trappatoni

20 minutes ago, Mostyn6 said:

WOMEN's football is s**** and they (the media/TV companies) should stop trying to force it upon us. If we want it, we will find it! The WSL is pretty much driven by spending clubs, more so than the PL.

I'm going to crack and reply to this because it's such BS.   

How is it forced on us?   Answer is it's not.   It's on TV for those that want to watch.   I couldn't give a **** about cricket, rugby or NFL but I just don't watch it I don't claim it's being forced on me 

Yes womens football is subsidised - just as 99% of mens football is including DCFC.   Show me a womens club that has been subsidised as much as Man City men, Chelsea men etc.  

If we'd kept Rosenior we'd be looking forward to a second season in the Championship

15 hours ago, ram59 said:

I think that it's unlikely that we'll get any young keepers or defenders on loan from Premier teams as they all seem to favour this crazy playing out from the back at all costs system.

Liverpool, last night were cruising to victory until they starting messing about a the back and got caught, it seems that every week on Match of the Day, you see goals conceded or should be conceded by teams playing around at the back. LR insisted on this practice which was the reason that I was happy for him to go.

So you are saying the best teams in the land play out from the back?   Yes thank God we don't do that. 

The Eurovision version of SBW someone put on twitter this week is better than the original - at the very least it should replace ACDCs Thunderstruck after half time.  

We should revert to chocolate, amber and blue colours.  Black and white is a bit boring and not even unique. 

It wouldn't be the worst thing if Derby, Forest and Leicester amalgamated into East Midlands All Stars if only the fan bases bought into it - 100k capacity  stadium in Castle Donington full every week - get it done in time for the European Super League.

11 hours ago, Eoghan1884 said:

I think if you move Nelson in the centre he wouldn’t be as effective as his pace and strength in recovery down that right channel is what makes him so good. I think it’s always good to have selection problems rather than look for them.

We'll have to disagree.   I don't see Bradley keeping Nyambe or Nelson out of that back 3.   Yes Coady for Bradley sounds like a useful upgrade but Coady for Nelson or Nyambe not so much - and given his wages it wouldnt be where I'd be spending the budget. 

On 09/05/2024 at 16:37, Mucker1884 said:

+£23.40 from what I paid on day one of renewals... NE Corner/Adult/+10 years discount.

I think those grumbling about price rises have very little cause to grumble, personally!  🐏

30% increase from buying a ticket at either end this season and getting a new ticket for next.   Now you might argue it's still a reasonable price but it's a huge increase in percentage terms.    

17 minutes ago, Eoghan1884 said:

Conor Coady linked with Stoke, would be absolutely perfect to replace Bradley in the centre of a back three. Bags of experience, great range of passing and certainly can still play at the level at only 31. Also lives locally which we have seen can get deals done ie Hourihane, Mcgoldrick etc. if the wages can be sorted I don’t see why we wouldn’t do it. 
 

I get people want to sign younger players and I do agree but I think you need a been there done it type player dictating and barking orders from the centre of a defence.

Would imagine it’d be a loan as he’s contracted till 2026.

Don't disagree and he has been good in a back 5 but would Bradley be starting if Nyambe is fit ?   If we bring a CB in we'd have to drop Nyambe (or Ward and Wilson) or Nelson and it blocks opportunity for Rooney unless he gets a loan 

13 minutes ago, maydrakin said:

🤔 Hourihane is out of contract, so should be much easier than tempting Lallana to Derby…

He has a year option apparently so if he wants to stay...

I seem to remember Warne saying Vickers had been unlucky at Rotherham being behind one of the best in the Championship - Johansson? - apparently he has a release clause 

Maybe Warne thinks he can do better and Wildsmith's contract is up - can't really have either if our current two as third choice and it's easier just to let Joe go.   

15 hours ago, Returning ram said:

No it won't, every year someone says it will, yet attendances are rarely impacted. People enjoy going to games, it's often about the experience something you can't get on TV.

