Mixed views by Derby fans on Morgan Whittaker -
“whether anyone thinks he’s good or not the one thing that stood out for me was his lack of desire and work rate and remember when we were under the cosh he was far too easy to beat ...good luck to the lad but a long way to go for him and not sure he’ll make it”
“Doesn't have the right mentality to reach the top. Correct decision to sell imo”
“Don't understand the hatred towards Whittaker. He's hardly been given a proper chance. Out of his 25 games for Derby, he's started 2 times and played the equivalent of 5.5 games. 1 goal and 1 assist in that time. Is this really a fair chance? Difficult to continue influencing games when you come on for 5/10 minutes every time you play. Looked decent in his cameo vs Norwich and just unlucky vs Stoke. We could massively regret this because there's certainly a player there, as anyone who's watched the academy has seen”
“It’s not hatred. That’s a strong word. It’s just a number of us don’t believe he has what it takes to become a top class footballer”
“Bit disappointed in this tbh, seemed like he has a lot of potential for growth and could ironically be exactly what we need in terms of attacking threat and goals if he had a run of games and time to build some confidence. Hope I’m wrong but I think we might look back at 700k for him as horrible business”
“The thing is, a lot of young players have been used these past 2 seasons and Whittaker hasnt grabbed his chance the same way the others have. The reason he hasnt had more playing time is because he hasnt shown enough to deserve it, if he had he would have played”