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Most entertaining game of football I have watched since lampard was in charge. I know it was only Salford but honestly how great was it to be back in the stadium listening to fans sing to an empty North stand “give us a song”. Lots of goals won at the end a players that clearly care about Derby county!
On to the positive points from the game 
Ebosele - great to watch will be a very good player his pace is scary fast. 
 
Morrison - Can Rooney be the one to make it work for him? Good game overall can’t remember him loosing the ball, he keeps the ball moving well and at times ran at players who clearly didn’t fancy trying to tackle him knowing they'd foul him. Moved into CDM in second half and I thought it really suited him as he seemed more comfortable taking from the defenders and playing forwards, first half the midfielders didn’t take in forward often just recycled it. Part of his game I didn’t expect was he can put in a good tackle and read the game well when covering. One moment in particular though he thought he was fouled in the first half and he looked like he was about to have a paddy and feel sorry for himself that he didn’t get the foul but his first look up was to Rooney and not the ref. He got straight up and tracked back hard. IMO he may have a lot of respect for Rooney. Good goal and the fans sang his name. Really good start to his Derby career, I do think confidence is going to be massive for him.  (Only Salford though and he needs to take this into Peterborough!) 
From the squad, whereas this squad is lacking in quality, it seems to be making up for it in morale and togetherness. All the players celebrating together, calling for decisions together. Kissing the badges and engaging the fans. Sometimes it’s the underdogs that do well on the back of a bad situation and hopefully that will lead to a moderate safety for us this season.

Bar Fozzy maybe who comes on when your 1-0 up in a tight game and need someone sure things up? 
They might turn out to be good players but let’s be real, we don’t have any strength in depth. 

Roos 
Byrne 
Davies 
Stearman
Buchanan 
 
Shinnie Sibley Bird 
 
Lawrence 
Joz 
Stretton
 
This year will be massive for Stretton, I see him being a great striker for Derby as long as he can shake off the little injuries he gets, he’s so quick and always gets his shot off early. If the go with CKR I’d like to see him play instead of Joz. 
I actually think our starting 11 is good enough to beat Huddersfield, it’s the Bench where we have a real problem.

I admire his record with us so far, he kept us up when we were cut adrift last season. The off field antics were awful but he keeps focussed on the football. I actually think last season he had all his best players injured - Lawrence Beliek Davies. 
He probably should have left at the end of last season as he could say he achieved his goal and found another club in less turmoil however he wants to stay and make Derby a success.
Yes, if a big club comes in for him he will go but why do people keep hitting him with this stick? Of course you’d go to Man U if you got the chance. As a Derby fan I’d go to Man U!? 
 
The only time I considered it might be better for him to go was when a girl farted in his face in a hotel room. 

It's a very complex situation, and I don't think their will ever be a perfect system. I do think think their needs to be a much more flexible model whereby it allows clubs to invest if they can, but with sensible guarantee's in place to stop clubs going into administration and further more punishing them if they do. 
I just feel for clubs like Wigan, why should the club and more importantly their fans be punished for an owner abandoning them? Its owners that need to be held to account, and this isn't some witch hunt on owners I love to see a club taken over and money invested. Wolves is a great example of an owner coming in to a championship with the right intentions and revolutionising a club.
No amount of background checks can prevent an owner coming in, making a mess and leaving. However steps can be put in place to ensure that they can't just leave. 

But then didn’t sack the bloke that drove him or the one that crashed into him or fled the scene of the crime and left the captain of the team in their cars.
Out of all three he was the least guilty but because he was no longer and asset and we couldn’t claim on the player insurance he was sacked. 
 
(FWIW I think morally all three should have been sacked but financially I’d have kept them all. I think Mel just gambled on sacking him hoping he might not have to pay the wages, but if Keogh appealed and won he hasn’t lost really as he had nothing to loose) again another embarrassing situation made more embarrassing. 

People aren’t allowed to spread rumours on this forum. I was well informed about about Mel and the sale on quite a few things but my comments deleted because I’m not John Percy. Some of what I hear ends up being rubbish too, but that’s the thing about rumours you’ll get some stuff like that. 
 
FWIW another takeover is being lined up by a local consortium, they can’t get the funds to make it happen as it stands but if the fans are in next year and we haven’t been sold off to whoever will take us before then it may well happen. 

By the sounds of it, they won’t be pumping money into the club, but they will balance the books each year.
I actually rate the job the GSE did for us, they managed to get the club in to a very financially secure position, paid off the stadium got rid of all the high earners and in the end they had us very competitive under Mac, who knows how it may have turned out had they had continued? We would have sold out best players but probably have spent wiser knowing that what is spent must come back in. 

By the sounds of it, they won’t be pumping money into the club, but they will balance the books each year.
I actually rate the job the GSE did for us, they managed to get the club in to a very financially secure position, paid off the stadium got rid of all the high earners and in the end they had us very competitive under Mac, who knows how it may have turned out had they had continued? We would have sold out best players but probably have spent wiser knowing that what is spent must come back in. 

But then didn’t sack the bloke that drove him or the one that crashed into him or fled the scene of the crime and left the captain of the team in their cars.
Out of all three he was the least guilty but because he was no longer and asset and we couldn’t claim on the player insurance he was sacked. 
 
