Leicester Ram

Delighted with that, another away win and three goals of quality

Team looks like it’s starting to come together and develop chemistry

Everyone’s chanting Paul Warne’s barmy army, players are off starting the bounce at the end but Clowes is apparently pulling the trigger any day now, weird that

Sonny Bradley on for the last 10 minutes 

Watched another 10 minute highlight video for nothing, sick of being a football fan 

10 hours ago, Brailsford Ram said:

That's an excellent personal critique in my opinion which highlights the frustrations of being a Derby County fan over the past decade. We are crying out for stability which looking back we have been denied throughout that period. Warne came with the credentials that suggested he could take us up out of this division given his previous successes in this league but in less than a year of his arrival there is a groundswell developing among the fanbase to call for his removal. There are several things that concern me as to how far he can take us and I have aired them on here. But over the last 10 years the expected lifespan at the club of a Derby County manager has fallen to just 10 months; I think at Watford it's probably less but they have become a standing joke as a managerial graveyard. I simply feel that at some point we have to give a manager a fair chance to start to take our club forward. No manager, except for those who chose to leave has had that chance for too long now. The managerial merry-go-round has been the overriding factor in our decline alongside and in tandem with the whims of the previous owner. We need to restore patience and give our managers a fair time and chance before we consider the costly step of dispensing with their services. We will never progress to the Premier League if we continue changing the manager every season or less.

It’s like our brains have been rewired by that brilliant statistic you brought up, an average manager lifespan of 10 months

We weren’t trigger happy with managers because that’s what breeds success, we were doing it to fluke promotion via new manager bounces so the financial s*** show didn’t catch up to Mel

Poll says it all, majority of fans happy to give him time but the fanbase isn’t fully sold on him.

I voted end of the season, for me he should stay beyond that if we’re playing well and the squad looks like it’s clicking by the end of the season, even if we miss out on the playoffs. I’m desperate to give a manager time to build a dressing room.

I was very fed up our squad made up of 6 different managers signings by the end of the Mel glory days. The day after we lost the play-off final, we had players on the books signed by Clough, McClaren, Clement, PEARSON (Anya, if you’re wondering), McClaren Mk2, Rowett and Lampard

The team Steve McClaren inherited in 2013 had a unified, hungry dressing room all signed by one manager and ready to take the next step

He deserves time, far too early to consider dumping the bloke just as he’s started to put a team together. Not sure how after the past decade you don’t look back and think of one manager you don’t think deserved more time

It’s such a tricky job at Derby, it’s high sky expectations in the Championship let alone Legaue One. As much as you’re chasing promotions, you have to accept that sometimes under good managers who can get you promoted you will look like complete dog

I’m not blind to the fact that we’ve been shocking early on in the season but we’re getting through it with enough points that it’s far from a disaster - promotion isn’t won or lost in the first 4 games of the season

We’ve got a lot more to improve on than you’d like but you have to give a manager time to turn it around, can you honestly look at the past decade and not think of one manager we’d have been better off giving more time?

Warne’s got out of this league three times and while that doesn’t count for any points, it’s enough to give him a full season. This club is so desperate for success, why not give the bloke who’s had success time to figure it out?

But despite all that Warne In™️ stuff being said, if you offered me an alternative timeline where Rosenior was made the permanent manager, I’d take that. Couldn’t argue with Warne’s credentials at the time but I was still on board with Rosenior - he’d been at the club for years, he’d built a team and I think we showed enough under him to give him the chance, we’d have turned those draws into wins before too long.

Love a triple barrelled name and TJJ is a winner

John-Jules and Waghorn up top sounds decent enough, TJJ is an actual footballer

They’ll have their part to play but Washington & Collins should only be starting with one of the other two if we can help it, Washington if you’re defending a lead and Collins if you’re looking for a goal

Happy with this, if we’ve get him for the season he stays fit, he’ll be the striker we need

I have a ticket for Pboro I’m no longer using if there’s any takers?

2 minutes ago, Nuwtfly said:

Totally get where you’re coming from but it’s not three or four games, he’s been in charge since September.

Think he needs time to try and get it right, especially after we’ve let him sign seven players, but how we’re playing and some of his tactical decisions (Bird further forward, NML upfront, the missing link between defence and midfield to name just a few) are becoming increasingly more concerning. 

