cool_as_custard

Signed for Rotherham today - obviously now seen as a League One striker

Are we sure about Bogle and Lowe? That would be so not Derby to sell them for £11m and get them back for free

20 hours ago, Wistaston Ram said:

All of them except maybe the 'Mel' one if it stays this cold!

Surely the Mel ones have all been thrown away by now?

When will we know if the last day of the season's matches are going to be moved? Last season they were Sunday at noon which is a bit s***, but for purely selfish reasons I could do with the same thing happening this season.

29 Dec 2013 - 6,500 wasn't it? Could be another one given how the away season is progressing.....

4 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said:

Eric Steele said the other night that Barker did most of the coaching and he does most of the enforcing on the touchline . I have not heard why he did the post -match interview.

Many previous managers have done this, sending out their deputies but only when the team has won. Cloughie did it with Garner. Warne fronted up after the disappointing Cambridge, Shrewsbury & Cheltenham games so no great surprise he got Barker to come out on Tuesday.

This is getting so tedious, especially as one man and his trusted advisers are the only people who matter here. Categorically, the business plan will not include funds set aside/ringfenced for sacking a manager. That doesn't mean they won't have considered that PW won't make it to the end of his contract but any cash needed to pay the 4 of them off will undoubtedly come out of the playing budget. 

Generally clubs are not run like we used to be. We need to remember where MM and his scattergun approach to hiring and firing got us. Changing from 433 possession based with Mac to RealMadrid mk2 with Clement (spunking £10m in one day on BJ and Butterfingers), hard running, lots of effort with Pearson, back again to 433 with Mac v2, kick and rush with Rowett, 433 with Fat Frank, totalfootball with Cocu, Rosenior-ball under Rooney and now the patented League 1 no control but lots of crosses with PW.

I am not saying Clowes will not pull the plug but a 4 year contract, being singleminded in who he wanted and being just outside the playoffs before Autumn is here tells me it isn't likely to be anytime soon. So the endless new threads by people wanting their 15 mins of DCFCFans glory finding new ways to criticise PW are very premature. IMHO. I expect Clowes will look at all the good things that have happened under PW rather than concentrate on the negative. 

As others have said, the sense of entitlement in our fanbase is off the scale. Last week wasn't perfect but 5 points from 3 games is 76 points, as is 18 from 11, but with the positives of Nyambe, Nelson, Fornah, Wilson plus Bird, Hourihane fit to play, solid back 5, with Ward back soon. 

Having said all that, if football owners can sack Eustace with their team in 6th, then anything can happen. But I trust Mr Clowes with my club much more than that.

24 minutes ago, RamLad1884 said:

Nelson will go RB next game, Bradley and Cashin will look solid. 
 

Quote me, @ me, laugh at me but I don’t buy that he’s just not up for it. When we don’t have any choice about playing him they will get him integrated into this team.

I expect PW to use the lack of any fit RBs currently to move Korey Smith back there so it isn't as obvious he is dropping him from the midfield. The whole blend has not looked right in there yet this season, Hourihane is captain so won't be the first to be dropped and we have Fornah and Embleton waiting in the wings with more pace, power, agility and (possibly) ability. Then Bird and Thompson will return and I suspect Smith might then be at the bottom of quite a long midfield list.

Nelson didn't look comfortable at RB when he was pushed out there in one game.

Wendies looking at Jeff Hendrick/Isaac Hayden apparently, so that would free up Vaulks

Yep, Steve Bloomers Washing would be my podcast of choice, also without wishing to denigrate any of the others who all do good work.

Will it be covered on RamsTV?

Lady sat near us on Saturday told us she had phoned the club in the week and, because of our restrictions due to administration, season tickets cannot be put on sale until the season has ended and only card payments can be accepted. Sounds like no payment plans again but at the instruction of the EFL and our agreed business plan.

Make of that what you will. 

On 20/01/2023 at 23:25, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

Think we were the first team to play at Wednesday only a week later

Not quite, Wednesday came to the BBG a week later. We won 1-0 Dean Saunders. 

