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1 hour ago, Jimbo Ram said:

A million a month to the end of the season, not enough surely?

If the first preferred bidder falls through, I don’t think it’ll take 5 months to arrange the next one. Therefore we’d have another deposit in this circumstance to keep things ticking over.

Obviously it would be great to get the deal done asap, but not the end of the world if it drags on a little bit.

Just now, Inverurie Ram said:

But this I the now and it is the time for us to change every negative into a positive.

Except for Covid test results please

Eze come, eze go.

Careful, people don't like the facts to get in the way of a poor opinion ?.

He is our best keeper. He has improved as he's matured and gained more experience, but he will never be fully trusted by some fans due to errors earlier in his career and the odd mistake here and there, which all keepers at this level will make from time to time.

34 minutes ago, rebb1 said:

Guys,

I'm not ITK but I have been in the company today of someone who is close to the proceedings and I was told that a £55 million bid has been submitted. No names or details as yet.

Claims not to be ITK, then drops an ITK-bomb.

1 minute ago, Chester40 said:

Not a whole lot of goals in that team is there...

Good to see Ebosele back, only player who looks capable of breaking the lines.

What has Lawrence got to do to show some people he is our best attacking threat? 4 goals and 3 assists in our last few games, but not considered a goal threat…

Looking forward to seeing what Plange can do in the first team.
 

He has been awesome since we got him in the under 23s and seems like a real different option from our other strikers - can run with the ball, can strike from range and is happy to get to the byline and cut inside. He can also do the usual scoring stuff, albeit in youth football at the moment.

Not fully sure what the protocol is, but noticed no one else started a new matchday thread after the QPR loss. So I thought I'd start my first one and see if I can be a lucky charm.

I hope I can go on a long run creating these threads, starting with a trip down to Bristol to play the City's second team.

3pm on Saturday (a kick off time that should please all the ones who moan about matches getting moved for the telly).

Will Lawrence continue his fine form? Will that guy who knows more about Derby's accounting policy than anyone else in the entire world be fizzing by full time? Will we still be in with a shout of survival at 5pm on Saturday?

COYR.

Gutted to lose that. 3 great finishes all in the same corner of the same net tonight.

Thought we did some things well but we lucked any cutting edge with Morrison not really contributing like we know he can. He plays better deeper, but the 3 there at the moment are combining well together.

QPR take off Charlie Austin and replace him with Andre Grey. We can only dream of having that sort of strength in depth right now.

We made attacking subs to go and win the match and it didn’t work out. We can’t afford to keep drawing matches anyway, so we need to keep going for it. We’ll lose some more this way, but hopefully we’ll take our chances more often than not and bag some points.

1 minute ago, enachops said:

CK’s a jinx. 1 point from the 3 home games he’s attended. Yanks Out!! 

It’s his way of driving the price down. He’ll buy us and we’ll win 10 in a row ???

On 28/11/2021 at 14:11, Wignall12 said:

So in January when Marshall moves on Plange should become eligible to play ? ....or am I misconscruing the situation regarding players ?

I think the problem is we were under embargo (and currently still are until a new owner comes in) when we signed him on a pro contract. He is eligible for the U23s but can’t be registered for the first team until we are out of embargo.

17 hours ago, Yani P said:

He has a private jet so that's free

Where do I go to claim my free private jet?

There are only 4 teams in the league that have lost less games than we have. The 5 teams immediately above us have all lost twice as many matches than we have. We have the most draws in the league. We need to be able to convert those draws into wins.

The way we played the last 2 matches looks like we've been able to attack a bit more freely. I expect us to win quite a few games coming up and start to climb and get a glimmer of hope.

Any news on his injury? Seemed to be a painful one and is typically unlucky that it was his last contribution before he was due to be substituted anyway.

We also have the 6th highest average attendance in the league. Not very far off the 4th highest (Boro). I am sure with more positive results we can see more people attending and the players responding positively to it, but I just hope that those who are attending don't feel that people who aren't turning up regularly are any less of a Rams fan than they are.

I get that you're trying to encourage people to turn up, but you're possibly approaching the situation in the wrong way.

I'm sure there are plenty of valid reasons that people can't attend matches even if they wanted to. Doesn't mean they aren't supporting the team to the fullest of their ability. It's not about bothering to turn up.

For example, I haven't been to a match this season, but that is down to quite a few factors. I don't live anywhere near Derby any more to make a season ticket good value, I have other financial responsibilities that I need to prioritise (young family) and I've recently taken a pay cut in order to secure a new job that I needed to get my mental health back on track.

