Old Spalding Ram

Gonna get one hell of a reception when he comes back!
 

Live footy this afternoon.

European Under 21 Championship

England v Israel 5.00pm kick off
 

https://www.uefa.tv/match/live/243077/2036135

43 goals in 85 appearances for Cheltenham

As someone said on the The Robins forum.

lf anyone has any ambition to get out of this league they can’t afford not to sign him.

Must be a target………..would send a strong message to League 1 contenders. 👍

A few comments pinched from the Rotherham forum.

1) Rumour emerging Warney is sniffing around Washington as a replacement for McGoldrick.

2) I for one would be sad to see Washington leave. The bloke runs his socks off and chips in with a few goals.

3) Me too, even if he's not a regular starter I reckon we'd struggle to get a better player willing to sit on the bench.

1……………..replacement for McGoldrick, I don’t think so!
2…………….we’ve already got one of them

3……………..outstanding bench warmer.

I just can’t see this one happening………….but then again.👍

16 minutes ago, Srg said:

I think there's a large majority of Derby fans agree with this!

If yo haven’t seen this, watch it, made by a Blackpool fan…………magnificent 

19 minutes ago, metalsheep02 said:

I agree with the general point and to try and add some balance Warne averaged 1.55 points per game in his 9 games in charge of Rotherham last season (14 points). Taylor averaged 0.97 ppg (36 in 37 games). Taking Taylor's management over a full season gives 46 points so they still escape relegation but only just.

I understand that there are plenty of other factors at play (Taylor didn't handle pre-season and was appointed out of the transfer window plus Warne's teams have a history of stalling / free falling later in the season) but I did want to try and make the point that Warne's brief tenure had an important role in keeping Rotherham up in 22/23.

Using your hypothesis Warne would have amassed 71 points during the season and would have made the play offs above Coventry & Sunderland.

……………………...I think we’ll just leave it there. 👍

The Carabao Cup Round One draw will take place live on Sky Sports at 2:30pm on Thursday 22 June.

A total of 36 fixtures will be drawn for Round One, with all 72 EFL Clubs, including newly promoted Notts County and Wrexham in the draw.

The 12 Premier League Clubs not competing in Europe will join in Round Two, with the other eight Premier League Clubs starting in Round Three.

The Round One draw will see teams drawn in Northern and Southern sections, with matches scheduled to take place week commencing 7 August.

https://www.efl.com/news/2023/june/carabao-cup-round-one-draw-numbers-confirmed/

17 minutes ago, Sparkle said:

Probably true but Warne was restricted by a Rotherham budget so you make the best of what you have got - he needs time and we will see what he can do in a unrestricted way 

Matt Taylor managed to keep Rotherham up last year on the lowest Championship wage bill after six years of the Rotherham yo-yo.

I’m confident of leaving League One this year, Warne’s real test comes the year after. 👍

59 minutes ago, ram59 said:

Well spotted, England v Czechia tomorrow at 1700, but that might be euro time.

England v Czech Rep tomorrow

England v Israel Sunday

England v Germany next Wednesday 28 th

All matches ko @. 17.00………..proper time 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😃

I’ve unearthed a cunning Warne plan! 👍😁
 

EFL League One Team of the season 20/21

GK Lee Burge Sunderland

DF Luke O'Nien Sunderland

DF Robert Atkinson Oxford United

DF Mark Beevers Peterbourgh United

DF Callum Elder Hull City

MF Joe Ward Peterborough United

MF George Honeyman Hull City

MF Jorge Grant Lincoln City

FW Aiden McGeady Sunderland

FW Jonson Clarke-Harris PeterboroughUnited

FW Charlie Wyke Sunderland

For those missing a bit of live footy.

European Under 21 Championship starts today……………….pinched from elsewhere

Unfortunately, a deal has not been struck to show the Under-21 Euro 2023 live on TV in the UK in the traditional sense.

However, fans can still tune in for every match via official UEFA.tv for free. The streaming platform will boast full coverage in the UK, though it may still disappoint fans to know the games won't be shown via one of the usual key broadcasters.

https://www.uefa.tv/competition/U-21

1 hour ago, Ambitious said:

Just reading a thread from Millwall fans about Burey - seems like his head has gone from a series of racist comments from some of his own supporters. He’s been labelled as ignorant, a problem by a couple of the fans, another had a different take and classed him as a confidence player, extremely introvert. 

Whoever the kid goes to, personally, I’m just glad he’s getting out of that environment and to a club where he won’t be racially abused by his own fans. 

Who’d want to play in that cesspit of a club. 

Burey thread from the Millwall forum.

With it being the Millwall forum ……….strong industrial language, no filters applied!
 

https://millwallonline.com/forum/threads/burey-sold.53728/page-3

Here’s my post from the greatest individual performance I’ve ever seen. 

Perhaps not one of the great days, but, the result was huge in the football world.

…………. the dream was on! 🐑

September 1969, Cloughs team had been promoted to League One, 9 matches unbeaten, away to Fairs Cup winners  (google it young uns) Newcastle United, travelled up on the Trent buses football special, travelled back on a different bus, but more of that later, 40,000 crowd.

David Craig Mackay was unbelievable!

