Gee SCREAMER !!

19 minutes ago, Sheepinthedales said:

I'd be absolutely devastated to pay that for a player who isn't proven above league 1 with a year on his contract. That's probably on entire budget more or less including wages 

If that's our entire budget, better look forward to a weekend in Fleetwood again.  

3 hours ago, Stive Pesley said:

You can bet that Clowes plan does not involve extending PWs contract any time soon

He hired Warne specifically for his experience in getting teams out of L1. A very canny move that worked

No reason to suggest that Clowes will suddenly start taking stupid risks in the Championship with a manager unproven in that league

My guess would be that Clowes keeps faith in PW until it becomes clear that it's not working, at which point he will execute his Plan B and get an experienced proven Championship manager in

PW is effectively in Rosenior's shoes

I don't think he's that sort of chairman, without walking around following him all day.  I get a feeling he's more of a Pickering who'd hang on to a manager that bit too long like Jim Smith once he's forged a relationship .   Fantastic as he was for 5 years, once McClaren left and we were very much in the red with bad buys, 3 more assistant managers and two relegation battles 2 years later, a change should have been made.  He didn't want too late his mate go and even offered to pay him to watch games and do nowt.

12 minutes ago, Ambitious said:

Cashin is a special player, but quick strikers are always going to give him pause for thought. I'm not at all worried about his ability to step up to the Championship and I'm positive he will be one of the best centre backs in the league, but at the next level it could be difficult for him.

Joe Taylor, who did give him fits and is the only player in the league to do so this season, is going to be a player who I suspect will have a very fruitful season at Championship level next season if Luton are relegated or on loan somewhere. In terms of strikers I've seen at League One, the likes of Alfie May is an accomplished poacher but lacks quickness to really impact at the next level. Joe Taylor on the limited bits I've seen seems to have that quickness. 

I'd take him today and was a bit miffed we'd missed out on loan.  Pure pace makes a big difference in a team as we've seen previously.  Luton will keep him if they drop though.

11 minutes ago, SuffolkRam said:

More footballing teams, better pitches, could the move to the Championship help some players like Barks?

 

I don't know.  Appears that Forest have turned their pitch into the Sahara desert in an attempt to slow things down and allow 300 million quids worth of players the chance to catch up. Positively Cambridge even outside League 1.  

8 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said:

I doubt that Cashin will ever play in the Prem due to his lack of speed . I was at the Lincoln away game when L1 strikers made him look like he was treading water . Hope I am wrong -time will tell.

He had a tendency to start every game like a bull in a china shop and get get very close to his player without computing.  He's actually started to play more how you'd see a sweeper, picking up players rather than man marking which suits him better.  It appears he has decent footwork which is always the template to start from if he steps up.

6 minutes ago, Ambitious said:

It would be interesting to know the terms of that one. He's had a good season for us, but always felt a bit-part player who has struggled to hold his place down. I'd assume it's an automatic extension due to promotion - an additional year (maybe) at increased terms?

I can't see him featuring much next season and if he does then the summer hasn't gone to plan. 

I like him.  He has quick thought, finds space and can carry a ball.  I don't think the forwards we've had bar Gayle are as quick on the uptake to get in position and he has too slow down.  I think he went through a period in 22/23 where he had a great 4 0r 5 weeks after Christmas then inexplicably lost his place to Dobbin, which seemed to effect his play when he came on.  For me that seriously hampered our play off bid. Handy to have in the squad.

34 minutes ago, Ambitious said:

Cashin was due to go to Ipswich on loan? I completely missed that one - is that right? 

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.

I know we were very keen on Edmundson last summer and again when Cashin was due to go their on loan after his Brighton move went through.  I expect Ipswich to step back in for Cashin if they go up.  I believe we're still keen on Edmundson so a makeweight or other fee signing wouldn't surprise.

Could be Pontins at Prestatyn in the 80's.  Worst week ever.  I still bear the scars.  Quite literally -12 stiches from standing on a broken bottle.

43 minutes ago, StarterForTen said:

Just from the other angle... If Birmingham go down (as I think they will) I could see them coming in with a tempting offer for the 'King of League One'. They will be in our shoes and want as swift a return to the Championship as possible - something that Warne virtually guarantees with his track record!

20 million compo and some party poppers.  They seem dumb as f*** enough to pay it.  How's their 65 thousand stadium coming along. 

2 hours ago, Day said:

Lost for words.

I should give it a good spray down.  God knows how many splayed buttocks have been jammed against those walls when the shower gel gets dropped.  Hundreds i'd imagine.

1 hour ago, Day said:

Lost for words.

That silicone finish is dreadful. I'm equally shocked

3 hours ago, IlsonDerby said:

CBT with a full Warne pre season under him could be very interesting. He’s got bags of ability - finished in the whoscored top 10 players in league one because of his output at Charlton. 

