Nottingham Forest fans have been left unconvinced whether Lee Buchanan would be a good addition to their squad.
The 20-year-old defender has been sidelined since late November with an injury but he made his return in the East Midlands derby defeat to Forest on Saturday afternoon.
He completed the full 90 minutes at the City Ground but Brennan Johnson's movement and pace left him beaten on multiple occasions.
Buchanan managed a pass success rate of just 63% with just 12 complete passes; only Colin Kazim-Richards (9), Ravel Morrison (9), Luke Plange (5) and Festy Ebosele (3) had fewer.
That is perhaps expected given he has missed Derby's last nine matches in all competitions, but Forest fans seem to be less accepting of that and think the options they already have - Djed Spence and Max Lowe - are much better.
Here is what some Forest fans said about the young defender's performance...
@dj_zotov: Not sure what our interest in Buchanan was all about earlier in the season on today's evidence? Derby should have accepted our offer in their financial predicament... although Cooper would almost certainly get him performing at a quality club & environment I suppose...
@ThornStinger: Two things from today: we finally have a team with edge and who get under the skin of opponent’s and I love it; I don’t want Buchanan anywhere near my team.
@scrabble1991: Not interested in us signing Buchanan based on what I saw today. Lowe much better.
@jshanghai2002: Anyone else think they can keep Buchanan.
@craigharrison20: Tell you what Buchanan looked bang average today. Maybe dodged a bullet there. Then again he was Djed Spenced.
@KyleKirkland92: Tell you what - they can keep Buchanan! If that goes through Cooper needs to work his magic…
@BrummieTricky: not sure what’s worse, the fact we offered 2.25m for Buchanan or that Derby rejected it.
@DS215uk: Not impressed with Buchanan at all.
@NFFCRed: Forget Buchanan no way worth £2m!!! Permanent deal for Lowe first game back since his injury different class been brilliant all season!!!!!
@Scott_PMLD: Got to be honest… can’t say I see the hype in Buchanan based on today's performance.
