OoooMarkWright

20 minutes ago, admira said:

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Raul Albentosa 

1 hour ago, Mucker1884 said:

Thought these were the blocks where ST holders had to move for cup game away fans?

Are there no STs in this area then? ?‍♂️

It is. But season ticket holders moved for the West Ham game. All there will be in that area now is season ticket holders. It’s never happened ever in that area where the club haven’t sold match tickets. Very odd. 
There is a new supervisor apparently who is strict on standing, checking tickets etc. It’s clearly a club policy to not sell tickets in that area but I’m not sure why? 

Why is the club not selling tickets in the East stand corner near the away fans?

The area is blocked out for the remainder of the season. I’ve heard stories of stewards being added to the area and being ‘on it’ in terms of reducing the standing fans. Used to be a decent atmosphere here but now you can’t get in. It’s not sold out as not blacked out. An odd decision by the club. People are complaining that the stewards/club are killing the atmosphere in this area. 
Anyone know anymore about this? 

3 minutes ago, Sidd10 said:

How does this page still get mentioned? Haven’t they been called out for bull?

They got Luke McGee right in fairness. 

24 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said:

I think this is disingenuous about Mel who is also a fan, I felt he was quite private (but that might be debated), had the best intentions of the club at heart and likely bled black and white (or hopefully blue and white with red numbers). He mainly failed because he was incredibly unluckly and was battling a rigged system. He also made some poor choices, but for much of the time I admired his personal sacrifice in the Arthurian quest to establish Derby as a Premier League club. If I recall, the guy is at least £120m poorer as a result.

I pretty much disagree with everything you have written here.

Luke McGee - GK from Forest Green linked. Only signing to be made as Warne is happy with squad. Probably rubbish as this site gets nothing right!

1 hour ago, Papahet said:

Lives in Notts, not fancied at Coventry, good record at this level and defo the age Warne mentioned to wanting to bring in...

We should be all over this!

 

Been injured for afew months mind.

 

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/transfer-news/coventry-city-transfers-tyler-walker-25828277
 

Been out with a cruciate knee ligament injury. Still not fit. Think I’ll pass. Next! 

Davies will almost certainly retire at the end of this season. I can’t see him going anywhere for a 6 month deal. Even if he’s a squad player, I can’t see him wanting to leave when we have a chance of promotion. 

3 hours ago, Duracell said:

Honestly surprised we're 5 pages in and only one person has suggested Bloomer.

273 goals in 419 top flight games, and 28 goals in 23 England appearances. With that ratio, if they played more international games at the time, nobody would be able to touch his record. He remains the second-highest goal scorer in the top flight, beaten only by Jimmy Greaves.

A lot of the players mentioned were outstanding, elite players, but there were other options out there if you missed out on them as a target. Bloomer was the footballer of his era, a cut above in the same way as Ronaldo or Messi are now. It's remarkable that someone born 150 years ago before the age of celebrity footballers made such an impact on the club that we still sing about him before every home game.

Probably because the original post stated you must have seen them play. Unless someone’s been in a freezer for a fair few years, I think that rules Bloomer out of the running for this thread.

4 minutes ago, Rich3478 said:

 Him and bielik was possibly the best midfield we’d had in years, but only played about ten games together.

Really?? A slight exaggeration considering a year before we had Mount and Johnson bossing the midfield with Wilson just in front of them. 
Shinnie is solid. Nothing more or less. A good pro who I’m sure would do a job. But, I think other areas need strengthening first. 

3 minutes ago, Gisby said:

Yep, I too thought he’d get withdrawn at half time as could see us going down to ten men if not. Much better second half from him so credit where credit’s due ?

I think folk are going a bit OTT about his discipline. It ain’t that bad. Besides, if you sub him every time he gets a yellow, how is he ever going to learn to  be disciplined when on a yellow? I thought he had a decent second half. He’s growing into the role and in this league can get away with a bit of defensive naivety. Long term, I can’t see it being his position though. 

2 minutes ago, Anag Ram said:

We definitely need CB cover and a proper RB. Smith is better as midfield cover.

Do we need extra cover at CB? Forsyth and Cashin are outstanding. We have Davies, Stearman, Rooney and Chester as cover. Mostly geriatric cover, but it’ll do. A right back is a must though! 

10 minutes ago, Millenniumram said:

Graeme Shinnie ain’t coming home… but Lee Gregory might be ?

4 goals in 20 this season. 34 years old. I’d have taken him permanently after his loan spell, but probably not now.

We sold Saunders for a British record at the time so he’d be worth an absolute fortune now. Mark Wright similar.

I thought Wanchope was destined for the very top in 1997 so thought he’d be worth a killing too. Not the 3.5 million we received! 

The fitness and relative lack of injuries the last couple of years has been impressive given the small squad. He must have been doing summat right.

4 minutes ago, Ellafella said:

1Wildsmith 7 solid as always

12Smith 7.5 got forward well. Involved in the goal.

3Forsyth 7 solid again.

6Cashin 8 Imperious.

17Sibley 7 sloppy start but solid defensively 

4Hourihane 6 OK. Still think he can do more.

38Knighy 6.5 Busy for his 25 mins

8Bird 7 Knitted it together well.

11Mendez-Laing 7 Great cross for the goal

10McGoldrick 6 Things didn’t really come off for him

33Davies 6 

18Dobbin 7.5 Good header and had their full back on toast at times.

Barkhuizen 6

9Collins 5.5 Didn’t really link play at all.  

1 hour ago, Oldben said:

https://staceywest.net/2022/12/30/imps-linked-with-swoop-for-premier-league-striker/

Should we be interested in trying to sign him on loan?

