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Surely the correct thing to do then is look for players IN our constraints? It’s not like there isn’t a player now playing non-league or otherwise in world football that isn’t going to go on to have a very good career - the job of our club is to find them. We have a lazy approach to recruitment, that hasn’t changed since Mel Morris was chairman. How often do we sign players from down the pyramid as opposed from up it? Since the takeover, we have signed one player from a level lower than our own - Scott Loach from Chesterfield.  Peterborough have made more signings from a level lower than themselves in the past two seasons than we have in the past decade. We just don’t do it. 
Take a snapshot of almost any season in history and you see names littered amongst the lower tiers - it happens all the time. Why on earth we take such a lazy approach to recruitment really irritates me. No excuse for it given our position. 

If they decided to promote four teams automatically we'd probably finish 5th on goal difference.

Pompey, Bolton and Peterborough have all breached FFP and will be deducted points? There's now 4 automatic spots in League 1? The EFL have realised they made errors with our charges in the past and will refund us some points? McClaren is returning?
Spill the beans!

I don’t think it’s entitled for the fans to want a striker in, a position that everyone, including the manager had highlighted as a priority.
Plenty of clubs in this league with less money than us signed a striker. We needed bodies in as we literally have no fit backups. 
This month was purely and simply a failure 

There’s nothing hysterical about being furious that the club has failed to sign a player in a position that was deemed the biggest priority before the window began. It’s pathetic from all involved. Not the first time it’s happened either.

It really does, i don't think others will be quite so forgiving 8 years from now and we're in mid table League 1 or even League 2

Perhaps ownership not such heroes as we first thought? (yes I don't need telling that they saved us but they can't dine out on that forever). 

It really does, i don't think others will be quite so forgiving 8 years from now and we're in mid table League 1 or even League 2

At some point we’re going to have to come to the realisation that with so many players out of contract at the end of the season, and with Warne turning Derby into a short-term stop gap for footballers, we’re going to have a complete rebuild to build a culture within the dressing room. 
How on earth can you have faith in Warne/Thomas/Pearce.. to oversee that based on their body of work up to now?

With the additional TV money in the champ from next season and if I'm right all our restrictions lifted!? then seems disastrous we've not gambled.

Perhaps ownership not such heroes as we first thought? (yes I don't need telling that they saved us but they can't dine out on that forever). 

I hope those who can start to ask some questions now, if the club is still restricted then on what terms? If it isn’t, then why are not making signings when it’s painfully obvious we need to? 
 
 

Starting to think players don’t want to come to Derby due to our manager pull and style of football tbh 

‘Tried’ ‘couldn’t get it over the line’ we’ve had all month pathetic 

For one transfer deadline I just wanted to go to bed relatively hate-free. Was that too much to ask for.....? 🥹

And there it is, exactly as I predicted. What a shambolic club we are. 

Didn’t know they are an item

Warne will be naming himself on the bench at this rate. Sat next to Rammie.

Returns on loan, but didn’t want to sign a new deal. I hope the lad plays a blinder for the rest of the season otherwise he’ll be getting dogs abuse from fans. 
We should’ve just taken whatever more we could’ve got and let him go. 

Happy for Bird to go if we sign another on top.

The Johnson Clarke-Harris announcement at 10:59 is gonna hit like crack...

Don't. I've been hurt before. 

Only gone and made it - I'm on the receiving end of a snarky comment from Jimbo Ram!

I don't always agree with what you post, but I don't think you deserve to be banned.

Surely someones stupid enough to sign for us