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He knows every call he makes could lead to him being given the chop. The majority of the calls he's made have been disagreed with, but they've also turned out to be completely the right decision.
Consecutive tournament semi-finals for a country who before his reign managed one semi-final in 50 years. Whether he's the greatest manager out there, or doesn't exactly play edge-of-your seat football most of the time, he's doing what the FA want him to do. It's one of the hardest jobs in football because there's already about 55 million England managers out there who think they can do better.
He's also an incredibly likeable bloke, and he's bringing back a feel-good factor and uniting the nation yet again. Whatever happens, I think he's been a brilliant England manager.

Should make negotiation easier, cuts out the bull-poop phase of “I want £100k per week and an aircraft carrier for my pet turtle”

The weird thing is, going into last season, I thought we were a striker short of being a very good squad.  We'd kicked on under Cocu from when Rooney arrived, we'd addressed most of the major needs in the squad (with Matt Clarke back, Jozwiak and Marshall), we'd sold an asset but replaced him for a fraction of the cost (Byrne for Bogle) and so on.  Obviously things didn't pan out that way. 
This season, if you look at who we've lost compared to last season, it's only really Matt Clarke (who was excellent again) and Waghorn (who was poor for most of the season).  We've lost quite a few warm bodies - Gregory scored a few, Roberts showed the odd flash, bits and bobs from Menghi etc.  But bar Clarke, is there anyone that we've lost that will *really* be missed?
Obviously we're not in a good position at all, but there's plenty of reasons to think it can be turned around.  We desperately need a striker and 2 central defenders, but beyond that, the first XI isn't too bad.  Marshall/Roos, Byrne, Shinnie, Lawrence and CKR are still decent championship players. Jozwiak has had a decent Euros and should hopefully either be more settled and kick on, or be sold for a decent amount.  We should hopefully have Bielik for more of the season than last. Lawrence missed a lot of games last season too, he was missed. Knight, Bird, Buchanan have all got another year of championship football under their belts. Sibley started to establish himself back in the team towards the end of the season. McDonald, Ebosele, Watson etc have started to get first team football.  It's reasonable to think we can get 3 or 4 loans in relatively easily. With Rooney's name and a guarantee of first team football, I suspect we'll have a fair few top-end prem youngsters here.  And given the state of the transfer market, there are going to be a lot of players around on free transfers, so we can pick up a bunch more experienced warm bodies, if we need to.  
I'm not trying to gloss over the state of the squad, but it's not an unfixable problem.

You may be right regarding your second paragraph Kash, but do we really yet know how good his coaching and man-management skills are? Which senior players have made comments to suggest he might not be up to the job? Waghorn perhaps, but I can’t think of any others.  
As for our youngsters, have they regressed because of him, or did many of them experience a difficult second year of pro-football? It is ‘easy’ to come in for a few games at the age of 18/19/20 and make a really positive impression, offering glimpses of star quality. But the Championship is a long, hard demanding league, and many of the players who make other teams tick are hardened, expererinced professionals. In my view Buchanan, Sibley, Knight, Bird, etc., suffered last year not because of Rooney per se, but because too many of our experienced players were found wanting, because we were in survival mode from November onwards, and because our squad was so wafer thin because of injuries that some youngsters were being played in too many games, often out of position.
I am at heart a happy clapper, so I think a few astute signings by Rooney could make the world of difference to our youngsters in the coming season. I don’t see it being the shitshow others keep stating it could be.

"We have a core of senior players and extremely talented academy players." = We have the basis of a team for the season 
"That is enough to operate with and we have a plan for the rest of the window" = we will make signings
"We are not rushing to fill the squad for next week. We have a clear plan ready" = we will not panic and make signings for the sake of having the numbers immediately.
 
I'm not sure how you can read that and think we won't make any signings.

Yes something like that ?

They might lose them. They’ve lost just about everything else to do with The Rams ?

Harsh, he was 10mins away from achieving that... 

Until the appeal deadline passes there's still time for the EFL to change their minds.
Would you put it past them to release a statement 10 minutes before the deadline saying "on further discussion with our legal representatives we believe, contrary to our earlier statement...  blah blah blah" ?
I mean, it's not going to happen, but it could happen.

Think the love of football has gone to be honest. Think he came to Derby genuinely believing he could turn things around but whilst I hear he's in a better place now than was the case, it seems football is a trigger and not a cure.
Of course it's another kick in the balls for the club but more so for Jordon I suspect. Had he returned to form, we'd be hailing his recruitment as a masterstroke and when in his first competitive outing back for the U23's, he took a pass. swivelled and curled it straight into the top corner, it looked like it might just happen. Alas not.
Easy to pour scorn on him and the club and at times I've myself felt frustrated with the whole affair, but now all is said and done, I'll simply wish him well for the future, whatever that may bring. He's had a grim time of it for a fair old while now so perhaps rather than seeking another club, some time away from the game altogether might be the best option.

Makes a nice change from 
"Goodbye England.  Woeful defending"!  ?

If we do now, I’ll be sending you a strongly worded post.

Apart from that though things haven’t been too bad.

A list should be compiled. Or two lists if we use EFL protocol.

I mean just because you've presented the option, of course we could defy the odds and still get into the play offs ?
Can you please add an option for automatic promotion?

What are the chances of Wayne getting a siege mentality into our young squad this season?
We will add to the squad, that’s a certainty, but remember Billy’s band of brothers?
Who's as deluded as me?

Que sera sera
whatever will be will be
we amortised properly
que sera sera

They might lose them. They’ve lost just about everything else to do with The Rams ?

They might lose them. They’ve lost just about everything else to do with The Rams ?

They might lose them. They’ve lost just about everything else to do with The Rams ?

Pearce is an accountat, wears an accounting hat, changed amortisation policicy, said FS102 that, depreciated down the left side, amortised down the right, he'll never straight line method, the figurs add up right.
 

They might lose them. They’ve lost just about everything else to do with The Rams ?

They might lose them. They’ve lost just about everything else to do with The Rams ?

They might lose them. They’ve lost just about everything else to do with The Rams ?

Not sure how reliable but hopefully he is genuinely itk...