didi in midfield.

Our midfield will look even better in January... 

Silva will be that creative,  steadying influence we've been crying out for! 

[ozleicester]

I still dont understand why he went there, he knew he wouldnt be a starter. I assume it was just about the $$

[Strokes]

3 hours ago, SheppyFox said:

How much have we spent since then? He should never start another game for us, if we can’t improve on Andy King for the starting lineup, as I’ve said we’ve gone wrong.

Yeah we do need to bin the most decorated ever Leicester player, i wonder do you think players should be loyal to their contracted clubs?

[shade]

why are people so passive aggressive? the guy was amazing for us, and moved to a bigger club to try and further his career, he’s got one life, he needs to live it. good lucky drinky.

[SheppyFox]

13 minutes ago, Strokes said:

Yeah we do need to bin the most decorated ever Leicester player, i wonder do you think players should be loyal to their contracted clubs?

No I don’t think they should be, it’s a job, like drink water, go fill your boots for more money  if you’re good enough.

[LittlethorpeFox]

12 hours ago, Steve_Walsh5 said:

I would rather have Danny Drinkwater on our bench instead of Andy King.

Wouldn't we all. But that is the reason AK is such a good squad player, he'll sit on the bench and come in when you need him without moaning.

[MrSpaM]

He played well when he had the world class Kante next to him

 

He seems a bit lost when he's not got that quality backing him up

[TheStig]

12 hours ago, Kitchandro said:

I'm sure he'll think it was worth it when he's on the plane to Russia and Vardy is left at home. Sad but probably true.

No worry - they´ll be back again soon - as usual..... Vardy not missing a lot..

[surrifox]

Of course DD has the right to maximise his career potential and yes he is rightly recognised as a key component of our title success and for that we should rightly be grateful. Leaving us with a tidy profit at the end of his stay here is another plus.

 

Do I want to see him enjoying winning a host of titles and cups with CFC? - hell no. The clue is in the question - it's Chelsea FFS ! Id be happy to see them in a long slow decline .

 

(Also is it just me that looks at their CL Azerbaijan opponents and thinks "Quahog"?)

[suffolk fox]

no longer a lcfc player no longer interested in him.  Re this topic.  Looking forward to the next one re him going for a dump.  Danny boy has toilet disaster etc.

[Bunyip]

End of the season we will be able to buy back the bench warmer for a fraction of what Chelsea paid us for him. That's if we need him by then.

[FLAN]

1 hour ago, Strokes said:

Yeah we do need to bin the most decorated ever Leicester player, i wonder do you think players should be loyal to their contracted clubs?

Some are loyal because they aren’t good enough to go elsewhere and hold down a starting place 

[bluesbrothers]

As predicted, even with Chelsea playing a midfield 5, with Kanté back Danny is stuck on the bench despite their patchy form.

 

I'd expect him to make a sub appearance at some point today, but what hope does he realistically have of breaking into this first XI unless one of Bakayoko, Kante or Fabregas moves elsewhere?

 

He's a weaker option than all three off the bench, even with them failing to stamp their authority on games...

My god. He's Chelsea's Andy King. 

[Reg Vardy]

1 minute ago, bluesbrothers said:

As predicted, even with Chelsea playing a midfield 5, with Kanté back Danny is stuck on the bench despite their patchy form.

 

I'd expect him to make a sub appearance at some point today, but what hope does he realistically have of breaking into this first XI unless one of Bakayoko, Kante or Fabregas moves elsewhere?

And your point is? He wanted to go, he's gone, get over it

[BoyJones]

On 01/11/2017 at 00:18, bluesbrothers said:

Right, I'm just going to say it.

Danny Drinkwater was awful last year. Like, really bad. Apart from one or two displays (Sevilla and Liverpool, perhaps), he was found out time and time again as somebody who needs players around him to give him space before he can be anything approaching creative. Saying the team as a whole was struggling isn't really an excuse, because his job is to be a playmaker and lead by example, and he didn't do that and has arguably never done it at this level by his own accord.

 

Yes, our midfield has been bad since he's left, but A) it was just as bad with him still in it for 95% of last year and B) it would still be bad now unless Iborra stepped up to be that "freeing influence" for Drinkwater. Oh, and C) ... he'd only have started playing a fortnight ago since he's been out all season injured, so the "what might have been" scenario is pointless anyway!

 

There's no questioning his value in the title season, but the year that followed it raised serious questions over his lack of ability to be a midfield kingpin without somebody like Kanté to do the dirty work. But the thing is, the signs had been there even before that season.

He was bang average the season before the title win, and only looked good in patches towards the end of the season when Cambiasso got into his own stride and gave him some breathing room through the "Great Escape" - and even then, he was still bang average most of the time in a team relying on wing play to Ulloa for most of our goalscoring threat. With the exception of the promotion season, at a lower level no less, he has not had a single full season where you could genuinely say that he was the one pulling the strings in midfield as somebody of his supposed caliber really should do.

Maybe he'll grow and get into Chelsea's first team, but I highly doubt it. 

If in a year's time he's Chelsea's first choice, I'll hold my hands up and say I was wrong. But right now I see him behind Kanté, Fabregas and even Bakayoko in the pecking order for two spots. He will not get the time to impress or time to rectify his mistakes that he got with us. Kanté has enough class to make anybody around him look like worldbeaters, so maybe if by some miracle he ends up in a regular midfield 2 with him at Chelsea we might see some of that rekindled, but heaven knows he can't even get into the first XI for a Chelsea side at a low ebb despite now supposedly being fully match fit, so what hope does he have of managing it when they go on a good run, save for injuries or lucking out by being in the team when they finally hit a consistent vein of form?

He hasn't had enough game time to make a full judgement yet, but I've followed the Chelsea games where he has played and he's been nothing to write home about whatsoever. Even tonight, apart from a shot on goal he did nothing - admittedly in a beaten and deflated side, but nothing nonetheless. Conte brought him on to try to control midfield with Fabregas tiring, and he didn't - Roma still over-ran Chelsea and looked more likely to bag in the closing stages.

 

As others have pointed out, Drinkwater's fee has covered the price of Iborra and, pending January, Silva too. With Iborra now finding his feet and, for the record, doing what Drinkwater has not done himself in 3 seasons by starting to conduct the midfield by his own accord, if Silva himself comes good once the FIFA farce is over, it will be very good business indeed.

Thank you for your service to the club Danny, but it's beginning to look like you've made the wrong move and we're laughing all the way to the bank.

Right, gotta sleep, but feel free to lay into me and tell me how wrong I am and how we'd be in the Champo's League spots now with Drinky still in the side. 

 

... you watch him start this weekend and d1ck the league now 

Why do people write such long winded garrulous posts? If you can't make your point in four / five lines, you might as well give up. 

 

Ok, I have a short attention span, if the first line is rubbish, I move on. But we are discussing football, not the small print on an EU edict. Let's keep it to the point and be straight to the heart of the matter, not indulge in paragraph after paragraph, which many people can be bothered to read properly. 

[BoyJones]

Can't ?

[wokinghamfox]

On 01/11/2017 at 09:18, shade said:

why are people so passive aggressive? the guy was amazing for us, and moved to a bigger club to try and further his career, he’s got one life, he needs to live it. good lucky drinky.

But the big question is, will he ever play a game again. Going to Chelsea was one very big mistake he needs games for consistancy which is isnt and will never get there, should've stayed and had a good career. I am all for players bettering themselves but this isnt the way to do it.

[surrifox]

24 minutes ago, Reg Vardy said:

And your point is? He wanted to go, he's gone, get over it

It's a football forum - it's not entirely off the point to discuss recently departed City players