Will Hughes Hair

1 hour ago, sage said:

I would guess Max £2m plus transfer income. That will include what we spend on transfer fees, loan fees agent fees and signing on fees but not wages.

Cannot see us spending more than £750k on any one player

Currently 1.5m total but could reduce with wage considerations. Upfront fees on a single purchase limited by the club to £500k. 100% of sales to be made available to boost this and higher value purchases like Bristol Rovers strikers will be considered on merit.

8 hours ago, Eoghan1884 said:

Oxford have signed Ruben Rodrigues and are about to sign Josh McEacharan, maybe they’re willing to let Branagan go, I’d love to spend the Knight or Bielik money on him, a great player at this level. Probably will end up at a championship team though.

Based on Brannigan’s performance in our first home game last season I’m not sure.

Spent 70 mins imitating thug life with zero effect. Then they switched and tried to play football and he was transformed.

So, and here’s the kicker. A traditional Derby footballing team #superioritycomplex and it’s a big yes. A Warne outrun and outfight them team? Not so sure.

And can I caveat this with I want Warne to succeed. His approach is no different from Alex Ferguson - have better players, well motivated and harder working than the opposition. Even when that approach isn’t working, you can still win a a European Cup Final. But you need players who can run through brick walls (mentally and physically). Is that Brannigan? Not sure.

Why, if Flint's done are we not announcing it?

Asking for a friend who needs disinfecting.

1 hour ago, Rev said:

Are you sure it wasn't her screaming Semenyo?  

I only ask as its swahili for 'wrong hole'.

This could be possible as she’s got quite a deep voice for a woman. Tbh she’s more spice girl than space girl. And by spice I’m thinking more the now illegal drug than posh and ginger.

2 hours ago, Eoghan1884 said:

Think people are forgetting Bristol sold Semenyo for 10 million in the last few days of the Jan window.

Interestingly ‘Semenyo!’ Is what I heard Trampie screaming in ecstasy when in the throws of rapture with the unemployed astronaut.

When I asked him about it, he said he’d started doing it as she’d once complained she hadn’t known he was going to finish and he nearly had her eye out.

3 minutes ago, Anag Ram said:

It’s what swung the deal for Haydon Roberts 😊

Tbf I’d need quite a lot of posh wine to get me through the day if I was working for Pearson. 

But it has allowed you to live in Hampshire. My cousin had to invent something and marry a solicitor to achieve the same feat. 👏👏👏

1 minute ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

think im at the other end of the career timeline to owd @Millenniumram. Qualified as FIA in 1993 so im a bit long in t'tooth.

 

in fact, actuarially i have a greater chance of being dead than living to see the end of this thread.........🤣

I actually worked with a lad around that time who had just finished at UCL and was going to become an actuary.

As there was practically no internet in those days I had to ask what the hell the job was. I seem to remember the big pull was a £45k salary when qualified. Which in the early nineties was massive.

On the other side it seemed so effing dull you could have doubled that salary and I still wouldn’t have been tempted 😂😂😂

13 minutes ago, Anag Ram said:

Are you and Trampie utilising Drink banks?

Great for those who can’t afford Chateauneuf Du Pape.

 

You’ve really got it all in Bristol haven’t you? Well jell.

Unfortunately I’m skint paying for all this cider so I’m currently trying to work out if petrol would be cheaper 🤔

17 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

You raaaanng? 🤣

God not you as well 😂

@Rev will be pleased to know I’m on the lash again with Trampie but alas there’s no astronaut.  No idea where she is.

But seeing as she’s not earwigging the unwashed oracle has been able to fill me in on the latest Rams goss down in Hooverville.

Apparently, Alfie May was shown round Moor Farm and Pride Park and all was going well until they got to the Pedigree suite.

At this point the jocular Warne joked that the 5’6” May would only be allowed shorts on club nights out.

Warne laughed. May didn’t.

Warne now thinks May has ‘short man syndrome’ and has refused to have anything more to do with him. Hence he’s off to Charlton.

Our resident actuary (insurance not pensions) is going to do his nut on this one!

5 minutes ago, Dcfcsr92 said:

Just seen Connor Wickham has been released, I could imagine him to be sort of striker Warne would be looking for think he would do well in league 1 as well that's if he would come to a league 1 team

I’d guess that how much Wickham fancies the look of our treatment room could be the deciding factor 😂

3 minutes ago, ilkleyram said:

I would worry more if Warne (and your company) said that he was looking to recruit bad people.

