Betty Swollocks

Decent player tbf

Fairly regular for Sunderland last season so certainly good enough for L1

4 minutes ago, jameso said:

I agree we'd be up against it, but we got Bradley and Hourihane when they must have had offers at a higher level. The "buy-in" is around spearheading a promotion charge and thereby being at a big club in the Championship after one year with some momentum behind you.

Oh I get that. The biggest issue for me will be what fee they demand.

28 minutes ago, jameso said:

Coventry medical for Wright completed, according to Sky.

Will be interesting to see if Godden is on his way... and to where...

I honestly cant see him coming here as 

a) There will be clubs in the Championship interested

b) Cov will most likely demand a decent fee

c) He will want a large wage which may break our wage structure?

Its the wrong James Collins.

Apparently its a youngster at Watford that they are after.

Showing my age now, but I remember Arthur Cox selling our prized asset Kevin Wilson in the old Div 3 to Ipswich.

Fans were shocked, but the money we got, allowed Cox to buy the likes of Geriant Williams and Gary MIcklewhite.

I suppose, if intentions are good at board level, then we have to trust the manager to do his stuff.?

41 minutes ago, Gabby'sThighs said:

I was just thinking along those lines.
Collins should get more than last season's 12, Washington is a 1-in-4 scorer at this level so should get something similar. Rhodes has played the last 13 seasons in the Championship (inc. one part-season in the Prem), and he knows how to score a few.

The team were too reliant on McGoldrick to do something last season, and I remember him missing last-minute six-yard headers in at least 2 games in last season's run-in. Hat-tricks against weaker teams were fun to watch but not necessarily decisive.

Fingers crossed we also get a Dobbin-standard loanee who can actually finish! A less wasteful player could have had 10 league goals last season from the chances he had.

Coulda, shoulda, woulda...

11 of McGoldrick`s goals came in 4 games. That`s not to underestimate his exploits, but for all his goals, they didn`t actually win us that many points. Plus, I felt, that in the last 3 or 4 months of the season we became too much of a one man team. Our entre system of play had to revolve around him. This, in turn, made us quite easy to play against.

We need more variety this season and the signings so far suggest that we will get it.

10 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

They are quoting a TheRambler84 aka Barry The Ram tweet 😄

 

 

Oh no!!!!! 🙂

Seen a link on Twitter to an account with around 20k followers that Birmingham want Knight!!

Lots of people saying sign Bradley. Based on what though? How many have actually seen him play?

We have all seen Flint over the past 10 seasons and know that he can do a job. Bradley, 99% of Derby fans, know nothing about him and have never seen/noticed him before we were linked.

4 minutes ago, Tamworthram said:

No. They will still get a 12 point deduction if they go into administration but whether the deduction takes place this season or the next depends on where they finish in the league. I guess to stop clubs knowing they are already relegated so they think they may as well take the points deduction this season.

Its exactly that. Leeds set the precedent some years ago when after being already relegated they announced Admin on the morning of the last match of the season (against us)

12 hours ago, jimbobram said:

A number of individuals who were trusted to the club nearly killed us. We were treated unfairly by them. As mich as we can blame the EFL, we knew the rules of coming out of administration and we are still under those restrictions. Personally, I think that is fair and I would much rather be here not being able to spend fees, than having no club to watch

I agree with your sentiments, but it will only become fair if/when another club goes into administration, they are met with the same severity as we were.

Wigan for instance, were allowed to pay fees after a few months.

10 minutes ago, Boycie said:

 They aren’t forcing anyone to join.
 

If you don’t want guitar lessons then don’t have guitar lessons.

Correct, it isn`t a guitar lesson, its a group who claim to have the best interests of DCFC at heart, which in itself is fine, and something that I`m sure 99%-100% of DCFC supporters want. However, it seems, that unless you agree completely with their mantra, and have a certain political viewpoint, you wont be welcome.

This surely is bordering on authoritarian and discriminatory?

Up to them obviously if they want to make it like that, but equally they cant complain when sections of supporters criticise?

1 hour ago, Brailsford Ram said:

I don't know and I don't care. I've got Sky Sports but I want to be there. I just have to be there ?

I`ve done the same. I`ve booked a lodge near Camelford and a few rounds of Golf (Sun-Weds)

Deffo not missing this game.

So "anyone can join as long as they agree with the aims and objectives!!"

Basically no free thinkers or new ideas allowed. Its our way or the highway? Sounds fantastic!

6 minutes ago, rammieib said:

6526 seats left. A South Stand Upper/Lower Block and one block in the West not for sale.

