rammieib

So we got 70k for reaching the last 16, so we get anything for the last 8?

I got lucky to be fair. Didn’t realise some were mon to Say and others to the Friday. Got there at 2.35pm, someone pulled out and I got a spot immediately. Home really quickly as well.

A good solid performance today but feel Bird is slightly ineffective in the advanced role. Doesnt make runs beyond Collins and doesn’t really know when to come and show for it. Would prefer him deeper but that does leave a dilemma of who to put in the 10 spot. (As I don’t want Korey Smith anywhere near the team!)

All the street parking around the ground is only permit required Monday to Friday. Nothing at the weekends. Im parking 5 minutes walk away.

I was hoping for a sensible parking idea. I did a quick google streetview and it doesn't look like the streets around it are restricted?

This guy looks the real deal. I know Ramsgate are level 8 in the pyramid - but this guy looked like it didn't matter what level he was playing. He'd have the skillset to make it.

Win 2-0 NML

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.

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 NML

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?

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.

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.