Rich84

Personally I think we only need a direct replacement for whoever leaves, and someone to score goals, unless TJJ gets fit and becomes that player.
Although I think someone with a strong physical presence up front would be good as an alternative, Collins doesn't really offer that, so I'd see them as a replacement for him in the squad.
But No 1 target has to be to get Nyambe signed up beyond Jan

But, has has been mentioned before, if we’d spent a million on “a few good players” (I’m not sure how many such players we would have got for a million) we would have to have spent the money spice - firstly in transfer fees and then again in wages. I’m sure most players that meet that criteria would have demanded a decent pay packet.

Sure, but it does impact on the speed at which we can reach our potential, particularly when you take into account the restrictions imposed by the EFL that we were required to accept in order to be released from the stringent sanctions that applied during Administration. Some fans don't seem to have grasped that "speculating to accumulate" isn't either feasible of sensible for DCFC at this time. There's a discussion on another thread about what Alfie May was looking for as personal terms and that would have taken us back down the road of the Mel Morris years. Last season we still had a restriction on the length of contract we could offer, which was a big turn-off for younger players looking for 3-4 years of security, which is why we were generally shopping in the veteran's market. This inevitably meant wages at the upper limit of what the EFL allowed. Over time, I expect the age profile of the squad to reduce (it already has), and the signings of Wilson, Fornah and Weston should be a sign of things to come.
I'm not surprised at the impatience of some fans for an early reversal of our fortunes, but I don't think it's either helpful or realistic.  

Respect your opinions and not trying to wade into and argument or inflame matters, but your comment about 1 million quid wouldn't break the bank or fit into our business plan did interest me.
I would have inferred by our unwillingness not to spend this sum of money then it wouldn't have fit into our business plan and or Clowes wasn't willing or couldn't underwrite this - what makes you think otherwise?
 
 

And there in lies the issue with a proportion of deluded Derby fans....
Less than 18 months from going under, working to a tight business plan to demonstrate we won't make the same mistakes, so let's just spend a million to strengthen the team..........
Give your head a wobble

And there in lies the issue with a proportion of deluded Derby fans....
Less than 18 months from going under, working to a tight business plan to demonstrate we won't make the same mistakes, so let's just spend a million to strengthen the team..........
Give your head a wobble

And there in lies the issue with a proportion of deluded Derby fans....
Less than 18 months from going under, working to a tight business plan to demonstrate we won't make the same mistakes, so let's just spend a million to strengthen the team..........
Give your head a wobble

And there in lies the issue with a proportion of deluded Derby fans....
Less than 18 months from going under, working to a tight business plan to demonstrate we won't make the same mistakes, so let's just spend a million to strengthen the team..........
Give your head a wobble

And there in lies the issue with a proportion of deluded Derby fans....
Less than 18 months from going under, working to a tight business plan to demonstrate we won't make the same mistakes, so let's just spend a million to strengthen the team..........
Give your head a wobble

And there in lies the issue with a proportion of deluded Derby fans....
Less than 18 months from going under, working to a tight business plan to demonstrate we won't make the same mistakes, so let's just spend a million to strengthen the team..........
Give your head a wobble

And there in lies the issue with a proportion of deluded Derby fans....
Less than 18 months from going under, working to a tight business plan to demonstrate we won't make the same mistakes, so let's just spend a million to strengthen the team..........
Give your head a wobble

And there in lies the issue with a proportion of deluded Derby fans....
Less than 18 months from going under, working to a tight business plan to demonstrate we won't make the same mistakes, so let's just spend a million to strengthen the team..........
Give your head a wobble

And there in lies the issue with a proportion of deluded Derby fans....
Less than 18 months from going under, working to a tight business plan to demonstrate we won't make the same mistakes, so let's just spend a million to strengthen the team..........
Give your head a wobble

And there in lies the issue with a proportion of deluded Derby fans....
Less than 18 months from going under, working to a tight business plan to demonstrate we won't make the same mistakes, so let's just spend a million to strengthen the team..........
Give your head a wobble

And there in lies the issue with a proportion of deluded Derby fans....
Less than 18 months from going under, working to a tight business plan to demonstrate we won't make the same mistakes, so let's just spend a million to strengthen the team..........
Give your head a wobble

And there in lies the issue with a proportion of deluded Derby fans....
Less than 18 months from going under, working to a tight business plan to demonstrate we won't make the same mistakes, so let's just spend a million to strengthen the team..........
Give your head a wobble

And didn't they all do well! 
Some of the early academy results seems to have overshadowed that there are a few decent young lads knocking around,  only disappointment for me was Dajuane Browne who looked off the pace 

Thompson and Bird have both improved and arguably Mendez Laing on recent form.

Sibley best position is LWB not anywhere else !!

We're under a business plan until next summer, some adjustments did happen this summer, what they were I don't know. 
David Clowes is a reluctant owner, he's wealthy but not mega, he ain't splashin cash or sacking managers. Those who think he should sack n splash need a reality check. There's many of us fans who witnessed utter rubbish in the early eighties when I'm guessing most who write so much negative comments were not even born, get a grip get behind Warne and the lads and we may just get were we want to be this season, otherwise stay at home. 
Two seasons ago everyone pulled together hoping for the miracle to happen, it don't take long for the feel good factor to go, be pleased you have a team because had David Clowes not stepped in think who you may have been watching. 

We’ve not finished a season below where we are now but, as others have said, the season hasn’t ended yet. If you suspect this is the lowest we’ve ever been in the league then, according to Football.co.uk, during the 84/85 season we were sunk as low as 15th (after 16 games). We finished 7th that season. It remains to be seen where we’ll finish this time.

Quoted from the matchday thread, but I thought my reply would be better suited here. If Warne's answer to "why aren't we doing better" is what you describe, then the simple fix is to sign a forward capable of scoring in January. This would be a far cheaper fix than firing Warne and hiring a new manager.

Average crosses per game:
Derby: 25.4
Luton: 23.5 (highest in PL)
Liverpool: 18.3
Man City: 16.4
Newcastle: 14.3

Disappointing yes but hardly shocking. If our result was shocking I don’t know what that makes Charlton’s, Barnsley’s and Portsmouth’s.