Rammeister

Curtis can stay as a coach, do his badges and learn the ropes from Wayne.

Absolutely agree we should stick with Rooney.
If he was good enough on day 1, he’s good enough now.
He just needs some resources to use.

I think we should stick with Rooney through the summer.
Hear me out. Please.
The season has been the worst I can remember as a Derby fan. Rooney came in and managed to make us solid for a good run before injuries and confidence got sapped away. Add to that all the disruption in the boardroom and EFL stuff and it’s been a real baptism of fire.
I believe that he can learn from these lessons and all the teams start at 0 points (hopefully) next season and have 46 games to strive or survive. His tactics have been condemned most recent match days, but the squad has been bare bones for the run in.
Changing manager will take time and it won’t help us rebuild our squad, which is the priority right now. Rooney has the contacts and the name to draw in better players than our league position deserves. The Waghorn interview after the match leads me to believe that the players still believe in him.
Getting rid of Rooney will Also cost money that is better off used on the squad. Let him sign some players to build a better squad, give him some games next season to get some results. If things start terribly and don’t improve then we can get rid.
No one will be expecting us to transform and be a top 6 side next season, so let’s try and get some stability back in the coaching team.
 

Rooney had it tougher by a long way, than Nigel inherited. Yet Nigel credited with “saving” Derby from relegation when they were never in danger! 
 
There are some curious folk suggesting bringing Nigel Clough back to replace Rooney! 
 
Rooney HAS actually saved Derby from relegation. 
 
He deserves more respect than he’s getting and certainly should be judged at least equally, if not better than Nigel Clough. 

I’m ducking drained, will take me a week to recover from that. 

People are saying he deserves financial backing. People are saying he deserves a transfer window. People are saying he deserves his own hand-picked coaching team.
If it had been a closely contested battle all the way down to the last day, I could understand this point.
If Rotherham and Wednesday had produced incredible form to keep us in danger, I could understand this point.
But it wasn’t always close. At the end of February, we were 9 points clear of Rotherham and 10 points clear of Wednesday. It’s down to 2 and 3 points respectively now.
But Rotherham and Wednesday haven’t produced incredible form. Wednesday have picked up 12 points in 13 games since. Rotherham have picked up 12 points in 14 games.
For us, it has been a capitulation of the highest order and any signs of optimism from Rooney’s early tenure have vanished faster than a burger from my plate. 
And some of us want to reward Rooney with more time in the job? I can’t believe what I am reading.

I’m in too.
Though any chance my share could be leveraged against the stadium please?

I’m in too.
Though any chance my share could be leveraged against the stadium please?

I’m in too.
Though any chance my share could be leveraged against the stadium please?

I was in the minority of keeping Nigel Clough. He was building a superb team and would have got us promoted on a ridiculously small budget.
 
 

Lock the thread.
Save 500 pages of grief.

Lock the thread.
Save 500 pages of grief.

Due to his age, physical presence and attitude he reminds me in some respects of Ibrahimović.

Due to his age, physical presence and attitude he reminds me in some respects of Ibrahimović.

Is this a ‘threads you don’t want to see on your clubs forum’ thread? 

In a perfect world, it would be nice to see him partnered up with stretton to help him develop. But it’s not & I think cameos off the bench will have to do. 

Yes! And what’s even better is that he’s got his best years ahead of him.

1 blunder for Derby. But this guy is awesome. Best keeper since Poom 
? 

I think he did. To Bristol.

I think he did. To Bristol.

Watching Jack Stretton and Bobby Duncan play up front together is going to be extremely confusing.

Just realised how rude that second one looks ?

There’s something so Derby about watching a Bundesliga 2 game on a Monday night to watch a player were not going to sign.