Gee SCREAMER !!

1 minute ago, JfR said:

Vegas seems a popular destination for promoted teams. Pompey are over there as well.

 

You do know Sibley's going to wake up Sunday morning next to Marlon Pack and 20 beer cans, with a vague recollection of being married by Elvis. 

Just now, Eoghan1884 said:

Where have you seen we took just over a million ? 

I was told.  Fairly well mooted on the Bristol forum as well, so I assume some there was also told.

1 minute ago, DCFC1388 said:

He would still command a compo fee I believe which would be above our budget

We took just over a million for Bird with 3 championship campaigns under his belt, an U18 premier league winners medal and an EFL apprentice of the year award at championship level, on the understanding we may well have got less at tribunal.  It will be less for Burrows if it's on a criteria basis.  Either way, I suspect emphasis to be on midfield pace and goals, strikers and a quick centre half to compliment the ones we have.  Not every player can be outside our budget or we have an issue.

1 hour ago, Crewton said:

The longer the uncertainty goes on, the better. 

We don't want them getting relaxed with a point or two back before a match against cannon fodder F.C.  KEEP EM GUESSING, KEEP EM STRESSING.

19 minutes ago, Eoghan1884 said:

You’d be surprised, has a decent CV and works hard + didn’t look that awful in October before his injury.

He has 18 goals in over 150 championship appearances, granted as with any stat some of them will have been as a sub.  Most were 8- 9 years ago and even then it was 1 in 7.  Shift his wages and look for better 

10 minutes ago, uttoxram75 said:

We went to Prestbelsen in the 80's. The swimming pool was shut all week because someone had shat in it the morning we arrived. You had to get a bus from our caravan to the main "entertainment" block as it was a mile walk and we had whinging toddlers in a double buggy.

My favourite bit was waking up every morning with a bed full of earwigs.  No idea where they all came from. 😃

6 minutes ago, Day said:

I won't be the only one looking at these lineups and thinking, that sounds absolutely horrific. Would rather go spend the weekend watching cricket.

A bit of a weird mixture.  Put SASH and the DJ SET in the first one and swop out Kenny and Chesney and it might be ok.   I feel a bit sorry for Peter Cox who has a decent voice, how's it got that bad he's sandwiched between Bucks Fizz and Black Lace. A long way from Pretty Woman and Rocky IV soundtracks.

2 hours ago, Crewton said:

I wonder what outrage the PGMOL has committed against the Infamous Club today?

The delusions will go on regardless. They're now promoting themselves as Heroes Of The Resistance. It's a conspiracy, of course, because it's THEM on the receiving end this time :- 

Apart from 200 million wasted, an angry Greek bloke, a larger viewing audience to laugh at our Rebel City banner, a Harry Arter contract extension and massive FFP issues, what has the PGMOL ever done for us.

Brought in VAR...

2 minutes ago, Wolfie said:

Huddersfield. I read today that they’ve played the eventual champions in the first fixture for the last 4 seasons. 

I'm sure we played them first when we got relegated and that was three years ago. This is an outrage and something we cannot accept.  Deny us a premier league place with relegation to boot.  We'll consider our options.... someone get me De Marco, a barrel of Retsina and a wafer thin mint and don't skimp on the pate.

On 29/04/2024 at 12:47, Gary Teale said:

Bielik and George Thorne, that would be a dream pairing next season 

Bielik would be 3 seconds behind in ability and speed of thought

30 minutes ago, Scott129 said:

This seems like an odd point to make considering we were in those 'lower divisions' as recently as last week.

Also, I've already seen more from CBT than I ever saw from Jozwiak in a Rams shirt. He was woeful.

Could all have been so different if that perfectly legal goal he scored at The Shiitty Ground had stood for the winner.  I'd didn't though and he was bobbins.

4 hours ago, G STAR RAM said:

I don't want to see non footballing related matters affecting where teams finish in the league.

I might make an exception for Gibson and Couhig.

It's just another thing ruining football.

In my first 35 years of watching football I think I can remember one incident of a points deduction where it didn't relate to on the field matters (Swindon).

These days it's 4 or 5 a season. 

Look at the situation with Everton and Forest. 4 games left and not knowing if there will be more points deducted. Absolutely ridiculous.

