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2 minutes ago, gccrowdpleaser said:

Leon Osman, Mason Mount, Harry Wilson, Fikayo Tomori - all examples of young players with limited first team experience who made a real difference 

That’s not really true. Mount had played for Vitesse for a year, Wilson and Tomori had both played for Hull (I think). 

Doesn’t really matter anyway, this is for the first team squad. The suggestion it isn’t is very wrong. 

15 minutes ago, Anag Ram said:

So difficult to assess players based on youth performances. Let’s face it, we were wowed by Bobby Duncan videos.

The fact he was given run-outs by Everton is promising and I trust that he has been well scouted but I think he’s more for the U21s at this stage. We need a bit more in terms of league experience for our back-up/ partner/ replacement for Collins.

He won’t be for the u21s. He’s extremely highly regarded and Everton can play him in their own youth team. The only time we have ever loaned players for the youth team is when their contract is soon to expire and it’s used as almost a trial, this is definitely not that. 

11 minutes ago, Archied said:

Mel Morris is responsible, derby county just vehicle he used in his poop or bust gamble for prem big bucks ,

say a driver runs round recklessly in a car , kills someone , the driver is responsible and punished , the car is not banned from the road so I agree this derby should feel shame malarkey is wrong , derby county have been bought by a new owner and will be putting money and jobs into the city and money into hmrc long into the future and that’s a good thing 

Adapting your car analogy… it’s like Mel crashed his car into someone but then sold it off afterwards. Clowes bought said battered and falling to bits car and fixed it up, but certain posters here want Clowes to pay the insurance claim from the initial accident just because he now has the car!

2 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said:

Shrewsbury and Lincoln the only midweek games we have before Christmas. Both will sell out.

Ipswich (Saturday 22nd October) may be a bit slower to sell out due to how crap it is to get to. Depends how well we're doing I suppose.

Bolton (Boxing Day), Forest Green (Good Friday) and Exeter 18th April the only other non-Saturday games we currnetly have.

All those non-Saturdays are available on ramstv in the uk too. 

Last time he was in this league he got double figures in goals and assists. If he can get close to that then you know we will have had a decent season. 

11 minutes ago, Jackal said:

Looks an exciting young player, maybe one to provide cover for Mendez-Laing. 

Don’t think it’s as simple as cover. Think he can play in any of the attacking positions. It’s going to take a squad, as Liam has said. 

5 minutes ago, Crewton said:

Before Mel stopped publishing the annual accounts, our matchday revenue used to exceed theirs by as much as 25%, despite the fact that we all had free tickets that came with our mobile phone contracts ?

It REALLY stings them when we get bigger attendances than them, as we have in most seasons since PP opened. Only they know why it matters so much to them, but their predictions of attendances in the low teens has already been blown away by the sale of 19,000 season tickets and rising. It must really sting a few of them. It's bizarre. 

 

It’s bizarre the obsession they have. The amount of them with tweet notifications on for us is baffling. I remember when we were in the Prem and they were in League One not thinking about them at all until the play off campaigns they had. 

4 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

Doesn't seem fair to me to sell the Club to a new owner with the intention of making that owner struggle to keep the Club competitive.

Should the business have just liquidated then?

Maybe we should not be allowed players at all because of the Three Amigos 2 decades ago. 

14 minutes ago, Rich84 said:

So it's OK to rip people off and potentially ruin businesses and not pay taxes, then spend big on new contracts! It just doesn't sit right with me, so I'm all for financial restrictions for 2 years as I think it is a reasonable penalty to pay to allow rhe club to exist. 

Did you miss the part where we got a new owner who’s nothing to do with the previous ownership and had already been punished to the tune of 21 points and the majority of the players we had leaving? Where have you been?

3 minutes ago, Woodley Ram said:

 To sure what is up with him, he has talent but needs to apply himself, wish him well and glad we have freed up his wage off our wage bill

Does he? How would we know. He played that cup game didn’t he and did nothing and that was that. Just glad not to have to hear his name mentioned again. 

Just now, Sparkle said:

Just shows what a good player he is - we need to extend his contact if that’s possible 

Guess there would be no issue doing so if the extension is 2 years and wage no more than £12k. Second part probably difficult for him. 

On 24/07/2022 at 09:01, Gerry Daly said:

As someone else said, that midfield 3 of Bird, Hourihane and Smith looks very good. A very good balance too

It did, but it also didn’t. If Collins is in front of it, you need someone stretching the centre backs like Sibley did to open things up. Too much of the same with those three I think. 

1 minute ago, HariboWest said:

FootyInsider saying Brum are plotting a move…

With what money?

5 minutes ago, BriggRam said:

Let his feelings be known to a couple of Oxford players, as soon as he came on they were at him, I said to my brother there after a reaction......glad he saved it till after the whistle

Good. He did it right. Changed the game, set up the winner and let them know when it was done. 

Primark got a white t-shirt for about £4 if you prefer. 

He was great. But that’s not a surprise. He is great. He would be even better in midfield though. 

Wildsmith   7

Knight  7

Davies   6

Cashin   6

Roberts  8

Smith   6

Bird  6

Hourihane  6

NML   7

Barkheuizen   6

Collins 6

Subs

Sibley  8

10 minutes ago, Big Trav said:

Could be, I had a quick look and thought it’d be him or some lad that was on loan at Stoke last season. 

He’s already at Cardiff. 

Agree with what has been said about the shocking officiating. Even basic things like placing the free kick for the offside where the Lino put his flag up instead of where the last man was - bizarre. Must say though, not seen a team surround the ref like that since Roy Keane was still playing. Is that standard stuff in this league?

I think it’ll be Striker, Winger and Full back as the main priorities. Not sure we need a defensive midfielder, especially if your option is McDonald. We have Bird, Hourihane, Smith, Thompson and Knight who could all do it.  

Sibley changed the game by pulling defenders into areas they didnt want to be. We needed that energy and pace going forward. 

They did a job on Bird and placed a man on him all game. Really needed Smith or Hourihane to come help get the ball first half in particular, but Cashin could have done a bit more by striding into the space in front of him to create more angles.

Collins will be a bit frustrating at times but he will get goals. Was very unlucky with his one off the line today. 

NML and Knight we running it in the most part. Barkhuizen didn’t get it in the game as much as that side of the pitch wasn’t used as much. 

Impressed with Roberts. Interesting using Pep style fullback tactics of having them almost at central midfield at times. 

Just now, angieram said:

What is it then? Looks dreadful! 

It’s 4g. 

4 minutes ago, angieram said:

Welcome to Scotland, Tom!

Rangers playing Livingston. Pitch is awful. Tom playing loads of first time passes but not getting ball back. 

Some industrial defending from Rangers. They are currently losing 1-0.

Pitch isn’t awful, it’s just not real grass. Looks like they’re playing him centrally and unsurprisingly he’s not getting in the ball. 

2 minutes ago, Carnero said:

Thinking about this logically, if Byrne has TUPE'd himself out of his employment contact, then he was not transferred to the new company which now owns the club. If he was not transferred, then he is not employed by the new company and is not being paid a wage.

Derby County FC continue to hold his player registration.

Nathan Byrne is currently unemployed.

Good luck finding a new job Nath... ?

It’s all guesswork at the moment really, but my amateur reading in the situation would be he’s essentially made himself unemployed but with no potential to work again in the football league because of the player registration (until this is sorted out). Not sure how it would work if he was to move abroad, which would be tougher at his age. 

Clowes sighting.