Scoot Ram

Ask Colin Gibson about this possible transfer link. He's got all the answers, he's heard all the rumours... 😜

Ask Colin Gibson about this possible transfer link. He's got all the answers, he's heard all the rumours... 😜

Careful! I almost broke out in a cold sweat after vaguely remembering similar being said about François Grenet!
Also, it feels like we've got more chance of signing Maxi Jazz than this chap... 😜

From hereon to be known as Leave Buchanan and Nothin' Byrne.
God riddance to them both.  
#This ship ain't sinking! ?

Sounds more like Woy Hodgson than 'Arry ?

Last line needs some work ?

Billy no mates in the Silk Mill.

We've made better signings for free this window than we have paying over inflated fees for absolute rubbish in recent seasons. Morrison is 100 times better than some of the signings we've made in the same position in the last 5 seasons 
 

Steve Gibson is on holiday for another 6 days.

I'd like to imagine that there is a Real Betis forum in Spanish somewhere on the Internet and they are currently having an absolute meltdown about being beaten in pre-season by a second tier team with about 8 senior players on the books that are being managed by a clown.

Sibley hasn’t scored a hat trick at Pride Park?
I wouldn’t be doing anything daft like loaning Sibley out. But I don’t think the best thing is to just give him 90 mins and trust him… he’d be sent off 2/3 times a season 
 
 

Bannan was dreadful when on loan, but I’d have him here in a flash given the opportunity.
 
beggers can’t be choosers and all that 

For me, as the OP, it's about so many people changing opinions with hindsight, and then using it to bash Mel, Rooney, the club, the recruitment team, or the chef that didn't put sausages on the menu. We have threads that go on and on and on about how this or that was wrong. So many things have gone wrong, with hindsight, but when the decision was announced there was all round approval. We as fans want scapegoats when things go wrong. It is never that, as football is a sport, the other team has done something to counter your plans. Or it just plain and simple hasn't turned out as you thought.
There are some posters, @Angry Ram I'm looking at you, who have been consistent in their opinions, particularly as far as Mel goes. I don't care if he's right or wrong. Or anybody else either. We all make decisions. We will often change our minds with hindsight. Just don't use that hindsight to bash the person responsible.
The club is in a mess. From top to bottom. On and off the pitch. There are people responsible for that. However if you agreed with the decision originally why do you have to blame the people that made the decision. Hold your hand up and say "I agreed with the decision at the time. It didn't work out. What can be done to put it right?", don't just throw stones.
That's what this thread was meant to be saying. Support the club, support the manager. Mel isn't going until he finds a buyer, good or bad for the club. Rooney isn't going until he resigns, til someone comes into the club and sacks him, or until he does so badly in the coming season that there is no other option.
As for deflecting the blame from Mel, I'm not the one to do that. I do think that he's done many things wrong, however I agreed with the majority of them when he did them. If I agreed at the time why should I blame him now? All I can ask is that he tries to put them right.

What a player he was. Oh sorry, I read it as captain Hindmarch

I think we should stick with Rooney through the summer.
Hear me out. Please.
The season has been the worst I can remember as a Derby fan. Rooney came in and managed to make us solid for a good run before injuries and confidence got sapped away. Add to that all the disruption in the boardroom and EFL stuff and it’s been a real baptism of fire.
I believe that he can learn from these lessons and all the teams start at 0 points (hopefully) next season and have 46 games to strive or survive. His tactics have been condemned most recent match days, but the squad has been bare bones for the run in.
Changing manager will take time and it won’t help us rebuild our squad, which is the priority right now. Rooney has the contacts and the name to draw in better players than our league position deserves. The Waghorn interview after the match leads me to believe that the players still believe in him.
Getting rid of Rooney will Also cost money that is better off used on the squad. Let him sign some players to build a better squad, give him some games next season to get some results. If things start terribly and don’t improve then we can get rid.
No one will be expecting us to transform and be a top 6 side next season, so let’s try and get some stability back in the coaching team.
 

I'm a Rooney Doubter but I'm not a Rooney Outer.

Fed up of reading about Chris Martin in so many threads Turning into a complete farce. He has GONE.