JakeDCFC

4 minutes ago, TomTom92 said:

Do you think Warne’s comment about players being a big fish in a small pond was related to Alfie May? 
 
Thought it was an interesting point that PW is looking for players who in his mind can handle 25,000 fans and the expectations they have.

Whether it was direct or indirect it does technically apply to Alfie so I would say possibly, but I'd have to assume he was just referring to the expectations here being much larger as we undoubtedly are one of the biggest clubs in League One if not the biggest to be honest.  

59 minutes ago, Rev said:

It's hardly crept into this thread. 

It's turned up mob handed, kicked the door down and is now dancing in the kitchen drinking the wifes Baileys.

I was scrolling through and all of a sudden I see Boris Johnson being mentioned. Was trying to figure out how the topic even got brought up in a thread about Paul Warne 😭

52 minutes ago, BobdeBilder said:

Always loved the early 70's shirts, particularly the Charity Shield version. No sponsor and just the blue collar and ram with the date and Charity Shield around it. Less is more.

It really can be, if a shirt is going to be busy or stray from the norm it has to be really well done for it to be a hit imo. A lot easier to go with a simpler cleaner look for good results.

2 minutes ago, loweman2 said:

For some reason the book is on special offer in the US on Amazon $5 @JakeDCFC
https://www.amazon.com/Colours-Rams-colours-County-Football/dp/1727616618/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2DM28SMS0ZE3B&keywords=Colours+of+the+rams&qid=1686957414&sprefix=colours+of+the+rams%2Caps%2C178&sr=8-1

Can't beat that price, just purchased it, says it'll be here by monday!

1 hour ago, BuckoBeast said:

So of the guesses so far, any of them get you excited? 

Not super excited but the idea of Dabo would be really nice I feel 

1 hour ago, Gritstone Ram said:

Expectations are different at other clubs.

I understand that but it's just funny to me to see fans going mental over not spending like Chelsea did last season haha

26 minutes ago, DCFC1388 said:

So Warne says potentially 5 in before preseason starts so that is 5 within the next week.

So lets guess the 5!

My predictions are, in no particular order...

1. Josh Vickers

2. Sonny Bradley

3. Aden Flint

4. Darnell Fisher

5. Sam Smith

Really difficult as we haven't been given a lot to go off of haha but I'm thinking Sam Smith and Knibbs might be safe and hopefully we can get someone like Josh Key 

A minute in, and I already feel better about possible signings lol, unfortunate that he could not talk any more about it but time to just sit back and let the news come in when it comes in instead of worrying.

What do you guys think of the Roma home and 3rd kit for next season? Personally I'm a huge fan of the 90s wolf badge, other than that the home is nothing too special, but the third is really nice. Like the piping on the sleeves for both of them. Also apparently the sponsor has yet to be decided.

Was scrolling through twitter the other night and stumbled upon some posts regarding transfer rumors about a few of the big 6 clubs. The funny part of it was that it was filled with them all complaining that their clubs haven't spent enough on certain transfers with a couple of my favorite comments being "Imagine being an Arsenal fan" and a Liverpool fan claiming that "If we had the funds, City wouldn't have won half of the league titles they've won so far." Like where does this come from 😭 I swear some of these fans have worms for brains or they're some of the most entitled people around. They could not last a second as a fan of a team that doesn't consistently spend 100 mil+ every transfer window. Anyway small rant over, just think it's funny seeing rich club fans complain, what do you guys think?

59 minutes ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

Not at a cost of Knight for me.  May be inevitable but a player we need to keep for me.  A million quid or a bit more is small change if it damages your chance of promotion long term.  Shift Bieliks wages instead. If we go up he may stay.  In that scenario the club he's at is a better option.

Saw Leigh Curtis say on twitter that we're "under no pressure to sell" but if the right number is offered then we would let him go. Personally if they offer anything above 2 mil then I would probably take it all things considered. 

1 hour ago, Alty_Ram said:

In an ideal world Jake 😊

I think this is the crux of it for me though. Teams watch us and know before they play us that we are not a big set piece threat, either directly or from getting on the end with a header. Our delivery seems pretty average but we don't have a dominant aerial threat so it all feels a bit 'hope for the best'. If you are Hourihane, who are you going to pick out ? If you don't have people who will win their share of aerial duels then it is even more important to get that delivery right. Many times we seem to just swing it in at no great pace and that's perfect for the defending side so invariably the ball either doesn't clear the first defender or we lose the aerial dual or get put off to the point of a tame nod into the keepers hands or whatever. A ball whipped in at pace and dip gives a far better chance of an attacker stealing half a yard on their marker and being able to make it count and in a crowded box a defender might also nick it past their keeper or scuff a clearance into someone's path.

It's much the same with crossing. Putting a routine diagonal balls in when you have a beast of a No9 is probably fine because they'll win their share and create threat that way but if you don't win aerial duels then it's a wasted ball. If you have quick nippy forwards then you need to stretch that defence and give them a chance to get the drop on a backpedalling central defender.