I am really starting to worry that McGoldrick’s freak season was masking a less than average team 😞

Obviously true but it’s a different team to the one we had from Sept to May

He deserves a chance to find solutions and make a team of the squad he’s assembled, even if it’s in a different system to the one he wants to play

Still time left in the window, we only have one number ten at the club and he’s injured; if I was Clowes I wouldn’t be judging Warne too harshly right now

I’m 99% certain Warneball will be left to play out because of our circumstances which is why I’m frustrated with the mood

Obviously there’s no boos, tweets or forum posts that are as impactful as what the players can do on the pitch but the negative atmosphere at PP and calls for his head at this point are disappointing. The bookies having us as league favourites based entirely on size/reputation has increased the sense of panic, the perception amongst the fans is that this is an unsalvageable start isn’t healthy and I think we will bounce back from this

15 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said:

Clough steadily improves sides. I think he has an amazing record of only finishing lower than the previous season 3 times in his management career. 

What is it about our performances this season that makes you think he's improving us?

I said maybe he’s like Clough to be fair, happy to admit I could be completely wrong on that

I think there’s a legitimate concern whether we are getting worse but don’t think it’s wise to decide a manager is making us worse before the end of the transfer window, this early in the season though. He’s not had the summer window he thought we were going to have and we’re under financial restrictions, I have a bit more patience than I would have in 2016

Understand the frustration but not going to bury Warne after three/four games

Ask me that again in October and you might get a different answer

New system and new players, you have to have patience

That was awful but come on, we’re so early on. If you took posts on here as gospel, we play the worst game of football Derby County Football Club has played in 139 years about twice a season

The issues I can see resolving themselves are the unforced errors and pattern of attacking build up play, they’ll naturally get better as the players get comfortable in the system. I do believe doubts over how great our potential is in that system are legitimate but we’ll obviously be playing much better than that before too long 

The glaring issue I think is here to stay is the pace of the squad. Players are constantly getting in behind the back three and we can’t get behind the opposition

As much as I think the performances have been unusually bad, even for this early in the season, I think the squad is a cake with no icing right now

We need the icing players, we need the athleticism, we probably need some loan signings and a greater goal threat up top

We’ve gone through managers at an incredible rate this past decade and it’s never worked out. I feel like right now you have to hope this is just a new team that’s struggling to gel in a new system.

Don’t agree with the booing and calls for a sacking this early on in the season. 

I think the reality is that Warne won’t be going any time soon due to the financial situation and his track record

Can imagine he’ll be given until the end of this season. Maybe he’s the Nigel Clough type and we’ll need another manager to push what he’s building forwards? If that ends up being the case, I’ll be fine with it

I personally believe you need a period of stability in safe hands before you can have a period of long term success

However, I can at least understand why you’d want him out. That was an extremely bad performance, unusually poor even for this early in the season and the first few games have been eye opening as to where we’re at. Three promotions with Rotherham doesn’t count for any points and we look bereft of confidence.

I think it’s tough to say he’s he bad transfer windows due to the embargo’s but January wasn’t great, McGoldrick leaving looks bad and we look like we’ve completely failed to improve the squads obvious lack of physicality. Washington, Waghorn and Collins sounds horribly one paced.

Desperately need:

1. Sibley back

2. Athletic signing up top, whether that’s a big lad or a quick lad

3. Another creative midfielder

Can’t see us getting the quality we need anywhere else other than through loan signings, which is kind of praying for a couple of miracles.

If I was going to put a positive spin on this, I’d say it will probably not get worse than this

Probably

Booing also doesn’t help, third game of the season ffs

7 minutes ago, Bris Vegas said:

There is a reason why Warne’s Rotherham got relegated every season. His record against the better teams is simply woeful.

He is probably the only manager capable of taking over a PL side and breaking our 11 point record.

 

Spent about 5/6 years there, have I missed something and they ended up in the Vanaramma Conference North?

Hearing the noise Warne’s made about the striker market’s, there’s been an inevitability this summer to us signing a Rhodes/Sharp type. 

Understand the calls for youth/pace but it doesn’t sound financially like we’re in a position to add that expensive skillset to the squad

Hence why we may have been priced out of Alfie May who IMO would have given us everything we need this season

The team is closer to suiting Warne now and it feels like we’ve built from the back - the three of Bradley, Cashin and Nelson is a defence that’s possibly the best in the league on paper, Fozzy and Rooney fantastic back up as well.

Looks like he’s knocked it out the park with the wing backs, the midfield is solid now Smith is playing his proper position and he has his hard working runners up top in Washington/Collins

We’re set up to get away with carrying a typical poacher/goalscorer, funnily enough Jordan Rhodes would have been the easy example from back in the day - could have a bad game but will often only need one chance

Ideally, I’d love a young, pacey striker from the lower leagues who just needs playing time in the right side to become that £10 million plus striker we’ve seen Peterborough/Burnley churn out and sell on for profit…

However, you can see the thinking on our budget we’ll settle for someone who simply takes their chances.

