Rev

20 minutes ago, Andrew3000 said:

He'd finally be a Snip.

Only if he paid us subs.

6 minutes ago, Tamworthram said:

Apology accepted. 😃

Seriously though, what did you expect prior to a friendly that is also Fozzy’s testimonial? If you weren’t really expecting anymore then why watch the pre-match interview? He is of course promoting the match but I didn’t recognise any “begging for people to go the game”.

There has been a lot of promotion going on around the game being Fozzys testimonial in fairness, it started from Hourihanes post match in Spain, and has been repeated at every opportunity since.

I think it's a poor decision from his testimonial committee, I'd have gone for an end of season knockabout between two Derby elevens, like Barker enjoyed, rather than a pre season game against the Chip Eaters.

I'd happily trot along to a fun evening involving the likes of Ward, Barker, Bucko, Thorne etc, than a pisspoor friendly against the uninspiring mediocre likes of Stoke City.

11 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

It worked. But that was then. When we go back - as we did with Andre Wisdom - it mainly doesn't work.

In fact I can't think of a time it DID work.

Wisdom, shackell, even Kev the King Mark II wasn't a patch on the first time.....

I wouldn't argue with that.

We shouldn't go back.

Those that seek to revise history though, like he wasn't one of the best centre forwards in our recent history, need to accept he was actually a very good player, in a very decent team.

47 minutes ago, mice_elf said:

           

Not at all. The reason I put up all those Transfermarkt Player Stats links was to show that the Players I mentioned not only performed at a higher level than Chris Martin, but also matched or bettered his Derby County record. Here's a Goals per minute breakdown of their respective Playing Time for Derby (I've chucked in a few others who came to mind) :-

Player                       Mins Played           Goals      Mins per Goal  
======                   ===========     =====     =============  
Darren Bent               4,340                   28             155            
Cameron Jerome          940                    6              157            
Patrick Bamford         1,261                     8              158            
Matej Vydra               4,789                   27              177            
Branko Strupar           2,878                  16              180            
Paul Peschisolido       4,757                  25             190            
Grzegorz Rasiak         3,919                  19              206            
Chris Martin              16,455                  76              216            
Paulo Wanchope         6,152                  25             246            
David Nugent              4,920                 17              284

 

So you're arguing Martin wasn't a very good player for Derby, on the basis he only outscored the next best on your list by 49 goals?

5 minutes ago, ilkleyram said:

Nope, not me. We’ve never argued.  But I bet you’re wrong and that the business plan allowed us to make a loss. Two reasons why I would conclude that. 1) because even the efl would recognise that it would be impossible for us to suddenly decrease our expenditure and remain competitive (given that our main outgoings are players wages) to such a degree that we make a profit, which is what you’re suggesting and 2) because the EFL’s own ffp rules explicitly allow clubs to make a loss year after year after year. The rules just try to limit the level of loss. It would be perverse - even for the efl - if they suddenly insisted that any business plan was predicated on us making a profit in our first year out of administration.

we have been prudent; we have probably exceeded our income targets/plans; we have managed our budgets and persuaded the EFL that we are no longer a financial basket case. But I bet our expenditure exceeds our income.

Finally, some sense around our financial situation.

Just now, tomsdubs said:

Bit of a stretch.

Quite the obstacle to football club management, I'd imagine.

The budget has to be whatever DC sets. 

If he can't stretch to releasing more money from his own pocket, so be it, it needs no explanation.

I think some people are under the impression we can spend whatever we bring in through transfers, and add it to a pot that already exists.

Probably not the case, no matter how constrained our business was last season, and how much extra income we've achieved through season tickets, the great attendance figures last season, and the like, I'll bet we still lost money in League One. 

This is the reality that MM left us with.

1 hour ago, sage said:

Where is he off to next in case he needs any more tips. Hamburg?

Hamburg tomorrow for 3 days.

Bad planning means he leaves the same day St Pauli have a pre season home match, and can't change his plans as friends are meeting him in Amsterdam.

1 hour ago, sage said:

@Rev how is howr lad getting on? Where is he now?

He's on his second full day in Berlin.

I think the heat is getting to him a bit, not the easiest weather to be sightseeing in, he's pretty much halfway through now.

1 hour ago, Will Hughes Hair said:

The thought of Rhodes, McCormack, Grabban and Eastwood all shacked up in caravan on a lay-by on the A38 for the 23/24 season is what dreams are made of.

Thank god the potholes will soon be filled, about time the council did something.

Just now, McMuffin said:

A fox in the box 7 times or less for the last 7 seasons. More like a squirrel in a box 

Mole in a hole, more like.

13 minutes ago, Topram said:

Not sure if the kinks worked, teamtalk believe we are leading the race for Rhodes

Too bothered with a lazy Sunday afternoon to seek gainful employment. 

4 hours ago, Stive Pesley said:

Had my small bowel MRI yesterday and got tracks 8 to 17 of this beauty in the headphones (not through choice I hasten to add)

https://www.discogs.com/release/5018577-Various-Pure-Rock-Ballads-36-Essential-Rock-Classics

Who knew that power ballads went so well with 45 minutes of extreme clanking?

 

 

One more track and you'd have landed on  "Still haven't found what I'm looking for".

Probably not the best track to hear when having a scan, though.

3 minutes ago, PistoldPete said:

This is true. So why don’t Facebook allow them? 
 

anyway , welcome to Derby Justin. Do we think he will get any game time? 

No idea.

TBF I've not heard of most of the 1st team signings, never mind those below them.

4 minutes ago, Amberram said:

Think you're being generous there.

More like this

 

You're right, he is evergreen.

11 minutes ago, David said:

Not the worse idea. 

I'd call it Paradise.

Just opened this topic, and this starts playing on the radio.

It's a sign.

33 minutes ago, dog said:

Museum of communism in Prague is good, as is a look at the castle. If the paratrooper pub is open then I'd visit, there is also the crypt where they last held out. Hiring a bike was worth doing as you can see more of the city 

Thanks @dog, he's on his way to Prague tomorrow, where they'll be joined by a few pals out for the weekend, I'll pass on the recommendations.

Last time we were in Prague, we had a taxi driver for the journey back to the airport, who heard our English accents and insisted on showing us the church where an English priest had sheltered local rebels during the insurrection against the Soviet occupation, complete with bullet holes in the church walls!

Truly a great city to visit, beer, history, beauty and more beer.

5 minutes ago, Srg said:

Well… the stadium beer will be different next season. #ITK

No more Carling?

Please let it be so.

7 minutes ago, sage said:

I keep hearing this get mentioned. What happened?

The pensioner called him an old cnut, and Billy asked him to show more respect for his elders.

Is it just me?

Every club video I click on via here or the OS, freezes video a few seconds in, but plays the audio regardless. 

It doesn't happen on YouTube, for the same content.

Never heard of him.

On 06/07/2023 at 13:42, The Last Post said:

Guess...go on guess😁

Ticket sales for the Boyzone reunion have been sluggish, at best?

Hourihane, surely?

2 hours ago, sage said:

Try to do Auschwicz at your own pace, the guided tours whizz you round too quickly. To get some context there is a great Jewish Museum in the Jewish Quarter that details what life was like pre 1934. It was a long journey.

On a lighter note there is a pinball museum with 50 machines amdbod school arcade games which are all free when you pay the fiver to get in. It also has a bar.

 

Thanks, he went to the salt mines yesterday, and is currently on route to Auschwicz now. 

I've sent him links to the two museums, he passes on his thanks.