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2 hours ago, Curtains said:

Noticed some people having a go .

We are Derby fans and we should stick together and back the Club 

Its easy to be derogatory about the owners in this situation but the real enemy is the EFL 

They are an absolute joke of an institution and don’t get me started on Steve Gibson and Wycombe Wanderers

Hi Mel.

16 minutes ago, B4ev6is said:

Give the lad a chance for crying out loud and stration got injuries after came back from his loan spell.

Derby have given him a chance all season in the U23s and he's failed to make any sort of positive impression. Same as Ibe. We're not a charity... if they don't cut it, move them on. 

4 minutes ago, Patrick Rams said:

Can't believe some of these comments.Jos is playing in the biggest competition in Europe...He's playing alongside one of the best players in Europe and doesn't look out of place..yet he's supposedly rubbish and not good enough for a team who finished 4th from bottom of the second division...I seriously worry about the football knowledge of some of the posters on here.

His overall performances this season have been rubbish. His end product has been absolutely appauling. He shows glimpses of quality but I don't think just because the fans arnt focussing on his occasional good touch and movement that they have no knowledge because they judge him on his end product.

54 minutes ago, Tyler Durden said:

don't mind if people have a disagreement and are big enough to argue face to face

20 minutes ago, plymouthram said:

Regardless of how good or bad fans rate our youngsters, the U23s finished 6th in their league, which was above Liverpool, Man United and Arsenal. Our U18s finished 7th, which was about mid table. Man City romped it in both age groups proving money does buy success. Both teams are playing against the big clubs in England in their leagues. With the trimming of our 1st team and other players released in the U23s and U18s, its going to be tough this following season to do as well. Any talent could be taken off us (i.e. Kaide Gordon now at Liverpool).

Is the U23 league really a reflection of how good the young players of those clubs are? I think this is may be why we seem to think our academy is better than it is because of our success in these competitions... when actually the really good U23s are already staring in regular first team football such as how Mounts career has panned out.

16 minutes ago, 86 Hair Islands said:

Think most on here thought Will Hughes and Jeff Hendrick were good enough to play in the Premiership and as such were proved 100% correct

There were many people out there claiming that Will Hughes would be playing in a top 6 team... where actually he was playing championship football this year. So using your criteria, they were 100% wrong.

I'm not taking away that our academy is exciting, because it clearly is (within reason). But my point regarding our best players not actually being that good allows people to have an opinion that those who arnt anywhere as good as their peers like Duncan won't make it.

6 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said:

Clearly. Thst must be why he was sold to a lower league team...

2 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said:

Clearly. Thst must be why he was sold to a lower league team...

I'd be interested to see some Swansea reviews of him because i always thought he ran around looking clueless... even in the U23 games he never stood out. 

Swansea have been robbed. 

1 hour ago, Wignall12 said:

Exactly this.  Too many are quick to write people off even before they've seen them pull on the shirt and kick a ball..... thats airchair experts for you 

And so many "Academy Experts" remain blindly optimistic about Derby youth players without looking at the bigger picture.

We rate our youth so highly but the reality is that our recent highly rated players have never reached the potential of how good we thought they were. 

Will Hughes and Jeff Hendrick spring to mind.

1 hour ago, Taribo said:

He’s not a good as Morgan Whittaker. Fact 

And he was crap! 

16 hours ago, jimbo jones said:

Amazing some of the nonsense I've seem thrown at him, by people completely unaware this was the case, but then have decided to write him off because he didn't play much last season ?

If it takes you a season to get fit, you're not cut out to be a pro footballer. We'll release him on a free at the end of next season. Bookmark me.

1 hour ago, David said:

I had Wanchope’s name printed on my shirt because he was my favourite player, not that I looked up to him as any kind of role model. 

The idea that footballers should be role models is frankly absurd.

A quick Google search shows that Cristiano Ronaldo is the 5th most influential person in 2021. He currently has over 92M followers on Twitter.

I'm not claiming that footballers SHOULD be role models like you insist and I'll agree with that. However, you can't surely believe that they arnt influential to young people regardless of whether they should or shouldn't be? 

Would you accept someone like Lee Hughes (Ex Notts County player) into our team? 

51 minutes ago, David said:

Parents should be role models for their children, not pass the responsibility over to footballers who earn thousands each week.

So as a young lad playing football... you had your dad's name on the back of your shirt, had your dad's hair cut and would try replicate all things your dad would do? 

It's got nothing to do with parents shirking responsibility. Kids will always look up to other people in areas that interest them such as football. I'm not saying all footballers HAVE to be role models because they don't... It's not in their job description. It's just from a personal perspective I'd like my club to have players that young people can look up to... rather than those who don't abide by the law. (I'd put something a bit more blunt here but I know how delicate you admins can be about words that are seen as negative to players albeit even if they are 100% factually accurate). 

7 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said:

Lawrence etc to be here come kick off in August?

We can hope not.

Let's build a team that our young fans can look up to and have as role models. 

33 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

He wasn't fit and then he was injured. 

Had the same issues at Liverpool and claimed he should be in their first team! Hopefully I'm proved wrong, but I reckon he'll continue to sit on the fringes of the U23s until he finds his level on the bench in League Two.

What's the reasoning behind him failing to be a regular in the U23s? Sounds like he talks a good game and that's about it...

We're a shambles. 

Thanks Mel.

4 minutes ago, Taribo said:

I'm bored of these threads disappearing off topic or as justification for people's silly points, the moderators really should set some boundaries on what is an acceptable reply, most of the stupid questions can be answered by simply googlying.

Why not use Ask Jeeves instead? 

Online news these days is absolutely dreadful. But saying that, I refuse to pay for the Athletic too. 

On 05/06/2021 at 12:19, Poynton ram said:

Any idea when they are back in?

48 hours.

On 04/06/2021 at 23:22, rammieib said:

Sounds like he knows nothing.... as per 

Don't understand the hate on Nixon? He's probably the 2nd ITK source we have after Percy. I don't like his constant highlighting every person he blocks... but then I'm not subject to the abuse he gets!! 

3 minutes ago, B4ev6is said:

Any new news on the take over guys god we really need this to happen now.

48 hours.

9 minutes ago, Foreveram said:

away membership do so because they are committed to go to the games and support the club

Disagree. You don't need away membership to go to 90% of away games. You're paying more for the opportunity to guarantee tickets to Forest away... rewarding those who pay financially rather than with their time and effort. I'm not against that because DCFC is a business at the end of the day... but my point being it's no different allocating tickets to people who own more of a digital currency.

5 minutes ago, loweman2 said:

seems somebody came up with the idea in 1982 ???

 

Probably not utilising Block Chain Technology ? and if it was... then we certainly missed out on a great opportunity!

2 minutes ago, Foreveram said:

Have to disagree with you on that point, priority tickets should always be given to those of us that could be bothered to drive to Crawley on a wet winters night 

But that's the not the system we have in place at the moment is it? Currently priority is given to those who pay financially by owning a season ticket and away membership... There's no clause that you have actually been to those games. So what's the difference?