Usual 2500 seats also never available (from a league game - Not sure how the separation eliminates so many!) - So I reckon we're something like:

Derby Tickets Purchased - 21,000

West Ham Fans - 5,400

So by Monday - maybe we can get 27k for this game realistically? Maybe Tuesday may have given a nudge to some people.

I hope so. The players deserve a sell out, but I just think that some fans don`t see the FA Cup as being important anymore, which is such a shame.

8 minutes ago, overlandandsea said:

Who voted in this new election? 

How come someone is co-opted as second in command and not from the existing board? 

Is being a member of the Labour Party an un-written pre-requisite of joining RT, as they seem to be Labour councillors, Labour election candidates etc? 

It certainly seems to be doesn`t it?

I dare say that you would get the standard soundbyte reply of "All are welcome to apply to the board" but in reality as the history of RT suggests, unless your face fits and you vote a certain way, you don`t stand a chance.

Its a closed shop, or at least that`s how it seems. I`m sure that they preach diversity and agree with it, so why appoint people to the board with different politcal perspectives? After all, this should be about DCFC not politics?

2 minutes ago, Mostyn6 said:

Just out of curiosity, has anyone heard anything about Uncle Mel? 

How is his health? Is he still active in (other) business? Is he in exile?

All said and done, his cleverness backfired, but he certainly isn't in my opinion a bad human.

I agree to a certain degree. He tried and failed, and its far better to try and fail, than to not try at all. His issue was that he made managerial mistakes, be it sacking managers too early or appointing the wrong ones in the 1st place. What he cant be accused of is not backing any of the managers.

There a quite a lot of parallels right now between Moshiri at Everton and DCFC. He too has spent a truckload of money, but his managerial appointments have been a disaster and Everton are now much worse off.

23 hours ago, Wistaston Ram said:

I think it would have sold out if we had played Saturday, but it is a bit of a ball ache for those of us out of the county to get to after work on a Monday night. Nevertheless I will be there and I still think we will get a decent crowd of 25k plus. Should still be a good atmosphere.  What have we sold so far 22k?

There are still over 7000 tickets available for this.

Hopefully as its payday for a lot of people on Friday and Jan has been a long month lots of fans will buy tickets over the weekend as anything less than close to capacity for this is a bit disappointing imo.

The "Its on TV" argument doesn`t really wash with me either unless you live miles away. It certainly hasn` put W Ham fans off making a 300 mile round trip on a Monday as they have sold out of their 4500 allocation

35 minutes ago, Ram@Lincoln said:

The BBQ outside the turnstiles was absolutely fantastic, the best food I've had at a stadium in a long time. 

I had the Chicken Jerk Wrap. It was superb

Someone on twitter was saying that he went to the ticket office and a W Ham fan was buying a ticket for the Derby end and he was being quite open about it.

Clearly Monday nights don`t affect W Ham fans attending!?

I`m slightly worried that they feel that Danny Baath is a better player. Baath is awful.

However, in Warne we have to trust.

4 minutes ago, PistoldPete said:

Any Director has legal responsibilities. He is not just like an ordinary employee. 
 

having said that I don’t think Derby did break any rules and it was as much the EFL’s fault as anyone else apart from Mel. 

All correct of course, but we/he didnt break any laws of the country or accounts laws so he didnt do anything illegal from that perspective.

All we were found guilty of (eventually and under pressure from Gibson and Couhig) was breaking a minor efl rule.

17 minutes ago, PistoldPete said:

He was a Director, and a professional accountant. It was his job to stand up to anything that’s wrong. 

He was a non shareholding Director and ultimately simply a paid employee like everyone else at the club, with a family to support. He has the ear of Mel, but had zero power to make decisions.

His only course of action to remove himself would be to resign, but that would mean no income at a time when the world was suffering from the effects of the pandemic and not many companies were hiring. How many people could simply walk out on a well paid job?

Hopefully, he has learnt lessons? By all accounts he is very good at his job and well thought of in the footballing world so maybe he is trying hard to redeem himself by helping make DCFC a stable and successful club once more?

15 hours ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

Saw him score a last minute equaliser against the Saints at Dingly Dell in c2000.

But apart from that he was a bit hopeless ?

I was at that game too, but we left the ground on 90 Mins and heard the cheer just as we got out!!

Serves us right.

Mind you, I have to agree, Beck was dogshit!

I honesty thing that we may struggle here.

Tight pitch, bobbly playing surface due to no underground heating and frost plus its Burtons Big Day.

If our players aren`t 100% at it from the 1st whistle, we will get done.