You could see why Clough had persuaded  the 33 year old to sign for the club.  Organising, pointing, shouting, encouraging, passing short, passing long, crunching tackles and strutting around at the back like he owned the place and that clenched fist…………..magnificent.

Anyway, Roy Mac scored the winner, the bus got smashed up and my team Derby County and Mr Brian Howard Clough were top of the league! 
 

………………..happy days. 👍🐏

Sounds like those predicting 10-12 new signings preseason are going to be disappointed.

………..I’m a more quality over quantity type of bloke myself 

1 hour ago, YouRams said:

Never really got the hype around him but he's a solid championship midfielder, will run all day for you and rarely gets injured. He's no Craig Bryson though.

Knight turned 22 in February, at the same age Bryson was going on a free transfer from Clyde to Kilmarnock.  Bryson was in his prime at Derby at around 28.

…….……………….hardly a fair comparison.👍

32 minutes ago, SKRam said:

If memory serves me well Kevin Francis hardly jumped. Hardly ☺️

Kevin Francis………...just reading the name has started me twitch off again! 👍

Paul Warne on Hayden Roberts April 2023

"I thought Haydon was excellent, he's got real ability to travel with the ball and he's deceptively quick with it at his feet.

"He was a real standout performer and I am really pleased with him.

"He is my kind of player. He is coachable, he is athletic, he is aggressive and he wants to get better"

I’d be very surprised if Warne hasn’t tried extremely hard to keep Roberts.

I rate Roberts, think he’ll turn out to have a good footballing future at a decent level. 👍

I wonder if Pep would allow 19 year old Man City forward Carlos Borges (remember him from the hat trick in the Pappa Johns thingy) a season playing against the grown ups?

………………....well it is a Summer transfer suggestion. 😃

20 minutes ago, The Last Post said:

It's a gamble and at that price worth it, But where are we in the pecking order for these types of players ………

As for the fans the old saying from Abe Lincoln is very apt...

👍

27 minutes ago, Carnero said:

This is a guy I'm hoping we sign too.

Based solely on youtube clips (yeah, yeah... i know, before anyone pipes up) he looks quick, strong and scores goals and is only 23/24 years old. All of that said with the caveat that he's currently playing at a lower level than League One.

Pinched from elsewhere.

Bonis is in the Northern Ireland senior squad for the first time for the Euro 2024 qualifiers away to Denmark on Friday and at home to Kazakhstan next Monday.

“I see all of it. I’m on social media so I see everything everyone says. I take it with a pinch of salt, but it helps me a lot. I thrive off it. It makes me play better. When the crowd is on my case, I’ll be looking to show them what I can do,” says Bonis, 

……..should do well here then, sign him up asap! 😃

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/social-media-criticism-will-drive-me-on-to-greater-heights-says-larnes-ni-ace-lee-bonis/a196617038.html

58 minutes ago, Eoghan1884 said:

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

1. Successful tackles p90         -  0.98                1.17                  0.57                     
2. Blocks p90                             - 0.56                 0.23                 0.15
3. Clearance's p90                    - 4.19                  4.15                  4.70
4. Headed Clearance's p90      - 2.65                 2.51                  2.47
5. 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.                                  

Pompey Forum fans all over this one already.

Getting this deal done for Bernard should be a clear sign to the Supporters that Pompey are serious about building a young, talented team with the ability to get promotion. If another L1 team beats them to his signature this would equally be a bad sign

Transfer window opens Wednesday 14th. Get it done Pompey!

…………seems to have made a good impression whilst on loan.

Defender, right dirty bugger 😁

Pompey said part of his reasons for leaving were.

“A consideration for the Scot is his children still live north of the border, with getting a new home further up the country a motivation.”

………………bloody Israel, I think ya sat navs bust pal!

The Sunderland Echo newspaper estimated that Sunderland’s promotion to the Championship in 2021/22 would increase their league 1 tv money from between £800,000/ 1million to around £6 million plus an increase in commercial revenue and larger attendances would make a realistic return of around £8-10 million.

With the increased Sky tv deal from season 24/25 League 1 will see a 25% increase from the tv pot whilst the Championship will see an increase of 45%.

So, from 24/25 it’s either a tv deal worth between £1/1.25 million in League 1 or a deal in the Championship worth around £8.7 million plus increased revenues, therefore the financial implications of not getting promoted this season are going to be huge!

…………….I certainly know which league I’d rather be in!

Pinched from the Cheltenham forum.

Derby are precisely one of the clubs where you have to ask “can they afford not to sign May?”

A third season at this level could be disastrous for them. They need to get back to the Championship this time round, and the windfall that brings. 

From the EFL on the new tv deal for 2024/25: “According to the existing distribution formula, clubs in the Championship will be approximately 46% better off and 25% in League One and League Two respectively.”

So it could be a £12-15m payday for the promoted sides? How much is League One’s best goal scorer worth when that’s the prize he can win you? 

It’s also a lot of money to lose out on if a top club doesn’t sign him and doesn’t get promotion…that’s the risk they have to think about. Can they afford to take that risk?

Age doesn’t matter. Teams like Derby aren’t buying him for the future, they are buying him for one reason only: promotion to the Championship this season.

…………..seems fair comment.