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5 hours ago, YorkshireRam said:

That's genuinely horrendous, 2 of their own players marking each other and the ball still goes backwards into their own net...how? 😂

To be fair to Bielik, he is standing in the right place to clear it unopposed. Then his team mate hurls himself towards the ball in the direction of the goal for no apparent reason.

3 minutes ago, one_chop said:

How do you even pronounce his name ?. Silent N ?

Nyambe

9 minutes ago, Jayram said:

No, it’s an opinion but let’s compare notes in 12 months when we’re still in this division with Warne still playing square pegs in round holes and his team averaging 2 shots on goal in 180 minutes of hoofball as has been the case in the last 2 games. 
 

100% conversion rate for those shots on target though. Even against Peterborough we scored 4 out of our 5 shots on target.

Every cloud...😂

If the employer can't fulfil their contractual obligation of paying playing staff, then the staff affected should be able to leave their contract and find another team who can pay them (even outside of the transfer window if required).

I feel this would be a deterrent for owners who might lose all their valuable assets and allows players to find employment elsewhere.

2 hours ago, admira said:

Then two glorious late goals and it was back to the pub to celebrate!

2 hours ago, Shuff264 said:

Graeme Shinnie

Sorry. This is the Graham Poll, not the Graeme Poll.

40 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

But if we were interested we'd have been doing research/scouting already? Let's hope so. Or maybe there's a decision that at this level it's not worth the effort to look abroad?

I personally hope we're leaving no stone unturned in finding players that will benefit the future of the club. Our foreign imports recently haven't been the greatest, but we have had some gems over the years. Hopefully, now the Jozwiak thing is settled, and the EFL is satisfied we're working well to our business plan, then that will allow us to operate more freely within the market going forward.

1 hour ago, RoyMac5 said:

Wasn't that paid off in July? 

Yes, there was a story about it being paid after a court settlement, but I'm sure there was something I read about there still being issues with registering players from outside of England after it all. It could help with explaining our summer targets and players we seemingly missed out on.

Also, even if there isn't an issue registering, would you do business with a club who didn't want to pay all of the agreed fee for a player and tried to get out of it?

Not blaming any of the current regime as I believe the Jozwiak transfer in and out was a Mel/Admin mess.

EDIT: Found the post I was referring to in an old Jozwiak thread. FIFA wouldn't allow us to register players earlier in the summer, so we have probably been restricted to EFL signings who don't require further paperwork from international authorities to transfer them.

On 02/08/2023 at 21:39, Ghost of Clough said:

The administrators tried to pass Lech off as unsecured creditors, resulting in only paying 25% of what was owed. Lech claimed they were football creditors and should be paid in full. FIFA agreed with Lech and ordered us to pay in full or face another 2 year embargo. We reached a settlement agreement woth Lech somewhere in the middle.

1 hour ago, RoyMac5 said:

I would have hoped that our new 'recruitment setup' was going to do exactly that sort of thing. It seems to me one of the few ways to widen our net, as I can't see Warne have personal contacts outside of England? I wonder if there will be a clash of 'cultures' happening in recruitment soon?

Wasn't there some sort of issue with registering international players due to the Poznan/Jozwiak payment saga? I think it got mentioned briefly somewhere that UEFA wouldn't allow us to register players, or something like that, but not sure how true it was.

Might explain why we haven't signed any players from outside of the English league system. Even the links to players in Ireland that were within our financial capabilities didn't seem to come to fruition.

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Palace and Hull City also have 3 in their squads (although Plange is out on loan)

Bristol City have Knight, Roberts, Weimann and Andy King who are all ex-Rams

Time to look for those wing back/fullback free agents?

The Brighton link has been around for long enough and they have some decent money from their summer dealings. If they were serious about signing him then they could’ve got to an agreement much quicker than the last hours of deadline day.

£600k initial fee for an outstanding talent though...

Hopefully one of the clauses is a percentage of any sell on. If he establishes himself as a premier league player in the next couple of seasons, then he could be worth a lot of money. I imagine he will get opportunities in the Europa games this season, and with his performance last night as an indicator, he doesn't look out of place at all.

Was he the one who was upset that the admin sold him? I seem to recall a story about one of the youth players not wanting to leave.

If he signs then we need to make this his song 😅

5 minutes ago, simmoram1995 said:

Adam Idah on loan apparently 

Think he was referring to his Twitter/x profile being used on the forum, but good info if it is Adam Idah that Warne went to see

20 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said:

This lad from Arsenal excites me far more than Rhodes would have.

7 minutes ago, inter politics said:

 

Sweaty palms

5 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said:

It's what Sibley specialises in and what Bird has improved on and did a lot of this season.

Sibley plays in a different area of midfield, and although I like the lad, hasn't consistently been able to do this for the senior team.

Bird was improving, but he's out for a good chunk of the season and has been a part of the team that hasn't started the season as well as we'd hoped for.

I hope Tyrese comes in and allows both of the players you mention to improve as part of a cohesive team effort. COYR

29 minutes ago, hintonsboots said:

No beard

No Rotherham connection 

Under 30
 

WTF is going on ?

He scored against them last season.

He says his best attribute is "carrying the ball forward". I cannot wait for someone in our midfield who can do that. Welcome to Derby.

1 hour ago, Carnero said:

Still time to move on to Plan T-YRO

 

What's Tyree Wilson up to these days. He looked a talent, but seemed he maybe developed early and then stopped progressing?

He's definitely got all the right attributes that we've been looking for.

Pace, skill, League One and Championship experience, a good pedigree at youth level and nowhere near 30 years old.

After seeing him against our u18s in the season we won the u18 league, I thought he was one of their best players alongside Saka. Surprised he's not gone on to better things, but hopefully he can sign with us and show us what he's capable of and we might have a chance of making the deal more permanent. His contract is over at the end of the season and I doubt that Arsenal will be looking to offer him a new one at 22 when you see them looking to offload Balogun now.

I'd be very happy with this signing and hopefully we can see more of the player he was at youth levels.

I seem to remember John-Jules being a threat in our successful u18 season. Obviously had a few injury issues that have curbed his progress, but could hopefully be a fantastic bit of business. If it’s 6 months it probably helps us in case he gets another long term injury and we need to use his loan spot in January for someone else.