Ramos

42 minutes ago, Tombo said:

As a general rule, you should be wary of anybody who actively wants to own a football club as they are money sinks and make precisely nobody any money. Anyone who actively wants to be in that business has a screw loose.

That or just so much money that losses aren’t a concern. Maybe the two go hand in hand. 

10 hours ago, 1of4 said:

As the love felt by some for Hughes, been lost after his antics during tonight's game?

What antics? ? he just completely bossed the game and reminded us all why none of us ever wanted him to leave. He didn’t even celebrate his goal - hope he comes back one day. 

At least this transfer window deadline day has been more exciting - usually 3 hours ahead of the deadline Ed Dawes or Steve Nicholson say ‘i understand Derby’s business is done’ to ruin everyone’s fun. 

20 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said:

That trend has changed significantly in the past few years. These players have been used this season by those clubs

Man City - Foden, Garcia, Harwood-Bellis, Delap, Doyle, Palmer, Nmecha and Barnabe.
Liverpool - Alexander-Arnold, Jones, RWilliams, NWilliams, Kelleher, Phillips, Clarkson, Wilson, Elliott, Koumetio
Man Utd - Rashford, Pogba, McTominay, Greenwood, Henderson, Tuanzebe, Williams, Lingard, Fosu-Mensah
Chelsea - Mount, James, Abraham, Christensen, Gilmour, Tomori, Anjorin, Loftus-Cheek

Add to that arsenal with the likes of saka, willock, nelson, nketiah and mainland niles. It’s def changed a little last couple of years. 

A striker, a cb and a winger/ wide midfielder would be good. Where we will get the funds from at this point god only knows.... and even he is probably unsure. 

30 pages in and loving it. Also - the Charlton 2 2 was also my first ever rams game in 2000 so I very much relate to everything Ryan has said so far ?

merry Christmas one and all 

Great performance and loved his passion. It’s a question of where is that passion in the rest of the team? There seems to be a real lack of characters in our team - in our position you want to see more players rallying round. 
 

I know it’s not remotely the same level but in all my age group teams from 10 to 18, it was drilled into all of us, even the not natural talkers, to as a team be vocal and openly passionate, encouraging the rest of the team.
 

Funnily enough as a team we really didn’t have that many players with great ability for our league but it was about team ethic and passion and our coach (who’s son is a professional footballer, he also managed will Hughes for a number of years in the group below, safe to say they had a very good team) really worked on that collective team spirit and enthusiasm. Fitness was key too and through this, we worked so hard as a team we somehow one season won the league unbeaten. 
 

But even in other seasons when we were struggling we were so determined and passionate as a team. Admittedly I don’t see this at many clubs really, bar maybe Leeds who just look so up for every battle and have so much energy. How Derby need that right now. 

13 hours ago, Rammy03 said:

It was such a good team

No disputing that - it’s just we talk about it like it was our treble winning year or the invincibles - which is my point that we really have been starved of any real success since I started supporting Derby in 1999 - that our best memories are of a team that ultimately failed. The life of a Derby fan hey. 

God you can tell 2014 is the only really ounce of attractive football we’ve had in the best part of 20 years. How we all (including myself) cling to it. 

7 minutes ago, Jimbo Ram said:

I would have Lawrence in for Sibley playing just behind Waggers...

More of a 4 2 3 1 then? 

4 3 3 

                  Marshall

byrne davies Clarke Buchanan

        Holmes bielik sibley 

jozwiak    Waghorn        Ibe 

Hard to tell actually how Ibe will be but I’ll stick him in. Also would fit Lawrence In but I really feel we need a 3 to protect our back 4. I’m not certain sibley is suited to being too far forward, he just gets marked out the game. I feel he would suit being further back with forward bursts maybe. But hey what do I know, I’m just a nobody. 

I was thinking of having a flag made of Brian Clough holding the first championship trophy on one half of the flag and Dave Mackay holding the second one on the other half. I know a website where they can make a flag like that but i'm not sure what the issues would be with like copyright for the images I would probably have to take of google. Does anyone know if you have to ask for permission off the company or person who holds the image rights if you were just making a non profit item like a flag?