Derby County striker Conor Sammon is in search for a consistent streak
NIGEL Clough says Derby County £1.2m striker Conor Sammon is still searching for some consistency.
Sammon has scored only twice in 16 appearances since his move from Wigan Athletic and he has been substituted in his last three games.
He was replaced by Theo Robinson after 74 minutes of Saturday's 3-0 defeat by table-toppers Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
Sammon's performance in the victory at Ipswich last month was described as "outstanding" by Clough and the 26-year-old was also a handful in the home wins against Blackpool and Barnsley.
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But he had off-days against Blackburn Rovers and Millwall and a quiet afternoon at Palace.
Clough remains full of praise for Sammon's effort.
"In Conor's defence, it is the first time he has played regular first-team football in 18 months and so you are going to get that inconsistency," said Clough.
"The ball is bouncing off him a bit too much at the moment but there is no lack of effort from him.
"I thought he competed well in the air against Palace. He won a few flicks, which Craig Bryson did not quite get on the end of."
Sammon has started all but one of the last 16 games.
Comments
by Tadley-Rams
Friday, November 23 2012, 10:08PM
“Stimac be careful, Pete wont think you are being objective!!!!
Up the Rams , beat the brummies , hammer Cardiff, go to Leicester- go behind, then our Messiah Clough makes a couple of bold changes and we storm back to win, then we sit just in the playoffs. Keep dreaming....................................”
by stimacisgod
Friday, November 23 2012, 8:50PM
“look lads theres petederby1, ibelieve and maybe paul72 left that want to have cloughs babys
even derwentx has had enough
clough out, GSE out and a new start please
SAMMON IS F****** useless, anyone that defends him has not got a f****** clue about football
UP THE RAMS”
by paul72
Friday, November 23 2012, 7:43PM
“Buxton as had several bad games and several good ones the burnley game comes to mind where buxton cost us game the point is if we had shackell in team rather than buxton we would have a stronger defence buxton isnt good enough a 5 out of 10 championship player lacks pace and height! sammon is a shocking signing both theo and tyson are better”
by ibelieveido
Friday, November 23 2012, 4:21PM
“Bucko has been a revelation when you consider how
far he has come in recent years,he has had ONE bad game
and such as you are on his back.
Hulse i repeat is NOT the same player he was,Sammon will
prove how much better he is over the next season or two.
Shackell had to go, and funded the purchase of Keogh, so where's
the argument ,shackell is not enjoying his football at burnley so
they say so perhaps we could bring him back oneday soon.”
by Tadley-Rams
Thursday, November 22 2012, 7:58PM
“Pete - so I would be objective if I agreed with you,!! I wanted Clough to be our manager and would have loved him to be a success. The Crawley game did it for me, he said after that his team would not be embarrassed like that again, virtually every cup game since we have been an embarrassment. I take it you didn't go too palace ? we were pathetic at best, by now surely you would like to think we could play to a system that gets us points. I just say it how I see it, you can flower it up as much as you want, we are the same as last season, the season before that. You never acknowledge this point but Clough said with the striker he was looking for(sammon) we should be top 6, we are miles off the top six, we have games where we don't even have a shot on goal, this is just not acceptable.”
by Tadley-Rams
Thursday, November 22 2012, 7:46PM
“Just for you Pete, as you like to make comments about how people you know in the game think Clough is going a great job, I spoke to Tony Cottee after the Blackburn bore draw, he said he couldn't believe a home team would be so negative at home in the championship.”
by paul72
Thursday, November 22 2012, 5:09PM
“Im not bothered if KEOGH is better than SHACKELL what im saying is shackell should be playing alongside keogh buxton as been found wanting in a few games he lacks pace and struggles in the air ! hulse at 32yrs is still better than sammon hulse got us 12 goals a season when he played for us. sammon is poor im sorry to say reminds me of mikel beck”
by ibelieveido
Thursday, November 22 2012, 3:58PM
“Hmmmmmm...Hulse is past his sell by date i'm afraid.
To say Bucko and O'Connor have cost us alot of goals is
simply not true,saved alot from going in more like.
Keogh is a BETTER player then Shackell and was an excellent
buy.
Both Burnley and B.City are struggling,says it all really eh.”
by paul72
Thursday, November 22 2012, 1:18PM
“Im a clough fan but sammon is a bad signing when you are paying 1.2million you expect a 1 goal in 3 games ratio i also think is overall play is poor he isnt great in the air . we should of signed wood from WBA or got Hulse back on loan and used the 1.2million on a CB and leftback.I think this season tyson and theo are both better most of nigels signings have been good but sammon is a shocker! buxton and oconnor have both cost us alot of goals this season i still say if we still had shackell and davies we would be in top 6 though.”
by PeteDerby1
Thursday, November 22 2012, 11:53AM
“Just heard that the current bun ran a readers poll on whether Di Matteo should have been sacked. The fact that 25% of Chelsea fans thought he should just shows the mentality of SOME fans.
I reckon about the same percentage of our fans are of a similar disposition. Nowt so queer as folk, eh?”