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According to Glasgow Live we’re looking at taking him on loan. 
 

Be a quality player at this level I think.

 https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/kemar-roofe-shock-rangers-transfer-24512000

3 minutes ago, TexasRam said:

 

Or as Alan Nixon understands? 

Hope the fans get behind Roos, scapegoated a lot. When he played last season he was pretty solid with very few errors, but with the Wembley howler I know a lot are still quick to get on his back. 

3 hours ago, DCFCJim87 said:

Just a reminder we scored 36 goals in 46 games last season. We've lost Waghorn from that attack and signed nobody from an attacking point of view. I'd love to know where people are getting this optimism that we're suddenly going to start winning games or that the first 11 is even half decent. 

I’d argue our first 11 is more than capable of being comfortable mid table this season, it’s when the injuries hit we’ll struggle. Our first 11 has plenty of experience, few young heads and if Colin is fully fit as he was the first half of last season he’ll supply a few goals. 

Backing him for a big season. Just needs a run of games and not being taken off after an hour every game he starts, showed what he can do for Poland if he hugs the touchline. 
 

Would also help to get some bodies in the box, as whenever he did get in good positions last season he had CKR to aim at with 4 players round him. Come on Joz! 

2-1 Lawrence and Joz. Lawrence to play a blinder as he tends to on the opening day. 

Daft to let him go. Not getting a player of his quality in our situation and despite the fans generally not liking him, he is capable of 10+ goals and assists if he stays fit. 
 

As said, he gets a lot of stick, but at least he has the balls to go at players, try and beat players and shoot at goal which very few of our squad will do. Players like him out wide will go missing at times, sometimes for whole games. But if he had the consistency of performing as we know he can 7-8/10 games, he certainly wouldn’t be at Derby. 

Think Curtis and Jagielka are the sensible first ones, at least give us a competitive side for game one, albeit lacking depth. 
 

Not sure on a few trialists, appears Mel went a bit mad with regards to bringing through youth at any costs, but would we want to see a bang average forward like Baldock in ahead of the likes of Stretton? Get what’s necessary ASAP, then we (fingers crossed) have the rest of august to find players of a slightly better quality at least. 

24 minutes ago, IlsonDerby said:

1 hour to see whether this season will be salvageable or just a 46 match journey to the bottom 

You know the window is until the end of August right? 

6 hours ago, DCFCJim87 said:

Regardless of his ability at this level you've got to look at his injury record - since he made 46 and 44 league appearances in consecutive seasons ending in the 2014-15 season he's played in 12, 3, 31, 13, 22 and then 20 games. I'd rather see him go now, wish him well and remember the good times from those two seasons where he was at his best than see him scapegoated for more mistakes. We wouldn't have got many takers for Forsyth but for me we dropped the ball letting Malone go to Millwall on loan as he is a good LB in this division who still has plenty to offer at both ends of the pitch. I'm not sure what the wage situation is between them but of the two I'd rather we got Malone back. 

Thought Malone was awful and quite rightly found himself as 3rd/4th choice. Another one of Franks poor signings for far too much money. 

15 hours ago, Coconut said:

Just as a point of order I think it's pretty much set in stone that we're getting Mengi back for the whole of next season, so any defensive suggestions possibly need to take that into consideration.

Unfortunately I really didn’t think Mengi looked that good 

Matt Clarke! 

Yeah he had a shocker yesterday, but he’s been a great servant and I’m not sure we’ll find a better choice than him to be backup to a 20 year old left back anywhere. 
 

Still frustrated we were ever in this position. Complete silence on everything from Mel still who has to take a lot of responsibility from this mess, but the zero communication with the fans on all fronts this season has been shocking. 

But still happy we survived of course, need a big refresh. I don’t want Rooney next season but think we’ll end up with him, so I hope he’s backed to build his own squad from whoever is running the club. 