It's about time the game went back to how it used to be, a game where the fans at matches were the ones that counted.

The ultimate aim should be to strive to be in the Premier League, right now I can't think of anywhere I'd less rather be.

My opinion has always been spend what you like as long as you lodge 80% of the funds to cover the costs on an annual basis including National Insurance and daily overheads..  If you don't cover the costs every July, you can't spend anymore and indeed will need too sell players to meet that years liability.  That way the mess we got into will be far more minimal.  The general day to day sales and matchday ticket purchases will need to be submitted on a monthly basis to cover the other 20%.  If there is a shortfall the amount you have shown you can spend will be reduced accordingly.  

43 minutes ago, S8TY said:

Was going to put on another thread that I think we could get George

He's not been selected quite a lot and don't think he's going to play much in the prem with ipswich

If we want to start getting a decent championship team/squad together maybe a cheeky bid for   Edmundson , Jack Taylor and Colby Bishop from tractor boys wouldn't hurt

Looking at some players who are not getting the game time they want that also means looking at players like Matt Godden from Coventry championship and  there are a lot of fringe players that could do well for us as well as Gayle and Brannigan from Oxford would be nice and Azeez from Reading and a  real playmaker would also be nice as well as Ebou 

Mentioned him earlier as being very much on our radar for a year.  May have to lose Cashin if we get him though, with Edmundson as a makeweight, as Ipswich have been keen on him for a year.  Them getting promoted is probably not the best news as unless his agents an idiot, he'll have a release clause for premier league interest no doubt. 

Bit of a long one mate.  In a nutshell, on deadline day Brighton were signing him and sending him out on loan.  Derby insisted on having him back but Brighton had already agreed a loan to Blackburn or Ipswich.  Derby weren't to chuffed but relented and agreed to Ipswich if we could have Edmundson on a season long.  Ipswich said no, so we said no and Brighton agreed to send Cashin back to us for the season but too late in the day.

12 minutes ago, Ambitious said:

The average wage bill in the Championship being £30m seems high to me, certainly post-COVID. The parachute payment sides doing their best to prop that up, maybe, but last accounts for some of the non-parachute sides: 

Stoke - £31.1m turnover - £28.2m wage bill (268 staff)
Middlesbrough - £28.5m turnover - £29.6m wage bill (228 staff) 
Cardiff City - £26.2m turnover - £22m wage bill (206 staff)
QPR - £23.2m turnover - £25.4m wage bill (189 staff)
Coventry - £20.3 turnover - £18.4m wage bill (196 staff)
Birmingham - £19.7m turnover - £28.9m wage bill (237 staff)
Swansea - £19.6m turnover - £26m wage bill (510 staff)
Millwall - £19.3m turnover - £22.5m wage bill (156 staff)
Bristol City - £18.5m turnover - £26.3m wage bill (205 staff) 
Huddersfield - £18.1m turnover - £21m wage bill (234 staff)
Hull City - £18m turnover - £23.6m wage bill (225 staff)
Rotherham - £15.6m turnover - £9m wage bill (166 staff)
Preston - £15.5m turnover - £21.5m wage bill (134 staff)

We turned over more than 8 of those teams I searched for whilst in League One - turnover £20.4m & wage bill £17.2m (177 staff). The Championship TV money is going to push us on an equal footing as MIddlesbrough - give or take a little. Stoke over-inflate their accounts with an annual £10m+ sponsorship deal with B365 which is why they have the highest revenue of all the non-parachute sides. 

You mean the company owned by Coates daughter.  Very FFP compliant.  Sold the ground to her for some ridiculous sum of about 180 million as well. 

