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Hopefully Rooney's going to start using his high profile to start drawing more attention to the EFL damaging the integrity of their own competition by not allowing us to sign frees to fill our squad. Got to be one of the advantages of having a big name as manager, if he wants something to hit the headlines he can
 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57880074

I think he might be worth persisting with for slightly more than than 70 minutes of a pre-season friendly.  

I've had a thought. Stick with me on this one as it may seem far fetched.
What about letting Rooney watch him in training, see how he behaves, speak to previous managers and make a decision. 
As fans we could judge him if and when he plays.   

Had a look at the embargo website, and the unpaid transfer instalment(s) has been removed from the list of reasons
One down, four to go
https://www.efl.com/-more/governance/embargoes

I'd definitely put these, and all our trialists in fairness, firmly in the "worth a look" category. 
 
The thing about having so few senior pros is we can bring a lot of free agents in for a closer look. If the coaching staff don't like the looks they'll get a polite "thanks but no thanks". But like a few have said look at CKR, none of us really wanted him but the staff watched him train for a few weeks and knew he could do a job. 
 
None of these are the promotion push players we're used to being after, but does anyone think we're honestly aiming for anything beyond staying up, ideally drama free? 

I'd definitely put these, and all our trialists in fairness, firmly in the "worth a look" category. 
 
The thing about having so few senior pros is we can bring a lot of free agents in for a closer look. If the coaching staff don't like the looks they'll get a polite "thanks but no thanks". But like a few have said look at CKR, none of us really wanted him but the staff watched him train for a few weeks and knew he could do a job. 
 
None of these are the promotion push players we're used to being after, but does anyone think we're honestly aiming for anything beyond staying up, ideally drama free? 

Oh hang on a minute... reading it again I think it means Andre Wisdom's brother has confirmed that Andre is training with us. Yeah that's it ? Soz for getting hopes up. 

Signed for 1 year didn't he?

Sounds to me like he is just replacing Gary Bowyer and what he will actually be doing is a lot simpler than any other club's convoluted job description. 
Do we even know whether our JDs are the same as Newport County's? 
He's got all his coaching badges, loves the club, what's the problem?

Like Tomori he looked better the more he played. It was his first time playing men's football too with lots of changing around him in a side fighting for it's divisional life. I thought he looked a good loan.

I expect that Wisdom must have been on a decent wage also. Even if he does stay, I would think that it's on a greatly reduced contract.

Just need the right manager to do it 
that isn’t a dig at Rooney … I hope he is 
but it means good proper scouting and player recruitment .. building a side who’s sum are perhaps greater than its parts isnt easy 

The NG years but with the addition of our improved facilities and academy... Pretty solid base to build from I'd say

If we are still contracted to pay Rooney £90k p.w. for 2 years, then Sam Rush really has got a lot to answer for. Jeez.

Is it just one year or did he mean he's back again next year?

He was actually really impressive on Friday 

How do you think Rooney earnt £100 million - on the lottery!? - he's a winner. He wants to win. 

The problem there being that young players should be focusing on development rather than how fast they can make the first team. 
We’ve progressed a lot of academy players recently, but how many of them have significantly improved in the first team environment since making their debut. 
At the end of last season, they all collectively took a step backwards: Buchanan, Sibley, Knight and Bird. 

It's always the U18 and U23 retained players and new scholars that I look forward to seeing

Running for the county line? Making for the border?
Basically I'm imagining him now in smokie and the bandit.

They lost 1-0, goal in the first half. Nothing game tbh,.
Ebosele came on at half time, did well in his 1 on 1 defending as usual, didn't really get any opportunity to get forward.
Watson came on after about 80 mins, at which point Ebosele got pushed upfront. I don't really get it tbh, can't see him having a career upfront, seems a waste.
Couple of decent passes from Watson (one to Ebosele I think) but nothing of any real signficance happened in the 2nd half, so nothing more to say than that.

Messaging Appleby cost me an extra £5-6 on my bill ?

I feel this is slightly harsh on Ibe. In the video you mention he actually says he had kept all his feelings to himself and that the club and friends didnt know or notice how bad he was and just thought he had a bad attitude but he was actually depressed and the video you mention he has admitted he was close to suicide. Now if he was that close to that point he in himself clearly felt alone and if the club/friends/team mates all didnt know how bad he was then you can see why he felt that way. I think his point was that until that video nobody in his personal life or the football world had reached out. After the video I saw so many tweets and messages on asking if he was ok, never saw many before the video which is what his point was. He also stated that he knows he has made mistakes and he isnt at fault, he is still clearly troubled by his mugging too as well as missing his ex girlfriend which was part of his initial depression. He has said he is seeing his therapist regularly, although I feel like he may need to see someone else regards the mugging and looking at his insta it looks like he could be back with his ex and the mother of his kid so that will hopefully have helped his mental state.
I think this summer is a big summer for him now that his personal life seems to have improved, he knows why he felt the way he did and he is trying to get better. So the on field side of things appears to be where he needs to get fit and kick on. I hope he does that and gets back to playing football again.

Duncan’s stats at youth level at Liverpool were no better than Morgan Whittaker’s. Just saying. 

It might only be a pipe dream but I feel like these three keep getting completely forgotten at the minute by Derby fans (myself included)
If we can - somehow, anyhow - get them fit and firing and somewhere back to their best, the squad will already look much much better before any transfers are even done. ?