Jackal

Smart arse

Has Christmas been moved to September this year?

Obviously he would like to spend a year learning from his goalkeeping hero growing up, Scott Loach... durrrrr ? 
 

Best new signing is Hourihane because I never expected him to actually sign. There was Championship interest and he's still more than good enough to be playing above League One.
Best re-signing I'd go with Cashin. There's a big argument for Davies, but to have a promising young player decide to stay is really important when so many have decided to walk, or even worm their way out of their contracts. Cashin is the kind of player who could really thrive this season, and his importance to us in 9 months time could be a hell of a lot more than it is now.

Sign him up. Maybe we can get 32Red to pay his wages ?

Gibson: £100m

Bremen, Forest or Leeds: 50 million 
Anyone else ~ 8 million.
 

Interesting to see what happens now. 
He's done here, so he will have to find somewhere else to play. Any club in Siberia would be my vote. 

Makes sense. If they don't get Lewandowski, I think we'll lose CKR.
 

No legal duty obviously, but he was the club captain for crying out loud. These sort of things aren’t in some petty rule book , flow chart or job specifications to be ruled on by HR.  They are moral, sporting ethics and imperatives that define decent honourable behaviour. If you don’t get that then I really am sad for you. Lawrence messed up and was punished. Keogh had a greater duty and failed miserably along with getting crocked at the same time
 
You know what .. being club Captain HAS to mean something and it isn’t an arm band and your picture on a poster. If you understand sportsmanship, then something like pulling on an England shirt isn’t about a big payday or your ego (yes it happens, that’s nice and makes the world go round) it’s really about the huge huge privilege of representing your country at the highest level and becoming part of a greater pantheon. Yeah yeah old fashioned stuff an nonsense, it’s work, it’s a business I it’s money etc etc  but I am going to hang on to my ethic and belief for all my days. Code, honour, oaths, duties they count in my world and those that uphold them are to be cherished. 

Yes, I purposely got us relegated to League 1 for the realism value just to keep in tandem with current events ?
And Messi cost about £30million but he’s got 12 goals in 4 games so far and still £100m in the transfer kitty ?. S’all good 

Especially if we’ve got a striker in there capable of heading the ball! Liked the handful of times Forsyth arrived at the back post last season, if he stays on this year it’s potentially another strength we can exploit to add to our goals for. 

Fantastic news if we manage to sign Davies for another season or two. Fantastic captain and leader.
Just need to agree a new deal with Fozzy next.

Massive, massive, massive. IMO Davies is one of the best leaders of men the club has ever had. He exemplifies what a professional is. 
I’m absolutely delighted with the business we’ve done so far considering where we were not 2 weeks ago. 
whoever’s lined these players up and convinced others to stay needs a bloody big pat on the back. 
ive got that buzz back again and it feels ******* fantastic!

Thank god you don’t pick the team. He’s definitely better at left back… ?

then Lawrence would probably smack him and be banned for a load of games…….. i’m gonna miss his red cards when he goes ?

Marinakis has lost weight and dyed his hair? 

I guess the problem is that this time last week we nearly went bust. But I get the point, only a small handful know if this is prudent and sensible and I agree that the likes of the EFL will be watching this with a lot of interest. That said, if I was the local catering company who'd just lost a chunk of cash not sure I'd be whooping this up as the rise of the phoenix.

Although all of the new signings have been out-of-contract players, with no transfer fees, which in my opinion, Derby have agreed ridiculous fees in the past 6 years, without seeing the rewards, the EFL will be watching the budget, and, at some point, Derby will have to ensure they balance the books, in accordance with the set business plan, which is in place for two seasons.
So don't be surprised if several of the "assets", i.e. players such as Knight, Bird & Bryne are sold, which, these three players, alone, should bring in up to £6 million in revenue, as well as Beilik being loaned out to save some of his salary.
This is similar to what Arthur Cox & Jim Smith did, by selling some "favourite" players for a fee, to allow them to bring in their own players, who where experienced and wanted to play for a decent club, as well as a knowledgeable manager/coach. The players they brought in were the bed-rock for several promotions back to Division 1 / Premier league.

It’s the lack of objectivity that, for a lot of people, comes with being a football fan. All people like that poster see is the narrative that “Derby cheated”, no consideration for the punishments that followed, no logic applied to our reduced cost base through having less contracted players currently but still having the opportunity to generate income as a well supported team, or that the creditors we owe money too have agreed to receive payment of moneys owed on reduced terms, or that the club continuing to exist and pay its way in future taxes is a positive for the tax payer long term and so on and so forth. It’s just “tHeY DId A bAd FiNG aNd i DOnT LiKE eM CAusE oF PauL PesKy-SoLIdOs cOFfeE cUP”…. Jokers ??‍♂️ 

B4 won't approve if he wears pink.

4 of the players you mentioned came through the academy, so you'd expect fans would have a bit more leniency to them. However, they still do get a lot of criticism. Maybe not so much last season, but before that Bird appeared to be a bit of a scapegoat with constant criticism of his supposed negativity and sideways passing. I've seen lots of criticism for Sibley, he has a lot of posters who really like him and are desperate for him to succeed (myself included), but also gets criticized for his strength, discipline and general footballing ability. The amount of hate Plange got on here in the games after joining Palace was ridiculous, his drop in form wasn't down to him being a young lad in a struggling team, but him giving up and not putting in any effort of course.
Of the players you mentioned, only CKR, Plange and Sibley should be challenging Lawrence in terms of goals. But none of them played consistently enough for a variety of reasons, or in some cases in the correct position. I agree with you on him being our best offensive player last season, but as you've pointed out with the returns of our other attacking players, that isn't a huge achievement. If we could keep him in league one, I don't think anyone would be complaining, but realistically that seems very unlikely. 
Maybe without him last season we'd have been relegated sooner, maybe someone would have stepped up in his place and we'd have done better, maybe if he hadn't decided to try and seriously injure a Peterborough player, we'd have stayed up. Who knows. 

If I lived in Nottingham then I wouldn't drive to Derby every day. I'd make the journey once and never go back. ?

I’d imagine Curtis has been too busy encouraging others to sign to get his own contract agreed. It’s what he’s like 

@alram, you’ve made it clear that you want us to sign young players, can’t you just let us have the likes of  Hourihane and a couple of others to complement these youths you’re proposing. He’s not past it at 31, has good pedigree, a good injury record, WON’T be on massive wages as this discussion is about the restrictions we will face and could be a key part of the jigsaw.
Dave Mackay, Paul McGrath, John Eustace, Matt Oakley, Eranio, Baiano are a handful of Derby based examples I can think of who were more “experienced” in their careers and contributed massively to the club. There are countless examples at other sides around the world, age doesn’t instantly equal a bad move for the club. Morris paid over the odds for the wrong players at the wrong time, signing a couple of experienced pros on affordable terms who can contribute to what the manager needs and wants is exactly what I want to see.