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The inability of this club to deliver on its actions is concerning. We went into the window wanting a striker, publicly stating for a long time how we need extra men upfront, spent probably 6-8 months identifying strikers, yet despite raising funds through a player sale on the final day - still can’t get the job done? 
It’s this exact approach why unless there are changes this club will struggle to be successful. We are without direction and conviction. 
This is not me moaning we haven’t signed a striker BTW, I’m not sure I trust the club to sign one with quality anyway, but this is a unequivocal example of how the club can’t even follow up their own actions. 

See you next January for another attempt to improve the squad and push on trying to go up from league one

See you next January for another attempt to improve the squad and push on trying to go up from league one

Birdy is a professional and will be committed in helping us go up this season 

Best midfielder at the club. Leaving as won't sign a new contract. Good fee. Keep the player for the rest of the season.
He came through the ranks, stood by us when we were on our arse, does his best, good egg arond the place, getting a bigger wage in a higher division, club doesn't lose out.
Max Bird comes out well, Derby County come out well. 
Moaners, please shush. I'm embarrassed by you.

A nice enough city and perennial mid-table excitement

Birdy is a professional and will be committed in helping us go up this season 

He hasn’t forced a move? He’s told them he won’t sign a new deal and Clowes has accepted a deal he believes to be good value which is probably just under tribunal fee (a discount for it not being a drawn out affair?). 
 
Some derby fans are such babies. 
 
‘turned his back on us’ ‘forced a move’ ‘don’t come back’ 
 

Birdy is a professional and will be committed in helping us go up this season 

Birdy is a professional and will be committed in helping us go up this season 

This is a sad one. Our best midfielder in my opinion, never understood the criticism he gets at times. 
 
If the fee is good then so be it, and we have him until the end of the season. I’ll wish him all the best after that. 
 
Hopefully means we can get some business done in these final hours.

I've heard 2m+ for Bird in total, I'd be chucking some money Readings way for Knibbs and Azeez or testing Countys resolve at Langstaff

Honestly cannot be arsed to get into this debate with anyone today but if that’s what you think the Derby Way was or that what Max Bird’s game is then you probably watch a different version of football to me

Current loanees;
Max Bird
Ebou Adams
Tyreece John-Jules
Corey Blackett-Taylor
Did I miss anyone?
If that’s all of them we’re still only likely to have 3 in the matchday squad with TJJ injured so say another striker in on loan would be 4 we still wouldn’t break the 5 in a squad rule. 

If Bird leaves late on, it smacks of late desperation trying to bring a forward in. Would not be impressed at all

I wouldn't bother messing about with Chansiri, he'll move the goalposts again

I wouldn't bother messing about with Chansiri, he'll move the goalposts again

That's a weird thing for Bird to agree to. I'd have thought he'd have a few suitors when out of contract at the end of the season, at which point has been repeatedly said, we'd get very decent compensation for him.
To do this deal now, we must be very keen on money now to bring a striker in. We've discovered that the restrictions of the business plan we're having to work to mean we cannot buy any players unless we sell, hence CBT had to be a loan until the end of the season. I suspect Bristol City will have got him on the cheap by us getting the money up front now.
If we use the money on Smith, we're fools. It's just so short-termist and so short-sighted. If we use it to bring in a promising striker with the likelihood of flourishing for us in the Championship after helping us towards promotion, then it's clever business.
 

Wells for Bird would be an horrendous deal

If Bird leaves late on, it smacks of late desperation trying to bring a forward in. Would not be impressed at all

Wells for Bird would be an horrendous deal

@Big Trav

Happy striker day all 🙂 

Am I crazy for being genuinely annoyed if we get rid of Fornah? Hopefully, it's all nonsense and he's going nowhere, but if he does go, I'd be so frustrated.

Great news, and he sounds just as enthusiastic as Kane Wilson did when he signed for us. We need players who want to work their socks off for the team, and both these ex FGR players do this.