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Ticket prices do seem to be on the rise again - we've seen it at Derby too.   Not sure how much I'd pay for my season ticket - certainly not over £500 in this division.   I am expecting to be priced out of live football at some point unless some kind of  regulation is brought in.   What age do pensioners' concessions come in ? 

I think Plymouth look ok - controversial maybe but I'd rather watch their football than ours.  Whether Rooney can get results to match is still in question.   

Whittaker's strike was a proper goal of the month contender 

As above if you like Northern Soul there are occasional nights in Derby - 102 club has a monthly one - it's a bit like going back in time but that's fine if you think the past was better.   Also not everyone's cup of tea but The White Horse has free bands on and can be fun - my brother hates it which is usually a recommendation.   For 80s and 90s doesn't PopWorld play that- I assume you'd be twice the age of anyone else in there but I can't say Ive ever been in.    

It's a big world and somewhere out there is a striker for affordable money who can do well in this division.    

I can't see Warne dropping Vickers straight away.   You can't publicly state the new keeper is coming in to compete for the jersey then drop Vickers straight after what many saw as a motm performance.   It would just undermine his credibility.   

He's big on winning the shirt through performances and whilst personally I'd want to put Zetterstrom straight in there's something to be said for consistency of the message that you prove your worth by your last performance.  There are arguments both ways but pretty sure Zetterstrom will not go straight in - if I'm wrong i wouldn't mind though. 

47 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said:

I think realistically at the minute, our only hope is for David Clowes to run the Club like Delia Smith runs Norwich.

She isn't the wealthiest of individuals, but along with the other investors they keep Norwich consistently competitive, and as someone just pointed out, they managed to raise 57 million in transfer sales, so their recruitment is clearly spot on.

The key, to point out the flipping obvious, is to get the key decisions and appointments right.

Also if we are operating with pennies in the transfer market, our academy is absolutely key to any future success. 

Agree - although hasn't she just sold Norwich or at least the majority of her stake ?

There are lots of possible approaches to finding a striker.  One is finding a player who suits Warne's style who has maybe been playing for a club with a different style and so hasn't looked as good as they might.   Some countries - Spain springs to mind - have very different football cultures to Warne's style- there will be players who would do better in Warne's more direct way of playing. 

You could even look for players who aren't strikers that you think could move up front  - Dion Dublin and Paul Warhurst played several seasons as defenders before becoming good top division forwards.   

I wouldn't call that a tactical masterclass.   Yes we defended well but we created  pretty much nothing.   

Not knocking the idea of defending deep but I would guess Warne will be pleased with that part but want more of a threat  and probably not to concede possession so easily when we did win it back.   We got lucky - yes we played well enough that a bit of luck was enough to give us the win.  No doubt we'll lose points where we deserve to win at times - today we got three where the performance probably didn't merit it.    

3 hours ago, MackworthRamIsGod said:

Makes sense for it to be him. or Richard Arnold.

Beckham trying the multi club model - we're the uk branch -  he's going to use his profile to bring in a host of American celebrity investors.   Saw it in a dream.  

12 minutes ago, Marriot Ram99 said:

I dont expect us to sign anyone of quality maybe a good character with great banter and works their socks of and has all the best stats for pressing but not a penalty box striker with a good touch and presence like we need.

No our new Football Intelligence department have been on the case and Virat Kohli signs tomorrow 

I thought he did ok when he played - made a couple of errors - Tommo made one the other night - Bradley has made more than a few etc - yet Fornah seemed to disappear from view.   It's quite obvious Warne  doesn't fancy him - for whatever reason isn't clear but it has to be more than what he showed on the pitch - or if it is just that I disagree with with our coaching staff .  

I don't think Rooney gets enough credit for the job he did.  We had a centre back partnership with a combined age of about 75 - then lost Jags .  Look at how young and inexperienced so many of those players were.    I'd say the current management team have definitely been dealt an easier hand - whether the squad is stronger - how do you judge that other than by results? 

18 minutes ago, Gaspode said:

You could include an IQ test in the sign-up for the forum - anyone scoring less than 50 gets bombed out - would get rid of half the folk in one sweep....

The modern tendency to categorise anyone you disagree with as stupid.  

People write Rooney off on the basis of a short spell at Brum but he did ok at Derby and at DC given expectations.   

1-3

Off the back of preseason and the two competitive fixtures hard not to predict a defeat. 

Over the next couple of years I'd expect to see some academy/u23s players blooded and some prospects bought that grow in value or it'll be reasonable to ask why and if we are wasting money that could be spent on some known talent that we have been outbid on. 

For me it wasn't a great performance but it wasn't terrible - we did enough to win and deserved it.   The main positive is we've avoided another defeat so hopefully the team can take a bit of confidence. 

I don't think that performance repeated week on week out keeps us up but when you play a lower division team it's very often a case it's not as easy as it "should" be - against better opposition we could easily have looked better

1 hour ago, kevinhectoring said:

Yes.  Not to mention that Fozzy in his dotage is also much better suited to playing in a back 3.
 

Wait a minute, that’s 3 of them … 

I'd say Cashin and Nelson are better in a 4 than wide in a 3 where they will get dragged out wide.  In a 3 Cashin in.particular would suit the central role.

Agree we need to be more solid at the back.   Nyambe us a better defender than Wilson - Wilson is as good a wide attacker as Barkhuizen plus he works back more - so that's one obvious improvement we can make.   I'm not convinced Nelson and Cashin's strengths are playing on the half way line so maybe we sit a little deeper and get the midfield to cover - Ebou can do a Kante type job breaking up opposition attacks and as someone said above get the players to make professional fouls to stop some of these transitions before they reach our third.  

We have pace up front now to be a threat on the break and we are no longer in a position where teams sit back against us for a point 

31 minutes ago, Tyler Durden said:

Maybe he was talking about offensively 

Football is a game of opinions after all 

I think Warne sometimes says things for the players to keep their confidence up.   

Nyambe for Barks - Wilson pushed up .  Collo straight swop at 9

Rest Is History

The Move (Lance Armstrong)

Used to listen to Fast Talk 

Rest is Politics though Alastair Campbell isn't my cup of tea

Various football ones - some Derby some not.  I listen to The Overlap and Stick to Football and sometimes radio 5 shows like Monday Night Social as podcasts

Real Dictators 

Various random ones on politics, world affairs

Pretty much anything with Frankie Boyle 

If it's a stranger normally ay up or if it's someone in passing say on a walk I might use 'ow do.   

If it's someone I know I might branch out a bit - hello,  how're yer goin' or hello shag but I'd only use that last one as a sort of joke.    

Agree.  Unless there is evidence a player wants to change I'd avoid because I don't think you can really make a player change.   Some difficult characters maybe you can accommodate but those are normally ones who have the work ethic they are just non conformists - the likes of Cantona for example.   This lad sounds more of what I'd describe as a waster and those sorts have to want to change themselves.

Nelson for me too - prefer a CB as they see the whole pitch, he's the right age, I think he'll be in the 11.   Agree that forwards need to concentrate on their own game more - defending there's more of a bias towards the collective and organisation.