Dan_Ram

1 hour ago, tinman said:

U21’s threw away a 3 goal lead to lose at Sunderland today. 

According to a pic of the teamsheet, triallists for us were:

Dan Ellison (20 years old CB - 30 games 4 goals for Chippenham in NL South this season)

Diamond Edwards (20yr old midfielder from Southampton)

Mani Ilesanmi (19 yr old CF from Harrogate Town)

Jerome Richards also had a (T) next to his name but online searches said he was already with Derby’s U18s this season.

Does anyone know if any of the pubs in Derby tend to put game on? Neptune or The yard? Can watch it at home but wouldn’t mind going out somewhere.

14 hours ago, Bald Eagle's Barmy Army said:

They aren’t good enough yet???

We haven’t seen anywhere near enough of them to make that sort of comment. 
 

Most of our first team arent good enough. 

We haven't seen a lot of them yet but the people who pick the team, who see them every day in training, who have decades of experience in coaching youth teams and knowledge of the step up between youth to senior football have seen them and aren't picking them. 

1 hour ago, RoyMac5 said:

What's wrong with the one's we've got in the Academy?

They aren't good enough yet, otherwise they'd be in the first team...

Who would you suggest from the U21s that is currently better than our starting XI?

Brown might be the only one close IMO. Robinson, Weston, Fapetu, Wheeldon all have potential but not 1st team quality yet.

I'm talking about bringing in 20-24 yr olds that have league experience. Unfortunately we are looking at Ireland, Scotland, lower leagues & Premier league cast-offs, because that's the pool we are fishing in at the minute.

Still have the oldest average age squad in the league. Hangover from not being able to pay money for players.

Hopefully we can start to bring in a few more adventurous, energetic youngsters to inject a bit of pace & excitement back in to the squad. Feel that things are just a bit too slow at times. One or two in January would be a good start.

Let's face it, the damage done by administration and embargos will take years to reverse. Need a bit of patience.

I have a private plate, my grandad owned a haulage company and purchased one for myself, my sister and my cousin at the respective times of our births. All had our names and a combination of 3 numbers adding up to his lucky number 16.

They stayed on the company lorries until we were old enough to drive and then transferred as a present. Unfortunately he isn't with us any more so, although it'll be worth a lot more now than when it was purchased in the early 90s, it is worth even more to me in sentimental value.

Scrappy, end to end, but a definite reaction from last week which I’m loving out here in Menorca. ‘Supervising’ the kids while watching the game and drinking too much beer. 

Champions league qualifiers again tonight.

2 hours ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

Jake Rooney? Or the lad we just added from Palace’s academy? 
One player who is on a free having left Man United’s academy is Di’shon Bernard. Whether we’d compete for him or not is a different question. He spent time on loan at Pompey last season so might be willing to drop to league one, but likely to have other offers and maybe guaranteed starts. 

Played for Jamaica in their Gold Cup win against NMLs Guatemala last night. Along with Joel Latibeaudiere who I think some people suggested would be a good fit for us as well.

Didn’t seem to have any significant impacts on the game last night other than losing his man for the Jamaica goal. 
At least we can get him involved with pre-season now. Although, he was looking a bit jaded so probably needs a week off.

All Gold Cup highlights are available on Youtube. Here's the Guadeloupe game for anyone that hasn't seen it yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKazCZ5_irA

So much potential, output is lacklustre as usual. We’ve definitely had worse in recent seasons but imo it’s completely forgettable.

3 minutes ago, Dan_Ram said:

Who dis?

Wait.. is that Oduroh?

Who dis?

3 minutes ago, ziggyram59 said:

This whole saga with Bielik's transfer to Birmingham is doing my head in. I thought he was supposed to sign on Wednesday. Is he ever going to leave our club? 

One last ‘48hrs’ from the final relic of Mel’s Derby.

50 minutes ago, TigerTedd said:

sponsors can make a shirt iconic. I think back to some of the old kits from the 80s. When I was a kid I didn’t know who sharp or brother or candy was, or why it said it on the front of a kit, but it made those kits iconic for me.

To this day, I still have no idea what a Motta is… but agree with you wholeheartedly on the sponsor making certain kits iconic. Fiorientina Nintendo kit was another great. 🤔 The Italians used to get it really right in the 90s.

This jogged my memory of watching one of those training drill challenge videos where it was Washington and 1 other player. I remember thinking at the time that he was awful. Couldn’t find that exact video, but did find this one which wasn’t much better. Jimmy still has a better 1st touch 😆

2 hours ago, Scott129 said:

NML was electric in the first half of the season - arguably a top 5 performer for us.

I think he's just one of those players that fades in the second half (in games and in the season as a whole) and I'm sure Wednesday fans said exactly the same thing.

You're right though - adding international games in to the mix will make matters worse.

Did Brereton Diaz the world of good though, going to Chile. Don’t cyclists do their off-season training at altitude in South America to increase the production of red blood cells?

2 hours ago, Srg said:

Many many Championship appearances, international starter, length of contract left

Twine is English. Knight wouldn’t get in the England team so that isn’t a differentiator. And Knight never set the champ alight despite his appearances. Obviously I’m no scout so can’t vouch for one or the other having differing potential ceilings. But based on the information listed, I think it is fair to compare the two.

4 minutes ago, Srg said:

Beyond the fact they're both League 1 players, none of that is relevant or comparable.

Knight & Twine? Almost the same age, similar position, target for championship clubs, fee comparison this year Vs last year so no massive inflation. What makes it irrelevant out of interest? Can you elaborate.

I commented this on one of the FB fans groups when someone claimed that £2m was nowhere near enough. Thought it worth a repost on here to see what people think.

If the rumoured 2-3m is true, then for me, that represents good business.

7 hours ago, Kokosnuss said:

Mainly White & Black Shirt with yellow/gold trim

Mainly Black & White Shorts with yellow/gold trim

Mainly White & Black Socks with yellow/gold trim

 

 

🐐🐐

Thing is, (and I’m a big fan of Knight), if we got £2.5M say and used it to buy JCH, would you see that as great business? 

Was right down in front of him when they played at our place early last season. Struck me as one of those players you’d hate to play against but love if he was on your team.