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Id like to see the club sign Andre Ayew

Id like to see the club sign Andre Ayew

Id like to see the club sign Andre Ayew

Id like to see Derby keep wisdom.
Few of our players came out of last season with much credit, but he did well.
He may not offer the aerial presence of Matt Clarke but he reads the game really well – as his average of 1 interception, 3.2 clearances, and 0.4 blocks per game illustrate (Whoscored).
He offers quality and confidence in possession – having averaged 41.7 passes per game at a success rate of 82.2% last term (Whoscored).

Id like to see Derby keep wisdom.
Few of our players came out of last season with much credit, but he did well.
He may not offer the aerial presence of Matt Clarke but he reads the game really well – as his average of 1 interception, 3.2 clearances, and 0.4 blocks per game illustrate (Whoscored).
He offers quality and confidence in possession – having averaged 41.7 passes per game at a success rate of 82.2% last term (Whoscored).

What is Rooneys motivation to do well this season.
His personal wealth is over 100 million.
If he fails at Derby he walks away.
If he really wanted to see the club perform well in the season ahead, he would be fighting for the best free agents and loan signings since the club doesn't seem to have money to spend.
Its ok to publish a retained list, to have just 14 players and not seek to raise that to at least 20 players is not OK.
Lampard wanted to make a name for himself at Derby and as a result he got the Chelsea job.
I dont see Rooney achieving next season, so I dont know why he bothers to stay at the club.
If Derby fail next season I can't see any other club wanting to hire Rooney as their manager.

Marriott is injury prone and regularly fails to find the back of the net.
Just the sort of player to lack interest from other clubs

Id like to see Derby keep wisdom.
Few of our players came out of last season with much credit, but he did well.
He may not offer the aerial presence of Matt Clarke but he reads the game really well – as his average of 1 interception, 3.2 clearances, and 0.4 blocks per game illustrate (Whoscored).
He offers quality and confidence in possession – having averaged 41.7 passes per game at a success rate of 82.2% last term (Whoscored).

Does anyone really believe that Rooney is capable of getting results with a weaker team than last season.
I didn't think it was possible for the club to have a weaker team that last season.
We have 14 players, 3 of those get injured, we then have 11. One more player gets injured and we are fielding junior players to be allowed to play matches.
Rooney in my eyes is not the man to take the club forward, he's not the sort of manager who can get results when the clubs in a relegation fight from the start.
I think Mel put Rooney in charge to try and bring in new owners, in my opinion it has not worked.

Burnley rumoured to be considering a move for Kamil Jozwiak this summer as part of their scouting guide of the European Championships.
I guess they have 25 million to part with.

Sun newspaper: Derby target Joe Pigott (27) dominates Afc wimbledons end-of-season awards. He scored 22 goals in one season.
I doubt we will see potential relegation issues if we sign him.
The Dons were desperate to retain him, but Pigott has since told the club’s official website how he will leave this summer at the end of his contract and look for a new club.
Our club was the lowest scorers in the Championship last season.
Martyn Waghorn is out of contract while loanee Lee Gregory has returned to Stoke City.
In my opinion, Colin Kazim-Richards at 35 is not the answer, to the need for a striker.
At 27 years old joe has room for improvement.
 
 

Josh Ruffels looks a decent left back.
With buchanan being rumoured to be of interest to several clubs, including arsenal.
The Oxford United man has enjoyed an excellent season in League One after making 47 appearances in all competitions, scoring six and creating six more for Karl Robinson’s side.
Ruffels faces an uncertain future, however, with his contract due to expire in the coming weeks.
With no extension yet agreed.
 

I can't help but feel extremely apprehensive about next season between the ownership situation, the ongoing EFL stuff, the current management, the squad depth, the way we only just about limped over the line last season and the way none of the above seems like it will be rectified quickly it looks like it's going to be a rough season. The only gleam of hope to my eyes is that I do genuinely think we've some talented young players that with the right coaching and the right support around them could see us have a decent season. But I think the most likely scenario in that regard is that they get picked off/pushed out cheaply to raise funds in some futile attempt to inject short term quality so Rooney can feel he has a stab at top 6. Whether we end up relegated feels to hard to say at this point, I could even see how a scenario plays out where we end up fairly comfortabley away from the drop but I feel like the issue is going to be we end up languishing towards the bottom whilst worsening our chances in future season. 
The most likely scenario to my mind plays out roughly like the following:
Takeover rumbles on most of the summer without actually getting over the line Rooney stays in post with little to no change to the coaching staff The EFL business rumbles on the entire summer proving a disrupting influence and sometime early in the season we get hit by a token punishment We sell between 2-3 of Sibley, Knight, Buchanan, Bird (with a chance it being the lot) on the cheap to raise funds for Rooney Said funds get spent on a few loanees from the likes of Utd, a few older championship journeymen with perhaps one more eye catching loan thrown in (this will either be someone like Roberts or an older out of favour prem player) We start the season with pretty much the same brand of turgid, match the opponent and try grind out points style of play we've seen for the majority of Rooney's tenure in charge Around October-November we are sat somewhere between 15th and 21st which is when I expect something will change. Likely something from the following: Rooney gets fed up of takeovers not materialising and gets wary about being tarred with another relagation battle and walks under the cloud of not being backed New owner comes in and boots Rooney for poor results/fans really turning on him New owner comes in and wants to be attached to the Rooney brand and for good or ill promises Rooney a war chest for January  
 
 

Paulo Gazzaniga (goalkeeper), 29, released from spurs.
Might be a useful player for Derby

A lot of people want to blame the players.
A number of the players, played under lampard, when he took the club to the play offs.
Did I miss something, or does that call Rooneys ability into question.
In my opinion Rooney was not the right person to be the manager.
I dont see how that will change significantly in the coming season.
In my opinion, With the potential efl points deduction hanging over the club, its a massive gamble to continue with him as manager.
For me its fresh start time: New owners, significant team changes, new manager.
I dont see any area of the team that doesn't need to change, the efl charge just adds impetus to it all.

