California Ram.

The retained list mentioned contracts were being negotiated. I expect both to sign new deals.

The Archie Brown and Festy ‘out of contract’ bits are a worry. Just saw a post on Facebook suggesting Archie’s gone - anyone know any more ? 

I had no idea that is what caused him to be out for so long. Very pleased he was back playing well towards the end of the season. All the best, Tyree.

With forums and social media, there is a demand for daily information, that has spawned these ITK wannabes creating things to feed that desire.
The players, staff, all need a couple of weeks off to down tools and be with their families. Chances are very little is actually happening behind the scenes right now.
With some players on international duty as well, I suspect it could be quiet for most of the month.
The retained list will probably be out around July 1st. Would expect transfer activity to start shortly after.
With regards to the EFL, don’t expect any outcome from that any time soon, look how long it’s taken already. 
Enjoy the sun, beers and Euro’s.

For me there's no chance of this. Dell knows owning a Championship club is a mug's fame. That's why they're prepared to lend money to them at fantastically high interest rates and make a killing. 
It would be madness to throw away all their easy profits to go and sit on the other side of the fence and start losing money instead. 

Considering this thread is here already, I'll list what I think the squads will be next season. 
 
U23s stepping up to 1st team or out on loan: Foster, McDonald/Ebosele, Hutchinson, Watson, Stretton
U23s let go: Yates, Wassall, Bateman, Minkley, JML, Cresswell, Trialist
U18s let go: Jinkinson, Perez de Gracia
 
U23s
Goalkeepers: Idem, Sykes-Kenworthy
Defenders: Bardell, JBrown, Cashin, Solomon, Grewal-Pollard, Archie
Midfielders: Dixon, LThompson, Aghatise, Rogers, Matthews,
Wingers: Shonibare, Wilson, SThompson,
Forwards: Duncan, Plange, Cybulski
 
U18s
Goalkeepers: Roberts, Randle, Evans, Cox
Defenders: Brailsford, Lissah, Christie, Rutt, Williams, Maloney
Midfielders: Ibrahim, Clarke, Sebagabo, Moore, Robinson, Fapetu, Aideyan
Wingers: Borkovic, Kelly, Eze, Nicholas-Davies
Forwards: ZDixon, DBrown

Think after what our players went through in the last couple of months - a good period of rest and a proper pre-season could be a good thing. Hopefully this can motivate him to go and earn a place back in the Welsh squad.

He certainly has the right attitude to make it in the EFL. It's been clear for a while that he wouldn't break into the first team, so he's made the right choice in moving on. Hopefully he finds a club where he will get regular football, even if he does need to drop into non-league for a season or two.

Am I the only one that thinks he’d make a top manager? 

Arghhh the man that ruined my childhood. ? One of my first Shoot posters, turned darts target. My Dad promised me we’d win the league again, my hopes were pinned high on the bearded goal machine, how life can torment you when you’re young.
You have just forced me to go looking for alcoholic comfort to blur the memory again. 

Lawrence and Knight both allowed into stadia to watch a game tonight. No injuries. Given the amount of energy Knight has, presumably quite difficult for him to sit down for that long. 

Lawrence and Knight both allowed into stadia to watch a game tonight. No injuries. Given the amount of energy Knight has, presumably quite difficult for him to sit down for that long. 

Finished 1-1 thanks to a late Grewal-Pollard equaliser (his 2nd goal in 2 games).
Wolves scored from the penalty spot just after the 2nd half started.

Stretton is better than Cresswell in almost every way. Duncan needs a target man to play off. We won't see the best of his whilst he's leading the line

Come home Captain Chaos!
Scrapping the legal nastiness and bringing him back.

Applications are now open, membership is free, you just have to love having a striker that doesn’t end up on his arse every 5 minutes and can piggyback defenders with ease.
Who’s in?

erm, lets hope that doesn't effect the players too much...

Any other news of this game ? 

A fantastic achievement at any level captaining your country ? 
 

