Danny has just signed a season-long loan deal at Huddersfield Town.
Good step up for him and will guarantee first team football.
Good step up for him and will guarantee first team football.
Danny Drinkwater
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Excellent. He definitely needs some experience at this stage.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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??
Link to what ?
Texts from my brother-in-law and the BBC ?
Texts from my brother-in-law and the BBC ?
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.
Haven't heard too much about his performance today but he played from the start.
I saw the match. He was excellent, his second half performance was particular good.
Man of the match for me.
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 ..
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.
Maybe he was born to that role in the end?
The same could have been said of Fletcher at that age.
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.
He played more withdrawn for the England u19s too. He's quite a versatile player though.
Starting again today against Brentford, I'll try and cobble a few match summaries together later.
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
It sounds silly to have him describe Terry McDermott as legendary. 
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.
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.
Test of character anyway.
He was an unused sub in their last 2 games.
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.
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.
Direct quote from a Town regular.
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.
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.
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.
A few quotes from fans who attended.
Good work TD.
Cheers, what a difference a few weeks makes in football hey.
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."
“When Danny gets on the ball as much as he was in this game, you see what a good footballer he is."
Hi Drainy, welcome up.
Looks like this loan is starting to pay off after a slow start.
Looks like this loan is starting to pay off after a slow start.
He got booked aswell I believe.
Danny played another 90 mins in the 2-0 away win at Hartlepool, he is described in the HTFC match report as "impressive".
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 !!
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 !!
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.
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.
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.
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.