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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 

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 

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 

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 

I thought we needed 2 runners adding to the team this off-season, players that run the hard, difficult yards, either at wing back or in midfield. If we lose Knight, we'll need 3 of that sort of player. IMO Knight is the only player in the team currently that can do that, which highlights how difficult it is to find that kind of player.
I can understand folks saying that he needs to add more goals and assists to his game. I'm not sure this season is the best argument for that.  How can you add goals and assists when, from memory,
He started the season at fullback because we didn't have any. The other midfield options didn't really have the skillset to play fullback either, Knight was the only one that did. Then got injured for a bit When he came back, we were unbeaten for several games with McGoldrick as the number 10 - can you really change the team in that scenario? When he did play number 10 towards the end of the season, the teams flaws elsewhere in the side got exposed and we were leaking goals. We need the money and wouldn't begrudge selling him because of that, he should be looking to further his career. But I completely disagree with posts that suggest he's easily replaceable or not good enough.

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

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

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.👍

I really do think plenty on here seriously under value Knight 

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.👍

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.

He was a better defender than Sibley. But not as good going forward obviously.

Shame. Good luck to the lad.
Looked a decent player, perfect for a league 1 rebuild.
Over to Pearson to absolutely ruin him.
 

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. 👍

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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. 😃

 

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. 😃

 

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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
 
 

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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