Chesterfield's 'easy does it' approach with promising Chelsea player

The midfielder showed a full repertoire of his skills and tricks in last week’s EFL Trophy win over Manchester City U21s and was by far and away the Man of the Match.

Dyer was back on the bench for Saturday’s League Two scrap with York City and given 20 minutes in tandem with Cook’s wish to expose him gradually to the rigours of men’s football.

Chesterfield have been trusted with his careful development during their season-long loan agreement and the manager intends doing what is best for player and the club.

“For Kiano, it is very much a learning experience,” said Cook.

"We are talking about a young man who has touched the fringes of Chelsea’s first team, so you know the calibre of player you are getting.

"He has come into a different world now. You drive into Cobham of a morning of drive into Chesterfield’s car park, they are different worlds, different dressing rooms.

"We have all got to make sure that we stay and nice calm with Kiano. He is a really good young man. He conducts himself really well and he is settling in brilliant.

"What I don’t want is for it to race away from him. He is involved in a dressing room now that he is very much a part of and as time progresses we will see more and more of him because he is clearly a very talented young man. But when it comes to us, he has to roll like everyone else and do everything like everyone else and that’s what he’s doing."

Dyer has spent five years in and around a Premier League environment at Chelsea.

He’s tasted a bit of European football with them in the Europa League and he has been good enough to win England youth honours. But barring a handful of games in Holland with FC Volendam last season, his senior experience is thin.

The same goes for Chesterfield’s other raw summer recruits like Rafiq Lamptey, Danny Anisjko and, to a slightly lesser extent, Junior Eccleston and Alfie Pond.

While the hunt for league points is being led by established seniors at the moment, the more the young back-ups like Dyer and Co push their claims for game time, the better for the manager.

"As we saw against Manchester City and against Oldham when he came on, Kiano is so calm on the ball. He has such good attributes,” added Cook.

"The Man City game only reinforced what we all know about him. Now we have got to sort of guide that into the team model and how he is going to be in our team and how he can help us get where we want to be.

"I am sure that going forward both him as well as Raff, Pondy, Junior and young Danny – all those lads who did well against Man City – will all be pushing that little bit nearer and nearer to getting that time on the pitch that they crave and also our supporters want to see.

"It will happen very soon, that’s for sure.”