 I’m glad Warne is looking to recruit good people. He’s defined in a number of different interviews the type of footballers that he wants to recruit and said that he wants footballers who fit into the dressing room culture and the type of people who would make us proud as fans to have them represent our club apart from, or as well as, having the footballing attributes that he’s seeking to develop the team and its style. He’s said on a number of occasions that he wants and likes leaders in the dressing room - people like Curtis who could never be described as a yes man.

 I can’t for the life of me see how any Derby fan could disagree with what he’s said. Or be worried about it. Whether he’s successful in being able to recruit to those standards we wait to see.

It’s in the definition of good people. Which is apparently people that can work with the management team.

How is that being defined?  In depth psychological analysis and profiling? How is that possible over such a large data set?

Or is it based on a ten minute conversation with Warne?

4 minutes ago, Rev said:

Stop drinking. 

Immediately. 

Easier said than done on a Tuesday night down the allotment with an alcoholic and an astronaut.

And we both know you’re my real favourite.

43 minutes ago, Elwood P Dowd said:

Perhaps Small players command a small transfer fee :

In that case we’ve got little to be worried about 😂

4 minutes ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

I only asked those initial questions to get insight for my pending application to a nationally reputable organisation. 

I own a kebab shop. Honest.

2 minutes ago, jono said:

Well done that man. Took it on the chin, got up and fought on. Bravo 😉

Is it Spike Milligans grave stone that says “ See ! I told you I was Ill !”

 

 

God. Can’t believe I missed you off my list of forum besties!

1 minute ago, Will Hughes Hair said:

What I’m taking from this is that you have endorsed me as a strong leader.

You’re my best friend ever.

Can I just apologise to @Kokosnuss@86 Hair Islands and @angieram who in my head had previously been my dcfcfans besties. I still love them but they’ve never endorsed me as a strong leader.

What could have been eh?

12 minutes ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

That’s the bit I think people allow their opinions on Warne to cloud. Yes Warne has said he recruits the right sort of people, according to his standards and expectations. Which I take to be that they have to understand the effort that’s expected of them, that they’re here to be a part of the squad and the larger efforts for success, not solely for personal glory, which will determine their value as footballers in what is a team sport. Warne will know their physical attributes and stats, it’s their character that’s then key for how he wants his team to behave and perform.
There are varying approaches to leadership, Warne has his and there seems to be a mix of authority (the fitness coach/PE teacher) and soft skills (employee engagement through mugs, the why wall etc). It might not be for everyone, but it doesn’t need to be, it needs to be right for the players Warne wants in his teams and he has been able to sign players who perform to his standards and earn promotion from this division previously. 
No manager will please everyone in their approach, strong leaders do encourage input from their teams and value opinions and I’m sure Warne has spoken about doing so, he’s always valued the input of his “senior pros”, and has open conversations with his players. Wanting the “right people” doesn’t have to equate to people who like his jokes, I think that’s a tad reductive. 

What I’m taking from this is that you have endorsed me as a strong leader.

You’re my best friend ever.

15 minutes ago, 86 Hair Islands said:

Can we have Trampy back now? 😋

As you asked nicely. We’ve asked about two academy players at Leeds.

Lots of, ifs, nots and maybes.

A number ten and a number four.

Warne prepared to deal at loan or loan to buy. The number four would be Thornesque.

There you go.

I think he’s talking s*** again but he never said we were in for Roberts or Rodrigues. And he never claimed that Didzy was a done deal. Coincidence?

He is off his face though 🤣

6 minutes ago, 86 Hair Islands said:

Can we have Trampy back now? 😋

He says you can eff off 😂😂😂

1 minute ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

What’s your view in your current role about recruiting people who don’t share the right values of the organisation? Who aren’t necessarily team players? How would you identify a strong candidate to recruit? 

Brand value, culture and the ‘Employee Value Proposition’  are critical. But they should be driven strategically.

Maybe Warne does that in a smaller organisation but I’m not sure. As an example, I value those that challenge me to think differently and those that can think without my input (not the Warne model).

Strong candidates should be judged on their value as footballers not on whether they like Warne’s humour.

A final thought.

I also worry about Warne’s comments about recruiting good people. I currently head up recruitment in a nationally recognisable organisation. One of the hardest challenges that I face is Team Leaders telling me they know what their teams need. And in short that means people who sound and look like themselves. That promotes a monoculture of thought that is not healthy.

Strong leaders should be able to involve and include a diverse range of thoughts and opinions to drive performance.

2 minutes ago, DiggerB said:

If your looking to be richly rewarded as a football fan I’d suggest you’ve probably picked the wrong sport, sir!😁 

You’re the person living in my head and I claim my five pounds!

Not sure who’s liable for the five pounds? Me, you or the imaginary person in my head 🤔