3 minutes ago, Ambitious said:

The average wage bill in the Championship being £30m seems high to me, certainly post-COVID. The parachute payment sides doing their best to prop that up, maybe, but last accounts for some of the non-parachute sides: 

Stoke - £31.1m turnover - £28.2m wage bill (268 staff)
Middlesbrough - £28.5m turnover - £29.6m wage bill (228 staff) 
Cardiff City - £26.2m turnover - £22m wage bill (206 staff)
QPR - £23.2m turnover - £25.4m wage bill (189 staff)
Coventry - £20.3 turnover - £18.4m wage bill (196 staff)
Birmingham - £19.7m turnover - £28.9m wage bill (237 staff)
Swansea - £19.6m turnover - £26m wage bill (510 staff)
Millwall - £19.3m turnover - £22.5m wage bill (156 staff)
Bristol City - £18.5m turnover - £26.3m wage bill (205 staff) 
Huddersfield - £18.1m turnover - £21m wage bill (234 staff)
Hull City - £18m turnover - £23.6m wage bill (225 staff)
Rotherham - £15.6m turnover - £9m wage bill (166 staff)
Preston - £15.5m turnover - £21.5m wage bill (134 staff)

We turned over more than 8 of those teams I searched for whilst in League One - turnover £20.4m & wage bill £17.2m (177 staff). The Championship TV money is going to push us on an equal footing as MIddlesbrough - give or take a little. Stoke over-inflate their accounts with an annual £10m+ sponsorship deal with B365 which is why they have the highest revenue of all the non-parachute sides. 

These are basically the championship chuggers we'll need to match and be taking points off next season to stay healthy.  11th to 17th in any order you choose for about 8 years.   Forget about the undoubted 3-0 nil defeats to the parachute teams or those with a knock on the playoff door squad that's been more carefully constructed over 3 years who'll occupy top to 10th.

3 minutes ago, Comrade 86 said:

Won't there be around £15 million extra in season ticket sales too, with the average ticket having gone up around £70? You'd think they'd likely shift a few more this season than last too.

You may have missed a dot there mate but I'm sure David Clowes won't complain. 😂.  Yes about 1.5 million to put in the pot.

3 minutes ago, maxjam said:

I just put the following in the new investment thread, its probably worth posting again here as its relevant to the above;

This Rams Daily podcast was really interesting, especially the 2nd half in which they discussed finances;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hv0gmg

To summarise this season Derby had a wage bill of around £17m.  The Championship average wage will is around £30m - so £13m more than we're currently paying.  Next season our income will increase by approx £7-8m compared to what we have been getting in Lg1.  So already thats a shortfall of £5m not including include any transfer fees etc.

Given that a wage budget is typically a good indicator of league position and Derby under DC will be run sustainably, any outside investment is going to be crucial if we hope to cement our position in the Championship nevermind push on towards the play-off positions.

We've got a lot of work to do this summer, with little room for error.

*Furthermore and IIRC, they also said the average Championship club is losing £400k per week.  Whilst we were a big fish in a small pond this season, financially unless we find some money down the back of the sofa we're gonna be up against it next season.

7-8 million seems a little short with TV, Sponsorship, more money substantially just for being in the league and greatly increased away followings with additional on the day spending that goes with it.  I'll have a listen

Villa 4 Derby 3 in the FA cup.  Fantastic atmosphere. 

Derby 4 Southampton 0 under Smith.  Absolutely ripped them apart that day.  First time I'd thought we're probably only a couple of players from winning something with this team and being here for 10 years.  Didn't quite have the funds to finish the job 

27 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said:

Because I want football sorted on football pitches, not in board rooms and courts.

You take things to literally.  

You've just called Gibson a pube headed p**** and wished nothing but misfortune.  So if it was shown that his transfer of losses to his haulage company was in breach of regs and he went to court and lost, you'd like the slate wiped clean, no points deduction and we just crack on. 

7 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said:

Hate to say it and it makes me feel sick, I'd back Forest over that pub headed p****.

I wish nothing but misfortune on him and his club.

if you can have both , why not.

Here's another one.  62 thousand on the gate 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ckr5yy29k82o

Our old pal Gibson's had a Q&A and said that he hopes that Forest and Sheffield Utd  come down because they have financial challenges according to their supporters.  Oh dear FFP complaint incoming.

6 hours ago, Scott129 said:

Ambulance chaser announces his retirement.

 

5 minutes ago, Srg said:

The coffee cup game was better than the 5-0 for me. Dont know whether it was jus the expectations at the time or my age, but I’ve always loved that. 

Southampton play off semi. Pitch invasion in torrential rain. Epic that was. 

Whoever won that was pretty much sentencing the other to relegation, then they got 2 goals their play didn't really deserve before the fourth.  A lot more riding on it.