Rich84

I see the triallists all look totally peed off and don't want to be there..... makes me laugh all the crap and Chinese whispers about them coming in not knowing what's happening after the comments last night! So many of you on here need to go and reread what you have been posting in the other topics then have a think before posting again at how stupid it all sounds

I wouldn't sign Stearman or Baldock. Carroll marginal. Allsop only if Marshall is going.

I see the triallists all look totally peed off and don't want to be there..... makes me laugh all the crap and Chinese whispers about them coming in not knowing what's happening after the comments last night! So many of you on here need to go and reread what you have been posting in the other topics then have a think before posting again at how stupid it all sounds

Me every time I see one of the perpetual moaners saying they're thinking of not going on Saturday.

I don't get what it will achieve. He wants to sell but there's no buyer coming forward. 
Best thing we can do is get behind the team, support as much as we can, and maybe we can help pull together long enough for a sale to be completed. 

Is it just me that reads the academy comment as meaning that in the past the academy players weren’t being brought through, which left us in a worse position to keep some of the others, or to get really good money for them, rather than now?
Rooney has given a lot of them game time, as did Cocu, but before that not many were given a chance, only really Bogle.
At the time we had Lowe, but we bought Malone, who ended up not being used too much in his second year and then going out on loan through to the end of his contract, and we ended up selling Lowe for probably less than we could have got had he played more the year before, rather than having been sent out on loan to Aberdeen. In the end we sold him to let Buchanan through, which is exactly the way the academy should work, in an ideal world, but we likely would have gotten more for Lowe with more game time.
Knight probably could have broken through in the Lampard season, given how quickly he broke through the next year, but instead I think the first time we see him (on the bench) is at Leeds in the play off semi, despite IIRC having had many injuries to midfield players during the season.

Nixon is just gaslighting here. He doesn't have anyone on the inside giving him info. 
He seems to indicate they have all been given zero hour contracts with their new on like they work in a Supermarket but he basically covering his own backside as he earlier reported that he knew there was a summit and nobody signing. 
His stories are no better than half the kids pretending to be agents on twitter. Might boost his followers though.

I’m no huge fan of Lawrence, although seemingly I rate him a lot higher than some on here, but as with Buchanan and Byrne. How can anyone expect to do business with us when we can’t spend any incoming transfer money on replacements? 
Any outgoing would have to be able to cover the significant cost of relegation. Lawrence is one of about 5 players in our team that you could expect 5 or so goals out of over the season. He typically scores goals off his own back too. Not a great amount but when there is literally no alternative then I’d rather him stick around than sold for no replacement. 

Got to love some of the strategic thinkers on here.
Were massively short of attacking players. Hmmm let’s sell one who carries a goal threat because we can spend it on someone better! Double yay!!
Except we can’t can we? We can’t even use it to supplement a better wage offer to free agents.
Actually we’ve weakened ourself. Made relegation even more likely. And can’t effect any positive change to the squad.
I’d trust my tramp to run Derby better than some of of the posters on here ??

He was instrumental in keeping us up. Let’s see how he does this season, if he’s here obviously.

I think we need to get answers to every point on this, including the details behind each one. Why are we the only club in the entire football league default in payments to the HMRC. Do regulation 16.2, 16.3 and P&S non-submission of audited accounts really relate to purely amortisation or is there more to it? 

This is as of this morning. 

No other club is being hounded to death and restricted from bringing in players as a result of an 18 month vendetta against them despite not actually breaking any set-in-stone rules.
Most of our issues are a a direct result of being held guilty for a year of something we were found innocent of, and then found guilty (at the second, long delayed attempt) by decree of opinion (not law, not even based on any written rule) of a second charge, coupled with ill health leading to a reassessment of priorities.
If we were allowed to operate freely and spend money we would have done, we wouldn't be in this situation if we weren't being treated with the utmost hypocrisy by an organisation which demands everything is explained in detail to them (well, they do now, they weren't bothered 3 years ago) and yet makes up new rules without any justification or explanation at the drop a hat.
Mistakes have been made of course, but it's football and most things go tits up unless you happen to have a massive dollop of luck along the way.
It's funny just how many mistakes get covered over and never talked about by virtue of just one thing going right and vice versa
By all means shout your arse out about how much you hate Mel, I suspect you're more likely to find the people around you telling you to shut the duck up than join in with you, but we'll see.

As someone said, we have waited seventeen months to see a live competitive Derby County game.
I am really looking forward to it and I certainly won't be wasting any energy on booing anybody. 
Time to enjoy being a supporter again.

On Saturday, whatever team we put out needs 100% support. If some fans feel the need to criticise the owner / board i hope it's after the final whistle. To do do during the match will be doing no favours for our young players.

Did the Mrs burn your tea tonight ? 

After seeing Cashin yesterday I'd rather us develop him that develop Mengi for Manchester United to benefit. 
We need to cashin on our academy players. 
Sorry. ?

I would speculate that it's more a case of protecting them.
Imagine if one of those gets injured a week before the season... We'd be even further in the poo.

Not sure if he's done it to make it look worse, or simply because if any of them get injured today we're even deeper in the poo. Plus the youngsters need to get on the pitch at some point in pre-season if they're going to be on the bench for the first game. 

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

Not necessarily.  Some Season ticket holders have already said that they are “ trying “ other seats, meaning the possibility of somebody not able to get the seat they paid for last season. I’m sure people trying these seats are not opting for cheaper ones. Sometimes you cannot be on line securing tickets as soon as they are released.  There seems to be a bit of “ so what, deal with it” going about, but if you sit with groups of family and friends and can’t get your seat it could be a big deal.  Some people pick seats related to the amount of stairs they can comfortably climb or an isle seat as they struggle to pass people, there are fans with OCD. Sometimes it’s not as simple as it is might seem to some.

Not sure why people are moaning about keeping their seats, if you sort your ticket tomorrow when its only season ticket holders then surely everyone will pick their own seat so you will still get your own seat anyway

I was thick ? figured it out now duhhhhh

If you haven't been watching our friendlies, then you won't know it's been Lawrence starting in the middle, with Morrison/Hutchinson/Watson on the left. Sibley is essentially Lawrence's backup as things stand.

Disappointed about the lack of season ticket seat reservations,  there's plenty of time to request a move to a different seat when they went in general sale for those that want to try a different view.
I got my own and think most of my mates have theirs,  mates I haven't seen for 18 months! It's not as simple as saying try somewhere else, I know at least 1 of our group of 16 had his seat nicked and couldn't get close, and for all those saying he should have got on earlier.... some people still work for a living!

I suspect that we're holding off signings atm, for a couple of reasons. Firstly, if we only have 4 available, it's best not to make an early signing, only for that player to get injured in a friendly or training. Secondly, if we're hoping for a softening of our embargo, it may make a difference to the players available and the contracts offered.