Over the past few seasons, Danny has managed a few glimpses of good things, but never produced often enough, which has resulted in much grief from many parts of the yellow army. Clearly his limited opportunities under Buckle suggested he just wasn’t good enough. He had no confidence, if he took a whack or was up against a big bloke, he looked as if he’d rather be at home.
When Ling arrived, he stated from day 1 that one of his priorities was to get Danny signed up on a new contract. Many questioned signing Danny for two years, but Ling said it was up to Danny to step up and make a claim for a place in the team. He said Danny had never had a decent run of games, and needed some self-confidence. Well, credit where it’s due, Danny has come on incredibly, and on the performance against Plymouth on Saturday (as a perfect example), it was clear that self-confidence is now there along with the ability we’ve been waiting to see consistently. Plymouth often doubled up on him and knocked him around a bit, but he had the confidence and belief to run at them, get in amongst them, and gave their defence a torrid time. An excellent run and finish for the third goal capped a fantastic 2nd half performance, and underlined everything about his current form.
Danny hasn’t been short of critics or doubters, but like it or not, he’s proving everyone, including the previous manager, wrong, and he has earned his place in the starting XI.
Along with the rest of the team, he will have bad days, but hopefully he’s done enough recently to justify his place at the club, and the support of the yellow army.
Everyone deserves a chance, and Danny has taken his. Well done Danny.
It was a great post Brady and no doubt will have those come on for and against danny in equal measure even given his reent good performances.
