Signed till end of the season…21 year old right back from Derby played 22 games for Rochdale this season.
That’s yer lot.

Went right through Manchester City's Academy from being a kid, released at 19

Gotta be pleased with that.

A Dale fans views of Kwaku....

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/ ... ty-8838115

Sounds more like Dale ‘fan’…it’s in the singular.

He was on a season long loan at Rochdale.You wonder why he went back to Derby. Not criticizing, just curious as to why he went back to Derby.

Just had a look on the Rochdale forum and he was on a season long loan before Rochdale cancelled the agreement although it was probably due to financial reasons. Some think he was not quite upto the job others have no problem with him leaving but nobody slagged him off. They have another three right backs at the club of which two are just coming back from injuries and that probably also played a part in him leaving. It would appear he was bang average in his time at dale but he is young and still learning his trade so the move to pools will give him another chance to show his abilities. We all know certain players play better at different clubs and for different managers and seem to fit in better at one club over another. In KB I totally trust and one thing for sure he certainly gets the best out of players. I hope his experience at Dale in this league will help him settle in quickly and become a good player at Pools.

Good informative post. Cheers

I’d imagine playing at Rochdale has been a funny old experience for a youngster with all the financial troubles going on in the background, bit like a disco in a funeral parlour, the laughs will have been few and far between.
Like Leggie says, there’s lots of factors to take into account.

All we can do is judge him in a Pools shirt.
Probably been told do the business n ya will be the 1st summer signing.
Is the lad from Scarborough still under contract for next season!?

Yet again lets judge him for ourselves. Unless rochdale fans have changed over the years they are the last club i,d take notice of in how they view a player.

Yes, Burton is under contract till summer 2025. He's only 20 so he might get more chances next season. Would do him good to go out on loan again for the remainder of this one.

still feel the lad has something to offer. always feel a little sorry for the lad running up and down the pitch at the vic before games and not getting a look in. never looks that happy either when you see him walking down the tunnel.

Don,t trust a CB that looks happy,

bet there,s been a few smiling assasins about in the past though especially after an opponent has eaten mud.

problem is we have been spoilt with decent RBs the last few years.

Oh how we all hope for another Jamie Sterry to walk through the door.

Its these kind of consistent very good players you need at this level and the next.

If we can get another GK and RWB sorted early in the summer - plus what looks to be an almost new midfield aswell then its a perfect start for me.

He didnt do out wrong on saturday for me, but again just another young lad learning his trade whom we will all forget come the summer.

The biggest mystery is why Stephenson wasn't playing ahead of him.

Probably a part of the loan deal he has to play but seems odd we developing a player for another club, likely they will release him I suppose. Might as well give Stephenson a go and stop saying he is too young to play games.

The lad did nothing wrong but at the same time didn't really do anything, didn't try and run past anyone so never got far enough up front to cross a ball.

Stephenson at least shows energy and the learning from his first effort as right winger when he looked lost to the second when he seemed to know what to do. Odd really how we play the younger players in the team, Burton has gone AWOL apart from the odd bench warming, another showing a bit pace and willingness to get forward. Fair enough his defence wasn't great at Altrincham and Bromley but now with decent centre halves he might learn with a few games in the team, unlikely now Lacey has returned though.

KP was talking about the business end of the season and the need for the loan players, from that I assume he was thinking we still have a chance of making the play offs. I doubt he'll change that thought until its mathematically impossible, I'd imagine that that'll be when he gives some of the fringe players a few games.

I'd rather Stephenson got the game time, on Saturdays showing the young lad looked lost, kept getting attracted to the ball and leaving space in behind. Stephenson looks stronger and quicker than him, give him the experience that could benefit him next season.

Totally agree Richy

Maybe KP does not want to over play Stephenson given he is a youngster and not used to the week in week out rigours of the professional game. Just a thought.

Or the new lad is on the radar for a permanent move and the manager wants a good look at him.

i, have said that if he had started 4 or 5 games on the bounce and started to look a bit ragged like he did before askey dropped him. praises him one week then drops him for a player just arrived at the club.

see this is where having a mens Reserve team playing in the ressy league is an absolute god send for teams like us down here.

Always remember going to watch John Bass in the ressys away to someone like Whitby and he had a great game - next minute he was in the first team and never left it. Its that mans football a fringe player like him and Burton need. The manager gets chance to see them play and earn their place. Too easy in training to look good or not look good for that matter but turn it on for 90 mins on match day. Some of the best players where always the worst trainers and thats a fact !

totally true and there is too much taken nowadays on how players actually train. some players need more motivation to turn it on that training sessions ever allow. heard the term TGI recently from somewhere. stands for training ground internationals.

