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I'm not a supporter - I'm a fan - I look forward on pretty much every game with a rising sense of dread

Well Richard's is looking sharp and fit and cashin looks like a good young players and we also jack station and that young Irish player that could add goals for us . And when consider joswick might play a bit further forward that he did last season and plus max bird got his first goal that will give the lads some confordance.

Well I am feeling quite confident that we can make a good start to the season Derby are the under dogs this season but i think this will play into our hands and yes i feel for roony not got the backing he had hoped for but Derby do have decent young players I know many are worried but I am not but other hand about ownership I am concerned.

I often get the same impression that he's a lot more savvy than people give him credit for. He doesn't need money, he doesn't need fame, he could put his feet up and become an ambassador at Man Ure, or join Linekar's Old Boys Club and have bantz wi' Rio on the telly. But he doesn't do any of that. He's got ambition and stickability and he's clearly working extremely hard under emotionally volatile conditions to get things sorted. You have to admire him for that. He deserves a big cheer tomorrow.

For all those going to the game tomorrow, make it special for the team!

Exactly where I am. I was scathing of him for most of last season but am pretty incredulous he's sticking it out. There was always the ejector seat narrative of 'took over with Derby bottom & saved them' that could have been spun in the media & lets face it, there is a clamour for Rooney to be a success & manage at Premiership level so the likes of Sky & the tabloids would've enthusiastically reported it. As you rightly say though, staying around this mess is going to hurt his reputation more than Derby County ultimately - we've historically always been 'feast or famine'.
As to reasons why he is still here - I suspect the rumours about his connection to a potential takeover bid could be the key factor & probably why he called Mel out last day of the season but 3 months later, still being here despite the situation actually getting worse. Never really saw him as manager wanting to bounce around from club to club - maybe he does want to build something here, maybe I'm being extremely naive. Going for the former because frankly the club have drained any other drops of hope from me.
Between his bloody minded determination & the style of football we've played in pre-season (assuming this is the default going forward), I've warmed to him. I like people who stand by the club. 

I think Rooney is doing a good job.  Sorry if that annoys some on here. 

You've just said you're not sure he'd get offers elsewhere, but then if he fails he can go back to United or Everton to coach? Would that not be an offer elsewhere? I'm not talking about specifically the managerial job. I'm just saying it's not an alternative of manage Derby during this mess or sit and home and twiddle your thumbs. And even still, some time out of the limelight wouldn't be the worst thing for him given what's gone on recently in his personal life.
Steve Cooper quit Swansea recently because he apparently wasn't happy with his relationship with the owners or the direction the club was going. He was tentatively linked to us when Cocu left, I wonder what he'd have made of this?! And he doesn't have as much financial stability, or the global brand Rooney has to fall back on.
If Rooney's mentality was "if I fail, it doesn't really matter because the club's a mess and I'll go elsewhere" then I'd be even more worried. He says he's happy (although I doubt that part), and that he believes we can do well. I hope he does genuinely believe that, because although I don't share the same confidence, this squad needs as much confidence as optimism as possible in what is looking like a long and tough season again.

Look at how many 'goes' big name ex-players get. Of course he'd get another club interested. Maybe, just maybe he feels something for this poor ol' ex-great club and would want to do his best for us and succeed here.

They haven't, but he's obviously been lead to believe certain things which just haven't been the case. Takeovers, signings etc. He's made noises in the media that he believes certain things are close that never happened, or didn't happen as expected.
He's hardly been a revelation for us, but at the same time we've hardly given him the best conditions to do his job. If he wanted to carry on coaching or developing as a manager, he'd get somewhere and he's still very young in terms of his managerial career. Opportunities at clubs as "big" as Derby would probably come again if he was up to it.
I still think he's taking a massive risk by staying. Things are looking a lot more likely to end badly, than they are for Rooney to emerge as the man who saved Derby. 

Seriously, where does he need to go? You don't think he's doing this to keep the mortgage payments up. Rooney could walk any time, as I said on another thread - you might not like him as a manager, or you may do, but it's hard to not appreciate his willingness to get the club past this. 
As for a huge gamble, not one bit of it. Nobody in football would begrudge him backing out of this and even if some would welcome it, he would easily find another role in the game that would offer a bit more of a chance of success than this one is likely to bring.

A pro Rooney chant wouldn't go amiss tomorrow. I think he feels everyone is against him, including the fans. 
It would be nice to see a smile on his face if fan support included him. 

I just think he's not a quitter. This experience is pretty good for the future. He'll learn quickly from the mistakes he makes and will be all the better for it. He's a tough guy and resilient which are probably which are probably the 2 most useful characteristics for working in football. 

Although I'd consider myself to be in the 'Rooney out' camp, and despite the recent negative publicity involving Rooney, I do have admiration for him on the back of this.
I've said before I have no idea why he's still here. He's clearly being messed around, and his reputation in his first ever managerial role is going to be the frontman for the circus that is going on behind the scenes, and ultimately on the pitch.
Plenty would have walked. I admire him for not doing that. Arguably, we wouldn't be worse off if he goes and Wassall or Walker, or somebody like that comes in. The person that will likely be worse off for staying, is Rooney.
It's either blind loyalty, blind optimism, or some unfound confidence he has in being able to turn this around. If Stearman and Davies have signed, then on paper we shouldn't really expect to get battered in August with the fixtures we've got. Our starting XI is ok. There's no depth, but for this level, the eleven we can put out are an OK team. Nothing more.
He must have confidence that more will come in before the window shuts, he just has to. Otherwise why would he endure a season of this? Whether that's the likes of Jagielka, Aluko, Morrison etc. joining the ranks, or he's calling in favours from Manchester United to chuck us a few players to make a difference, I don't know.
It's all very confusing, he's said he's staying, but I'd love to know the reasons in his head for why he thinks that's the right decision.

Although our squad is threadbare at least we now have 2 centre half’s. Should be enough to beat Huddersfield. Let’s see if we bring more in by end of August, hopefully the accounts will be sorted by then. Also I agree let’s get behind the team tomorrow whoever plays 

Well that does rather suggest that the EFL have said a flat no to any of our requests for help/leniency ahead of the weekend - So we've signed the only 3 players we could within the £4.5k a week constraints we're under
If they'd relented and given us a bit more breathing space we probably would have signed more 

Reasonable ask. 

I really, really hope that the fans celebrate the return of live league football and focus their efforts on getting behind whatever team we put out. 
Any negativity should be directed at the board after the game. 
Let's not have negativity during the game which could affect the team's performance. 

13:59 STEVE NICHOLSON
Message to the fans
Rooney: "I am fully committed to this football club and the players need the support of the fans. Please get behind these players because they need you.”
#COYR!

13:51STEVE NICHOLSON
Trialists
Rooney says some of the other trialists have other offers on the table but he is working at trying to bring them in.

Steve Mac/Wassall combo would do just fine. Wassall would be better in developing the youngsters too ???

Oh balls 

13:39STEVE NICHOLSON
Trialists
Rooney says the club is working on trying to bring some of the other trialists in

Lordy be, no.... 
Possessive clause is not subject to an apostrophe, that's (ie shortened that is) for contractions. 
?
But not the sort that Mrs @EraniosSocksis currently enduring..... ?