Unfortunately teams don't fear us at set pieces and they are right not to. It seems to have been that way for a while now though, not just this current team. Looking back to when we looked genuinely threatening, with Harry Wilson there was always that sense of expectation that he may just score a worldie and that is another thing for the defending side to worry about, not just whether he might drop it on someone's head 6 yards out. Even going back to the likes of Bucko though. He was no any great height but for whatever reason he looked like he'd get himself into areas that might cause problems and he won more duels than he had any right to. Don't know if that was sheer belligerence and determination but he was always in there amongst the flying boots. We seem to have neither of these elements currently but and I'm sure that if we give the set piece taker a viable target then we'll have a whole lot more joy even with the same personnel taking the kicks. We're not going to win every game with champagne football and set pieces are a big part of the game at all levels. We need to get this aspect right or we are making life harder for ourselves.

Completely agree with this. And yeah in an ideal world we would just have a playmaker who could consistently whip in a good ball to a dangerous area or was a serious threat to bang one in and also have a couple players in the box who could get on the end of those crosses very often but that's sadly not the case. That is one of the reasons why I love creative set pieces with a lot of movement to try to stretch out the defense or create some level of confusion. Mixing it up in that regard I feel can be very beneficial but ultimately will not be a cure until we get a playmaker in who is consistent on both of the levels I mentioned above. 

35 minutes ago, NottsRam said:

https://est1884.com/

Found this site which is a great reference guide for all the kits.

Thank you! Appreciate that a lot, I will be sure to check it out. I am a big football kit connoisseur haha

20 minutes ago, 1of4 said:

 

This might be a different Luke Thomas to the one we had on our books. 

It would help stop any confusion and help identify the player, if their current club is put alongside their name.

Archie Collins - Exeter City 

Joe Ward - Peterborough 

Sam Smith - Cambridge United 

Josh Key - Exeter City 

Matthew Pennington - Shrewsbury 

Cameron Brannagan - Oxford United 

Michael Hector - Charlton 

Harvey Knibbs - Cambridge United 

1 minute ago, 1of4 said:

 

This might be a different Luke Thomas to the one we had on our books. 

It would help stop any confusion and help identify the player, if their current club is put alongside their name.

It is the same Luke Thomas, but I will be sure to name the teams in a sec for sure

1 hour ago, The Last Post said:

This is why it's a winner, Van der Laan scores the winner to take DCFC to the Premier League in 1996 👍What a day that was 😉

 

Hoping we can get another moment like this in the near future 

1 hour ago, FlyBritishMidland said:

Here you go……

 

Thank you! Greatly appreciated 😎

6 minutes ago, TomTom92 said:

Option 4, but they’re all nice. Can’t see many of our last 10 seasons being retro replicas in years to come.

I feel the same. Only ones I can maybe see would be the 2018-19 home and 2019-20 home but even then I feel it's unlikely. 

44 minutes ago, FlyBritishMidland said:

There are a couple of shirt collection threads on here that are worth a look.  @loweman2 might be able to point you in the direction of a book on the subject 😉.  When I was growing up we wore white shirts and blue shorts and changed back to black shorts in the late 80’s.  A few of us on here live in hope of blue shorts when the new kit is released.

By any chance could u link me to some of them? If not I can search myself, but figure I might as well ask if you have them on hand haha. Blue shorts would be interesting though with how accustomed we have gotten to black ones, but I am not opposed at all.

Best thing is to just have someone who can more often than not whip a good cross or ball in and have guys who are absolutely deadly in the air. Whether it is scored directly from the free kick or from a header doesn't matter too much to me but finding that consistency in terms of whipping it in is difficult and it doesn't help that we struggled with both of those things last season haha. Numerous creative set pieces definitely helps too. 

Decided to look around at upcoming free agents that have pretty solid value after the seasons they've put in last year and was curious what you guys would think about Derby possibly bringing in some of them? 

Archie Collins

Joe Ward

Sam Smith (not the singer)

Josh Key 

Macauley Bonne 

Matthew Pennington 

Cameron Brannagan 

Michael Hector 

Luke Thomas

Harvey Knibbs 

There is a ton of quality free agents available so feel free to bring up any others that you may have seen or liked. 

5 minutes ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

Used to have one but it ended up being pinned up behind a bar in Ibiza when I spent some time working there many moons ago.  They are the connoisseurs choice and expensive.  Think it's a reminder of a great decade on and off the pitch as well as being a great shirt that makes it collectable.

That definitely makes sense, not only a beautiful shirt but having some real quality footballers who have worn it will definitely raise the value haha

1 hour ago, 1of4 said:

If these are the only shirts you can choose from, go with the forth one.

 

But if you get the chance to obtain a replica of one of these, take it.

First shirt to bare the new, now iconic badge.

 

 

 

From what year is it?

2 hours ago, FlyBritishMidland said:

Number 3 or 4 out of those but I’m bound to say this beauty.  They did produce a retro version a few years ago but I’m not sure they do it any more.  The club website and places like 3retro have selection of shirts at reasonable prices.

 

The blue trim is so nice on this one, will have to keep an eye out for it

2 hours ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

Nothing beats this away shirt from 96.  Had some brilliant players in this one

 

This one if your feeling exotic.  was very ltd in 92 but the replica is available

 

80's classic for the centenary year in 84 with a flash of the clubs original colours on the arm

Would love one of these.  Used to have one with an Archie Gemmill signature.  (A player who won two league titles with us and scored one of the world cups greatest goals, most recently seen in the movie Trainspotting).  Not seen another so if you find one tell me where. 

That away shirt from 96 is a beauty. Sadly I haven't been able to find it many places and when I have it has been so expensive.