There could be any number of perfectly valid reasons that the "missing 10,000" aren't there every home game, but it doesn't mean that they matter less than the awesome fans that are there home and away and supporting the lads from the stands.

They get my support every match in the ways that I can support them - screaming at the TV, paying to watch on Rams TV, educating my kids to support The Rams even though their classmates all support Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal...

3 minutes ago, Sussex Ram said:

Can anyone recommend a pub near the ground that might have some friendly DCFC faces around? My first Derby game in nearly 3 and a half years, so excited to experience a bit of the great atmosphere that’s been much discussed on here. 

Not going tonight, but my last trips to Craven Cottage involved some drinks in the Eight Bells and The Temperance - both of which are right near Putney Bridge Station. Bars around there are pretty away friendly to be honest.

4 minutes ago, B4ev6is said:

Told you so he was

You seem to be the only one thinking he's worth this much mate. Have a read through the thread and see what people are saying trying to figure out what his net worth is. No one is getting close to your number.

50 minutes ago, Reggie Greenwood said:

Kellyman ? 

As mentioned by others, it's Darren Robinson.

For reference, this is Omari Kellyman (in focus and not Kazim ? )

31 minutes ago, BriggRam said:

And Mitrovic £100,000 a week.....we are on a real fair play playing field

Probably has a pretty hefty goal bonus too based on his record this season.

35 minutes ago, angieram said:

Buchanan out for 6 - 8 weeks, Baldock also out, Stretton still not fit.

Shame about Buchanan, he seems to pick up injuries quite easily compared to some of our other players. Forsyth is a stronger outlet for Roos to aim for if we don't want to get pressed highly at the back, but I'd be just as happy to say Dylan Williams get a start and surprise Fulhm with his pace and energy.

CKR as target man and, when he inevitably needs to come off because he isn't full fit yet, and then switch to a false 9? Or maybe take the Plange (pun intended) or stick Kellyman on for some minutes.

On 22/11/2021 at 10:16, Bald Eagle's Barmy Army said:

It's been 13 years since the EPPP (Elite Player Performance Plan) was put into place.

When you look at Kellyman yesterday, he's been at the club since the age of 7. That's 9 years and only 4 years into the EPPP. The players we now bring through and others that are coming through show you that the DCFC Cat1 academy is working but things don't happen overnight. You have to wait for the players to mature. 

This IMO is one of the reasons any new owner coming in is so keen to get hold of the club, because the foundations are solid to kick on and it's not going to take much to move us forward. 

We compete at most levels in the academy, we just need to be top half Championship or Premier League to really see it working. But any talk of it's not working or we should scrap it are ridiculous. 

This is the most sensible response here.

The academy is a long term project, you can't just go and scrap it because it's not produced the next England captain in the few years we've had a Category 1 status academy.

I've found myself looking out for more of the youth team results the last few years, mainly because there is some exciting talent coming through (maybe not to the high standards certain posters are expecting just yet), but also because we are competitive against the big teams at this level and the standard has been better than some of the first team scraps at the bottom of the table recently.

There are a lot of players starting to come through, that hopefully now we have the restrictive embargo lifted a bit, we can use or loan out to get some experience to help them develop further.

Feel free to find bookmark this post and mock me if we haven't made some strong sales or got some high quality players established in our first team that have come through the academy in another 3 or 4 years.

Ebosele, Thompson and Watson have joined the first team setup this season/back end of last season. Tyree Wilson, Aghatise and Cashin all not too far away from first team duties IMO. Then in the younger age brackets there are more names to look out for: Sam Sebagabo, Omari Kellyman, Cian Kelly Caprani, Ola Ibrahim, Eze, Darren Robinson and Malcolm Ebiowei.

Get excited about the youth teams, they're some great kids trying to make it in a cut throat profession and DCFC is a great place for them to be learning their trade and progressing.

17 minutes ago, BriggRam said:

Shows the gulf parachute payments make when they can field a player worth 50 million

Gibson values him at £45m

1 minute ago, Chris_Martin said:

Davies is 36.

Tom has 4 goals as well now ? 

16 minutes ago, TomSaint said:

I’ve never seen it. Is it successful abroad ? 

It keeps possession, but as has also been mentioned, isn’t likely to launch a quick attack.

The more standard modern option is the keeper plays it cohort to a CB who can then pass short or kick long. I think our variation is meant to make use of Roos’ usually good distribution to Forsyth/Buchanan on the left wing if the play it from the back option is not on.

However, this time an unfortunate heavy touch got punished.