Betty Swollocks

I won't mention the name but friend of a friend is one of the old stock commentators - he is white, male, middle aged and basically very aware he is considered a dinosaur. No consideration of how good he is at his job, or how good the person sitting next to him is. He's just seen as yesterday's news. 
BTW - this is completely not about female commentators and summarisers. The male commentator on Sunday was just as bad - he'd got himself his fifteen facts and then spent the whole game trying to shoe horn them in to the action. Made you realise just how skilled people like Motty were. Also, there are great examples of summarisers from all genders - I still think Alex Scott is pretty good, Laura Georges (the French defender) is excellent - but from the other angle Fara Williams is just awful, shocking, criminally bad. That said, so is Clinton Morrison so it cuts all ways.

Yep, dreadful coverage. Then again the standard of commentators, co commentators, match summarisers, pundits etc. is just getting worse. Those who've been doing it for years can barely hide their boredom, and the new ones brought in on the  'diversity'  ticket, aren't up to much either. 

I wasn't criticising their aerial or heading ability, more the fact that they're relatively inexperienced as a pair. As it happened, they both looked uncomfortable in the first half under the high ball (the goalscorer got between both of them as they seemed to misjudge the flight of the ball)) and with the Newport pressing game, and I was glad Fozzy was in there as a steadying influence.

I wasn't sad when he left - I would be sad if he came back.....

I'd be amazed and deeply disappointed. 

After the way he engineered his way out of here in the first place, he can get ducked. Not quite a Nathan Byrne, but not far off it.

I'm not sure why he would suit Warne's style of play? I bet whoever we sign will be around 6 feet tall

Generally I agree. However I think Sibley is showing signs of significant improvement. His crossing has been poor - in my opinion. But I commented to myself during the game how much better his crossing had been, and then he commented in his interview that he’d been working on it in training this week. 
Of the others, I think:
- his passing is generally good when he’s has a clear idea - think his pass to Hourihane early season. 
- his control needs work 
- his shielding is poor
But given his willingness to acknowledge and work on his weaknesses, I’m really hopeful that we’ll see significant progress now we appear to have a manager who will invest time in him. 

For saying our 2 full backs and some of our centre backs are playing out of position I think the number of goals we have conceded is amazingly low.

Let's not rewrite history. The first half was appalling, only Wildsmith came out with any credit. The worst two were Cashin and Sibley closely followed by most of the others. 
Second half was a big improvement and both Cashin and Sibley improved hugely. I don't agree with the excuse of playing  out of position either . Basic skills of control, passing, crossing and shielding the ball don't change. 

"Clowes stepped in after a protracted sale of the Rams to the American businessman Chris Kirchner fell through with a deal wrapped up quickly. "On July 1, 2022, following a very short period of due diligence, the group incorporated a new company to acquire the assets and business of Derby County Football Club from the administrators, Quantuma.
It also acquired the Pride Park Stadium from the former owner in a separate company. "As a major investor and property owner in the East Midlands, the directors considered that the potential liquidation of the local city football club was not in the best interests of the group or those of the city of Derby itself.
The group considered it had a corporate social responsibility to the local economy of Derby and could not stand by and let the football club fail. "The directors consider that this is a medium-term investment to return the football club to stability and add significant value to the initial cost of circa £60m."

Credit to the club .
When he came on last night for the brilliant Rooney he did brilliant 

My first away game since my brain haemorrhage 3 years ago. I’m absolutely exhausted from standing up for the whole game - I realised I had a choice, I could either stand up or sing! I stood up.  Non football fans are amazed that I consider it worth it to go to a match at the cost of several days knackered. My response is, I can do something I love and pay the price or not go anywhere and be miserable! A simple choice for me!

Just listened to last night’s Rams Daily podcast.  
 
To quote Ed Dawes “I find it astonishing that you take this money from PAYE and the  VAT and put it in an account - a resting account as it were - and not pay it at the end. I mean is that legal?
Holy Moly - when the brown stuff hits the fan in any business, HMRC will be one of the first to have their payments delayed  on the basis that you can always do a deal - extend the time to pay for example. 
 
