Sparkle

Well they did say he had an illness. 

Well at the end of the day Clowes is paying the debt so it’s his choice and it’s his choice to eventually recoup some profit - so probably best not to be too optimistic on signing players for larger fees than we have been doing 

Good for him, great last season for us shame the other seasons couldn’t match our hopes 

For me this is a timely little reminder of what Clowes has done and how lucky we are to have a club.
Quite sobering really….

Sibley shoots and usually on target which is a rare commodity 

Sibley shoots and usually on target which is a rare commodity 

And he has worked hard. Watched him play for under 21s recently and he put a real shift in. Man amongst boys - literally.
Fornah, on the other hand, who was also playing, didn't look interested.

Meant to say also, Ward's brilliant control of the ball when receiving long, high passes was particularly noticeable today. Top notch.

Agree about Nelson, he looks a lot more exposed on the ball playing in a three. Cashin always looks a lot better in a back four as well. But feels like he is insistent on his persevering with the back three.
actual attacking wing backs helped so much though, stayed high and keeps us up the pitch

Necessary three points achieved 
Ward played very well whilst Sibley got on the end of three of his crosses to show his quality 
Yes Port Vale were rubbish but a win is a win 

Necessary three points achieved 
Ward played very well whilst Sibley got on the end of three of his crosses to show his quality 
Yes Port Vale were rubbish but a win is a win 

Necessary three points achieved 
Ward played very well whilst Sibley got on the end of three of his crosses to show his quality 
Yes Port Vale were rubbish but a win is a win 

No obviously - hopefully it doesn’t become a trend but another season in this crap league will stop around 2,000 season ticket holders from attending I suspect 

No obviously - hopefully it doesn’t become a trend but another season in this crap league will stop around 2,000 season ticket holders from attending I suspect 

It’s really lovely of you all to put the idea forward, but you really don’t need to. I’ve got until the end of April to sort it out. You’re a bloody lovely bunch ❤️

Big factor on whether we keep Warne if we fail to go up will surely be season ticket sales. If they are slow and a lot of people fail to renew then Mr Clowes  may be prompted to act sooner than he would like. For my part I would make a change even if we go up as I have no confidence in Warnes's recruitment for a season in the Championship.

My prediction is that Warne is going to go this time next year … promotion or no promotion.
If we don’t go up Clowes is going to give Warne another chance due to the length of his contract. If we go up the style of football is going to put us in the bottom three of the Championship.
The most disappointing thing (and I agree with Daren Robinson) is I no longer know what the football, recruitment, and academy philosophy and strategy is at DCFC.

I think our fanbases vision on how we like to see our football still comes from (a little loosely) Brian Clough and the legacy he left and ultimately we still hold those values no matter what league we are in 
Keep it on the floor, Not cheating, Winners mentality, buying into hid footballing philosophy etc etc 
Crazy how his legacy still leaves a mark on the club and the supporters because we have seen how it "could be" why would we want anything else 
I think Brian was definitely in the camp of "work smarter, not harder" and maybe that's why we as derby fans have not taken to Warne very well 
Probably more reminiscent of a dirty Leeds Don Revie team, is more the model of Paul's ideal team, big brute kicking people off the ball and grinding out wins
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I thought it was tactical to have as few shots on target as is reasonably possible in a first half then let the opponents have the ball for half an hour then go kick and rush right at the end of games or so the 7 year old said recently near me at the games.

I have had my season ticket over 40 years so I will buy one anyway but I also buy one for my mate so not so cheap, I totally understand people deliberating about buying one when faced with travelling long distances especially if what they are watching is considered football garbage. For me this season has been interesting because for various reasons ( bereavement, Hospital stays, holidays ) I have missed 6 home fixtures and it hasn’t bothered me in the slightest compared to all the previous seasons where missing one game would be tragic.
I won’t be buying mine until the last week though 

Whilst I can’t stand his style of football it was right to give him the season although his absolute scatter gun approach to signing players concerned me greatly. Yes in terms of the opposition this year certainly looked like the easiest/poorest league imaginable but remember he has 3 promotions from this league so it must have been just as poor on a least 3 occasions before.

I have had my season ticket over 40 years so I will buy one anyway but I also buy one for my mate so not so cheap, I totally understand people deliberating about buying one when faced with travelling long distances especially if what they are watching is considered football garbage. For me this season has been interesting because for various reasons ( bereavement, Hospital stays, holidays ) I have missed 6 home fixtures and it hasn’t bothered me in the slightest compared to all the previous seasons where missing one game would be tragic.
I won’t be buying mine until the last week though 

Both options sounds appealing 😂

I thought it was tactical to have as few shots on target as is reasonably possible in a first half then let the opponents have the ball for half an hour then go kick and rush right at the end of games or so the 7 year old said recently near me at the games.

He has a stubborn streak doesn’t he - thinking 3 centre half’s is the way to go even at home whatever it costs the team elsewhere in the selected team. 
Does he have favourites? Well it seems to appear so 
Does he give youngsters a chance, even in none sense cup games - not really 
Does he sign players with huge recent injury records - absolutely 
is he a good judge of a player ? - depends on your view point, use Bradley as an example - past 30 signed on high wages and looked not very good at all and fairly incapable of playing in a back 4 and when you compare to a Curtis Davies who played for very little for us in the past two seasons who never looked useless and positionally sound ( no surprise he is helping Cheltenham away from the relegation spots) 
it's all about opinions but I think a lot of our players look as miserable as they can be weather or not they are playing or not