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On 05/12/2023 at 10:07, CongletonRam said:

5M doesn't go a long way.

A replacement would cost what, 2M? Add on their salary for 3 years, that's another 1.5M and Nyambe's contract would be another 1.5M. That's your 5M gone.

Your suggesting a striker, a midfielder and a winger? What ;planet do you live on! You'd need 10~15M for those players when you factor in transfer fees and wages.

Well £5m should go a very long way in League One however it also depends when the money actually comes in.

So you advocate paying someone 500k a year - joint top earner in the club - ok, thats fair, I'll go with that but you just ignored the savings on Cashin's Salary - which I imagine is probably 300-400k a year right now. 

I'd also suggest that should we get £5m, spending it on three £1m signings from League One and League Two with up and coming potential is a better investment for us.

10 hours ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

And it still wouldn’t prevent the likes of Premier League Manchester United and Chelsea from expressing and pursuing an interest in talented 16 year old international footballers at clubs lower down the football pyramid….

Of course it wouldn't - but I'm be curious if parents of 16/17 years old's in the DCFC academy believe there is a genuine pathway to the first team under Warne?

If we still had a Rosenoir they’d be a pathway for these kids…

If you're Bird, why would you stay?

Losing last night probably cost us £200k or so. Progressing through R1, hope of progressing through R2 and then a third round draw and the benefits of that game.

Instead we lost in front of 3,000 (I have no idea how many were there) to Crewe 😞

1 more overseas to come in. Probably a spinning all-rounder? Would like us to get a batsman in though to be fair.

I know we say this every year - but I actually am excited about next summer.

Derby Dazzler Desperately trying to remain relevant.

Allowing the players to pass it on the deck from the back.

One holding midfielder.

GK isn’t hoofing it.

No longer kicking into channels and then pressing from trapping them.

It’s not rocket science. If you have good footballers, let them play.

This is all he has changed.

9 of the 11 are Rosenoir signings (or academy), almost like that bloke knew what he was doing.

All the front six are Rosenoir signings.

This may not be a pretty football day.

3 0 win

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I bet the players prefer to play rather than having a training session....

Anyway - Not sure why - but I've decided to go. The alternative was putting the kids to bed.

So our game against Reading gets cancelled due to International Call-Ups (I assume for us as NML, Nyambe, Robinson, any others?) will be gone but the FA Cup replay will still take place in the week leading up to the Internationals?

3 hours ago, Mucker1884 said:

I'm pretty sure in some games we have scored nil?  🤷‍♂️

And in what other game have we had 32 attempts?

Today more than any other game was our inability to finish. Some of the attempts were pathetic.

This falls on PW as he failed to get a replacement striker in. That was the same front six, with Washington replacing Didzy - so not one single person can argue we strengthened.

Thats on PW as he didn’t have the ability or pull to get anyone in.

Replay in ten days time despite the International Break?

One of the differences with tonight is Northampton were so bad they basically told us we had to play football because we couldn’t hit the channels.

They said “you have the ball because we are not going to tackle you”.

But hey when the players are ‘allowed’ to play football, unsurprisingly we actually have players who can play well. 
 

The real key is allowing the players to play like that when we come up against teams who won’t sit back and just let Hourihane do absolutely anything he wants to do. (I.e Stevenage). At that point you need to trust your players to work the ball out of difficult situations.

Exeter and Northampton did an awful scouting job followed by employing a terrible strategy. The key for PW is when we come up against much better teams that he doesn’t revert to long ball/channel hitting.

15 hours ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

So, just to clarify, the man who saved this 139 year institution at the heart of a city and surrounding areas from extinction with his money, re-hired colleagues who’s livelihoods had been taken away, worked to rebuild the reputation of the club off the pitch by doing things like donating “sponsorship” to a national charity, is looking to run the club as sustainably as possible to secure its long term future, invested in the upkeep of the stadium after years of neglect (after buying that back too), worked collaboratively with the EFL to rebuild relationships long soured, continued to invest in the academy, realigned the football side to include the women’s team, and probably a few more things I can’t recall that others might ….has failed to match your personal opinion and expectations that Warne isn’t the right man for us right now and therefore should be sacked, so you’re disappointed in him? 

This debate is going to get tedious and boring. Will I always be grateful for saving our club - of course I am. However - how long will this be the rhetoric - 1 more year, 2 more years, 5 more years? As soon as someone criticises his decision to remain with the manager - is this always going to be pulled out? Are you going to pick up on this and say the same thing every time someone says that Stephen Pearce should not be in the club anymore because that is what you're saying.

Personally - I can keep the two things sperate, but you appear to struggle with that concept. I can keep the club being saved different to a decision in the present whereby he has decided to remain with our manager who quite clearly, every poll I see has 60-70% of people wanting him gone for some very clear footballing reasons. Am I not allowed to have that viewpoint?

My wife is disappointed with me that I keep going to Derby games. She can split that view against is she disappointed with me overall? No she isn't. (Well at least I hope not!!!). You can have different opinions on different topics.

When we limp to a mid table finish and we lose 2,000 season tickets and a total of 3,000 from the gate next season will people being saying DC has been a good business owner at that point in time?

Good business people make bad decisions but it’s how quickly they make changes which differentiates them.

We are a sinking ship under Warne. We’re good enough for 7-10th and that’ll cloud judgements. That’s not good enough for the fans and a club our size. Call it entitlement, but I personally call it expectation. We are too big for Warne and he’s losing it.

I am really disappointed in our owner right now.

1 hour ago, RamsFan10 said:

                     Vickers 

Nyambe Nelson Bradley Forsyth 

             Fornah Hourihane 

      Barkhuizen Bird NML 

                    Brown 

 

It’s got to be about time for Brown to get a go considering how pants the rest of our strike force has been. Warne won’t do it mind. 
 

I suspect we will win this one - anything less and things will get ugly. The fixture list could actually do Warne some favours with two inconsequential cup games after tonight, followed by a tough test against Barnsley. Reading away on Nov 18 might be the next time pressure is really turned up again. 

I wouldn't be too harsh on Wildsmith but the outfield looks pretty much how I'd go with.

Of course Warne won't though.

3000 Season Tickets is the equivalent of paying him and his staff off. Not a lot really.

Unfortunately we win 1-0

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Nyambe now at left wing back.

Hopefully this should see him sacked.

Washington would have been perfect against Exeter. We had time on the ball, passed it around and there chances to slip it on the deck between the lines.

Today he plays Washington and all we do is play high loopy balls to him. The only time we put five passes together we scored. You know it’s almost like we should try that more often.

What’s it going to take for the mass numbers to start chanting for Warnes head? This is awful, truly awful.

8 minutes ago, sage said:

Needs to replace Sibley and Wilson with Fornah and Barkhuizen and switch to 4231. 

That already is the formation!?!?