Danny Drinkwater

[King Kante 1,643]

Looks like ol' Drinky has been on the Drink again: 

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/premier-league/Chelsea-outcast-discusses-unfinished-business-as-he-targets-stamford-bridge-return/ar-BB1frxRV

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

3 hours ago, King Kante said:

Looks like ol' Drinky has been on the Drink again: 

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/premier-league/Chelsea-outcast-discusses-unfinished-business-as-he-targets-stamford-bridge-return/ar-BB1frxRV

Sooner hes gone the better. Never fit for the shirt and never will be. Just not Chelsea level.

[Tomo 21,751]

https://www.totalrl.com/contract-extension-for-drinkwater/

Contract extension!

[Vesper 30,096]

7 minutes ago, Tomo said:

https://www.totalrl.com/contract-extension-for-drinkwater/

Contract extension!

[Clockwork 1,794]

Drinkwater is probably the worst Chelsea signing ever, we all knew he was utter crap before we signed him. What followed was even worse, completely useless and didn’t provide anything in his Chelsea career.

Amazing that someone thought it was a good idea to pay 40m for this guy.

[MoroccanBlue 5,376]

It’s not as if he was a bad player. Bloke won the league with Leicester and his interest in football vanished. 

[Tomo 21,751]

2 hours ago, Clockwork said:

Drinkwater is probably the worst Chelsea signing ever, we all knew he was utter crap before we signed him. What followed was even worse, completely useless and didn’t provide anything in his Chelsea career.

Amazing that someone thought it was a good idea to pay 40m for this guy.

I understood the idea of signing him in isolation. Proven partnership with Kante, was very good at sharp balls over the top on the counter attack and compatible with the type of system Conte played. The Drinkwater of 15/16 would have probably been a regular starter and was very much an upgrade on 2015 onwards Matic.

The part that was inexcusable was the wage, surely he would have accepted something along the 60-80k line and if he didn't that should have been a red flag straight away.

Edited July 22, 2021 by Tomo

[Clockwork 1,794]

1 hour ago, Tomo said:

I understood the idea of signing him in isolation. Proven partnership with Kante, was very good at sharp balls over the top on the counter attack and compatible with the type of system Conte played. The Drinkwater of 15/16 would have probably been a regular starter and was very much an upgrade of 2015 onwards Matic.

The part that was inexcusable was the wage, surely he would have accepted something along the 60-80k line and if he didn't that should have been a red flag straight away.

Absolutely not, I watched a few games of Drinkwater before he signed, it was quite clear he was level blow a top tier side. From a physical and technical standpoint. It is amazing he is actually worse than the very little I thought of him. I am honestly surprised reading the early pages where people rated him. I stand by it he is the worst signing ever, because he had so little potential. 

i hated virtually every Conte signing for the exception of Rudigar.

Edited July 22, 2021 by Clockwork

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

1 hour ago, Tomo said:

I understood the idea of signing him in isolation. Proven partnership with Kante, was very good at sharp balls over the top on the counter attack and compatible with the type of system Conte played. The Drinkwater of 15/16 would have probably been a regular starter and was very much an upgrade of 2015 onwards Matic.

The part that was inexcusable was the wage, surely he would have accepted something along the 60-80k line and if he didn't that should have been a red flag straight away.

 

9 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

Absolutely not, I watched a few games of Drinkwater before he signed, it was quite clear he was level blow a top tier side. From a physical and technical standpoint. It is amazing he is actually worse than the very little I thought of him. I am honestly surprised reading the early pages where people rated him. I stand by it he is the worst signing ever, because he had so little potential. 

i hated virtually every Conte signing for the exception of Rudigar.

I have to go with Tomo 100% here. Have been saying the same for ages. I watched almost all of Leicesters 's 2015/16 games and Drinkwater did not look out of his depth at all next to Kante. He was the more progressive ball playing option and his quick collection and redirection of the ball was key to their fast-paced counter-attacking football. I also watched him in their CL matches the season thereafter and he was consistent throughout, esp vs Sevilla in R16. Honestly, based on his championship season, i would have tipped him for a starting spot in england xi. Back then he was in good athletic shape, above average pace and strength, decent technique and quick footballing brain. Apparently, he was completely thrown out of his path the moment we signed him. Matic on the othe rhand was absolutely useless for mos tof his time here apart from second half of 2014 and 2016 and I had regarded drinkwater as an upgrade as well at that point. maybe the needlessly bombastic wages indeed sapped Drinkwaters motivation.

[Tomo 21,751]

20 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

Absolutely not, I watched a few games of Drinkwater before he signed, it was quite clear he was level blow a top tier side. From a physical and technical standpoint. It is amazing he is actually worse than the very little I thought of him. I am honestly surprised reading the early pages where people rated him. I stand by it he is the worst signing ever, because he had so little potential. 

i hated virtually every Conte signing for the exception of Rudigar.

When I said regular starter I meant in the context of Conte's system, even if he was successful he'd have probably still been dropped under Sarri with his technical demands.

[NikkiCFC 8,287]

In a couple of days lost to 6th division team and another 0:7 loss. 

Edited January 12, 2022 by NikkiCFC

[Milan 17,955]

[nyikolajevics 2,690]

1 hour ago, Milan said:

This statement is surprisingly honest, not just usial media communication stuff. Kudos to him for that.

[robsblubot 3,595]

On 26/05/2022 at 11:42, nyikolajevics said:

This statement is surprisingly honest, not just usial media communication stuff. Kudos to him for that.

Indeed. It was one of the club's biggest blunders.

Assessing player's fitness is the most important aspects in the signing process. They should have investigated to find out whether he was an athlete or not--clearly not. That's the least that I expect at this level.

Edited May 28, 2022 by robsblubot

[Vesper 30,096]

Danny Drinkwater eyes Leicester return despite 'snake' label - along with Saudi switch

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/danny-drinkwater-leicester-transfers-saudi-30368290?int_source=nba