And it’s arguable that if HMRC had accepted 25% in the first place the Club wouldn’t have had to be placed in Administration 

Agree wholeheartedly. It should be part of the academy function and a prized role where you do everything in your power to assist the first team on the day, while getting used to what it's like down on the pitch in front of a large baying crowd.

I was there and saw that. I`ve often thought that the ones we use are far too young and dont really understand whats going on.
For me, we should use the DCFC U14/15/!6s as part of their education in football. It would give them an insight into the pace of the game, the atmosphere to expect and the intensity of the game and crowd.
Again, give them instructions such as "If we are losing, get the ball as quickly as possible", "If we are winning, snails pace"

I was there and saw that. I`ve often thought that the ones we use are far too young and dont really understand whats going on.
For me, we should use the DCFC U14/15/!6s as part of their education in football. It would give them an insight into the pace of the game, the atmosphere to expect and the intensity of the game and crowd.
Again, give them instructions such as "If we are losing, get the ball as quickly as possible", "If we are winning, snails pace"

I was there and saw that. I`ve often thought that the ones we use are far too young and dont really understand whats going on.
For me, we should use the DCFC U14/15/!6s as part of their education in football. It would give them an insight into the pace of the game, the atmosphere to expect and the intensity of the game and crowd.
Again, give them instructions such as "If we are losing, get the ball as quickly as possible", "If we are winning, snails pace"

I don"t know if you went to the Fleetwood game but the lad with the hair like Marc Bolan sat on his stool while the ball dribbled past him and the cheeky little sod just put a thumbs up to one of our players when he had to retrieve it himself, and they were only drawing

At other clubs they are considered part of the wider team and drilled.......winning: sit on your stool.......losing: ball back in play and pronto
Nothing wrong with that in my book.
Better solution would just be to have 60 mins in play and stop the clock literally every time the ball goes dead for throws, corners, freekicks, fouls, injuries, subs, dog on pitch, the lot.
Not sure why they don't do this as it would remove the time-wasting blight from our game in an instant.

They are incredibly slow to retrieve the ball we’re in a losing position and it’s quickly needed. 
Was quite noticeable yesterday.
Especially when Rammie had to end up kicking it back to their goalkeeper with it rolling all but 1 yard!
We could really do with 13/14 year olds who are able to read the tempo of the game instead of small children.

I’ve said it before but why the hell are ours so pathetic?
There is about four of them, often too scared to go on the pitch to, you know, retrieve the ball.
We are losing a game and we allow their players or GK to wander down to the corner flag to get a ball as there isn’t a single ballboy in sight.
Get 10 of them around the pitch, inside the advertising boards and get the ball into our players ASAP.
All the little things makes a difference.

How could he have sorted out the mess if he'd walked? He can't do both.
He did stick around, he appears to be the one who led the loyal staff team through the administration, and he is now determined to prove himself at the same club. That must take guts.

I really like Warne from what I’ve seen so far. Not so much from all the interviews, but from the BBC Moment of Truth podcast. That’s really worth having a listen to if you haven’t already. You really get an insight into what he’s like as a manager and as a person. 
My only concern at this stage is the potential change in direction, tactically. Nigel Pearson’s time here showed you what happens when you try to take a team of players who are used to playing intricate, possession based stuff and try to turn them into “athletes.” I’m pretty sure only Craig Bryson looked like he fitted. The same thing could happen here.
That being said, we shouldn’t assume that he’s going to play a certain way. We just don’t know at this stage.
On Liam, a little harsh yes. A good guy, for sure. But I can’t say I’m disappointed to see us move on from the last remnants of the coaching staff that were part of arguably one of the worst moments in our history.
Fresh start! 

I've not watched the interview because the love-in is all a bit overkill. Let's have our football do the talking and keep expectations managed for now. But I actually don't mind what you say about Warne being a bit of a bully on the touchline and players being on the edge of legitimacy. Too often we are bullied as a team and not streetwise enough, hence we seem to have so many decisions go against us. I get many people won't like it, but as well as playing good football I'd like us to toughen up a bit. I do think this is partly what's needed to win promotion over a long season. Anything to gain an advantage as this will be a long hard slog.