Will Hughes Hair

Just now, kevinhectoring said:

yes and it means ample timely substitutions are important to avoid fatigue and injury  

 

Which didn’t happen much last season either.  Still, small squads are definitely the way to combat this I hear.

3 at the back can absolutely work.  But if helps if you have two things…

• A plan of how to attack and exploit the oppositions weaknesses
• You have pace (across the team but) particularly in your back line that get’s you out of the poop when teams sit in, invite you to push on and hit you on the break

Genuine question based on posts of those watching.

Was our back line outpaced by Wyke?

I only ask because he’s nowhere near quick and that would be a real structural issue with this defence.

3 minutes ago, Jimbo Ram said:

Thanks for the ‘just saying’ bit 👍😊

You’re most welcome. 😉

5 minutes ago, oomarkwright said:

Perhaps we need to throw the sink to get him? 

We’d definitely benefit from some pace in the team across all positions. He can also step out of defence with the ball.

Liam Kitching scored for Barnsley today. Just saying.

6 minutes ago, Rammed79 said:

Charlie Wyke 

He only turns 30 in December, so we might have to wait for the January window.

Have we scored yet?

1 hour ago, Kokosnuss said:

Good stuff.

You should have just waited for @hintonsboots to roll out Kenneth Williams  😂

Only one option to replace Collins / NML when they’re ‘gassed’ on 60 minutes?

Would have been good to have Waggy or Brown on the bench.

Anyway keep the updates coming as me and the boy are missing this one as on holiday 👏

Anybody got a spare brown paper bag?

5 minutes until we find out 😬

36 minutes ago, IlsonDerby said:

You wanted May… a goal scorer who costed a fee. That isn’t a diamond in the rough that needs polishing. 
 

Washington - a player who was subject to a multi million pound sale the last time he was at this level but hasn’t set the world on fire recently is a diamond to polish. He may turn out to be a lump of coal, he may shine. 
 

Just say what you mean ‘Warne didn’t sign the striker I wanted him to’ rather than dressing it up in ‘not being creative’. 

I thought (and probably still do) that May was a better and cheaper bet than Rhodes. Both have little resale value.

Washington seems very much a Warne type of player and there’s nothing wrong in that. I hope he does well but I very much doubt he’s going to be so repolished he re-attains his former status or resale value.

Waghorn is only here by chance. I think he’s astute business at this level. But again no resale value.

The issue with no resale value is that if they walk away like Didzy or retire you’ve nothing to reinvest and you’re forever signing aging freebie’s.

So my issue isn’t that I’m sulking about May but I’m worried about squad depth and our apparent one dimensional approach to recruitment.

13 minutes ago, valakari said:

So the administrators paid themselves massive amounts and still didn't do their job properly...how can they get away with that???!!

Because there’s never any flies on administrators, accountants or even actuaries.

Watch them deny it 😉

6 minutes ago, DerbyAleMan said:

Good to see your positive for the new season, I am going 3-0 to the Rams, with Joe Ward scoring the first one from a free kick after 27 minutes. Once A Ram Always A Ram. 

Reverse psychology my friend 😉

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No FRGS

18 minutes ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

No. And you know very well that’s not what I said. I’ve clarified for you in bold text above.
 

 

And that’s the very crux of the matter. Blow your budget on safe bets or back your ability to polish a rough diamond.

Warne has arrived at a big club (comparatively). But even here you need to do both. Not sure he’s grasped that yet.

16 minutes ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

If you and other people feel the need to question Warne that’s up to you. I only ever look to contest points with people when I can see a fairly logical counter argument. I’ve not seen anything of desperate concern to worry about yet. 
The forward recruitment? We’ve signed Washington and are intending to add more strikers.

The depth of the squad? It’s currently better balanced and in need of a few more signings to be improved further, which Warne and the club have explained.

The selling of players and inability to re-invest the funds? That’s not Warne’s doing, is it? It’s circumstantial, born from Morris’ legacy, the admin and the EFL. It’s been made clear that Pearce and Clowes ultimately dictate the business side of the club.

So what are we left with? His choice of players to recruit? Always going to be subjective and can’t really be qualified until we’ve seen them succeed or fail in a rams shirt.

His bad patter? That’s just who he is, can’t do much about it.

His tactical and in game management? It let us down last season. He’s said all the right things in recognising that and needed to be better, now he needs to show it when it matters, again can’t fully judge it until the season starts.

I’ve no problem with people questioning Warne, I just don’t yet see any real questions to be levelled solely at his door. It feels like people will go out of their way to question Warne relentlessly, about anything, without much thought or depth to the argument….that’s what I don’t get. And I would feel this way if it was Rosenior, Steve McClaren, Jim Smith or Brian Clough himself. 

So, in your words…

His recruitment for Derby is unproven.

His patter is questionable.

His in game management isn’t great.

Clowes may or may not be backing him in the recruitment market.

Washington plus blind faith in others (unnamed) will score the goals we need?

But let’s not worry?

8 minutes ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

I’ll be supportive of him until he gives me clear reason not to.

So no twitching?

Hypothetical example…

Pursue Rhodes on a 12k / week plus wage.

Or…

May 4k / week

Waghorn on 3k / week

Bonis on 1.5k / week

and some nominal fees and creative bonuses.

We were in pole position a month ago. Not now. Because others with less money have thought creatively.

3 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

Make that work with the signings we have made, rather than the one's not yet made.

To be honest @RoyMac5 I haven’t seen the new players in the flesh yet, but I’m pleased on the whole.

The trouble is that although some structural imbalances have been resolved others remain glaringly obvious.

Is it a championship winning back three if Bradley gets an injury? What about midfield if Bird is sold? or Hourihane injured? Or most perplexingly of all what happens to our striking options if Collins gets injured?

12 minutes ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

Cause that’s the key point to pick up on 🙄

I do believe you love Warne more than I loved the quite frankly fabulous Will Hughes 😂

Here’s another view on the key point. Warne is trying to deflect away from a recruitment policy which is looking increasingly parochial and damaging.

48 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said:

The administrators tried to pass Lech off as unsecured creditors, resulting in only paying 25% of what was owed. Lech claimed they were football creditors and should be paid in full. FIFA agreed with Lech and ordered us to pay in full or face another 2 year embargo. We reached a settlement agreement woth Lech somewhere in the middle.

I like you. As a poster obviously. Unless you’re also good at tapping you’re fingers.

Then I’d like you as a poster and someone who is good at tapping your fingers.

Who the heck is chilling in Jamaica days before the start of the season? For such an apparently clever bloke Warne doesn’t half come out with some guff.

James Collins?  My guess is this is the riposte to our enquiry for Tom Bloxham.

3 hours ago, IslandExile said:

I'm sure you know it was the Forest committee that changed their minds about ISM.
(commitee because the one good thing about them was that it was actually a 'club'. Now there's nothing)

Maybe it’s the HTFC committee that stopped Rhodes attending his medical?