(FWIW I think morally all three should have been sacked but financially I’d have kept them all. I think Mel just gambled on sacking him hoping he might not have to pay the wages, but if Keogh appealed and won he hasn’t lost really as he had nothing to loose) again another embarrassing situation made more embarrassing. 

By the sounds of it, they won’t be pumping money into the club, but they will balance the books each year.
I actually rate the job the GSE did for us, they managed to get the club in to a very financially secure position, paid off the stadium got rid of all the high earners and in the end they had us very competitive under Mac, who knows how it may have turned out had they had continued? We would have sold out best players but probably have spent wiser knowing that what is spent must come back in. 

Should have given Pearson more time. We knew what to expect when he took over. I firmly believe given a full season or two he’s have got us straight. 

I like Alonso from what I’ve heard so far, seems like he has his head screwed on and sounds to me that he’s likely to actually have a business model for recruitment. (Something we have really lacked) however it doesn’t seem like the money he’s bringing to the table is his from the murmurs I have heard.
What happens when he upsets his rich friends and they just turn the tap off? 
I’m not actually convinced this will go through, again it seems we have found a buyer that’s desperate enough to get into ownership that they are prepared to buy a club in our covid and relegation threatened state. 
Ultimately under Mel I have always felt he would keep the club running and not allow us to fall in to administration. Owners like Alonso don’t give me that feeling. 
 

Should have given Pearson more time. We knew what to expect when he took over. I firmly believe given a full season or two he’s have got us straight. 

Should have given Pearson more time. We knew what to expect when he took over. I firmly believe given a full season or two he’s have got us straight. 

Should have given Pearson more time. We knew what to expect when he took over. I firmly believe given a full season or two he’s have got us straight. 

The local consortium is still in the mix. 

I posted news about Mel and BZI a couple of weeks before his interview. My comment was deleted by the admin but true. This is also true. 

Not happening until fans back in the stadium is confirmed and we know for sure what league we will be in. ITK. These are however currently Mel’s preferred bidders. 

I thought this, I’m pretty sure Whittaker and sibley etc were on £1k per week. When I saw 4x money I thought surely we could match that. Maybe fa should bring in wage caps for players that can’t sign pro terms to avoid money becoming a factor in young lads moves which it really shouldn’t be. 
Kaide needs to decide whether he is good enough to break in to Liverpool’s team, or whether can break into Derby’s team get the experience of men’s football and move on. 
It I was in the same position as Delap last year I’d have gone. However Kaide seemed on the verge of making it in to the first team by the way Rooney was talking so I’d have thought I’ll make it here and go somewhere for a big fee and go straight in to a bigger first team in the prem etc in a couple of years time. 
Of course it would be very rare for kaide and his mum to work that out. They’ll have been shown around Liverpool and a big figure put in front of them probably met some first team players and it would be mind made. 
I actually think if he has a decent agent he’d be telling him to make it pro and then go for a big move later on. (agent will then get a bigger fee) 

I thought this, I’m pretty sure Whittaker and sibley etc were on £1k per week. When I saw 4x money I thought surely we could match that. Maybe fa should bring in wage caps for players that can’t sign pro terms to avoid money becoming a factor in young lads moves which it really shouldn’t be. 
Kaide needs to decide whether he is good enough to break in to Liverpool’s team, or whether can break into Derby’s team get the experience of men’s football and move on. 
It I was in the same position as Delap last year I’d have gone. However Kaide seemed on the verge of making it in to the first team by the way Rooney was talking so I’d have thought I’ll make it here and go somewhere for a big fee and go straight in to a bigger first team in the prem etc in a couple of years time. 
Of course it would be very rare for kaide and his mum to work that out. They’ll have been shown around Liverpool and a big figure put in front of them probably met some first team players and it would be mind made. 
I actually think if he has a decent agent he’d be telling him to make it pro and then go for a big move later on. (agent will then get a bigger fee) 

I think as we see the gap between the bottom three wide, we will see more of Sibley. He’s got a great future here but as the moment we can’t risk playing Knight Sibley and and Buchanan on the same pitch. Add in Beliek only 22 and Jozwiak age 22. The squad lacks a bit of experience. Hence Shinnie playing ahead of him in midfield. Eventually I see him playing for Shinnie but I think Rooney will want to pull clear of the relegation zone first. 

Parents probably as bad as the kid, oooh look he could pay our mortgage off in a few weeks. 

Getting regular first team game time under Rooney or play in Man United under 18s... I’d like to think given the same opportunity I’d want to play first team football but as a 16 year old if your taken around carrington meeting the likes of OGS and other man United legends and players you can see it would be difficult to turn down and he might really back himself. 
If he has the same head in his shoulders that Bellingham and sancho did, I’d be really impressed, they’ve gone to a club where they will give them a chance. 
Hopefully he stays and gets a crack at the first team for for a couple of years, then we can get a big fee for him. 

Getting regular first team game time under Rooney or play in Man United under 18s... I’d like to think given the same opportunity I’d want to play first team football but as a 16 year old if your taken around carrington meeting the likes of OGS and other man United legends and players you can see it would be difficult to turn down and he might really back himself. 
If he has the same head in his shoulders that Bellingham and sancho did, I’d be really impressed, they’ve gone to a club where they will give them a chance. 
Hopefully he stays and gets a crack at the first team for for a couple of years, then we can get a big fee for him.