Having seen him at close quarters since July, if David Clowes is happy with him in post, then who are we to quibble? Plenty of time to source a replacement but they seem content to carry on as we are. That's good enough for me.

36 minutes ago, Poynton ram said:

Does that mean teams coming to PP get 5% of the ticket sales to home fans?

Not the way I read that extract from EFL rules. They get a 5% fee for the admin involved in selling their tickets only. So Wednesday sold about 3k at £20 (very rough) = £60k @ 5% = £3,000 admin fee.

FGR get the square root of very little

Nailed on to be on TV surely, whoever wins their replay

54 minutes ago, Topram said:

Missed out on 2 targets guessing one’s a RB and that Wilks

Kyle Joseph chose to go to Oxford - might have been him.

Would take Lyle Taylor from the stench on loan. Won't get a game there. Seems to have a bit of an affinity with the Rams. Made some positive comments after the epic Birmingham game in Jan, despite acting like a t*** when he was subbed off.

2 minutes ago, DCFC1388 said:

Obviously he could well have been lying.

What can you mean? Be nice to get away from betting sponsors going forward and have something more associated with the county. Can't imagine League 1 status would command too high a figure given the reduction in TV exposure.

Probably already been asked but has the contract with 32Red as shirt sponsors run out, or do we have them for longer even though they won't be paying Rooney's wages any longer?

Can't believe there's a chance we would get allowed back in to League 2. National League at a pinch, National League North or South more likely.

9 hours ago, cool_as_custard said:

Due to a positive Covid test, I now have two spare adult tickets for Boro available at face value (£30 each) if anyone wants.
Problem is that I live in Sheffield but could meet up somewhere within reason.
First come, first served

Should point out that I am not the one with Covid!

Due to a positive Covid test, I now have two spare adult tickets for Boro available at face value (£30 each) if anyone wants.
Problem is that I live in Sheffield but could meet up somewhere within reason.
First come, first served

13 minutes ago, nottingram said:

Now I know Morris ran the club badly but I refuse to believe he found out Middlesbrough agreed a £2.5m fee for Waghorn and decided he was going to bid £5m for him instead

Doesn't say that - we matched the £5m fee and offered higher wages. I think we can all agree that Waggy was never worth £5m of anyone's money.

2MP's in Middlesbrough - andy.mcdonald.2nd@parliament.uk (Labour) and simon.clarke.mp@parliament.uk (Conservative)

My email to these two MPs:-

Gentlemen

I am writing to you both as sitting MP's for the Middlesbrough constituencies in the hope that you might take up the case of Derby County with Steve Gibson.

In case you are not aware of the situation I will summarise. Mr Gibson has had a long-standing feud with our previous owner, Mel Morris, given how Morris conducted himself in particular regarding the financial rule of the EFL. Morris put Derby County in administration and has effectively run away from the mire that has left the club in.

Middlesbrough FC have brought a claim for compensation against DCFC for approx £45m, against a club who are seeking new investment to protect the future of this original member of the Football League.

The basis of the claim is secret but seemingly has to do with DCFC allegedly overspending and that being the (sole) reason why Middlesbrough failed to win promotion in one or more seasons.

Irrespective of the chances of success of such a claim succeeding in court, it will not go away, the EFL insist it has to be dealt with (despite it not yet being won in court) and there now exists the very real possibility of my club going out of existence, following the likes of Bury (potentially as soon as 1 February). We have been deducted the maximum 21 points as our punishment and believe we should be able to take our medicine and move on. But cannot with two Swords of Damocles hanging over us.

How do you believe your constituents feel about Mr Gibson continuing down this course of action? From message boards the answer is that many could not stomach Middlesbrough FC being a significant cause of the bankruptcy of a fellow club. The importance of football clubs to communities and local areas will not be lost on either of you.

We have potential buyers waiting in the wings but they cannot proceed because of this (and another) opportunistic claim against the club (not against the man who orchestrated this not against the EFL who delayed their decisions to allow DCFC to survive last season)

I am not a constituent of either of you but I implore you both to look into this and ask if the people you represent would want the end game of this process to be the extinguishing of such a venerable and famous institution such as Derby County Football Club.