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I dont want to go too early but Cashin is better than Maldini, Bobby Moore and Igor all rolled into one.

I dont want to go too early but Cashin is better than Maldini, Bobby Moore and Igor all rolled into one.

I dont want to go too early but Cashin is better than Maldini, Bobby Moore and Igor all rolled into one.

I dont want to go too early but Cashin is better than Maldini, Bobby Moore and Igor all rolled into one.

The team.
1) It means the EFL won’t register any of the trialists
or
2) Message to the board
or
3) Just wants to give some minutes to players that will make up the squad, signing trialists or not.
or
3a) This could always have been the plan 
Either way, we won’t know until Rooney talks to the media after the game, we will know in a couple of hours. I’m looking forward to seeing how the team gets on today, maybe I’m weird but some of these players are considered to be our future, how do you know they are ready if you don’t give them a chance? 
We don’t want them to play cup games, we don’t want them to play pre season games whilst sitting here saying how great our academy is.
As a regular watcher and someone that’s attended a few U23 games, it’s become a more interesting afternoon. 
This is their big chance to show Rooney they are ready and answer the questions we all have IF no trialists are registered.
Apologies for not slamming the club here.

Yep 100% agree but I was kind of hoping with city pinching delap from us, liverpool pinching Gordon and utd pinching 3 under 15s from us we might be able to call in a massive favour for a good loan for free for maybe a first refusal option on our young players for the next 3 years.

Derby County Football Club belongs to you, but also to the people of the city and the community of fans around the world. And many are very worried for the club's future. What are your plans for the club if the worst happens and you cannot find someone to buy it off you?

It would appear that insufficient due diligence was carried out on the prospective sales to BZI and Erik Alonso.
Who carried out due diligence and what measures have been put in place to ensure that we are not sold to such an unprofessional outfit?

Sibley is twice the player now that morgan will ever be.

Byrne, Jagielka, Buchanan, Aluko, Morrison and Lawrence are the only players to start all three friendlies. With that in mind it's probably not a wild suggestion to say Jagielka, Aluko and Morrison are likely going to be the first 3 in through the door. If recent news is true that we can sign 4 + Davies then that would likely leave a spot left; probably filled by either Baldock or Caroll based on game time. 

This is up there with the story of when kolo Toure was on trial at arsenal. Horror tackle in a no tackle small sided game on Henry, then he snapped bergkamp and then went through Wenger and left him needing physio. Wenger still signed him.

Interesting to see a decent number of you say that you don't really have a problem with the manager of your club getting pi55ed up to the point where he falls asleep in the hotel room of a group of young woman (and gets subsequently snapped doing so) just a few hours after saying he was looking to bring some "dignity and pride" back to the club.
I was expecting more to have a problem with it considering our recent history with staff members getting drunk. 
Is it now a problem for Wayne and Coleen? Yes, but let's not pretend this isn't a problem for us, too.
Once again we are having our name dragged through the mud. When is this going to stop happening?
Does he deserve to get the boot for this? Probably not. He deserves to get the boot for nearly getting us relegated to League One (thanks again, Marlon Pack). But it certainly isn't going to win him any supporters, in my view. 

I’m not sure where this lack of creativity idea comes from in the games so far…
I agree there’s a lack of goals….Neither CKR or Baldock have been prolific at any time in their careers so to suddenly expect in their twilight years is unrealistic and unfair. They offer what they offer and others will need to chip in with their fair share. 
Yesterday was what it was. A pretty season against a very difficult opponent who were very much more focused on a scalp and a result than you’d expect in a pre season game….which is good for us and why higher leagues clubs play lower league clubs pre season!
It showed how difficult league 2 can be and I know it was scoffed at when I compared it to being almost a different sport but they are. No time on the ball. Big physical uncompromising men. Direct football aiming at getting the ball into the box from far different areas than what we’d be used to dealing with. They had a 5 man press when we tried to play out and they had big lumps waiting to head it when we had to play over that rather than round it or through it. It was exactly what you need to face pre season when up until now it had consisted of training games, shape work, largely unopposed situations and a game against a like minded and mirror image Man U.
Im not too upset by it. We created lots of chances. 1st half Aluku should have had 2 both coming from good football. Morrison could’ve done better with his header. Carrol was unlucky with a curling effort. 
Second half Bird found Hutchinson (twice) and Sibley (ultimately for the goal) in identical positions as 10s on the half turn, from line breaking passes and all three times resulted in low crosses into the box from overlapping full backs, that could’ve been goal chances…even for the goal, forget it was an own goal…Hutchinson and Esobele were close and one of them would’ve scored even if the ball had been slightly misplaced (nos in the box). Add to that, McDonald played a lovely ball down the sides for Baldock who could’ve scored or I think he may have tried to play across goal where we had a player at the far post for a tap in….again midfield players in the box…then we have the gaping open goal from Baldock following more good interplay and movement around the box.
Realistically they only looked like scoring twice and the pen was soft at best, whereas we could’ve easily scored 5/6 or even 7. Had we come away with a 4-1 win we’d all be jumping up and down about how we could be ok…..let alone if we’d scored more!!!
Im not stupid, clearly we need players and clearly the end result was a loss and championship games will be a different kettle of fish but I feel we’re getting carried away and that’s not good whether it be over positive or over negative. 
Finally I think Aluko is a wasted registration. He doesn’t offer anymore than some of the youngsters we have who can play that role (Esobele / Sibley / Hutchinson - maybe in that order). Carroll offers much the same as Bird. Bird is ours and come through our academy why bin him off for a 1 season pay day like Carroll? I’d see Watson as this type too so I’d happily have him as Birds back up as opposed to Bird being Carrolls back up?
Personally I’d push for 3 of the 4 signings to be centre backs to build an experienced base from. The top end of the pitch and the top end of the midfield areas don’t concern me too much.

Once asked a mate who was a pro (premier league, championship) about money and players thoughts on it. He basically said, not his words, but as close to it as I can remember "we cant believe the money we get paid. It's crazy that we can demand as much as we do and the clubs will keep paying it" he also predicted to me that we would have players on 1mill a week within 10 years. That was about 15 years ago when we said it and he is pretty close to being proved right.

Bore off JR and try getting behind DCFC 
This will be one tough season - absolutely. We all know that so try getting behind the team for once. The constant negativity about every single thing from some drives me up the wall 

Get CKR and super Curtis Davies to take him under their wings. Job done.

If and it is a massive if Rooney and the coaches can get into his head and get an arm around his shoulder and the club can support and monitor him outside of football (with his consent ie. Get him a flat in a quiet area, get someone like davies to mentor him) he could be a great player.
Can a leopard change its spots at the 15th or so attempt.....

Get CKR and super Curtis Davies to take him under their wings. Job done.

Probably wrong but it looks photoshopped a little bit. Could just be the quality of the image isn't very good 

Yea, we need to be looking for better than him, there I have said it ?

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Well, we won't be splashing the cash like we did prviously that is for certain!

I just hope that a) we do get a transfer kitty / no embargo and b) that things in the way currently get resolved in timely fashion, I'd hate to see us embargo'd/no new owners until a few days before window closes resulting in dross overpaid signings.