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I would imagine that Coventry would prefer him not to go to another championship club, also.

The sale in itself, isn't fantastic, as we would still get a compensation fee for him in 12 month's time. But, we have to look at the bigger picture here, he's plays in a position where we can afford to lose a player and the money coming in for him will enable us to go after a better quality player up front, where we need it. Plus, we don't know if he's told PW that he would like a move, PW has said that he won't hold on to players not fully committed to the cause.

I seem to remember that he 'earns' quite a few penalties.

The sale in itself, isn't fantastic, as we would still get a compensation fee for him in 12 month's time. But, we have to look at the bigger picture here, he's plays in a position where we can afford to lose a player and the money coming in for him will enable us to go after a better quality player up front, where we need it. Plus, we don't know if he's told PW that he would like a move, PW has said that he won't hold on to players not fully committed to the cause.

Trafford will be be hard to replace in goal for Bolton, this season. I can't see him being loaned back to a league 1 team.

I think that there's a bit of 'theatre' involved. It was the same last close season, with signings announced late at night, but showing photos with the shirt obviously taken hours before in broad daylight. Now, to make it more entertaining, we're getting cryptic clues on Twitter, like a 'sunny' day at Clowes and the photo of a 'washing' machine.

I think that there's a bit of 'theatre' involved. It was the same last close season, with signings announced late at night, but showing photos with the shirt obviously taken hours before in broad daylight. Now, to make it more entertaining, we're getting cryptic clues on Twitter, like a 'sunny' day at Clowes and the photo of a 'washing' machine.

Almost word for word, what I was going to write. 
There is one longing that I have and that is to see us play in the FA Cup final at Wembley. That can be still possible with a bit of luck, with the draw and playing top teams on an off day and good refereeing decisions, whereas winning the League is no longer possible.

Almost word for word, what I was going to write. 
There is one longing that I have and that is to see us play in the FA Cup final at Wembley. That can be still possible with a bit of luck, with the draw and playing top teams on an off day and good refereeing decisions, whereas winning the League is no longer possible.

Pre-season training camp was organised weeks ago, well before the difficulties in signing a striker were known.
There's little point in making a 'second best' signing, just so he can go on the training camp, next season is when it counts.

Almost word for word, what I was going to write. 
There is one longing that I have and that is to see us play in the FA Cup final at Wembley. That can be still possible with a bit of luck, with the draw and playing top teams on an off day and good refereeing decisions, whereas winning the League is no longer possible.

Almost word for word, what I was going to write. 
There is one longing that I have and that is to see us play in the FA Cup final at Wembley. That can be still possible with a bit of luck, with the draw and playing top teams on an off day and good refereeing decisions, whereas winning the League is no longer possible.

"Have you already seen the best Derby County?"
Yes, 75-76 before Charlie George's shoulder injury. Even better than the two championship winning teams IMHO though I saw more matches that season so it may have skewed my view.
But Charlie George and Kevin Hector....wow.
Throw in McFarland, Todd, Gemmill, Rioch, Lee, Nish, Newton.... You won't beat that.

Like Didzy, it's refreshing to see players thinking about more than just money, when deciding who to sign for. Going back a few years, Chris Powell was allowed to return 'home' to London.

Interestingly, not too many appeared to have been put off by having PW as the manager.

Interestingly, not too many appeared to have been put off by having PW as the manager.

Like Didzy, it's refreshing to see players thinking about more than just money, when deciding who to sign for. Going back a few years, Chris Powell was allowed to return 'home' to London.

Today marks our first re-birthday, this time last year was one of those days we will remember what we were doing at the moment we found out that our club was saved. Personally, I was sitting in a friend's house in Scotland with beautiful views of Ben Nevis, I was constantly, probably rudely, refreshing my phone for news. When it broke, tears welled up in my eyes and I struggled to inform those around me of the what had happened. It was a highly emotional moment, which as a 63 year old bloke, I felt slightly embarrassed about. It brought home what this club meant to me and what clubs mean to football fans the world over.
Let's hope that this situation never arises again at Derby, unlike the situation at Wigan, where such a short time after they too went so close to oblivion, seems to be in dire straights once more.
It's great and probably sad, that we're back to the normal situation of moaning about transfers and playing styles, in such a short time.

Hopefully, tomorrow will see a signing which has been on hold until this one has gone through.

Hopefully, tomorrow will see a signing which has been on hold until this one has gone through.

Hopefully, tomorrow will see a signing which has been on hold until this one has gone through.

Hopefully, tomorrow will see a signing which has been on hold until this one has gone through.

Hopefully, tomorrow will see a signing which has been on hold until this one has gone through.

Sometimes you can become too reliant on one person, to the detriment of the team. Didzy didn't do so well against the better teams, was that because they knew that had to concentrate on only one player, whereas if our threat comes from multiple sources, even the better organised teams would struggle to compete against that.

Sometimes you can become too reliant on one person, to the detriment of the team. Didzy didn't do so well against the better teams, was that because they knew that had to concentrate on only one player, whereas if our threat comes from multiple sources, even the better organised teams would struggle to compete against that.