He's quick but seemed quite lazy to get in position when losing the ball, or to collect the ball in space..  His performance against Portsmouth was decent, against Wycombe he was woeful.  I'm smelling impact sub and i'm not sure we thought that's what we were getting.

1 hour ago, TooFarInToTurnRed said:

From the Radio Derby Reaction Podcast at 43m40s, transcript of what he said:

"There's a good core of players here who are still in contract, I'm sure the club will work its magic in the summer and really rebuild again. To make sure that we are not battling to stay in the division but battling and competing in that division."

 

Someone better have a word with Steele then. We is something I'd assume he'd say, questions would be incoming if he said they.  We'll see I suppose.

14 minutes ago, Rich3478 said:

Seems no reason we can’t sell 25,000. Still leaves 4000 each game for purchase.

I'd imagine they have a cap based on being to sell 5000 tickets on a match by match basis is a fair bit more lucrative than having them as season tickets.  Bit of a gamble if you've not won for 6 games but I imagine most clubs do it..

11 minutes ago, TooFarInToTurnRed said:

Is Wildsmith definitely out of contract? His comments to Radio Derby after the match suggested he was definitely here next year. 

They just said on the radio he had a contract offer in January he had no interest in signing.  Hadn't heard that but they've got it from somewhere.  

9 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

 

£500k for CBT.

I believe it was 350k.  May have a promotion add on .

19 minutes ago, Srg said:

If i hear Gregory or Smith this summer I swear to god.

The Juke.  It's finally going to happen.

1 hour ago, Rich3478 said:

Wouldn’t break my heart to see Buchanan and bielik in league one to be honest

The absolutely hate Buchanan.  They deserve each other. 

Krystian's got The Euros, so although he is being made to, he must go on loan for a year somewhere else to secure 30 mins off the sub bench in one match, before joining on a 2 yr deal and immediately giving the physios a constant supply of overtime.

9 minutes ago, Crewton said:

It is Nick Owen.  A Derbyshire cricket fan and also a Luton fan   Not only is he his only self appointed flagellist in terms of sporting support but also the Machiavellian genius pulling the strings behind Atwells run to UEFA VAR.  Those two disallowed goals at Pride Park were just part of the long term plan to bring down their downfall this season.  They fell for it as well.  Lets hope Jon Moss is the ref for the Burnley match then the aim of relegation and financial ruin will be complete.

22 hours ago, Shipley Ram said:

Lyle Talyor making friends

3 hours ago, JfR said:

This is an unreal level of pettiness:

 

However, on 12 March 2013 he missed a pre-match team meal, but claimed he made his own way for the match against Bristol Rovers, only to be informed that he was not in the matchday squad when he was just five minutes away from Bristol.[43] He took to Twitter to put his side of the story across, and an angry Micky Adams responded by saying Burge's tweets were "absolute nonsense and he's going to be disciplined".[44] Burge was suspended for two weeks for breaking the club's "social media guidelines" after club management claimed he refused to apologise for the incident.[45] On 12 April 2013, with three games left of the season, Burge left the club by mutual consent.[46] Club chairman Paul Wildes stated that "this has been a difficult decision for both parties".[47] Vale secured promotion into League One at the end of the 2012–13 season, and users of a single Port Vale fan site voted him one of their three Players of the Season.[48] The actual Player of the Year was Tom Pope, the Player's Player of the Year was Chris Neal.

He had a trial with Cheltenham Town in March 2015, and impressed in a reserve game against Plymouth Argyle after being out injured for the season, but the club was unable to offer him a contract, even though his grandad was on the board 😂

1 minute ago, Srg said:

Femi Azeez would be the one from Reading. Believe he's out of contract, too.

He looked good in the away game but their forum were hammering his selection for the Pride Park match.  Don't know.  I'd take Wing for consistency

5 minutes ago, Anag Ram said:

TBF more money is some people’s idea of ambition.

Also, at that stage, Oxford’s squad probably looked more competitive than ours. 

Still worth checking to see whether he feels he can play Championship football in front of a big crowd.
 

It was this one rather than the squad.  He had the chance to play in front of 30k and told us to b*******.  Now he can. 

1 minute ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

Was just having a little nose at the clubs who finished outside the play offs and there’s definitely some options at the likes of Reading, Blackpool, Wigan and co. 
Like you say, don’t want to pick over the bones of a doomed club but if selling players helps keep them going maybe we can get a couple signed. 

We need some horrible players but the only one who stands without looking in those sides is Lewis Wing who's performed at this level before.  Best way to look is like for like really.  I think i'd rather give Barkhuizen another year for example than most League 1 wide players.  He'll be better in the championship than League 1 as he has a knack for finding space but we need better strikers to read it and get in position quicker.