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Isn't Mel worth at least 450m still?

Cocu is a much better manager and coach than Rooney - its as simple as that
Unfortunately we've got Rooney who's not very good and his job as manager is completely hindered by the financial mess the club has got itself into, ironically which he is a part of
It seems that it's going to be a long slow death, without much to cheer about along the way

I remember people having a go at Lawrence when we conceded a late goal from a corner last season. Questioning his ability, desire, etc.
The real question should be, Why was he being told to mark the opponents no.1 threat on set pieces?

i found myself thinking this the other day. Am i going crazy??
Even though the style was boring to watch at least it was a style. And in fairness to Cocu, he was very good with the young players. 

For some reason there seems to be a player or two each season that is scapegoated for everything, usually it's one of the most talented for some reason and people seem to ignore all the reasons why they're underperforming. Today people are blaming Jozwiak, an attacker for conceding 2 last minute goals. Happened to Marriott last season, it's been Lawrence a few times.
As I've said before, not a single attacking player has been good for the last two seasons. Our style of play and managers have made it impossible for any attacking player to play well.

What does that even mean? "We could have won". We didn't, because we always concede last minute goals. I don't put it at Rooney's door. I put it at Mel's for hiring Rooney and then not sacking him.

What does that even mean? "We could have won". We didn't, because we always concede last minute goals. I don't put it at Rooney's door. I put it at Mel's for hiring Rooney and then not sacking him.

Has he been any worse than Lawrence in these first three games? He played like 10 minutes today and people are having a go at him again. I admit the guy hasn’t been great but not many have been so far. Byrne made the most unforgiving mistakes today. Why is there not a thread on him? (Not saying there should be, but just pointing out the clear scapegoating Jozwiak has been experiencing). Imagine racially abusing your own player. Embarrassed and ashamed. 

so are all of our attacking players stats. 

or even 1 point ?

correct.
and its 50 odd games in charge now and we still don't know what Rooney is trying to achieve in terms of playing style

All Mac (or anyone for that matter) would have to do is get 2 wins out of 20 to improve the team, wouldn't he get at least that out of them? 

Two costly mistakes
1 hiring him In first place
2 keeping him

All Mac (or anyone for that matter) would have to do is get 2 wins out of 20 to improve the team, wouldn't he get at least that out of them? 

Why not Mac & Wassall? I know it's been said before it's baffling that they're both physically at the club and we're not using them.

it's the Derby way ? ?

Why not Mac & Wassall? I know it's been said before it's baffling that they're both physically at the club and we're not using them.

(rant warning)
We've got a bad squad but all our best players are attackers, so why are we setting up so defensively when it's obvious our defenders are incapable of keeping a clean sheet? Wouldn't attack be the best form of defence with this team? ...and we have Mac at the club who specialises in attacking football just sitting there (if he even still is). I don't care what anyone says, Jozwiak, Lawrence, Sibley etc are good players, Rooney makes players worse because he doesn't know what he's doing because he's not qualified to be a manager yet. Mac has a history of not only getting the best out of players, but also improving players.
The constant late goals we concede, inability to win after going down etc aren't coincidences, its poor game management and an inability to react when the opposition does. You can't blame the players when it seems to happen no matter which players are playing.
People on here are constantly blaming our attacking players for not picking up players when we concede goals, but why isn't anyone asking why are our attacking players being put in them situations?
As far as I'm aware there isn't any restrictions stopping Mel from sacking Rooney, he's just choosing not to save his money or for some reason he thinks he's doing a good job, or he thinks have Rooney in charge would attract more buyers, but are potential buyers really stupid enough to be more likely to buy a club just because it has someone famous in charge? I don't care that it's his own money, he didn't have to buy the club, if we go down because Mel didn't want to sack Rooney it's unforgivable.
If we do go down, can't we at least go down with our own identity? I'm honestly sick of every time Derby are in the news, all you see is pictures of Rooney and headlines about him, sometimes you barely see anything about the actual club, it's even worse than when Lampard was here. I know that's not his fault but it just adds to the misery.

I know our team is bad but isn't the main problem the depth? the starting 11 today wasn't terrible. We've won 1 game in our last 20 odd, surely the team was/is at least better than that. 
Could it not just be that our last 2 managers happen to have been terrible? 

Why not Mac & Wassall? I know it's been said before it's baffling that they're both physically at the club and we're not using them.

I know our team is bad but isn't the main problem the depth? the starting 11 today wasn't terrible. We've won 1 game in our last 20 odd, surely the team was/is at least better than that. 
Could it not just be that our last 2 managers happen to have been terrible? 

Why not Mac & Wassall? I know it's been said before it's baffling that they're both physically at the club and we're not using them.

Why not Mac & Wassall? I know it's been said before it's baffling that they're both physically at the club and we're not using them.

Why not Mac & Wassall? I know it's been said before it's baffling that they're both physically at the club and we're not using them.