Premiership ability with League One consistency, that’s why he’s with us and not at a higher level. I do think he’s scapegoated a lot and often unfairly down to his obvious ability. 
 

Think he needs better players round him to be fair as this season he’s been one of very few players willing to play forwards with the ball regularly. But when it doesn’t work out he’s targeted by fans, but players like him that have a go are always going to be inconsistent at this level of football. 

Also go and sign Matt Clarke, in addition to my other wishes 

2 hours ago, S8TY said:

Agree and should be first permanent signing and captain.... Byrne and Shinnie only other candidates for POTY

Would love us to go and sign Matt Clarke, along with another solid centre back. He’s had a good season again baring in mind he’s played 2 different systems with about 8 defensive partners this season.

Wisdom, Davies,
Te Weirik, Mengi, Edmundson, Evans, Forsyth off top of my head. imagine how he’d do with a regular partner! 
 

As for POTY it’s between Clarke Bielik and Byrne, probably just about go for Byrne but Bielik was phenomenal when fit.

Stefano Eranio. Oozed talent in a very good Premiership side. 

1 hour ago, nottingram said:

We have no centre backs next season, I read an interview with him where he said he wanted to carry on playing

May as well keep him around (on reduced terms as I’m sure he’d understand) - we’d only have to replace him if we didn’t 

Can’t see any harm in having him on a player/coach kind of deal. 

19 minutes ago, kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong said:

4th from bottom?

Come on mate,seriously what improvements in reality have you seen that I haven't?

What has Wayne done better?

Would any other manager still be in a job?

John Smith certainly wouldn’t be. Nor would Alonso (if we takes over) keep him if his name wasn’t Wayne Rooney. 

Just now, Abu Dhabi Ram said:

You make it sound so so easy, like Mac just turned up and switched the light on. It took Clough years to build that side and I am so greatful, let’s not forget after six months of Mac our position steadily declined to where we are today. 

Not saying it was easy, but the foundations were laid and I’m not convinced Clough would have had the ability to build on those foundations like McLaren did. 

1 minute ago, Andicis said:

Why do coaches get paid big money? Is it to make the players look clueless and regress, or is it to provide good tactics and get the players playing better than they were previously?

Remember McLaren replacing Clough. Took a team that had just finished a few places above the relegation zone to playoff contenders with only a few tweaks to the playing staff. 

Just now, Mostyn6 said:

What relevance is the wage bill on that first 6-7 months? Seriously, how is that an influence on things? As for the not winning, not true. I remember us beating Sheff United under Jewell in about September. 

So we’d won a handful of games in about 50 games, great. And we were skint, in the championship with a massive wage bill and in dire need of cutting the wage bill down (as a necessity), as well as staying competitive in the league. 
 

Rooney hasn’t had anything to spend granted, but he hasn’t come in and been told to lose the likes of Wisdom, Lawrence ASAP because of their high wages.

1 minute ago, Mostyn6 said:

How? 
 

who inherited a worse league position? Who inherited a worse squad? Who was given worse backing in transfer window? Who had worse resources all around? Who had worse environment and challenges? 
 

FACT is that Wayne Rooney’s half season deserves more credit as an achievement than Nigel Clough’s. 

As bad as our current squad is, the one Clough inherited is far worse. Both had zero resources and came into awful environments. 

2 minutes ago, Mostyn6 said:

I’ll answer you all in one post. LEARN to read. I’m talking about what Clough did with what he inherited from Jewell and how he’s regarded as a saving us from relegation! Rooney inherited far worse and actually did save us! 

As for Marlon Pack saving us, that’s a nonsense. This is a 46 game season. Why is Pack’s goal more important than Waghorn’s penalty. 
 

anyone who praises Clough for saving Derby in 2009, but not Rooney for this season is both a hypocrite and lacking in integrity. 

Clough inherited a huge wage bill and a side that hadn’t won in basically a whole calendar year. Hugely different, however I didn’t rate Clough too highly as a manager nor do I rate Rooney.