| JD to Chesterfield 14:21 - Jan 7 with 2925 views | NthQldITFC |
At only 31, if JD can stay fit Chesterfield are getting one helluva player.
He was absolutely flamin' superb in that 21-22 season, and the partnership with Burns (including the handshake/bow celebration) was an absolute joy to behold.
I wish all of our departing players all the very best, but there's something special about JD and his story here which makes me especially keen that this move works our brilliantly for him. |  |
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| JD to Chesterfield on 14:23 - Jan 7 with 2892 views | mo_itfc |
Really feel for the guy, because on his day I'd say he's a better RB than Harry Clarke!
Definitely one of the town ex-players I'll keep an eye on. |  |
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| JD to Chesterfield on 14:27 - Jan 7 with 2862 views | Steve_M |
I love JD for what he did here, and how much he had to get through just to achieve that, but I think he would have got shown up in the Championship a bit had he not been injured at the start of last season. He wasn't good enough on the ball to play as we wanted to at that level. |  |
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| JD to Chesterfield on 14:28 - Jan 7 with 2848 views | CrayonKing |
Glad he's finally got a club. Just hope he's over his injury problems. He comes across as such a lovely guy.
My son still has a selfie with him as his lock screen! |  | | |
| JD to Chesterfield on 14:34 - Jan 7 with 2802 views | JakeITFC |
Not his fault of course, but I do wonder if him moving on is the true end of the banter era. Arguably the most ridiculous saga for a signing that we ever had.
Going to write it out here just because I've been looking into it again and it's funny:
July 2018: sign Donacien from Accrington, but can't do it permanently because he doesn't have the correct UK work permit (despite living the UK since age 8 and playing for five English clubs before us).
October 2018: Hire Paul Lambert who has some weird bee in his bonnet about Donacien from when he managed him as a young player years before at Aston Villa.
January 3rd 2019: Ipswich make permanent signing of Donacien for £750,000, despite him not being part of the manager's plans. Accrington, having committed to build a new stand with the money from the Kayden Jackson sale earlier in that season, are said to be looking to build a new set of changing rooms with the Donacien fee.
January 5th 2019: Accrington 1-0 Ipswich in the FA Cup third round. Ipswich continue an FA Cup losing streak of 9 seasons.
January 18th 2019: Janoi Donacien joins Accrington on loan (presumably surprised by the nice new surroundings) and promptly makes his debut in the FA Cup 4th round. [Post edited 7 Jan 14:43]
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| JD to Chesterfield on 14:37 - Jan 7 with 2752 views | Westover |
I hope he gets back to his best and stays fit and enjoys his football,a good servant for Town wish him well. | | | |
| JD to Chesterfield on 14:43 - Jan 7 with 2682 views | Kieran_Knows |
| JD to Chesterfield on 14:34 - Jan 7 by JakeITFC |
Not his fault of course, but I do wonder if him moving on is the true end of the banter era. Arguably the most ridiculous saga for a signing that we ever had.
Going to write it out here just because I've been looking into it again and it's funny:
July 2018: sign Donacien from Accrington, but can't do it permanently because he doesn't have the correct UK work permit (despite living the UK since age 8 and playing for five English clubs before us).
October 2018: Hire Paul Lambert who has some weird bee in his bonnet about Donacien from when he managed him as a young player years before at Aston Villa.
January 3rd 2019: Ipswich make permanent signing of Donacien for £750,000, despite him not being part of the manager's plans. Accrington, having committed to build a new stand with the money from the Kayden Jackson sale earlier in that season, are said to be looking to build a new set of changing rooms with the Donacien fee.
January 5th 2019: Accrington 1-0 Ipswich in the FA Cup third round. Ipswich continue an FA Cup losing streak of 9 seasons.
January 18th 2019: Janoi Donacien joins Accrington on loan (presumably surprised by the nice new surroundings) and promptly makes his debut in the FA Cup 4th round. [Post edited 7 Jan 14:43]
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TWTD! |  |
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| JD to Chesterfield on 14:52 - Jan 7 with 2615 views | Ryorry |
Spot on, you echo my thoughts.
He was always one of my fav players; wishing him all the very, very best for the future 👍 |  |
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| JD to Chesterfield on 15:08 - Jan 7 with 2521 views | Reuser_is_God |
| JD to Chesterfield on 14:34 - Jan 7 by JakeITFC |
Not his fault of course, but I do wonder if him moving on is the true end of the banter era. Arguably the most ridiculous saga for a signing that we ever had.
Going to write it out here just because I've been looking into it again and it's funny:
July 2018: sign Donacien from Accrington, but can't do it permanently because he doesn't have the correct UK work permit (despite living the UK since age 8 and playing for five English clubs before us).
October 2018: Hire Paul Lambert who has some weird bee in his bonnet about Donacien from when he managed him as a young player years before at Aston Villa.
January 3rd 2019: Ipswich make permanent signing of Donacien for £750,000, despite him not being part of the manager's plans. Accrington, having committed to build a new stand with the money from the Kayden Jackson sale earlier in that season, are said to be looking to build a new set of changing rooms with the Donacien fee.
January 5th 2019: Accrington 1-0 Ipswich in the FA Cup third round. Ipswich continue an FA Cup losing streak of 9 seasons.
January 18th 2019: Janoi Donacien joins Accrington on loan (presumably surprised by the nice new surroundings) and promptly makes his debut in the FA Cup 4th round. [Post edited 7 Jan 14:43]
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That’s a mad 6 months isn’t it.
