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5 minutes ago, IlsonDerby said:

Currently Bristol City are a bigger and better prospect for players than us. 
 

They’re building a young decent side to have a crack at the play offs. 
 

All you who think if we do manage to scrape up this season we’ll be aiming for play offs next season are in absolute dream land. 
 

we’ll be avoiding relegation with all our might. 

Correct but in 3 years time we will once again be bigger than Bristol city. 
All I care about is the fee we got for him is it worth it? 
horrihane is the problem in our midfield not Max. 
Selling one of our own who is better than we have replaced him with is not a blueprint to success. 
 

The point is how much did we get for one of our jewels. 
i don’t we will be told, surely if we’re aiming for Championship football next year then why sell to Bristol don’t get it. 

4 hours ago, Jourdan said:

It will help the club financially, which is still an important consideration to make whether people like it or not.

And perhaps we’ll have more muscle when the transfer window comes around again in the summer.

What selling to Bristol ? 
Doubt it, we spent naff all on a needed striker yet sold one of our assets to a team we hope to be above next year. Ambitious that .. 

1 minute ago, Jourdan said:

Obviously the club wanted to keep Max, hence why he is still here on loan.

It was probably in Bristol City’s interest to prolong negotiations and wear us down to make a deal.

The money will still make a difference.

To what??  

Sell max bring in nothing,……

If you think Warne should stay at the club longer than Bird.

theres the issue he’s never going to be excepted if he gets us up or not. 
he’s not one of our own now he’s selling our own for chips.. 

he’s a clown… no more will I protect that prat.. 

1 minute ago, Sparkle said:

Not particularly surprising January - Warne seems to focus on over 30 s forwards based in Sheffield or anyone else with a lengthy fitness issue 

More bothered that Bird wanted to sign now to not be here in the summer because he doesn’t believe in Warne or the way he plays his football and maybe that’s the problem as lots of other third division managers all frequently say they know what a Warne team plays like and whilst we have little money to spend we are unable to consider getting a decent loan from a premiership club and I personally believe that’s down to how we approach the football served up by our current manager.

we can absolutely be promoted but it’s going to be a hard watch.

I agree..  

no way for the youth 

Warne let that happen…. 
end of story 

Sold one of our academy best players!!!! 
 

1 hour ago, Rev said:

As simple as the title, post your view of the match action from your regular seat.

I believe I've got the best perch in the stadium, but I'm open to being proved wrong.

Can you give the cladding a wipe on Saturday please

15 hours ago, Tamworthram said:

Are you sure about that?

I chose one club (not quite at random but perhaps relatively local to you) - Chelsea.

They seem to run a loyalty scheme for away tickets based on how many away games you’re prepared to commit to. This is taken from their site:

All away match ticket applications are allocated on a loyalty basis to those that commit to travel to the most away matches throughout the season.

I didn’t look too deeply but I couldn’t see any mention of needing to be a season ticket holder.

This topic has been discussed a few times and I think we all agree that there is no scheme that would satisfy every one. However, as a ST (with away membership but in the 0-5 category at the moment. I’m hoping to move up a category next season provided I can get a ticket for Sheffield Wednesday) I think the current arrangement is probably about as fair as you can get. Our reward for having a ST is priority (and a small discount on match day tickets) for home games.

 

p.s. since posting the above original message, I looked at another club whom demand will always exceed supply - Leeds. They seem to operate to similar scheme to ours. Regarding ST holders, it just says they are able to purchase if tickets become available on a first come first served based and gives them the chance to build up their away attendance to enable them to access the away tracker system for future campaigns.

Yeah I totally agree but if you can’t get away games as it doesn’t make it to sale then your priority can never lift.

All I’m trying to say is that the STH should drop in at the 5-10 bracket. Any other season it has been a priority and now your bottom of the order at general sales it shouldn’t be that way. 

19 hours ago, B4ev6is said:

Well we pay the extra and think of this way brings in extra money for derby county.

Correct but after the 10 + games it should go to Season Ticket holders. How can a 30 quid Away membership with 5 Away games be a higher Priority than a Season Ticket?

I also had the Away Membership last year and brought it in Feb but it doesn't auto roll on. According to the Ticket office Away memberships from last year were managed by an outside company and now they are managed in house. 

Either way to have a Season ticket and not get a priority on Tickets is mad and doesn't happen at any other club in the country.  

