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Have we had an update lately about Max Bird? I do hope it's not the last time we've seen him in a Derby shirt.

Cobblers 0-2 Rams NML

It's supposed to be available at some point this evening. I hope so as there's been nothing to watch this week with the flaming international break.

Not my job to consider the wages. There's no rule that we have to offer the same or more wages is there? We can make what we consider a respectable offer then it's up to them, the same applies with any player. This will include Sibley who may well be on a high wage given he signed a new improved contract in the Mel Morris era.

Agreed, the only difference for me is I'm not against keeping Smith & Collins too. Hourihane & Waghorn have both reached the end of the line unfortunately.

I'd like to keep all of Fozzy, Smith, Barkhuizen & Collins as squad options even in the Championship. It's important to maintain some degree of continuity given the togetherness that's obviously been fostered within the squad.

Listening to the Rams Talk preview, the Northampton fan said their major weakness is at left back, where they have a gangly cumbersome player called Manny Monthe who is "a L2 centre back" filling in for their regular starter Patrick Brough who isn't up to much either... sounds like just the perfect game for Kane Wilson to play RWB and Mendez to drift out right from a forward position. He also said they are quite fragile at defending set pieces.... 😁

Spot on. This straight on picture has a foreshortening effect, so can end up showing what certain people want it to show. Very much like the disputed catches that can happen in cricket, that look different front on as opposed to side on.

1Wildsmith 9 35Nelson 9 3Forsyth 9 6Cashin 9 23Ward 6 2Wilson 8 32Adams 8 4Hourihane 5 16Thompson 7 17Sibley 6 20Elder 7 7Barkhuizen 6 10Waghorn 6 25Gayle 5 12Smith 7 11Méndez-Laing 8 ATG Come onnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Because the Ravens would have matched any offer, so it would have been a waste of time.

Lamar was never really available. Why would the Falcons, or any other QB-needy team, have done the Ravens negotiating for them when the Ravens would have just matched the offer made anyway.

Derby 2-2 Bolton Gayle

ATG 1Wildsmith 6 35Nelson 7 5Bradley 6.5 2Wilson 6.5 6Cashin 8 23Ward 7 27Blackett-Taylor 6 32Adams 8 4Hourihane 6.5 12Smith 6 17Sibley 7 7Barkhuizen 8 25Gayle 7 10Waghorn 6 11Méndez-Laing 6 3Forsyth 6

I wonder what the Vikings plan now is? Cousins, Wilson, Mayfield off the market and Bears won't trade you Fields... JJ McCarthy in the draft?

Looks like it's 2 years $90m guaranteed in reality. What happens at the back end of these contracts is normally a bit of hocus pocus. Let's go!!!

Derby 2-1 Meh-ding Gayle

Luke Thomas is missing for Rovers which is a bonus at least.

Under SCMP a normal L1 club can spend up to 60% of turnover on player salaries, a newly relegated club can spend up to 75%. I guess we could spend somewhere in the middle given the post-admin business plan. We spent 42%.

There was an attendance of 32,211 versus Birmingham during the admin season.

I don't know where Dom gets £7.3m and 36% from when the accounts literally say that it was 42%.

Does the Salary Cap Management Protocol % of 42.0% suggest a player wage bill of approx £8.6m?

Nice work GoC

Gas 2-1 Rams Gayle

Bizarrely I think it helps a little that Posh are back in the automatic promotion race, given they play Bolton on the last day of the season. We may need them to be switched on for the last game this time unlike when they rolled over for Barnsley last season. In a scenario where it's Bolton 2nd, with us then Posh & Barnsley within a point or 2 going into the last day we might need Posh to beat or draw with Bolton on the last day whilst we beat Carlisle to nick 2nd!