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Do we honestly think PW and team watched and assessed Ward and thought ‘He’s a bit average but we’ll have him anyway?’
They will have seen potential and an attitude they liked. He has pace and, I suspect, fits into their plan.

So whoscored, a site that people love to bang the drum of on here due to how highly it rates the Cash, has him as the second highest rated RWB from last season behind Wes Burns at Ipswich. He had a higher G+A output than Bali Mumba who was in team of the season. With Burns going up and Mumba going back to Norwich, we've statistically signed the best RWB still in the division from last season. Furthermore he was in the EFL team of the season when Peterborough were promoted in the 20/21.

This is an excellent signing. We've signed a high performing player with promotion experience in this division in a role that was a massive problem area for us. On a free too. I'm very surprised so many people lukewarm to cold about this.

On paper it's a good signing and ticks all the boxes as a right wing back in a 3-5-2.
I'll judge his performances in a Derby shirt myself rather than rely on Posh fans, thanks. I've seen enough decent Derby players getting hammered by our own fans to not rely on other people's opinions.

statment signing that, taking the best right wing back in the league on a free too 

Decent signing I think especially as the management team know him well.
Liked his interview - seems a decent and nice bloke.

I know it's likely we'll lose him but I'd genuinely be sad to see him go. I'd rather lose Sibs than Knighty. He's 1 of the only players that you know week in and week out will put in a shift and give us an option pretty much everywhere on the pitch. He might not score as many goals or have the tricks of some, but he does all that dirty work to allow the technical players to work their magic. 
He will be a big loss imo. But I guess my sentiment is down to him being 1 of a few here that deserve to see good times with us after all the drama of the last couple years. Proper good kid and an absolute credit to himself, his family, us as a club and what we stand for.
 
If he does go, he will be a great model employee for any football club. Never complains, just does what he's told for the team, and always does it 100%. 
 
❤️🐏

He sounds versatile

2 Signings tomorrow 🙂

Some clearly don’t like Warne …no matter what …I’d hate to be sat anywhere near them though at a game …it’s bordering on a kind of hatred and I find that difficult to comprehend at times …
would you rather have someone managing our club who’s closed and unfriendly? How many managers would go and watch a player who’s left the club for his boyhood club? He’s a decent man even if he’s not a success he’s a decent bloke 
I thought Cocu was treated poorly by some fans and was embarrassing to hear at times …Cocu was a gentleman and our first ever foreign coach but some couldn’t wait to kick him like they enjoy it but when he left he left with dignity and didn’t seek big compensation nor did his team of coaches 
let’s give Warne a chance at least without looking into every angle and seeing a negative ffs 

You say let’s wait and see, yet you seem unwilling to do so yourself by making statements about Warne’s approach to recruiting, before you’ve even seen the calibre of player. You could of course be prove correct, but there’s no evidence yet either way 🤷🏻‍♂️ 
McGoldrick left for his own reasons, he has stated that, Warne has stated that, his new club have stated that. It seems very clear from all parties involved that despite Derby and Warne’s efforts to convince him to stay, McGoldrick took his own decision to play for his boyhood club, what is it about that you think Warne could have changed? 
In your opinion Warne has got it backwards, and in his opinion he wants players willing to be part of a cohesive unit that can also play the style of football he wants. NOWHERE has he said he won’t recruit good footballers, he’s said they need to be both good footballers AND good people.
There are countless examples of talented footballers through the years, arguably more talented than anyone else they’ve played with, whose attitudes stank their clubs out. We had a very famous example on our books a couple of season back. I would rather have a group of solid, capable players motivated to play for the shirt and the fans week in week out than the likes of Ravel Morrison, or an Adel Taraabt who have all the talent and a stinking attitude towards the team. Ravel looked like perhaps he’d finally found a home here and was going to finally disprove all that had gone before regarding his attitude….then he didn’t, and at the first opportunity he jumped ship. One bad apple and all that….
Again, I’m looking past who Warne is and focused on what he’s saying. You don’t like the bloke, cause he wears a hat, or makes bad jokes, or came from a small club, or whatever the reason. What he’s currently saying makes some sense, recruit good players who can represent this club in front of a big crowd and work hard for one another in order to bring success. What is it about that you don’t like? 
 

