Jram

Well past it, would be Marshall all over again.
Fitness issues too I believe, only made 20 appearances this season
17/18 - 18 appearances. 18/19 - 21 appearances. 19/20 - 14 appearances.

I've been comparing Derby to Brentford over the last 8 seasons since the 13/14 season as we've almost completely swapped league positions in that time. In 13/14 Brentford won promotion from League 1 and Derby were in the Champ play-off final.
Total spend on transfers from 13/14 - 20/21:
      Derby: £84.9 mil
Brentford: £73.6 mil
Total income from transfer sales from 13/14 - 20/21:
      Derby: £57.8 mil
Brentford: £176.8 mil

Both clubs had a season where they had a push for promotion and spent 30m but the difference is when Derby did it we sold £0 worth of players the same season and had a -2 mil from the previous season, when Brentford did it they sold £36m worth of players the same season and had profit of £26m from the previous season. This is how you make a push for promotion. Brentford also didn't get promoted in there 30m spend season, but they had the cushion of previous profits and high value in there squad to cope. While Derby are still suffering from the effects of our 30m spend season now.
Our general recruitment has been poor, with players with little sell on value. We've also sold players at the wrong time.
Derby clearly gambled everything on the 15/16 season, hence why Clement was sacked despite being 4th. Why did we feel the need to do this? I know owning a Championship club is very unsustainable, but this was reckless. This terrible transfer policy added with our poor recent managerial appointments is why we're in the mess we're in now.
 

Looked handy and by far our best attacking threat. Rooney had to take him off if we really want to be serious about relegation... I think that's the main reason Sibley is on the bench as well.

I have misjudged this season from minute 1 with my over-confidence. I’m going to continue doing so- we’ll win Friday and end on 53 points 
 

I have misjudged this season from minute 1 with my over-confidence. I’m going to continue doing so- we’ll win Friday and end on 53 points 
 

I have misjudged this season from minute 1 with my over-confidence. I’m going to continue doing so- we’ll win Friday and end on 53 points 
 

If we end up having to sell anyone this summer to help fund a rebuild I suspect Sibley will be the one to go. Enjoy him whilst he is here I guess.

Stretton gets a start this afternoon. 
 

I think Knight has gone off the boil recently, Shinnie has been our most consistent centre mid, granted he isnt the most creative but for me he start every game, this season anyway.

Yep, Rooney is being a right rick. He's regularly the most impactful sub (even when it's usually only 10 minutes he's given) and it's always, "he needs to do more." Meanwhile Waghorn, Jozwiak, Gregory etc. get much more chances than him and have been woeful for the majority of the time, yet seem to receive much less criticism than Sibley. 

Harrison Solomon has just signed his first pro contract

Stretton on the field 69 minutes and he’s scored just as I was typing 

STRETTON!!!
 
 

Still in his first proper season as a member of the U23 (only 18). Given his size, he's struggled to make much of an impact this season. It also hasn't helped that he was tried out in an AM role for a bit.

And that's how it finished.
Wilson came on for Ebosele at half time (presumably a switch to 433) and Bardell came on for Dixon on the hour mark (I'm guessing to play DM, rather than a switch back to 541)

Don't want to right him off before he plays, but he looks a shadow of his former self.

I think he’ll play plenty between now and the end of the season. If we go back to a 4-3-3, he can fit with Jozwiak and Kazim up top, even if he’s not really a winger.
It would be nice to have him more central and in midfield but right now Shinnie, Knight and Bielik are undroppable. They’re getting results for us when we desperately need them so it’s a waiting game for him. It’s nothing to move club over though, my gut says that Shinnie is playing well now but we’ll eventually outgrow the need for such a defensive step up.
I stare at our starting lineups and think if we replaced Shinnie with Sibley it’s a tasty team but Shinnie proves me wrong twice a ducking week. Hopefully a Knight, Sibley and Bielik midfield will happen eventually, it looks so balanced and talented on paper.

There's already a shopping mall dedicated to our Kaide. 

Fair enough 

I rate any player who's initials are also his position 

*Buchanan
I don't tend to take this secret scout fella seriously. In the Lampard season they felt he could make the step up to the first team the following season. To most watching the U23s, that has never been a  realistic possibility. Then here they say Buchanan's main flaw is his physicality. For the record, he's won the 2nd most aerial battles in the league despite only playing in 15 of our 24 games so far. 

....or it's been spent on running expenses....to keep the club in existence.

Apologies, it was the Daily Mail in 2007 predicting the 2014 World Cup lineup and its brilliant ?