IslandExile

I'd have gone for 29......

I know many will moan about another "old" striker but Waggy isn't a fool, works hard, clearly loves the club and would almost certainly fit well in the dressing room. 
I have a sense that this team will win games by being a team rather than living on moments of individual brilliance from a star player. 

Never forget Cloughie before he signed him presenting him with some Midlands TV Award and the now famous: "Young man, take your hands out of your pockets".
Peter Taylor on the BBC clip said they'd been trying to sign him for 8 years:
1979 - 8 = 1971
He should've been ours!!!
RIP Trevor.

David Nish.

Another Forest player has just died.  49. 

Wonderful Cloughie clip on the ITV news website. Being typically awkward with journalists and finishing with a brilliant one liner.
Enjoy.
https://www.itv.com/news/central/2023-07-24/britains-first-1m-football-player-trevor-francis-dies-at-69
 

@Big Travbeing escorted out of Moor Farm after finally being discovered by the staff.

Been told to expect some movement this week, couple of ins and potentially a few outs. My guess would be Rhodes in and maybe a 10 on loan. Outs would be some of the younger lads getting some first team minutes 

Never forget Cloughie before he signed him presenting him with some Midlands TV Award and the now famous: "Young man, take your hands out of your pockets".
Peter Taylor on the BBC clip said they'd been trying to sign him for 8 years:
1979 - 8 = 1971
He should've been ours!!!
RIP Trevor.

Holy crap! 😲
This is far too close to home for comfort, from an age/era perspective.  An absolute shocker, this one.
 
It goes without saying that we'll not mention that one particular evening in May '79 against the Swedish hairdressers, where he played a not too insignificant part in what I oft refer to as "One of, if not the most miserable week of my life". (There was more to that week than just the football, I hasten to add, but he certainly didn't help matters!)
That evening aside, he was undeniably a decent sort.  Excellent at his craft, and apparently kind of the heart, and deserves my utmost respect.
As an aside... There was once word (From Sir Brian himself?) that the transfer fee was deliberately and consciously something like 1p (or £1?) short of that magic million mark, as Sir Brian didn't want to burden TF with that particular load!  My memory is far too vague to assert whether that was true or not?  🤷‍♂️
 
Hey young man... sleep well, yeah!
xxx

Season will be over before this signing happens.

We demand consistently good results with attractive football.
After all....
We are Derby County 🐏

Trevor Francis has died at the age of 69 after a heart attack at his apartment in Spain.....RIP

Crazy list. Middleton and Moreland were both nice guys who would never replace in the fans' affections  the great players of adjacent seasons. Just weren't in the same class.
McGovern - classy footballer who played at the very top of the game for us. Did the hard work and was always under-appreciated.
A small element of Derby fans have always liked to heap derision on a scapegoat of their choice. Cyrus Christie, Kelle Roos, Morgan Whitaker, spring to mind from the recent past.
It says a lot more about those so called fans than it does about the players. 

We demand consistently good results with attractive football.
After all....
We are Derby County 🐏

We demand consistently good results with attractive football.
After all....
We are Derby County 🐏

We demand consistently good results with attractive football.
After all....
We are Derby County 🐏

Literally the only time in Waghorn's 16 year career where his attitude and professionalism has been questioned by any of his managers, quite the opposite in fact, and it's by Wayne "I'm leaving Derby so I can spend more time with my family in Cheshire.... by moving back to Washington DC"  Rooney.
I think I'll take what Rooney said with a huge pouring of salt.
I think he later said he regretted his comments anyhow.

Davies got a lot of deserved credit for signing a waiver to help the cause on the final game of the season and went on to become a Derby icon for what he did for the badge that day. However did we forget about Waggy for the grit and determination he also showed that game? Real body on the line stuff and motivating from the side line.
It shows that both love the club (like we do) but Waggy's heroics seemed to have got overshadowed by Davies.
I'd say give him a shot, strength in depth and all that.

Should've made the game against Forest. That would've filled the ground, not least with the Forest squad.

I would like and go for Waggy too. He would actively press, get about and have a sense of pride wearing a ram on his shirt and not just a pay cheque.

Really nice guy, and even though he would struggle to trap a bag of cement, I would be happy to have him giving his all in a League One campaign.

How can you not like him...