We’ll be solid, we’ll put good deliveries into the box every game and if you put in someone like Rhodes, he’ll get a solid goal return. 

Warne still wants a 10 and a LWB, if he can bring those in (loans?) and still add Rhodes - that’s decent business 

On 15/05/2023 at 15:40, Carnero said:

Ahh, the lesser-spotted @Leicester Ram... 

Hello Chaps

Apologies for the long term absence, been a fairly tumultuous couple of years off the pitch for Leicester Ram unfortunately

The Dynasty league was something I was very happy to do when I was basically unemployed

I’m now exhaustingly employed, living in London and have been dealing with a lot of really unfortunate family/personal life stuff - it’s not a environment which is conducive to the rigours of fantasy football commissionership

Sadly, I’ve lost a lot of interest in the NFL and now Derby. Been a tricky few years and what really put the nail in the coffin was that my uncle, who was the person who got me into football, made me a Derby fan and I had my season ticket with, unfortunately died of a heart attack in April - it’s been pretty devastating

I quite frankly (and this is no reflection on any of you who are all a great laugh and have always been a pleasure to deal with) couldn’t give a f*** anymore

I’m just not really interested in dealing any of this and hope people understand. I was going to see how I felt closer to the start of the season and see if I wanted to pick it up again but I’m on a much needed holiday this week and have had a bit of time to think about a few things - I know that I won’t want to do it again. I feel bad because it’s really not *that* much effort but I’m a wasted spot in the league and the past season really reflects that , I would feel very bad for whoever takes my team on lol

I know there were others in the league who weren’t interested in carrying on as well so I would suggest that either:

Someone else can take my spot as commissioner and can find owners for the other teams

Or I’ll nuke the league and you guys can start fresh with potentially a smaller group of the committed ones? That’s what I’d suggest, you’ll have the fun of a draft and maybe have more of a laugh with 8 of you having a better share of the players?

Apologies to those who put together some great teams and were looking forward to it continuing, I wish things were different - I owe you a beer if I ever meet you in the Brunny!

Cheers

@David @Carnero @Ambitious @jimbo jones @Mr Tibbs and all the others in the league 

I’m still hoping Bolton lose this game in hand against Accrington and even things out slightly. Last chance saloon for Accrington so hoping they pull out a performance 

Don't feel comfortable with a straight shootout with Posh, I’d feel a lot better if we were fighting for two spots come the final day rather than one

We let Plymouth bully us and so did the ref. When they hit their stride they made us look like boys.

Not the same side without Bird, can’t help think you’d have been better with Korey Smith in the middle with Rooney at RB (who is clearly talented)

Just not Harvey White’s skill set to play as that lone DM, not a bad player but not the right player in a game like this.

Ref was a piss take, possibly worse than Mike Dean at Boro last season. Appalling performance, have you ever seen anyone more excited to give a pen? What a dopamine hit when he heard that cheer!

This is the most pressure we’ll have been under this season so far, have a feeling the Derby we see in this second half will give a big indicator as to how we’re going to perform at the end of the season

So far, so good - Didzy and Mendez-Laing both look a cut above 

Thought they were owned by Jack Grealish?

Very much an ITV4 game in the end.

I see we’ve thrown the other teams hunting Chrissy’s signature off the scent

The devil works hard but David Clowes works harder 

Barely made it home in time for the game so must have missed us signing Neymar but I thought he was class 

Sitting here watching the game saying “Martin would have scored that” out loud after every chance

By my calculations we’ll win 12-0 most weeks. Something for the Martin-doubters to think about.

43 minutes ago, wixman1884 said:

does anyone know if martin has an onlyfans account?

Unfortunately not but I have plenty of material I can send your way

6 minutes ago, Millenniumram said:

There’s more chance of me playing up front for us than Martin again. Probably score just as many goals (0) in a Paul Warne side as well. He couldn’t be anymore what Warne is trying to avoid. 

Literally have Didzy strolling about up top and people are saying this?

All for having a laugh about this silly link but some people are saying stuff that’s absolutely outrageous, there’s no objectivity when it comes to Martin in the fanbase

You need someone rational like me to come in and tell the truth:

Chris Martin would score 15, assist about 20, win approx 5 penalties by diving and take us to the top of the table if he signed tomorrow. Martin back with the Rams would have simply too much sauce for League One to handle, I’ve got approx £50 left in my skybet account and it would all go on Derby to be promoted before the final day of the season if Chrissy came back.