Sidd10

Whether you think he's a Derby legend or not (he's not)... he's definitely a legend of the game and probably the biggest name to play for us, certainly in recent history.

He's England's all time leading scorer and most capped outfield player. And he played for us, and is now our manager. Deserves some recognition i think. 

39 minutes ago, kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong said:

When did Watson score a hat trick at pride park?

I like him but he's no Sibley!

Sibley just needs minutes.

Sibley hasn’t scored a hat trick at Pride Park?

I wouldn’t be doing anything daft like loaning Sibley out. But I don’t think the best thing is to just give him 90 mins and trust him… he’d be sent off 2/3 times a season 
 

I think Sibley will be a good player... but when you see him next to Watson you can see why the latter seems to get more minutes/trust from Rooney. 

Just now, kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong said:

Take it as you like,it is a dig at rooney,I wasn't trying to disguise it.

He's hopeless at man management.

1 minute ago, kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong said:

It's the managers job to sort that tho,if he can't motivate players before the season has even started then we are going to be royally shafted.

I see your point but i feel like that's just a dig at Rooney for the sake of it. It shouldn't have to take anyone to tell the professional football players to actually have some urgency, track men, pass to a player in white etc etc.

5 minutes ago, Ramarena said:

They look like they’ll cut through us every time on the counter. 
 

management don’t seem to be alive to it.

I think the problem is the players don't seem to be alive to it. Or anything for that matter

3 minutes ago, Anag Ram said:

I think what Jourdan is saying is that it's better to have one centre half for two games than two panic buy mediocre ones for 46 games. 

Where are the others coming from though? I get what he's saying, i don't get why he's saying it. 

There isn't exactly a queue of free agent centre halves in their prime happy to accept around 11k a week for just one year. 

Happy to be proven wrong though. ? 

51 minutes ago, Jourdan said:

We are 2.5 weeks away, yes. But this is still something we should take our time over.

We have got recruitment very wrong in the past. How is that going to change if we hand out contracts with little to no vision beyond ‘get some bodies in’?

I get it - the fans want signings, the coaching staff want signings. But surely with the restrictions in place, it shows a need to operate more carefully and make informed choices.

Personally I don’t think it makes sense to rush deals over the line. There’s no point in getting bodies in for the sake of it when we are likely to regret it 3-4 weeks down the line.

 

We have 1 centre half lol

12 minutes ago, ram59 said:

I believe it's just an appearance, that counts.

It's also unclear whether Darren Robinson's appearance in the Northern Ireland Premiership counts, which would reduce it to 3 players.

Such a weird ruling, i'm not sure what would make it fair. I assume it's a rule they never really expected to enforce so said that'll do. 

I've not read the rules thoroughly, but is it a professional start or appearance? Because with this I guess Ebosele and maybe Stretton, Brown and McDonald haven't started a game. Seems awfully unfair to class a player within a 'professional' standing when their minutes might not even add up to 90!

11 hours ago, Jourdan said:

Just because we can doesn’t mean we should.

Of course, we are in a difficult situation and the first league game is 2.5 weeks away but losing our heads and signing the first five players we take on trial simply because they are in the building is hardly going to resolve anything.

Think you hit the nail on the head by saying the first game is 2.5 weeks away. Actually... i've heard Messi is on that free transfer list, maybe you are on to something.

6 minutes ago, Jourdan said:

Personally I’d be going back to the drawing board and seeing who else is out there.

The last thing we should be doing is rushing into signings after minimal due diligence.

What? ?

Not sure if it's been highlighted but the 5 signings seems to indicate a first team squad of 18. There is currently 18 listed as first team on the official site, including Wisdom and Davies still. So that indicates to me they are 18 plus another 5?

Probably read too much into the site and maybe they are free agents. Ebosele not on that page but he has played since Crawley hasn't he? 

Good news, but still a bit of a mess! I'd like to see Widsom, Davies, Jagielka, Morrison and Mengi signed. We need defenders! But then again, we can't buy a goal most games!!

45 minutes ago, rammieib said:

I think its a mess and the approach is a mess. Sadly, the fans will pick holes in it very easier.

For instance - I am a 20/21 ST holder. OK, game by game I will be printing tickets off. If I can't attend a game, will I remain in credit. So say I can only do 21/24 games this coming season, will I end up in credit?

Also - I'm not in favour of the club now predicting what they think might happen instead of going with what the Government legislation actually is. This is dangerous grounds in my eyes.

 

why would you be? that isn't a thing in any other season???? 

4 minutes ago, rammieib said:

Feedback from my friend who spent yesterday at Pennyhill Park.

"I was too close to take photo's, but my brother-in-law recognised David Marshall.. The rest of them just looked like a bunch of skinny kids"

My response:

"Yep - that sums up our squad quite well at the moment"

 

cool :-)

1 hour ago, TuffLuff said:

Might need a little way to go yet, last seasons shirts currently full price! Also no baby stuff yet, and as someone who’s been patiently waiting to get something Rams related for their new born then they don’t even have that department up yet!

oh no, are they aware you've had a new born? cause if so this is so bad

6 minutes ago, Rammy03 said:

Apparently we've already had our accounts revised and we're within ffp limit. 

Where have you heard that? It wouldn't surprise me for us to be within the limits anyway, they'll have something ready i'm sure

Not sure there is anything to read into it, but looking at Tom Lawrence's Instagram story, he's been in a personal training session this morning. Would he do that and then have an official session at Derby?!