On 11/02/2023 at 12:21, R@M said:

My home game too…I have people in Derby with season tickets so hope to get one of those….and the possibility of a green prawn sandwich seat….

It will be difficult to get in the home end as they have sold out quite a few times already this season. 

I’ve got a season ticket and can’t get the away games at the moment as it doesn’t count until general sale as away membership is a higher priority 

Good luck to Scunny. 
I’ll buy a ticket now to help, I’m sure it will line the chairman’s pocket instead but it might help towards wages. 
I wish you all the best and my sympathy is with your plight. 
 

That's me 2 more tickets 4 in a row in 2 weeks. Don't think my voice will take much more... 

Some returns have come in at the Ticket office if anyone is needing a ticket.. 

9 hours ago, sage said:

Ref booked Stearman which suggested it was him. Stearman didn't really argue.   

He did argue.. I was behind the goal and could hear him telling the Ref it never touched “HIS” hand.. 

14 minutes ago, StarterForTen said:

 

So glad he's had new DCFC pictures taken.

Everytime I see this old Rotherham pic I think of Ming the Merciless....

 

 

I look at him and think Karl Pilkington myself if i'm honest 

44 minutes ago, Gritstone Ram said:

Was there anything wrong with buying the stadium?

What looking at it now or looking at it back then? 
 

The point made is that we asked the questions about FFP and we were lied to.. 

if your boss told you to lie you probably would unless it was against your morales. Personally I will wait to see what he does next but there’s a lot of evidence to point to that he didn’t help when he could. He’s Guilty till proven innocent. 
 

They have worked us out in league 1 nullify the CMs press the goal keeper. Hat

is it 3 managers have said it now 

2 minutes ago, Jubbs said:

I'm not solely blaming the ref, but he and his officials were certainly a factor in the loss tonight.

And Saturday last 

10 minutes ago, Tombo said:

By the way we haven't failed to score at home all season. And in 4 home games in the league we've scored 7 goals. 3 games with 2 goals and only the opening day where we only scored once. Peterborough at home in particular was littered with chances and should have been a full-on pasting.

It's easy to point to these nebulous things like "tactics" and "shape" and then never have to follow up with what you're going on about or if you even know what you're talking about. You can just say "nah, tactics are wrong, shape is wrong". Reminds me of when people used to say "we're missing passion"

I'd like to know exactly what you think is wrong.

Have we been short of opportunities? No.

Have we lost possession too often? No, our possession stats are always sky high.

Have we defended poorly? Yeah, I'd say so in spells but we've conceded 8 goals in 8, which includes conceding 3 in one game at home to Plymouth.

There's nothing wrong with the instructions to my eyes. Nothing wrong with what we've tried to do with the ball, or our shape without the ball. We just seem to play with an remarkable amount of fear for the talent that we have. I think we're suffering from what many of us thought we might and that's that we are a target, and every game is the opposition's cup final. That's what makes away games so difficult is that pressure cooker that leads to mistakes. That's the "royal battle" you're referring to.

I'll absolutely agree that the buck stops with the boss and he has to do something to get it right, but this is what you call a lapse in form - don't tell me you've been watching football this long and never seen one before - which has happened because when we were playing well we didn't finish off the teams in front of us and now we're crippled by second-guessing. It was clear to see when we nearly threw away the two goal cushion vs Peterborough, and then when we did spectacularly vs Plymouth.

You don't get a two goal cushion to throw away if your tactics and shape are wrong. You don't get to get that far. Think about it

To be fair I agree. 
but I think it’s clear.. we don’t have any metal on midfield no hard players to say don’t f*** around with us in midfield. We’re scared to get stuck in mate. 

Just now, Jubbs said:

People need to give their head a wobble if you're calling for Rosenior's head already. It's SO EARLY in the season. We were poor tonight, yes. But, we were also shafted with 3 decisions that, if they were the other way around, would not have been given. Penalty was soft and the 2 offsides were clearly onside. 

Can’t blame the Ref every week mate.. 

I have been staying off there backs because of last year but by the looks of this we need to give them a big wake up.. 

Hate to say it… 

That team has no heart. No connection to last year. The bond has been killed. That midfield is totally wrong we have no grit in there. We’re being split open as no one is enforcing the midfield.. 

Got to drop Bird and change it up. Get the grit back 

Just now, Barney1991 said:

We could lose 5 nil and he’d say he’s delighted. This team needs a goal scorer 

Fleetwood is all I have to say to that.