We’ve already got Osula who isn’t getting minutes. I don’t think we’ll be in for a loan forward as it stands. Clubs would be reluctant to loan out unless they’d get minutes. Collins has been poor recently, Osula deserves a chance. 

Not bad.

Collins and McGoldrick not clicking at all. McGoldrick not been great so far. Hourihane having a poor game. Get Knight on. 
 

Keep on going and we should win, but we’ve not created loads, lots of nearly moments. 

34 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

Logic might suggest that Top 6 is our aim, but what has that to do with Rosenior? We were not improving with him, so why do you think 'his' 7th spot was anything but a blip?

 

Well obviously because we were 7th under Rosenior when he was let go. I’m fine with that decision as long as we improve and finish in the top 6 and ultimately get promotion. I don’t think you can suggest it was a blip. We won his last game in charge. He built the squad from scratch. Rosenior was doing ok. I’m fine with the job Warne is doing too. The football is a bit more agricultural but if it results in promotion, I won’t care. 

27 minutes ago, DB83 said:

A lot of the pressure on Warne imo is coming from people who think that Rosenior was a good manager and should have been persevered with for much longer. After all, this squad (which most on this thread seem to agree is one of the best in this league) was built, as you say, with no transfer fees, no money for agents, etc etc, by Rosenior. Many feel he should therefore have been given more than 9 league games to work with his squad. And if you believe that, then naturally you're going to expect the replacement manager to be a considerable improvement, otherwise why replace Rosenior??

You say: "Let's enjoy what we have, if we make the play-offs great, if we don't we don't". Yes, you're spot on. So why didn't this philosophy apply when Rosenior was in charge too??

You say: "To put into context, who can tell me the last time we had a manager that lasted more than 2 full seasons?? I'm looking forward to judging Warne after 2-3 seasons, not 5 minutes and one restricted transfer window.". Yes, again you're spot on. So why the rush to replace Rosenior?? Why not judge him after 2 full seasons??

On a points per game (ppg) basis, Rosenior had 1.56 ppg after 9 league games with a squad recruited very hastily and under huge restrictions (this would give us 71.76 points over the season), while Warne currently has 1.62 ppg after his first 13 league games (which would be 74.52 points over a full season). So by replacing Rosenior with Warne, we will statistically gain an extra 2.76 points over the course of a season (let's call it one extra win).

Might that one extra win be the difference between promotion/play-offs and not?? Sure, it could be. But does that justify having replaced Rosenior so soon?? People will have their own opinions, but a lot of the pressure and expectation on Warne comes imo from people who think that, since we replaced Rosenior so quickly, his replacement should be providing a bigger improvement than is currently the case with Warne.

After all, we've won 3 of the last 10 league games. Will all the Warne super-fans on here be happy with 3 wins in the next 10 league games too??

Good post.

But, I’m relatively happy with the job Warne is doing. I will consider it a failure if we don’t  make the play offs. Rosenior was replaced when we were 7th so the logic suggests top 6 was/is the target.

Having seen the whole league, it’s a very low standard. Top 6 is easily on. If we don’t make it, it’s been a mistake replacing Rosenior. For what it’s worth, I think we’ll make top 6. 

8 minutes ago, admira said:

313. 

Roger Davies

36 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said:

Sorry, have to disagree.

The ball is already placed!
It's blatantly removing the ball from it's free-kick position, and throwing it away.  Anyone does that during the 90mins, even for a standard free kick in the centre circle, and the very least they get is a "stern talking to", but more often, a card is issued.
It's not a case of "leveraging an advantage", it's out and out ungentlemanly conduct. 
He shouldn't need advising that it's against the rules, just as nobody needs advising that it's against the rules to pull a penalty taker's shorts down to his ankles, just as he's about to start his run up from the D!  ?  

I'm not one for crying "I'm done with football", as it's not that important to me, but I've got a big downer on this one.  I'm still stunned the ref followed his every move, from start to finish... and did feckall!  ?

We’ve witnessed the greatest World Cup final in living memory and you’re harping on about a technicality in the shoot out. Just take it for what it is and enjoy the game. 
 

That final was outstanding. I’ve never seen a game turn so quickly. Delighted for Messi as that seals his legacy. What a game. Highlighted football at its very best, so many twists, turns and drama’s. Absolutely brilliant game and it has to be said, a great finale for a fantastic World Cup!

Being England manager requires a different skillet to club football. Successful club managers don’t necessarily make good national bosses. Pretty much all of the managers at this World Cup wouldn’t get top jobs in club football now.

Southgate had the advantage of being U21 manager and seeing some of these players through the system. He knows tournament football. The FA had a brain fart when it appointed Bothroyd as that ruined the transition. Carsley could do well.

Glad Southgate stays. It would’ve been a Gerrard, Lampard type if not. I’d be tempted to try and get Gerrard involved in the U21s to see if he ‘has it’.

2 hours ago, Millenniumram said:

God knows how Sibley keeps getting chances, he’s not going to make it. Never seen a player so thick

Same could be said about your posts on this forum. 
He wasn’t great but he’s an attacking midfielder playing left wing back. Ridiculous comment.

4 hours ago, Ilsonram12 said:

Saunders and Wright sold for a pittance to liverpool, yes we were relegated but... 

Then a few years later, Charles and Johnson sold to villa

Then same happens with Christie and riggott to boro 

Not to mention rasiak and huddlestone to spurs 

They were record British transfer fees paid out at the time. 2.2 million for Wright a record for a defender and 2.9 million for Saunders. The issue was the money went to Maxwell.

Christie revealed in his book Boro bid 7 million for him alone. We wanted 9. 6 months later we got 3 for him AND Riggott. Sturridge was similar, could have got around 6-7 million, a few years later we got about 300k. Will Hughes, could have sold for about double what we got. We are terrible at getting decent fees, we hold on for too long.