Ghost of Clough

I believe he would have had a run in the team if he had decided on staying on the wing rather than dropping back to LB when stepping up to the U23s.
Saying that... there will be an opening at LB very soon with Fozzy in the final year of his deal and if Buchanan continues to improve. If he can't get assurances of first team opportunities in those circumstances I'm not surprised he's off elsewhere. 

Was that Marshall’s sigh of relief I just heard ?

The thing with Archie Brown and left-(wing)-back, is that it wasn’t just about him getting into the first-team reckoning to challenge Lee Buchanan and Craig Forsyth, but also about staying ahead of the younger players coming through from the U18s. Will Grewal-Pollard will be in the U23s next season and first-year scholar Dylan Williams got more playing time at LB/LWB for the U23s, with Grewal-Pollard playing CB, than Archie Brown did during the run-in.
Also, in a season when a record number of U23s/U18s got allocated squad numbers and featured in first-team match day squads, Brown was never included in any.
All in all, I can see why he may have felt that his chance might not come at Derby County, especially when players who were released like Cresswell, Mitchell-Lawson etc. we’re getting first-team playing time, albeit limited, and he wasn’t.
I agree with that too. Defensively he looked naive at times, going forward he was quite impressive for the U23s. Certainly looked more ready to stepping up as a winger than he did as a defender.

According to that article he feels he's now needs first team football, but 'someone' at the club doesn't think he's ready to step up.
I have no doubt that Wassall would have offered him a contract, but he can't offer assurances of first team football.
I'm struggling to see Forsyth cope with another season of Championship football - he was rather poor in the run in last season. If I was manager, Archie would have had an opportunity in the cups to force his way in the team, and I'd gradually increase his involvement as the season progressed.

If we offered him a deal that shows we had some belief? How could he think he'd get in front of Buchanan and Fozzy this season? He could well believe in himself, but then so did Bobby Duncan. A good move for him I reckon as he thinks he's ready and good enough.

I believe he would have had a run in the team if he had decided on staying on the wing rather than dropping back to LB when stepping up to the U23s.
Saying that... there will be an opening at LB very soon with Fozzy in the final year of his deal and if Buchanan continues to improve. If he can't get assurances of first team opportunities in those circumstances I'm not surprised he's off elsewhere. 

I was thinking all games were on the red button 

personally it is not the money, its more the feeling that they can ramp up the prices because I have no alternative, 300% in what is it 3 or 4 years.

That makes it even worse. You have the option of watching two thirds of the games I can whilst paying the same amount or not watching at all.

Money was a major factor, but so too was how short sighted the EFL were with signing the Sky deal. The world is moving away from standard TV services provided by the likes of Sky, and moving towards subscription services such as Netflix and Amazon.
The Sky deal is worth about £100m per season (shared between all three leagues), working out at about £2.5m for a top Championship club. In recent seasons (probably not last season), we'd be on Sky 15 times, pulling in about 400,000 viewers each time - 40p per viewer.
 
Back onto the streaming deal... As has been shown time and time again, high prices results in illegal streams. With the changes over the last 10 or so years, illegal downloads of music and movies is now almost non-existent. Availability and cost to the customer has been slashed, with overall income shooting up. 
By doubling the cost, I wouldn't bet against more than half ending their subscriptions. Some people would have previously left their subscription running over the summer out of convenience. There's no chance of that now - paying £50/75 to watch nothing other than maybe 3 or 4 pre-season games isn't going to happen.
Also, every game on Sky is unavailable to watch outside of the dark market countries. Typically, that leaves 30 games through a season which are available. It's not far off being better to just pay for single games.
Don't Sky charge £25 pm? With that you can watch every Derby game and lots more. Sadly, it makes RamsTV poor value for money in comparison. The change will undoubtedly reduce the amount of income for clubs via streaming services.

Money was a major factor, but so too was how short sighted the EFL were with signing the Sky deal. The world is moving away from standard TV services provided by the likes of Sky, and moving towards subscription services such as Netflix and Amazon.
The Sky deal is worth about £100m per season (shared between all three leagues), working out at about £2.5m for a top Championship club. In recent seasons (probably not last season), we'd be on Sky 15 times, pulling in about 400,000 viewers each time - 40p per viewer.
 
Back onto the streaming deal... As has been shown time and time again, high prices results in illegal streams. With the changes over the last 10 or so years, illegal downloads of music and movies is now almost non-existent. Availability and cost to the customer has been slashed, with overall income shooting up. 
By doubling the cost, I wouldn't bet against more than half ending their subscriptions. Some people would have previously left their subscription running over the summer out of convenience. There's no chance of that now - paying £50/75 to watch nothing other than maybe 3 or 4 pre-season games isn't going to happen.
Also, every game on Sky is unavailable to watch outside of the dark market countries. Typically, that leaves 30 games through a season which are available. It's not far off being better to just pay for single games.
Don't Sky charge £25 pm? With that you can watch every Derby game and lots more. Sadly, it makes RamsTV poor value for money in comparison. The change will undoubtedly reduce the amount of income for clubs via streaming services.

I got an interesting response from the club when I cancelled:
'Unfortunately, this price increase has come from the EFL and not a decision made by DCFC.
I completely understand and share your frustration on this matter'
In my view, this is not the EFL acting in the interests of clubs, this is an anti-competitive price gauging matter to force clubs to use i-follow. Joke. Wouldn't be surprised if we see legal action. 

And Louis Moulden has just left Man City to sign for Wolves so his March destination is where he got off the trialist train.
 

Scotland still celebrating that 0-0?

This is a chance to give everyone a game who hasn't already featured. We don't want to win because then we play a big team, so it's good if we lose.
Johnstone
James   White   Coady   Maguire   Saka
Henderson   Bellingham
Sancho   Calvert-Lewin   Grealish

37 goals and assists in a quarter of the league season is very impressive (50 in all competitions)

37 goals and assists in a quarter of the league season is very impressive (50 in all competitions)

Being in the EU wouldn't have prevented this transfer

It's a good job we have a sizeable fan base in the DPRK! 

I'm guessing having both Buchanan and Forsyth fit prevented him getting a shot lost season. Whereas we only had Byrne on the right

If its on Sky, most international viewers can't watch it on RamsTV, except those living in countries such as Vietnam, The Vatican or North Korea