StarterForTen

And more than the Prime Minister

Derby will be his fifth club in six years. What is your definition of a journeyman?
And yes, he is only 33... for another 13 days

Why does any team sell a player - to raise cash. Often that's so as they can then sign someone better or, in Derby's case, it is to pay the wages / Taxman.

I think the game as a whole has come to something when we are applauding a 34 year-old journeyman like Stearman for taking a £4.5k per week contract. Twenty-five years ago (ie before PL), a player of his ilk would have been choosing between Grimsby, Newport and Rochdale for £450 a week!

no but as we saw for Scotland, Marshall does

In which case, he's in the team tomorrow!

In which case, he's in the team tomorrow!

And let’s be honest, we’d be happy to take Billy The Fish to bolster our front line. In fact, is he one of the triallists?

And let’s be honest, we’d be happy to take Billy The Fish to bolster our front line. In fact, is he one of the triallists?

Loan fee and wages of £2.4m for a season so you can count us out.

This team might be Rooney making a point.
Not sure who he’s making the point to though. The EFL?

It won’t be a weakened team in the sense that all our best players are not playing.   It will be the strongest team that we can put out, our best players on the pitch.
it will be a weak team, not a weakened team.

... I can't help thinking Moor Farm might be prone to a Covid 19 self-isolation outbreak some time around next Thursday, forcing a postponement or three.
Though, of course, with so few players in training, it might be difficult to prove any close contacts as they seem to have a pitch each to train on!
(Dark humour aside; C19 is no laughing matter of course).

Only problem with that is it would bring in an additional wage burden, and the whole point of an EFL embargo on signings is to control costs. 

Surely not all trial lists will get taken on though. The whole point is to see players close up before moving forward with your preferred options. There will be plenty more over the next six weeks - and let's be honest there is going to be great value in the Free Agents market come September 1st as there will be more players without clubs than ever before.

Surely not all trial lists will get taken on though. The whole point is to see players close up before moving forward with your preferred options. There will be plenty more over the next six weeks - and let's be honest there is going to be great value in the Free Agents market come September 1st as there will be more players without clubs than ever before.

How is Festy Ebosele on the list? I thought he was out of contract with new terms offered?
How can he have signed when others offered new terms (Wisdom, Davies, etc) aren't allowed?
Have I missed something?

Mengi has to be one of them; we need pace at the back.
And wages can't be a particular problem as we can't pay more than £600k/season for any player.

Quick question... can we loan players OUT?
...If we set up our young players of 'professional standing' that clearly aren't at Championship standing with loans to non-League clubs at an appropriate level, do they not count as part of our quota?

The EFL's rule on the minimum strength of a playing squad even for a club under an embargo is there to protect the integrity of the competition. By including the players used for the Chorley game in calculating Derby's current squad strength they would be arguing against the very reason the rule was introduced in the first place.
If Derby had fielded the same team they did for the Chorley game for an end of season match with little consequence to the Rams (but possibly could effect other issues i the division) they would be done for fielding an under-strength team.

Quick question... can we loan players OUT?
...If we set up our young players of 'professional standing' that clearly aren't at Championship standing with loans to non-League clubs at an appropriate level, do they not count as part of our quota?

The EFL's rule on the minimum strength of a playing squad even for a club under an embargo is there to protect the integrity of the competition. By including the players used for the Chorley game in calculating Derby's current squad strength they would be arguing against the very reason the rule was introduced in the first place.
If Derby had fielded the same team they did for the Chorley game for an end of season match with little consequence to the Rams (but possibly could effect other issues i the division) they would be done for fielding an under-strength team.

The EFL's rule on the minimum strength of a playing squad even for a club under an embargo is there to protect the integrity of the competition. By including the players used for the Chorley game in calculating Derby's current squad strength they would be arguing against the very reason the rule was introduced in the first place.
If Derby had fielded the same team they did for the Chorley game for an end of season match with little consequence to the Rams (but possibly could effect other issues i the division) they would be done for fielding an under-strength team.

The EFL's rule on the minimum strength of a playing squad even for a club under an embargo is there to protect the integrity of the competition. By including the players used for the Chorley game in calculating Derby's current squad strength they would be arguing against the very reason the rule was introduced in the first place.
If Derby had fielded the same team they did for the Chorley game for an end of season match with little consequence to the Rams (but possibly could effect other issues i the division) they would be done for fielding an under-strength team.

The EFL's rule on the minimum strength of a playing squad even for a club under an embargo is there to protect the integrity of the competition. By including the players used for the Chorley game in calculating Derby's current squad strength they would be arguing against the very reason the rule was introduced in the first place.
If Derby had fielded the same team they did for the Chorley game for an end of season match with little consequence to the Rams (but possibly could effect other issues i the division) they would be done for fielding an under-strength team.