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You have been saying the manager isn’t good enough for the last 18 months. Have you changed your mind, or just being mischievous and looking for arguments?

A number of reasons why we can't expect a good run at a top 6 place. 
There are more than 6 teams with much bigger budgets than we'll have. 
There are more than 6 teams who already have more players than Derby with recent premier and championship experience. 
There are more than 6 teams who don't need to rebuild like Derby have to.
There was a report highlighted on one of the topics regarding the average wage bill of teams promoted to the premier, it was over £60m, we will be no where near that. 
We're can hope and dream of a top six place, but to expect it, that's delusional. 
Or maybe your deliberately setting unrealistic targets, so you can say that the club have failed at the end of the season?

You said it last season, you wanted him sacked, now your saying we should be expecting top six in a higher division with the same manager 😂

FInished Dopesick last night.
Very, very good.
A powerful look at the opioid crisis and how Purdue Pharma manipulated the system to make billions of dollars.
I like the way that, whereas the entire Sackler family looked bad, they didn't treat them as being evil. It strongly hinted at the cognitive biases that make us ALL think we're the good guys and that Richard Sackler, really thought he was healing the worlds pain
Michael Keaton was his usual excellent self, but honestly, Michael Stuhlbarg, playing Richard Sackler, was even better.
There wasn't a dud performance in the entire thing.
My only slight gripe was the frequency of flipping back and forth between the years. Probably a tad too much.
David Nish/10 (not the first 6 months).
It will either be The Responder or The @Comrade 86 recommended, We Own This City next
 

Brentford released their retained list and have released Shandon Baptiste. I’ve suggest him before on here but now he’s officially a free agent he’s a player we should definitely be after. He came through oxfords academy so I’m sure Mark Thomas knows about him.
Hes a box to box midfielder with 10 prem games (2 starts) this season with 1 goal and 1 assist. He’s 26 so is in the right age bracket and will definitely join a championship club. 
 
Over the 21/22 and 22/23 seasons he’s made 45 prem appearances which nearly all them from the bench so I’d imagine he’d seamlessly fit into a championship midfield having only played 14 championship games in his career so far.

I disagree. There was a home game mid season and Fozzy was in a race for the ball with a younger attacker, can’t remember who, no half yard, right foot advantage. He won it, (just !)
Also .. watch how he heads a ball .. one of the few who can direct a defensive header to a white shirt. He’s also cute enough to play the line ball inside or outside to a runner he has actually seen. No he isn’t the dynamic striding forward man that he was 10 years ago but he is an able and intelligent footballer with another season in him. Not retrograde .. intelligent use of a loyal and experienced player. 

I would respectfully disagree. LWB is the only position in which Sibley has looked competent. When he plays further forward he is unable to receive the ball under pressure. His first touch isn’t good enough and he gets outmuscled.
When he plays at LWB, he receives the ball under little pressure and has the majority of the pitch in front of him. He then has the time to pick a pass or develop momentum in a forward run.
Whether or not he can do that in the Championship remains to be seen but if he stays, I wish him all the best.

For those who can't view this link, it's Waggy's farewell message:

😢 in the end he was a surprisingly good addition to the club. There’s a sense of closure in a way that a number of those who joined after admin to help rebuild the club are heading off with a sort of “mission accomplished”. 

Joe came to us without a regular first team spot, probably on a modest wage, made the Number One shirt his own and won this season's Golden Glove for League One.
He will be in demand, quite a change for a player who two seasons ago wasn't getting game time.
His stock has never been higher and it's a short career (especially for someone breaking through relatively late). He will be maximising that for the future of his family. 
I enjoyed his time here at Derby, he was quite a character, especially when in front of us away fans. I wish him all the best. 

Wildsmith getting some keyboard warrior abuse on good ol' social media. He's completed his contract, a big part of the promotion campaign. Proved to everyone he can be a number one and not a bench warmer. 
Well done Joe. Good luck for next season. 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7G8JINo6t5/?igsh=eGJxNWE1eTIyM2tq
Parting message on his IG

If you did have a girlfriend, what position does she play, what’s her name, and do you pay a fee for her company or is she a free agent…. 😉 

I understand there is a facility to add additional members to the squad during the summer.
 

Surprised about Korey, everything else is about on par with expectations. Wildsmith was excellent to start the year but there was clearly stuff happening behind the scenes and as soon as his confidence dropped, the clangers began. I like continuity in the squad, but he's definitely upgradeable and I'm excited to see where we go hunting.
Also happy Fozzy is staying, excellent cover and a reliable old head who's never let us down. Get Sibs signed up and I'd be delighted with the base of the squad.

Yep. 
Be nice to keep Sibley if we can, but not worth overpaying for it. 
Same with Collins. He has a bit of value as a late bit of b****** off the bench, but if he wants more than that, he needs to go. 

Personally I think Smith’s a shame as he did a solid job and seemed a good experienced pro to have around, but no room for sentiment I suppose and if there are younger options we can sign with his wages OR provide pathways to the likes of Robinson/Allen etc then I guess there’s sense in it. 
He gets a lot of credit from me for being a sort of bargain basement “Carrick” the last two years, did the basics of the game consistently to allow others the opportunity to play. 

Surprised we didn't offer Korey a year personally thought his performances at the end of the season were a big help in us going up.

Hourihane, Waghorn, Gayle, Loach, Wildsmith, Smith leaving.
Barkhuizen, Forsyth, Thompson triggered 12 month extensions.
Collins and Sibley still discussing new deals.
Robinson signed a new 2 year deal.

Similar to last season, then. That turned out alright. 👍

Sounds like it’s going to be a slow start to the season as 12 players integrate themselves into the first team squad. 
 
Will require some patience. 
 
Fingers crossed there’s enough of the squad left from last season to keep that team spirit from promotion together. 

I know this will trigger some people! But I was reading Simon Jordan's book and he talked about Palace's promotion to the Premier League and all the riches that awaited. He then dissected all the promotion bonuses he needed to pay, all the fees for players with add ons, then the agents on within an instant asking for an increase in wages, then the additional costs for being in a higher league. Before getting into buying new players who want more money because they know they are needed to take you to the next level.
Obviously it's a different scenario but as the link @oldben sent shows, all the clubs who compete with the parachute payment clubs are pretty much spending more than their turnover on players/players wages 
It's a pretty desperate picture for an owner and I really hope fans aren't going to start to turn on Clowes if/when he doesn't fancy throwing away many more millions of his own hard-earned cash.

Posted this to his IG along with the highlights clip from the club;
 

Have you been playing Tetris?

Transparent about it too, to his credit. Said in an interview that he told the players before the last game that it would be the last time a lot of them played together.
Pro footballers have to roll with the punches as there's little room for sentiment in the modern game. That said, if all those cited as leaving do actually go, there'll be a good few I miss.