I absolutely agree.
However, whilst Mel is still in charge he won't stump up the cash to sack Rooney or to buy players (and who can blame him).
The pending EFL charge means our accounts still haven't been submitted and we're under embargo.
New owners are probably put off by the threat of a points deduction and subsequent relegation.
So we've got what 8 or 9 weeks until the new season - I can't see this all being resolved anytime soon. The squad that finished this season will be weaker than the squad that starts next season.
Happy Happy

Under Wazza it often looks like we have only 5 players ?

A lot of people want to blame the players.
A number of the players, played under lampard, when he took the club to the play offs.
Did I miss something, or does that call Rooneys ability into question.
In my opinion Rooney was not the right person to be the manager.
I dont see how that will change significantly in the coming season.
In my opinion, With the potential efl points deduction hanging over the club, its a massive gamble to continue with him as manager.
For me its fresh start time: New owners, significant team changes, new manager.
I dont see any area of the team that doesn't need to change, the efl charge just adds impetus to it all.

A lot of people want to blame the players.
A number of the players, played under lampard, when he took the club to the play offs.
Did I miss something, or does that call Rooneys ability into question.
In my opinion Rooney was not the right person to be the manager.
I dont see how that will change significantly in the coming season.
In my opinion, With the potential efl points deduction hanging over the club, its a massive gamble to continue with him as manager.
For me its fresh start time: New owners, significant team changes, new manager.
I dont see any area of the team that doesn't need to change, the efl charge just adds impetus to it all.

Simon Jordan seems to have a lot to say about Derby county and to me so much of it seems accurate and exactly what I'm interested to read.
On a number of topics he seems a good source of insights on Derby.
Would you agree?

United’s 1-0 defeat at Newcastle in midweek was their 29th of the season, equalling the record for the most losses in a single Premier League season alongside Ipswich Town, Sunderland and Derby County.
So defeat on Sunday would see them set the record outright, inking their name in the record books for the wrong reasons.
At last derbys unwanted record could be broken.

Simon Jordan seems to have a lot to say about Derby county and to me so much of it seems accurate and exactly what I'm interested to read.
On a number of topics he seems a good source of insights on Derby.
Would you agree?

QPR goalkeeper Joe Lumley is attracting Championship interest going into the summer – Middlesbrough, Millwall and Coventry City enter the race - but should Derby enter the race?!
 
Here are the best free agent options for Derby ahead of the 2021/22 season, sorted by their current club.
AFC Bournemouth: Jack Wilshere, 29, midfielder
Barnsley: Alex Mowatt, 26, midfielder
Blackburn Rovers: Lewis Holtby, 30, midfielder
Bristol City: Famara Diedhiou, 28, striker & Henri Lansbury, 30, midfielder
Cardiff City: Junior Hoilett, 30, winger
Huddersfield Town: Oumar Niasse, 31, centre forward, Alex Pritchard, 27, midfielder, Yaya Sanogo, 28, centre forward & Christopher Schindler, 31, centre-back
Middlesbrough: Jordan Archer, 28, goalkeeper, Britt Assombalonga, 28, striker & Ashley Fletcher, 25, striker
Norwich City: Mario Vrancic, 31, midfielder
Preston North End: Billy Bodin, 29, winger
QPR: Tom Carroll, 28, midfielder
Reading: Sone Aluko, 32, forward & Sam Baldock, 32, striker
Sheff Wednesday: Moses Odubajo, 27, full-back & Adam Reach, 28, midfielder
Other free agents worth looking at ...
Britt Assombalonga, Charlie Austin, James Collins, Charlie Wyke
Wishing good luck to Rooney on these, as he totally failed to impress me last season, its now down to him to hugely improve the squad for next season. 
If he doesn't have a transfer budget I assume he at least has a larger wage budget than most other championship clubs.
 

Total cumulative revenue before tax during time spent in Championship 2010-19: £232m.
That might interest someone to buy the club

Yes, but we’ve still managed to make one play off final and two play off semis since Mel took over.
Football is a game of incredibly fine margins. If Bryson had got on the end of that cross against Hull, we might have gone up in Mel’s first season. If Roos had caught the ball at Wembley, we might have gone up slightly later than planned.
As it happens, those things didn’t happen, and we’re left in 21st place and worried about our club’s future.
Mel has made some terrible mistakes, and his last act might well be to sell us to someone who destroys the club. His tenure has undoubtedly been a failure.
But if one or two tiny things had happened differently, he’d have been a club legend.
Such is football eh?