Darren Moore

Poet · Aug 31, 2008

Spot on!

Johnny the tyke - 31/8/2008 1:25 PM

Yesterday was a poor performance by anyones standards...... Steele, Kozluk and Devaney did ok, and KO when he came on but thats about it.

As far as Darren Moore is concerned I feel his treatment by the majority of home fans was appalling. I have never seen so much aggression and abuse of a player who has played so few games for the club. Before kick-off he was being slated and he was jeered by many home fans everytime he touched the ball. I don't deny he had a poor start to the game but is it any suprise when, he had a nervous start with the home fans on his back from kick-off.

Darren Moore has captained three premiership promotion winning sides (Bradford, Derby & WBA) and played over 100premiership appearances. He is an vertern but has never been blessed with pace, his key attributes have always been his size / physical presence, strength, heading ability and organisational skills. He is what he is a old fashioned centre half. For years we have been crying out for and experienced centre half at Oakwell, yet as soon as we sign one he is slated for being slow and not having the poor touch. He hasn't become a bad player over night!

The guy behind me made the comment "I bet Derby fans were laughing when we signed Moore, he's awful". On the contrary he was voted their player of the season last year byt players and fans a like. The few Derby fans I have spoken to rate him highly.

As noted above the first 20mins he was awful! but lets be fair both teams were poor thoughout in the first half. He improved thoughout the game, he won everything in the air and looked dangerous at set peices. If you noticed Derby had at least two men marking him at every corner, this left gaps in the defence and late in the game allowed Foster to head home. His shear presence alone will cause teams problems as defenders can't handle him. At the other end defending set peices has been our down fall in the past, with Moore back their we have someone who can get the ball clear as he will beat most people in physical battle. We didn't look troubled by any of Derby's setplays, and we didn't concede.

Not the best game yesterday but come on lets give the lads some credit. They won, scored two good goals and kept a clean sheet. Roll on the next game!
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So much truth in that statement.

Well said mate (Y)

Guest · Sep 1, 2008

couldn't agree more

Ok he does lack pace, but when the crowd got off his back after 70 mins he looked more assured.

Personally i think we have more boo-boys than many other clubs. I can't remember the last time i heard other clubs being so vitriolic about their own players. Talk about being a 12th man for the opposition. /poo

No wonder we can't overcome our position as an unfashionable club & attract new players... who'd want to come here & suffer the abuse suffered by Chopra et al?

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