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We haven’t replaced McGoldrick, Bielik or Knight, so I wouldn’t be too confident that Bird would only be sold if a replacement is already lined up.

The Max Bird who has been Man of the Match in nearly every pre-season game?
This would be very disappointing and our last hope of actually seeing some finesse this season gone.  

He would absolutely have to be replaced and given that it's not looking like we can utilise any fee I'd not even consider selling him right now because there's no way we get anyone as good for free.
Better to lose him next summer than risk ballsing our squad up just before the start of the season.

No point, we couldn’t invest the knight or bielek money so why lose one of our best players now?

He is 37 years old. He was past his best three prime ministers ago. I’d rather we didn’t sign anyone and just gave Brown a chance than waste a space on the bench with a bloke who absolutely would not want to be there anyway.

I do not want Billy Sharp at Derby. I suspect Billy Sharp doesn't really want to be at Derby either.
If Warne is out there saying he only wants top characters that genuinely want to be here then the move makes zero sense on that basis alone.

Liam Thompson is underated imo

Yeah, I know exactly what you're saying, and I'm still saying never. He already categorically said no to him last year specifically. He doesn't suit his style, and Warne isn't going to sign a body for the sake of a body. He would rather play Dejaune Brown than Martin, quite rightly too, as he has some attributes we actually want. The sooner he retires the sooner this boring subject ends.

Before anyone jumps at me I’m not actually suggesting we should sign him because I think it would be counter productive to the way we want to play, but with the struggle to sign a striker at what point does Warne look at someone like Chris Martin? 17 goals and 6 assists in the league across the last 2 seasons, in comparison Rhodes has 8 goals and 3 assists and Waghorn has 3 goals and 2 assists, Sharp has 16 goals and 8 assists, though you could argue he was playing in the best team out of all of them. We’ve already tried for Rhodes, according to some might go for Billy Sharp, and Waghorn has been on trial, I think out of all of them Waghorn probably suits our style best if you take overall goal contributions out of the equation. I think with all the mitigating circumstances and his age I’d be very opposed to Sharp, and Rhodes looks like a no go. By the way I think Martin would want more than we can offer, but just some food for thought, again I don’t think we should sign him, not opposed to the suggestion of Lyle Taylor though.

I want him back purely for the romance of it. Rather have Waghorn here, a player who clearly loves us and wants to be here, than someone like Billy Sharp who hates us.

He defo would sign. His son plays for the academy, he's local and loves the club/fans. I think it was more of a case of whether we think he's still got something to offer which I think he definitely does at league 1 level after today's showing.

Think he comes across as a great bloke, and absolutely gave his all for us at times, especially that Wednesday game. 

However, if this is where we’re at in terms of signing attacking players it’s a pretty scathing insight to our recruitment at the minute.
I’d be absolutely fine with him as a 4th choice option, but with Washington yet to feature in a friendly, he’d be our 2nd choice going into the start of the season.
To say we needed another good striking option even before we lost Mcgoldrick, it’s really not looking all that promising going into this season. Obviously there’s still a few weeks left to bring players in, but it’s unlikely to be anyone of any real top quality is it? 

I’d be very annoyed if Sibley went. He’s one of the few players we have who can score from out of nothing, and also significantly helps our age issues. He needs to be in the squad and used. 

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 

"It has been evident that I want to play, ideally, with wing-backs. With Callum Elder being injured, Kane Wilson being down, and while Thommo has been excellent for me at left wing-back, he can't play 46 games there for me obviously.
"I think we could do with a bit more balance of bringing in another left-footed wing-back. If I can get a different one to Callum and a speedboat that's what I'll get.
"We need something up top and may be something more in the middle. Whether my budget will allow three excellent players, I am not so sure.
"It might just be two so it's what I need the most. I need a striker, but every club wants one. I still have players on my list that I am not sure who are going to improve us.
"I spoke to two Championship clubs this week and they're on their list. I am like he is on your list?! I went he's on my list and I am not sure he's good enough for us.
"It gets to the point where you don't want to be that guy, but you think something is better than nothing.
"There are two who I really like that I am trying to do. We can't sign the best strikers in League One currently because they are under contract and it will take big fees to get them out.
"So you're looking at players who have played at the Championship and while their age is not ideal but they will improve us. But the problem is and I would say 75 per cent of Champ clubs haven't got money for transfer fees so you're in the same shop as them.
"Hence why it's really difficult. There are three apples in the shop, but 30 clubs are chasing those three apples. That's where we are. Idealy I would get a nine, a 10 and another wing-back."
https://twitter.com/dcfc_live/status/1682833094267502592
 

Thompson is the stand out for me in pre season so far and I think he may be a surprise package this season , thought we looked very open defensively down our right side last night , very pleased with the goal and that kind of delivery to Collins was lacking last season , hoping for another striker and a bit of flair to come in before the window closes 

I still believe we will land Rhoades btw, He was in Moor Farm on Monday being shown around etc, and I was told it was a done deal. 

Watch a game on telly and you may not think much of Collins.
Watch Collins live and you'll see someone who gives his all and makes loads of very decent runs that generally don't get noticed by team mates. He may have the odd strop when he doesn't get played in but it doesn't stop him making those runs.
With Joe Ward's crossing, someone half as good at LWB and possibly Bird or Hourihane playing more advanced, I think he'll bag 20+ this year.
Delighted he scored last night.
I watched it live but saw the highlights when I got back.
Here's a freeze frame BEFORE Joe Ward receives the ball.
The player with his arm in the air is the 'useless, unintelligent, lazy etc etc' Collins.......halfway through a 40 yard run, anticipating play, showing where he wants the ball........towards the end of a pre-season friendly 'that doesn't matter'. How many times does he do this and not get the delivery?
 

Good. I liked him as a player and felt his contribution was a bit under rated by the fans because of how he arrived.

It amazes me the number of folk wanting Rooney, Thommo and others going out on loan. NO it’s those youngsters who ARE your cover and they might get the chance to show their metal in front of their own fans. It’s part of the process, the transition from bit part to full squad player. It’s a rite of passage. You might send some out if you have 40+ pros but we haven’t ! I want our young guns panting in the wings .. I might get my chance ! Fired up ready … not farmed out to Snottingham Academicals to play in front of a pulsating crown of 2,271. 

I'm led to believe it's another striker, 2 x '10s' and another midfielder. Currently no thoughts of loaning Rooney out. 

In all seriousness (ish), if the club believe for example Brown, who did well yesterday and others will know better than me, will be ready to feature in the squad regularly in a year or 2, it makes sense to have a year or 2 option now, who will likely then move on to be replaced by the youngster 
That's one thing Morris correctly said... He never did it, but he did say it 

Right, that’s it. I’m declaring myself the conductor of the Dajaune Brown hype train. Who’s on board?

Sat next to a Matlock Town supporter today. He picked out Darren Robinson as our best player first half and Max Bardell second half.
Add that to impressive cameos from Brown and Radcliffe, a good afternoon for the academy.

I was going to type 'it's a Sonny day' but people beat me to it 😞 On a serious though, It's a real statement signing