The work permit thing still baffles me. |  |
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| JD to Chesterfield on 15:14 - Jan 7 with 2484 views | Steve_M |
| JD to Chesterfield on 14:34 - Jan 7 by JakeITFC |
Not his fault of course, but I do wonder if him moving on is the true end of the banter era. Arguably the most ridiculous saga for a signing that we ever had.
Going to write it out here just because I've been looking into it again and it's funny:
July 2018: sign Donacien from Accrington, but can't do it permanently because he doesn't have the correct UK work permit (despite living the UK since age 8 and playing for five English clubs before us).
October 2018: Hire Paul Lambert who has some weird bee in his bonnet about Donacien from when he managed him as a young player years before at Aston Villa.
January 3rd 2019: Ipswich make permanent signing of Donacien for £750,000, despite him not being part of the manager's plans. Accrington, having committed to build a new stand with the money from the Kayden Jackson sale earlier in that season, are said to be looking to build a new set of changing rooms with the Donacien fee.
January 5th 2019: Accrington 1-0 Ipswich in the FA Cup third round. Ipswich continue an FA Cup losing streak of 9 seasons.
January 18th 2019: Janoi Donacien joins Accrington on loan (presumably surprised by the nice new surroundings) and promptly makes his debut in the FA Cup 4th round. [Post edited 7 Jan 14:43]
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You missed one thing on that loan back to Accrington in that he ended up playing in some ridiculously low grade match - Lancashire Cup maybe - which I think was available to watch on Youtube one weekday afternoon. | |
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| JD to Chesterfield on 15:16 - Jan 7 with 2456 views | Reuser_is_God |
| JD to Chesterfield on 14:27 - Jan 7 by Steve_M |
I love JD for what he did here, and how much he had to get through just to achieve that, but I think he would have got shown up in the Championship a bit had he not been injured at the start of last season. He wasn't good enough on the ball to play as we wanted to at that level. |
Also look at how rampant we were in the second half of that league 1 campaign when Harry Clarke came in in the January. | |
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| JD to Chesterfield on 15:22 - Jan 7 with 2420 views | J2BLUE |
Brilliant servant to the club. Saying goodbye to favourites is hard isn't it?  The price of success.
Good luck JD. Congrats Chesterfield fans, a bit part of the jigsaw. Surprised he is going to league two. |  |
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| JD to Chesterfield on 15:28 - Jan 7 with 2375 views | NedPlimpton |
Gutted he never managed to get a goal for us
Would have been absolute scenes! |  | | |
| JD to Chesterfield on 15:47 - Jan 7 with 2285 views | textbackup |
Under KM I don’t think he was ever beaten when someone went one on one with him… apart from maybe QPR away. Excellent L1 full back. |  |
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| JD to Chesterfield on 15:51 - Jan 7 with 2232 views | Swailsey |
Nooooo, say it ain’t so. Was holding out hope for a cheeky end of season extension for nostalgia.
Loved the bloke - much better going forward than expected - lots of assists and some great link-up play with Burns and Celina.
Will be very much missed by me. Glad he got a couple of medals with us. [Post edited 7 Jan 15:52]
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| JD to Chesterfield on 15:55 - Jan 7 with 2195 views | Zx1988 |
| JD to Chesterfield on 15:22 - Jan 7 by J2BLUE |
Brilliant servant to the club. Saying goodbye to favourites is hard isn't it? The price of success.
Good luck JD. Congrats Chesterfield fans, a bit part of the jigsaw. Surprised he is going to league two. |
Maybe a case of the Paul Cook connection (see also Morsy and Chaplin) being a stronger draw than playing at, say, L1 level?
PC managed to get some of his best football out of him at times, so perhaps he sees him as the ideal manager to get him back to his best? | |
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| JD to Chesterfield on 19:10 - Jan 7 with 1790 views | Phantasm |
| JD to Chesterfield on 15:22 - Jan 7 by J2BLUE |
Brilliant servant to the club. Saying goodbye to favourites is hard isn't it? The price of success.
Good luck JD. Congrats Chesterfield fans, a bit part of the jigsaw. Surprised he is going to league two. |
I hope the club do a proper send-off when it's all confirmed. None of this "wish him well" - no doubt there's enough footage of him in the media library they should be able to do at least a 30s vid I've have thought. | | | |
| JD to Chesterfield on 19:43 - Jan 7 with 1660 views | Garv |
As much as we now have better defenders in the building, he's one of the best one-on-one defenders I've seen in a Town shirt.
Must give him a good send off. Maybe a song or two on Sunday, albeit he probably won't be there. |  |
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| JD to Chesterfield on 22:31 - Jan 7 with 1424 views | Bad_Boy_Mark |
| JD to Chesterfield on 19:10 - Jan 7 by Phantasm |
I hope the club do a proper send-off when it's all confirmed. None of this "wish him well" - no doubt there's enough footage of him in the media library they should be able to do at least a 30s vid I've have thought. |
30 seconds? 30 minutes more like |  | | |
| JD to Chesterfield on 01:22 - Jan 8 with 1249 views | vinceg |
| JD to Chesterfield on 19:10 - Jan 7 by Phantasm |
I hope the club do a proper send-off when it's all confirmed. None of this "wish him well" - no doubt there's enough footage of him in the media library they should be able to do at least a 30s vid I've have thought. |
Hope we get Chesterfield in a Cup some time and can give him a proper thank you. Another of the gang that started our journey that we must not forget. |  | | |
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