silhillian

Oooooops. Foot in it or what!!!!

Anyone notice the LB piece already on the board? 👀

On paper it's a good signing and ticks all the boxes as a right wing back in a 3-5-2.
I'll judge his performances in a Derby shirt myself rather than rely on Posh fans, thanks. I've seen enough decent Derby players getting hammered by our own fans to not rely on other people's opinions.

Clearly your ITK sources are better than ours (not difficult as we ain't got any) 😉 

This was Leigh’s response when asked directly about Rodrigues during the Q&A he held on 31/05/23;
If we’re taking Leigh as being the most reliable source then the fact he has called most of the linked names as “entertaining” suggests to me all the links and rumours out there are wide of the mark. He doesn’t say we were certainly interested, he said Warne watched him during his time at Rotherham, that he knows a couple of clubs are/were interested, and that Derby scouted the national league so it’s likely Rodrigues name came up. Nowhere does he definitively say Derby were in for him. Dominic Dietrich is saying the same.
People really need to see past the nature of silly season, as a big club looking to continue our rebuild this summer we will be linked with plenty of names, it doesn’t mean we are actually looking to sign them. The only name genuinely discussed that we’ve missed out on is McGoldrick’s renewal and potentially Roberts, but even Warne’s comments on that we’re late last season with a caveat about what league we would be in, so perhaps Roberts always intended to chance his arm on a championship side.
All that matters is come the first day of the season and definitely the final day of the transfer window we have a stronger squad than we currently do, until that point it’s really not worth getting worked up about. Even those of you who are vehemently anti-Warne, he isn’t going anywhere this summer so even your own personal wish to see him gone has to wait on the recruitment and building of the side, then the subsequent results. There’s simply no need for the ongoing panic from certain quarters when players we may or may not have an interest in sign elsewhere. Even if we miss a target, there’ll be another. 

Oh, definitely confused, I thought it was a potential new signing 😵‍💫👍

I'm a bit confused, pretty sure I've kept up with the thread but, who's Thompson?

Exeter City are 'expecting' Josh Key and Archie Collins to leave at the end of the month (according to BBC Sport)... they'd both be good additions IMO.

McGoldrick has said he wanted to join Notts no matter what. I don't know what we could have offered him to get him to stay, I'd rather the club operate sensibly than try and put silly offers in front of 35 year old players to get them to stay.
Roberts was never our player. On loan from a Premier League club, now wanted by Championship clubs. You can't pin that on Paul Warne.
Jason Knight has had his international manager saying he should be/needs to be playing at a higher level. Probably true but all international managers will want their players playing as high as possible. All that's come from Derby is that claims he's close to leaving aren't true.
Hourihane has a job coaching 15 year olds in the evening and the media took a few words he said and spun them out of context for a story.
Rodrigues' dad has apparently followed Oxford on Instagram. That's about it. There's been nothing substantial to say he's going anywhere yet.
Yes business is being done, but slowly. This link tracks the done deals, it's hardly thriving with activity just yet. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/transfers
Local reporters have said we are close on deals but players are still on holiday. We seem to want to operate in a much quieter way, which is much better. We don't need to play out transfer sagas publicly.
We need to sign players, and we will sign players. We still have 56 days until the season starts, it's hardly time to panic. It's lucky we're having nice weather at the moment, lots of people will be able to put their freshly washed bedding out to dry after wetting it because McGoldrick has joined Notts County.

I genuinely don't understand why I've just seen "League two is a bigger pull than Warne"
It's not league two. It's Notts County. It's his club. He wants to retire there. Fair play. Could have stayed here for more money. He's literally just said himself that no other club he would have gone for. 
Internally they would have known about this for ages. I would imagine that Mcgoldrick has said "Look if Notts go up there's a chance I could go back there and I'd want to"
I wish him nothing but the best. Was unbelievable for us last season and without him we'd have been nowhere.
But that was the season of his life and we cannot be relying on him to do that again. We need 3-4 strikers chipping in with 8-15 goals each. We need wide players chipping in with 5-10. 
It's not just about replacing Mcgoldricks goals with an individual it needs to be spread. 
Other than Hourihane and NML. Goals from other areas of the team were pitiful.
But fans using this as a stick to beat Warne or the club with are a joke.

Good luck to him if this is what he really wants to do, but in my humble opinion when we first signed him I was so excited we had a player of his quality joining us. sadly I was wrong i thought he had fairly average season and didn't live up to his reputation being innocuous in games and very poor in dead situations. god knows how he made that best league 1 team I'm sure if he goes we could bring in a few  decent freebie signings if his wages are freed up. 

Ok, I’ve done my bit in looking to promote a bit of balance and reasoning into the conversation. You’ve got your views, fair enough. 