People moan about sky, but the money it pumps into the game is why we have the strongest leagues in the world, the best stadiums, the best league structure and a national team full of rising talent. I will follow the Rams everywhere, but still have sky, because simply put, I enjoy watching football, they haven't ruined the game, just changed it.

Im not moaning about it - midweek is fine for me - but I know people who miss midweek games because of work so if there are going to be more midweek games it will impact attendances - how can it not ?    You only have to look at midweek attendances now and they presumably include non attending STHs of which there are a fair few judging from where i sit in the South. 

As for the Sky money being great for the game - yes it brings foreign talent into the game but I disagree with you about the rest.   

My guess is he went for guaranteed championship football - Bristol have spent a bit of money so might have half a chance of play offs. 

Bristol should finish above us this coming season and if they don't something has gone very right at Derby or very wrong at Bristol. 

3 hours ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

Love him but completely disagree. Nowhere near.

Every bit as good as Cashin and Nelson when he played CB this season. 

I can see this impacting attendances - not so much this season but when fans have had a year and see how many midweek games they couldn't get to or how disruptive it was choosing between other regular hobbies on traditional non football days it's bound to make a few think it's not worth it - especially with the massive price rises that seem to be happening at quite a few clubs including ours.   

Their fans seem to think he's talented, quite fast, injury prone and doesn't work hard enough.   On the whole they'd have liked to keep him though. 

It's becoming harder to compete if you aren't full time pro in the Championship (not sure how many are) and Newcastle were full time pro in National North this season. 

1 hour ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

How many levels below the wsl are the Ewes?

Not that it's any less loaded than the men's. Lowly Bristol city tonked 8-0 by Chelsea. Man City, arsenal and Chelsea slugging it out for the title with man utd, villa and Spurs just behind.....🙄

It goes WSL, Championship then National League North and South (we are North).

Then National League regional (local one is Midlands)

Then Regional Leagues so locally

East Mids Prem

East Mids North, South, Central

Then County so Derbyshire has Div 1 and Div 2.   Womens football is 99% in the pyramid 

Are we allowed to charge what we like in the Champ? Wasn't there some rule last season about only charging what we charge our own fans for an equivalent seat ?

On 05/05/2024 at 07:07, G STAR RAM said:

Never seen him play in Spain so can't comment, plus I imagine the game in Spain is quite different to The Championship. 

Nick Blackman was good at Reading, doesn't change the fact he was awful he!

Spoke to a former Reading coach once and apparently the consensus there when our bid came in that  Derby were mad.   In his words a very poor footballer who could run, they used to kick it in behind out wide so the keeper couldn't collect and tell him to try and win a throw to get them up the pitch.    Even allowing for a bit of poetic licence on his part it does illustrate how poor our recruitment could be then given we were more of a footballing side. 

1 hour ago, Tamworthram said:

Some people keep banging on about our restrictions being self imposed which, of course, they were but do you not think the club had some kind of steer from the EFL or at the very least had an idea of what might be acceptable? I don’t think the club were completely free to set whatever level of restrictions they wanted knowing they’d be approved regardless.

I suspect the money David Clowes was willing to spend was within the limits the EFL were willing to let us spend.   None of us actually know and if he goes in a Mel Morris style spending  spree this Summer I guess I'm wrong.  

It's a fair assumption our playing budget in terms of wages was the highest in tne division.   Every estimate you see has us top.     

2 hours ago, Crewton said:

Sez a poster called "Trappatoni" 🤔😉

Oi I've been using it on dcfc forums since he was a current manager !

I just think the club should look forwards.   You'd have to be retired to really remember the Clough era properly.   If old blokes in the pub want to reminisce fine but it just seems a negative way to brand the club. 

Ah I hadn't heard prices were going up further.   That does take the piss a bit especially in parts of the ground that had higher % rises.  Was thinking of going to buy a second ticket for family but this will probably stop that.  

Hold on, pricing structure ?   Haven't we just had a big price rise - 20% in my case.