Friendly
I have to say he was absolute quality. The best right back we have had in many a year
Not the slightest doubt about his quality & you probably saw an even better Danny than we did as he was still struggling to regain match fitness in his brief time with us.
It will make more sense after you've had three or four months of Buckle..it will be quite clear that Danny would never be his type of player & it's a mystery (as in the case of a few others) as to why he was ever brought to Plainmoor. Work rate will be everything and there's not much room for subtlety in a Buckle side.
The Hamza Bencherif 'incident' is also the first thing I recall at the mention of Danny's name. my personal view at the time was that a combination of lack of training/understanding with his new team mates & failure to remember that he was no longer playing alongside team mates at a higher level was to blame.
I'd love to be able to ask him but I still believe Danny put the ball just where he intended.Being in possession & near the touchline he played a ball infield to a player in space (probably Mansell) but knocked it about three feet in front of him, presumably to set him on his way upfield. Player X (maybe I shouldn't single out Manse just in case it wasn't him) stood like a statue, presuming the pass wasn't intended for him as it was some way in front. The ball is therefore allowed to roll on it's merry way & is gratefully accepted by Hamza Bencherif who rubs further salt into the wound by hitting a cracker into the net.
I've still got it marked down as a simple misunderstanding by team mates who had probably never played together before.
Friendly [quote]I have to say he was absolute quality. The best right back we have had in many a year [/quote]
Not the slightest doubt about his quality & you probably saw an even better Danny than we did as he was still struggling to regain match fitness in his brief time with us.
It will make more sense after you've had three or four months of Buckle..it will be quite clear that Danny would never be his type of player & it's a mystery (as in the case of a few others) as to why he was ever brought to Plainmoor. Work rate will be everything and there's not much room for subtlety in a Buckle side.
The Hamza Bencherif 'incident' is also the first thing I recall at the mention of Danny's name. my personal view at the time was that a combination of lack of training/understanding with his new team mates & failure to remember that he was no longer playing alongside team mates at a higher level was to blame.
I'd love to be able to ask him but I still believe Danny put the ball just where he intended.Being in possession & near the touchline he played a ball infield to a player in space (probably Mansell) but knocked it about three feet in front of him, presumably to set him on his way upfield. Player X (maybe I shouldn't single out Manse just in case it wasn't him) stood like a statue, presuming the pass wasn't intended for him as it was some way in front. The ball is therefore allowed to roll on it's merry way & is gratefully accepted by Hamza Bencherif who rubs further salt into the wound by hitting a cracker into the net.
I've still got it marked down as a simple misunderstanding by team mates who had probably never played together before.