Not even in the squad today Grey unwell but Mancini on the bench.

Jameson in goal instead of Dixon. Lacey playing full back or is it a formation change?

or just another loan player that we do not like the look of. i might be hoping for a miracle but i see cass has been replaced whilst on loan at stockport for a 32 year old non contract player. vale do not want him, he hasn,t come off on loan but there isstill a home with us where he can get his career back on track if we have the money that is.

Id have Cass back - he will be even better now too.

i dont understand why its took us more than half a season to still not replace Dodds. The lad from Doncaster started well but go knows what happened to him. We then thankfully moved Hendrie across but before Parkes an Waterfall it was a disaster and hence why we lost so many games and JA got sacked. This kid from Derby is okay to have on the bench. We absolutely next season have to get that final bit of the puzzle for the back 4 sorted along with a very good and capable GK. Dixon is not the answer ! even KP starting to see that! Get a really good wing back like Sterry and we will have one of the better back 4s in the league for me. If that can be protected by a really good CDM and Mancini can get through a season we should be looking at Promotion for me!

saturday must be one of the few times this season i,d either wish dixon wasn,t playing or wished he was. its getting into a distant memory scene for the last time i rated a pools keeper and i,d guess i,m not on my own in this.

Yep i think it was Carson was it ? our truly last really good GK ?

The kid on loan last season was very good

It's been our most frustrating position to fill over last 10 years or so other than Carson. Cloughie always said you won't win football matches without a quality keeper but we seem to struggle to find any. If we are to do well next season it's massively important we get a quality experienced keeper. If it means paying him a good wage it's well worth it in my opinion for the right man. If we keep ManiD and get such a keeper we will be in a very strong position to do well.

You can't guarantee anything with any player, when Dixon signed I thought great, played about 300 matches in national league and football league, was at a big club in Bolton yet he's been a massive disappointment.

Spot on Richy you can't guarantee anything but we surely have to try hard to get the right one this time. As for Dixon I knew he was crap because my mate in Bolton told me about him when he was there. But it does make you wonder what sort of homework these advisors do before recommending players to clubs. A very simple look at the Bolton forum would have given them all the information needed to make a decision. I also believe he was no world beater at Barrow but had an excellent defence in front of him.

Definitely need to get that position sorted in the summer, I'd rather a keeper who's a bit taller and more dominant. I did read a lot of the comments from Bolton fans but gave him the benefit of the doubt as that was league 1.

The lad from Chester is getting all the applause. Again a gamble but its worth our man Monks going and watching him with someone to get a good gauge on him - its whats missing from the game now. Albeit Dodds was actually scouted by Curle i heard.

Thing is with GKs there is always good ones not getting their games and even 3rd choice keepers better than what we have just warming some championship clubs bench. Ideally we need a strong loanee like Stol or get shot of Dixon and sign and pay money for a quality L2/L1 keeper.

Bolton fans rinsed Dixon many a times - i know a lad who came through the academy with him same age and said he wasnt the best GK about then and he was shocked he made it into the pro mens game.

actually thought he was barrows weak point and doubt he,d have gone to bolton anyway if their manager had been anyone else but his old narrow one. know there is a more scientific approach to signing players than there used to be as if you watch them you can get lucky and see them in the games they do well in.

Very true Accy. Just look at that outstanding display by Killip on that televised game at Stockport.

I suppose its the age old thing isnt it - if they could do that week in week out they would not be plying their trade in the doldrums of the footballing world ! Consistency is what gets a bang average player his minutes in the prem league week in week out !
Forgot about that unreal game he last played in - what a game it was for all too - Feaths even performed like a young Xavi !

True Eiphos

Had a look on the Stockport forum, they don't rate Cass.

hope nobody else rate him as there is still a home at the vic for him. cass with dodds in front of him could be the dream team on the right next season.

Don't rate Cass, shows how some moves work and others don't - same player different environment.
Having said that I would have expected Cass to be playing at least Div 1 by now.

he was at port vale but has suffered a few injuries in his time there plus their fans do not rate him either so ended up dropping a division on loan.if his contract is up he,s the type who,ll get a free at the end of the season and might be another who will be happier playing closer to home again.

Either that or he'll go to whoever will pay him the most which is unlikely to be Pools.

even if i wasn,t a pools supporter i,d have to be paid a hell of a lot more to play in the league for colchester than i would for pools in the NL. nothing against colchester but just using them as an example. doubt there are many if any of our current squad apart from loanees who had other options apart from pools when we signed them.

Wonder if this kid gets another chance tomorrow or Stephenson comes back into contention. ???

I thought Cass was brilliant for pools, I'd definitely have him back!

Same here.