Bit saddened by the dismissal of Bird's impact on here...its clear some folk just don't realise what a good player he is. Like Will Hughes, he's a tempo player & controls the pace of the game but his defensive nous is also very good & clearly under-rated. No, he isn't particularly strong in the tackle but its 2023, not 1985...players are not rewarded for smashing into opponents these days but are rewarded for staying on their feet, tracking oppo midfield runs & intercepting dangerous passes/counter attacks. Max does all these very well & to the OP question, is the one player I absolutely would not want to leave.
As a contrasting midfielder, I could live with Jason Knight going especially as he's coming up to end of his contract & has international ambitions to protect. To be blunt, I haven't been impressed with his output in midfield this year & don't believe he has the quality to play centrall midfield long term. I do think he would make a good right wing-back (his best football this year was right side) & suspect that's where he will be played by whoever buys him. An offer of 2m plus would be a must sell.
Bielik is unlikely to return also given his international ambitions & at a reputed 20k a week (1m plus a year), just needs a quick move away. 
Sibley is a difficult one. Like Knight, I wasnt that impressed with his output this season but feel there is a player in there given time. With a more incisive front line in 23/24, he could make hay playing off the main striker(s). Hence I would only sell for silly money.

I wouldn’t be that thrilled if we spent what little we have on someone like Langstaff. Seen him play a handful of times and he reminds me so much of Jack Marriott in play style. Completely useless outside the box in most circumstances. Not someone we need, and a little bit of a relic in today’s game. Maybe he could change up his style but he is 26 already. 

According to their retained list Rodrigues is out of contract and has been offered a new deal, meaning he could sign for us on a free and as he’s over 24 there’d be no compensation due. The suggestions of £150k for him seems off the mark

https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2023/may/retained-list-2023/

Thought Rodriguez is out of contract so no fee?

Curtis has been a great servant of the club over the last 6 years, let's not forget that.
To end his Derby career like this, it's just hugely disappointing for everyone.
We can argue all summer over what he was doing there, end of the day it should not have been a penalty nor a red card.
Even if you give them the soft penalty, who knows what would happen with 11 men on the pitch.
It's over now though. Wish Curtis all the best in what comes next for him, be it on the pitch or in a studio.
Great guy. Massive shame.

Mendez Lang needs subbing for Barks.

Hope our players aren’t a bit under-cooked 🤔🐏

Not really. 
Paul Warne apparently said to someone he's going to sign three big centre halfs for next season, which makes me fear for Cashin's future. He is happy here, now feeling he's a valid member of team, last year said he didn't quite feel he should be there. Curtis Davies is so pleased that Orient going up and he jokingly said if he can't get a contract here, he'd love to go and play for them. 
Got chapter and verse about his ins and outs of the team this season, he's a great bloke. Very erudite and chatty.
Sibbo thrilled to be back in the team playing further forward; Bird very quietly spoken and appreciative of any compliments; Knight buzzing around everywhere, I never caught up with him! 😂
Roberts also very polite, loving being here but not looking beyond the next few games. He was very aware his form is good for his future wherever that might be. 
Joe Wildsmith loving it here, appreciating being in the first team and said how it was difficult at Weds not to still be seen and treated as one of the "loyal" academy lads. Said could see similar with the way our academy lads are here. He was asked who he wanted to win at Hillsborough and emphatically replied "us of course" clarifying that by us he definitely means Derby. He was one of the last players to leave. 
We spoke to a gaggle of players together - McGoldrick, Hourihane, Mendez-Laing - about the new formation, all loving it and much praise for Sibbo and Bird too in how that combo is working. Mendez-Laing was very witty and amusing! 
McGoldrick is much less shy face to face and was chatting about family, playing in black and white, and grateful for the praise coming his way. Got a bit of ribbing from the others about the attention he's getting. When Warne announced SC player of the season he said "in ascending order, third David McGoldrick, second David McGoldrick and the winner is ..." Made everyone laugh! 
Corey Smith is also really chatty and quite philosophical about his role in the team, happy to play anywhere, unlike Mendez-Laing,  who suggested I popped over and told Warne how much I loved the new formation! 😂 I didn't,  though sorely tempted! 
A bit of photo spam (sorry!) Didn't take many photos, unless players offered,  just happy to chat with them, tbh.
Also spoke to Stephen Pearce, David Clowes and Mrs Clowes at some length. 
Everyone was very open and approachable and Lynn and the Supporters Clubs did a great job in organising as usual.
 

Unless we can secure a playoff spot and subsequently beat whoever we play in the knockout playoff games we will not be promoted. 
Of the teams likely to be in the playoffs;
we have drawn with and beaten Bolton this season.
we have lost to, drawn with, and beaten Barnsley this season.
we have lost to and beaten Peterborough this season (if by some miracle Bolton drop out of it)
we have drawn with Sheffield Wednesday this season.
We also competed well against Ipswich and Plymouth. 
 
There are better teams than ours in this league, but on our day we have shown we can beat almost all of them and the only side that really outclassed us was Ipswich a couple of weeks back, when our form and confidence was in the pan. Your comment that we “struggle to cope against the better teams” isn’t true. 

IF we can make the playoffs it’s anyone’s to win. For me your point about McGoldrick is essentially moot, he has scored a ton of goals for us across the season and there’s still every chance he can and will continue to do so in our remaining games. 

About time he found his calling, his singing career is taking a real twist for the worse.

You have upset the fans on their forum, they are both going to be after you now.

Impressed with him and Collins, both out of contract in the summer. Also Sam Smith scored again for Cambridge, take a punt on him too.

Impressed with him and Collins, both out of contract in the summer. Also Sam Smith scored again for Cambridge, take a punt on him too.