A lot of rusty feet on the pitch, but my goodness what an energizer bunny Ebosele is.  He will be in the main squad before too long, i should imagine.

So after a dodgy start the u23's turned in a very savvy performance to dispatch Liverpool u23s 2-1.
Quick recap (although @angieramwill do it better), Liverpool started very strongly and went ahead in the first ten minutes with a stunning free kick from Jake Cain.  There were no over age players from either team but Liverpool did play Ben Woodburn who has 10 full Wales caps (and 2 goals) and has appeared 6 times for the Liverpool first team.  Bizarrely he's from Gumpland.  Even more bizarrely, Liverpool has a second Gumplander in Max Bearne.  For the first half hour they looked very accomplished.
But as time went on we grew into it, and our first attack saw Tyree Wilson drive down the right.  He cut the ball back, Ola Ibrahim faked a shot and the ball came to Shonibare who took a touch and curled it into the (nearly) the top right corner.
Six minutes later Shonibare broke free and took the ball from near the half way line into the box only to be denied by a last ditch tackle by the Liverpool right back.  Unfortunately the ball fell into the path of Jack Stretton who volleyed home emphatically.
From there, Liverpool had the ball and we had the better chances on the counter attack.  For a young side Derby were very disciplined.
Man of the match was Shonibare.  On the basis of his performance and his Rams TV interview this week, where he talked about the benefits of being involved with first team training, I'd keep him around the place.
Other thoughts include that all of the front three (Wilson, Stretton and Shonibare) are pacy, talented and will forge careers in football.  And on pace, Wilson appeared different level and put in hell of a shift defensively.
Further back, no one played poorly.  Bateman playing at CDM did very well and Harrison Solomon is going all the way.  At 17 years old he was immense.
And finally?  Archie.  Was a Rolls Royce of a performance.  For those who aren't too familiar with him he is the sort of player who looks as if he's doing everything slower than everyone else while actually being quicker than anyone else.  For cricket fans he's a Malcolm Marshall of a player.  Playing at left back there were several occasions where he kept the ball in play where it defied logic.  Occasions where he went past players, or played little through balls that he had no right to.
I said a few weeks ago that Archie has to take inspiration from Sibley, and his progress last season.  He is tall, physical and technical and I am desperate for him to succeed.  On the left of a front three he could develop into an absolute monster.  It really is all down to him and his work effort from here on in.

When the first team, U23s and U18s were all playing on the same day with our very stretched resources, I really feared for us. Brilliant from both teams of youngsters. A 3-3 draw with Man City with that U23 team showing such resilience is  a stunning result in the circumstances.
The great thing is that these youngsters know there is a route to the first team open. If they impress, they will get their chance. Today there were seven academy graduates in the first team squad, four of them starting.
It's important for the Academy to be a continual production line rather than just giving us a one-off golden generation.

Minkley and Archie with the goals

Just wanted to celebrate this kid who has introduced himself in the  rams around the world section of this forum. Many will know of his super-quick goal clips provided on Twitter, this South Korean lad appeared recently on Rams Review Podcast (where he politely tolerated being called Lee the whole time, which is his surname/family name)
Somewhat bizzarely, he became a passionate Ram since the play-off final against QPR (must be drawn towards injustice and tragedy) and gets up at 3 or 4am to watch matches.
He also writes pieces promoting our club in South Korea.  I'm not on Twitter but I'm sure many have welcomed him already. Hopefully we can reach out and help him visit Pride Park one day. I think he will feature more on ramsreview pod so a relationship is developing there.  Hope the club are aware too and might assist.
 
 

U23s drew 1-1 with Birmingham, Ibrahim scoring for us. Idem saved from the spot after giving away a penalty. 
 
I think this was the team, although it’s hard to tel from the limited highlight footage.
Idem
McDonald   Bateman   Wassall   Trialist(?)
Dixon   JBrown
Borkovic(?)   Ibrahim   Archie
Stretton
Subs used: Matthews, Cashin, Bardell(?), Cybulski(?)
https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2020/09/under-23-highlights-Derby-county-1-1-birmingham-city