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Agreed, but I would add that the defending could have been better. Particularly the 1st goal where Phillips was given too much time and space. Then again, it's typical of the general inconsistency of players in the 3rd tier.

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and quite possible manufactured in an sweat shop somewhere in Asia

Many would consider Quantuma's glaring incompetence to be indefensible. However, I appreciate that not everyone necessarily feels that way.

A really decent young player and a natural finisher. Probably needs good mentoring to bring out his best.

Quantuma were pretty gullible being taken in by Kirchner, but they weren't the only ones. The 'honourable' local MP's also jumped on the bandwagon, then typically slithered under the door when the truth emerged.

If it's not obvious to you: The reckless and chaotic financial management that brought humiliation and dishonour to a once great football club, and almost its total demise.

Barnsley 2 - 0 Rams

Totally agree. There's no way that SP wasn't complicit. To suggest otherwise is rather fanciful.

Not sure that's the Derby way 😉

Rams 1 - 1 Stevenage Collins

Yes Warney will definitely be manager/head coach next season, which ever division we are in. If it is the ch'ship there are going be some tough times. It'll have to be a case of facing one challenge at a time. Primary objective, accrue more than 11 points 🙏

I genuinely respect your opinion, and as you suggest, an individuals perspective will be influenced by their thoughts on the way things operated during Mel Morris's tenure. However, the vast majority would agree, that the financial management was totally shambolic. To the many people who've taken an interest, the whole thing with Pearce will seem odd. It's hard to imagine that someone so closely involved in what was without doubt, Derby County's darkest days, is actually still at the club. In most organisational changes (non football included) of the scale of what has taken place at DCFC, a top level restructuring would (at some point) see a wholesale clear out of the previous administration. Pearce still being at the club is strange enough, but to suggest that he can barely utter anything of relevance due to NDA's seems ridiculous and only fuels suspicions. It seems only a close knit group of people are aware of the motivation behind keeping SP at the club. It should be remembered that the loyal supporters played a massive part in saving the club, ensuring that it was worthwhile Mr Clowes getting involved. If the fans had turned their back, there would be no DCFC. Makes one wonder, if Mr Pearce has ever considered that it would be better to walk away, rather than apparently being muted by NDA's, and tainted by associated with the previous administrations murky finances. That's probably the honourable thing to do, but perhaps not in the world we currently live in.

Well I don't know if the recent revelation that the club is currently losing +£6m a year has been confirmed, but if so it could be difficult to break even in the championship, with inevitable increased wages. Most championship clubs are (or were) carrying significant debt and the combined debt of EFL Ch'ship clubs was in excess of £1.5 billion (2022). Derby County's owner has referred to sustainability, so hopefully the club intends to operate within a financial framework that ensures such.

Indeed

Apparently not, and it isn't an isolated incident. It's either something that the manager hasn't been able to eradicate through coaching, or the inability of the players to concentrate and manage games. A bit strange considering one thing we do have in the team is lot's of experience. Perhaps just a case of more inconsistency generally in L1.

Irrespective of whether Warney was being economical with the truth, the situation obviously wasn't managed particularly well. The outcome being 2 valuable points lost.

Exeter 1 - 1 Rams Collins

Achieving both success and entertaining football was always going to be a stretch once Warney was appointed. Nevertheless, considering what the club has gone through recently, many (including myself) would be willing to sacrifice a season (or two) of attractive football, just to get out of a dire L1 and have a crack at surviving in the Ch'ship. As others have pointed out, despite being 2nd in the league, we are not very convincing at the moment. Perhaps this group of players (and probably the management) just aren't quite good enough / ruthless enough to win the crucial games that could secure an automatic promotion place. Chucking the game against Shrewsbury being typical, there are many other examples. In all likelihood we will be relying on teams around us messing up, if we're to avoid the dreaded play offs.

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Yes, in terms of the interview waffle, the phrase 'less is more' springs to mind.

Rams 2 - 0 Shrewsbury frgs Collins

The Rotherham brain drain continues. Wonder if their NHS nurses and doctors are also emigrating to the east midlands?

Should make interesting viewing 😉

To make any inroads towards 'financial freedom' someones going to need to come up with a strategy to move the club away from being a loss making business. Just my thoughts.