I could see him being one of the attacking players we sign 

Read the thread yesterday but watched interview this morning. Good interview - hard to disagree with many of his points. We are recruiting at work for people to join our small close team of 6 and his points about personality are spot on. If we mess up we're stuck with them, and our whole team may change. Same for Derby. I like how he looks at all aspects when recruiting rather than just stats. Would love to see the players who holiday together's faces as his texts come in 🙄

So after listening to Warnes interview a few things come to mind 
a how can anyone seriously not like this man he’s friendlily polite and honest and …cares about this club and it’s fans and players 
He is trying his best to get a decent hard working group of good footballers together and I support him whole heartedly…he’s a decent man who means well and I think we’re lucky to have someone with his principles 

Cracking interview, Players on their way, But players that will be what PW wants...not what fans want 😉
He's in a niche market for players,  Players who are chomping at the bit to get up the football ladder and want to be at PP in front of 30k fans 👍

I figured this deserves its own thread as Warne discusses a number of the points we have multiple threads dedicated to. He discusses the progress of transfer negotiations, Didzy leaving, the club being a draw for players, the calibre of players he’s working to sign…. Give it a watch;
For anyone not wanting to watch it in full there is a written summary of the key points here also;
https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2023/06/warne-interview-post-season-june-23

He signed one when Blackpool were in for him.
Fairly sure it's into the last season now.
If we get 2.5-3 million for Knight. I'd be going for Brannagan.

I'm not sure we'll go for both Bradley and Flint. Both the wrong side of 30 and basically play the same role in a back 3.
Also, I think we'd have the slowest defence in the league with Cashin - Bradley - Flint 😂
Not seen many clubs linked with Sam Smith, formerly of Cambridge, either. He'd be a good addition.

Sell for 2.5m+ and bring in Brannagan from Oxford

Please reassure me and tell me your aren't our new head of recruitment, please 🙏 😉

Tomorrow isn't it ?.
Sure I heard it opens on the 14th.

Tomorrow isn't it ?.
Sure I heard it opens on the 14th.

Di'Shon Bernard (22), just announced he'll be leaving Man Utd as a free agent this summer, can play RB/CB so would be ideal at Right Centre back in a three, He is 6'2 with a good passing range also has good pace aswell as being physical,
He was on loan at Portsmouth for the second half of the season this year playing 10 games, but in those 10 games had very impressive numbers, which I've compared to our two main Centre backs this season in Cashin and Fozzy,
                                                            Bernard           Cashin            Fozzy
Successful tackles p90         -  0.98                1.17                  0.57                      Blocks p90                             - 0.56                 0.23                 0.15 Clearance's p90                    - 4.19                  4.15                  4.70 Headed Clearance's p90      - 2.65                 2.51                  2.47 Interceptions p90                  - 2.79                 1.83                  1.05                    Doesn't worry me to much how he has only 10 games to go off, as in 21/22 he played 28 games for hull in the championship and was well capable at that level, I think he'd be a great addition and ticks a lot of boxes for us.                                  

We have just lost a 25 goal striker and we were about 15 goals short of automatic last season. We must have a striker in mind .But can we PLEASE get some midfielders that can chip in with goals and assists.

To be honest, I am not really worried about who is leaving.
Contracts come to an end. Loan deals come to an end. Players will make their choices.
We don’t want to get reckless and desperate just to hang on to a player or two, regardless of how good they may be. We’d be going back to the same ways that got us here in the first place.
For me, we don’t need impressive individuals. We need signings that will contribute to us being a better, more cohesive, more effective team.
Let’s see who we bring in before we pass judgement.