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  1. Any one know of any players north of the border, untapped resource I’ve heard…
  2. I noticed Keilen Robinson started for the England U19s yesterday - usually League One sides would be clamouring for England U19 players on loan, yet this kid has barely been mentioned. I didn't even realise we had anyone in the Eng U19 set up.
  3. Peterborough in second with 89 points. Derby in third with 88 points and Bolton in fourth with 87 points. Derby knocked out in the playoff semi finals to eventual winners Lincoln City.
  4. Davis was playing against Torres, Anelka, Rooney, etc. Bradley is playing against Sam Hoskins, Ethan Chislett, Kane Hemings, etc. It’s fair to say that Bradley hasn’t had as good of a career as ‘Clod’ who was just completely out of his depth, playing in a terrible team against elite strikers most weeks.
  5. Clowes actually seems to acknowledge this is a loss-making industry, otherwise his best chance to make Derby sustainable would be to scrap the academy all together and continue signing players in free agency for the foreseeable. We know our first team staff cost £7.4m in 22/23, but overall wages were £17m. I believe has been increased to between £9-10m for first team costs so will be roughly running, as a club, similar wages to Preston. Albeit, they aren’t footing the cost of a Category One academy. The fact Clowes is happy to fund the academy isn’t a vanity project, he seems to acknowledge that it’s a risk/reward investment and is happy to foot the cost. Investment in the first team works in the same way, if you get it right.
  6. Agreed, but it will still be competitive against the non-parachute clubs I would wager. We spend £17m as a club on wages now: Bristol City are at £26m, Cardiff City £22m, Blackburn £24m, Hull City £23m, Preston £20m, Middlesbrough £29m, Swansea £26m, QPR £22m, Stoke £28m.
  7. At the same time, I’m not employed by the club in a full time role to vet players before they’re signed on million pound deals. I have access to the website, look at a players CV and make a judgment. Up until this season, to my knowledge, I had never seen Bradley play a 90 minute game. I’d hope there was more to it than that for actual decision-makers of the club.
  8. This the sort of ‘right character’ Warne insisted we needed at the club. A marquee summer signing that’s struggled to hold down a place, been more detrimental than positive when he has played and is in all likelihood probably the highest paid defender in the league. A true leader knowing we’re down to our last three centre backs, in a huge promotion run-in, slaps his daft head on another player because of his own inadequacies. Any chance we can get out from under his contract his summer needs to be explored.
  9. There absolutely is and with Nelson and Cashin we have an opportunity to keep it nil in any game, at this level, but without NML we lose a lot going forward. CBT has an opportunity. I just hated what I saw from Derby yesterday, as I said in the matchday chat, the first 30mins was like a bad Sunday league game. Mansfield and Colchester were on Sky before our game started and it was night and day between what both Northampton and Derby produced. My problem under Warne is that there has never been any control to what we’re doing. It’s all forced, erratic football. He made the point that the championship is easier to manage in because it’s all coached, League One throws up different challenges. My opinion would be to at least try and offer some controlled possession to our play and not always play the percentages.
  10. If it was me, I’d try and get Dej back from his loan and start him in this game. He comes in with a bit of form, energy and excitement then it may rub off on others - god knows the other strikers available to us aren’t going to do that. Wildsmith Nelson Cashin Elder Ward Smith Adams Thompson Sibley Brown CBT
  11. Blackpool will come and pass us off the park, my only hope is that we can pack the defence, midfield and hope for a lucky 1-0 win. My expectation is that this will lead to a significant home loss that will turn 30,000 supporters into executioners.
  12. I was able to jump on the betfair exchange and lay (bet against) Derby getting promoted £133 returns £240 profit. I bet against Derby every game anyway, but I lost £80 on the Bolton game alone so this just seems like a more stable way of monetising my depression.
  13. I doubt we would, there’d be no reason to spend £6-8m on a category one academy if the plan was to short change the first team.
  14. He’s dropped off massively since the start of the season, think he’s come to terms with retirement at the end of the season but also lost his hunger for the game. He’s going through the motions. I can’t blame him, honestly I’d imagine 95% of players in the same boat would do the same, but Warne needs to leave him out for the good of the team.
  15. At least Davis was up against the likes of Anelka and Torres. Bradley is up against.. Sam Hoskins.
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