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Interesting that all the paperwork was done before the deadline friday so he could play against stevenage but efl held it up 
but they let reading sign player after player and do not pay them on time 
i've got a feeling they might block this don't know why but it seems a bit weird not to ratify a free agent who needs a living wage a job

We have seen that strikers of a certain quality can drop down to this level and can score plenty of goals.
McGoldrick did it last season, Rhodes, Martin & Collins have this season too. I have no doubt Gayle has the quality still to score goals in this league.

This thread does remind me a lot of the Jordan Rhodes thread when we were linked to him in the summer. Similar concerns and arguments around the signing and he’s 18 g/a in 25 games now. 
 
I think he’ll come in score a couple goals start the odd game be useful off the bench and then leave in the summer. Decent deal.

He is exactly what we have needed for a considerable length of time. Interviews very well too. What a guy. The impact his presence is having on Bird is also very noticeable. As a team they stood up yesterday and I think Stevenage were a little surprised by how strong we were. Long may it continue. Ebooooooooooo

Really like this lad. Humble, eloquent, appreciative, super hard-working and an absolute beast on the pitch. We need to make him feel as welcome as we can, which in fairness, I think we are are. 

It was! I’m as shocked as anyone by the emoji. Oops! 

I did, didn’t I? Oops! 
thanks for letting me know I’d been told off 😂 

Hopefully @Ewe Ram hit the wrong emoji?

I reckon Curtis Nelson is currently his closest rival.

He’s not fit to lace Ebou Adams boots…. 👀 

A goal that was a huge moment in the race for promotion. The movement and anticipation for the goal, then the execution, are the highest level. Absolutely magnificent.
Yet it's likely Sibley won't start next week, or if he does he'll probably be first to be hooked around half-time if we're not winning, or will simply be shunted to left back. I hope I'm wrong. I would *love* Warne to prove me wrong. 

So pleased he got the winner yesterday.   
 
He’s a good lad.

Yeah and I still think they can be really good championship players. Both only 22. Would be silly to allow them to leave. Exactly the sort of players we would want the club to sign ie young with some pedigree and lots of potential 

In recent games Sibley has shown great ability at left back and done well in midfield. Great to see his  increased maturity and his eradication of the reckless fouls which were such a feature  of his play,  regularly costing us dangerous free kicks. He 's an important squad member and deserves a new contract.

Thought you were a fan of that

My wife would probably agree with you 😂

He expected to go to one 🤣

That'll just lead to the kind of echo chambers we see in wider social media - people just agreeing with like minded people & progressively getting more extreme in their opinions & more intolerant of opposite views. We're a football club, a mass of people with one shared ambition.
Reality is there are less than 5 posters I can think of across both sides who look to troll - best to block them if they're upsetting you so much. To close your mind off to well argued contrarian opinion is always a mistake IMO. I am adamant that Warne isn't the right long term manager for Derby but I'll be damned if I can't express my short term joy at results with fellow Rams (some of whom are very supportive of him) & discuss differences of opinion in terms of his long term suitability. It may be there are points that I haven't considered that other posters are using to justify their faith in Warne - recently read some comparing to Klopp & his record in German football which was interesting to read (even if I don't particularly agree)
You've never going to avoid opinions you don't like at the game itself either so don't see the value in restricting it here.

I still think that if it’s three at the back then Wilson & Sibley have to be the wing backs.
I still think that if it’s a back four then Nyambe, Nelson, Cashin & Elder start.
I still think that if you include Blackett-Taylor then you have to play a front three.
I still think that it should be a midfield three of Adams Smith & Bird at Barnsley.
I still think that while we’re winning………………….sod it! 👍😁
 

Some observations: Adams didn’t het a yellow card, while still playing his normal game - that in itself is worth celebrating. As is the rare fact that afik no Derby players were booked. The only surprise is that the fat man didn’t blather on about biased match officials!
The fans were stupendous today, and were loud from the off, and really got going in the second half. We had to be loud and get behind the team, but the Collins loss has put us into a “backs to the wall” situation, which may have had something to do with it.
I didn’t think Stevenage showed as much “thug” football as I was expecting, but their dark side is still there. It took what seemed like 30 or 40 cynical/professional fouls before a card was shown. The ref actually did fairly well, but did start giving a lot if soft decisions in Stevenage's way in the second half, almost as though he had received his half-time efl email! A couple these soft decisions close together just before Corey Smith got the fans backs up and up went the volume and Derby started to look a little more adventurous.
The goal wasn’t just Sibbo stabbing at a loose ball. Louie stepped back from his marker and signalled to Nate who duly obliged, and just one bit of skill got us 3 points instead of one. For such a “war of attrition”, it is the best I have felt at the end of match for ages.
Thank you, you Rams!

The forum doesn’t need the last two words mate. You’d made your point 👍

The forum doesn’t need the last two words mate. You’d made your point 👍

Apparently not. As I've already said, I'm not convinced Warne is our long term bet. BUT, I can appreciate when he got right and scrapping an important win against a top six team when we are chasing automatic promotion is always a good result. To argue otherwise is churlish.
I'm a Warne sceptic, but I can also appreciate a vital win in difficult circumstances. Well done to Warne and the squad.

I think we just need to stop giving this the oxygen to breathe tonight.
People are entitled to opinions and arguments but at this point it's just getting a bit daft.

Whatever he was on at Stoke is now irrelevant. He's 34, probably has little or no chance of ever playing again at a higher level than League One and unless he's thick, must realise big paydays are now behind him. If he wants to continue playing at a decent level, he has to tailor his demands to the financial ability of those clubs who show an interest to pay him.
From what I've seen of him he's not a hold-up striker, more a goal poacher- maybe not ideally suited to our style of play but we are so short in the striking department that he'll at least give us an alternative option.
So sad for Collins.