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This is really a must win game  for Warne - another performance like last night could see the crowd turn on him. Think he is a decent guy but sadly out of his depth managing a club the size of Derby with the big expectation of the fans.

If Puma are next seasons shirt supllier, a remake of this would be epic

Depends what you call British I guess. They're owned by an American company.

Define "decimated". In terms of players, we lost only Ryan, Eze (who joined us at the start of that season), and Kellyman from our academy sides during adminstration. Williams was a fringe first teamer by the time we sold him. In terms of staff, I beleive we no longer have any vacancies for academy roles.
Define "dreadful". Last season, the U18s finished 7th last season (2 points off 4th) and are currently 4th (3 points off 3rd) this season. Results for the U21s this season still aren't great, but if you'd watch them you'd know they aren't too far off the pace - evidenced by having lost by more than 1 goal only twice in all compettiions since September (a record which our first team also has).
It defeinitely won't take a "geenration" to get back to the levels we were at previously.
Warne has had a number of academy players participate in first team training. That doesn't mean he's willing to give them a go in the first team though. It also doesn't mean Warne is a good or bad judge of player. As I've stated many times before, there is also a difference between the ability of a squad/fringe player and a regular starter. Examples I gave in the past were Brown and O'Shea being good squad players at Man Utd, but less impressive as regulars for a struggling Sunderland side. You could also look at current PL sides and their use of academy players. For example, Liverpool have given Bobby Clark 6 appearances this season, but if they were to loan him out to a L1 side.
"If they're good enough" is only true if a manager is willing to give them a go. Thompson was good enough for 25 Championship games in the 21/22 season (1521 mins) but only good enough for 10 under Warne last season (159 minutes). Warne isn't the only manager guilty of it, but he absolutely is afraid of putting young players in incase they make mistakes.

Got to say I agree with @S8TY here. I’ve counter-argued plenty of times when people have posted saying “Warne has no pull”, however from what I’ve seen no one has said anything of the sort on this thread, which means your post reads as being deliberately antagonistic.
I agree with the point you’re making in general, but was it called for in this moment? I think not.

Why did you have to say that? 
all really positive then a pointless dig 

Be interesting to see what our best XI will be with Gayle on board…
I am guessing:
Wildsmith
Nyambe - Nelson - Cashin - Elder
Adams - Bird - Hourihane
NML - Gayle - CBT
If Adams, Bird and NML can continue their form and Gayle and CBT can get into a rhythm, it could be a very fun end to the season!

I would imagine that it’s no surprise but I am feeling very positive about this.
There are going to be a lot of tight, tense games over the next 3 months and someone like Gayle with his movement and instinct in the box could be the difference between 1 point and 3 points in many games.
Let’s hope we get him fully fit and firing and he can lead us to promotion one way or another.

Chuffed to bits with this. All just feels like things are dropping into place nicely at long last. Derby County, League One Champions... Has a nice ring to it, I reckon.
Thank you Mr Clowes. I'm doffing my cap as I write, you're an absolute star!
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I see this as similar to the McGoldrick signing. He hasn’t been prolific in recent times but was getting Premier League minutes just 3 years ago. He will have lost the pace but should still have the footballing intelligence to out think league one defenders. 

Off the bench on 60 mins to score the winner.

As I have posted previously I used to really like JC @ Luton Town 
Lets say that since he became a Ram …  it’s not been plain sailing .. he has won me over to some extent though particularly since that  purple patch when he  got the hatrick against wolves U21s 
he has been an important player for us and  will be sorely missed. He has put in a big shift and I hope he recovers well deserves a new contract regardless of role he would play and division we are in. 
 
Should we go up he can claim that he contributed for sure. Thank you Collo.

It’s more likely they’ll refer it to a IDC and then completely ignore their decision.

Genuinely gutted for Collins, he’s played his backside off within the limits of his talents all season, scored some important goals, and looked to be on for a 20 goal season as a minimum. I hope he recovers and feel like we should extend his contract regardless of league next season, he’ll do a job for us alongside whatever shiny new strikers we sign in the summer. 

Bad news, really bad news.

Gutted for him. I think if we avoid the play-offs, then that’s probably his last game for us gone.
It’s a real shame. I think he would’ve had a real shout at POTS if we got automatic promotion. Being the only fit striker for a vast majority of the season, and still put in endless effort with a positive outcome, he would have been a worthy winner.

Awful news. 

No other option but to play 433 now, with Sibbo as a false 9. 😁
 

Out of contract in the summer too. Sad to think that we *may* have seen the last of Collins in a Derby shirt.
On the flip side, imagine if he came back for the last few games, scoring the goal(s) to seal our promotion 😍

If it turns out Collins is fit then it could turn out to be just the tonic for fans to fall in love with him.
He has quietly proved doubters wrong this season, but any remaining doubters will have looked at the goals he has scored this year, looked at the lack of number 9s we have and all of a sudden be praying he is fit to keep our season alive.
If he is fit I hope he gets a huge roar when his name is read out.

I wouldn't oppose handing him an 18-month contract. We only have one striker for the next season, Wash. Collins, Waggy, and TJJ are all running out of contract. So, we are looking for 3-4 new contracts and/or players in the summer and Gayle surely could be one of them.
It depends on his wishes and wages, but surely he is worth considering.

Had to look that up in our dictionary. Says "C**t"?

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