simmoram1995

Bradley 

harding 

flint 

knibbs 

Cannon 

Just now, sage said:

I reckon 2 or 3 have signed already, but their contracts don't start till 1st July. He kind of catches himself and says he can't say too much. 

8 minutes ago, Dava75 said:

Love this comment to be honest - could be just amazing media/PR script and I’m sure some on here will be cynical - the first game league game is still some time away - and I would wager we will still be looking to add the final touches to the squad after that date (as will almost everyone else). 

I for one am going to enjoy the roller coaster of the summer transfer window and all it brings!! 

Why do I have a feeling the admin might announce something like this tonight or tomorrow 

here’s one for the ☀️ Day 👀

…

• Close to a few 

• wants 5 in by pre season 

• has a video call x2 attacking players 

spoke really well the only thing I don’t really like is this idea of character every team has good characters and bad characters If we had a bad character who scored the goals to get us out the league so be it tbh. Our current set of players might be nice but are they tough enough that’s the difference 

5 hours ago, Eoghan1884 said:

Oxford have signed Ruben Rodrigues and are about to sign Josh McEacharan, maybe they’re willing to let Branagan go, I’d love to spend the Knight or Bielik money on him, a great player at this level. Probably will end up at a championship team though.

I fully agree 

say we sold 

knight and Bielik 

sign Brannagan and a striker with that money 

22 minutes ago, Scott129 said:

Yeah, you're right, although I do think one or two are going to be names who we have been linked with. 

My guesses would be Bradley and/or Flint, and I do reckon there's something in the Bonis story.

I’m going for a double signing tomorrow or Monday 

1st - Sonny Bradley 

2nd -flint 

next week we’ll sign a striker one that might surprise you 

With knight all loyalty aside you’ll get what people are prepared to pay for him.

he’s versatile, a full Ireland international and still young however , he has an undetermined position , doesn’t assist or score near enough and has hardly set the championship or league 1 alight therefore, I’d guess the following.

Bristol opening bid £1.25m rejected 

Bristol last bid £2m + add ons accepted 

27 minutes ago, JakeDCFC said:

Realistically speaking, how much do you guys think Derby will spend/can spend on transfers this summer?

 

I’d have a guess max £300k

Welcome aboard Jake. Be prepared for wild transfer speculation, going off on tangents but nevertheless you have come to a club with a brilliant fan base 

So players like Alfie May at 29 years old would probably be looking for 2 maybe three year deals

I think a common theme will be contract length I hope derby are sensible when it comes to contracts 

forwards who are 29 no more than 18 months 

2-3 year deals for younger to mid age players.

id imagine besides higher division clubs we may lose out on players based on contract length. Which I’m not too sad about unless in the future we can sign 18-24 year olds on 3-4 year deals. I’m actually quite happy we are restricted in that sense. It was ridiculous giving big money 4 year deals for players 

From the free agent list 

Joe Ward - attacking FB set pieces too 

Sam Smith - decent return of 12 in a crap team 

josh Key - decent fb

matt Pennington- decent CB

Anderson RB - Oxford 

Lloyd James CB Cambridge 4 goals from CB 

Brannagan - Oxford if knight goes 

Oshilaja - burton CB/ DM 

Big summer of recruitment ahead. I could see in upwards of 10 new signings. Didzy I’ve known for a long time won’t be re resigning , Roberts looks set to join Bristol a loss but championship football will be hard to turn down.

I know I’d be hated for this but if we sold knight and Bielik I’d go all out and sign Clarke Harris we need a top striker to get us out of this league. Our signings need to be a balance of future prospects and short term solutions 

So I’ve been told about the three kits I know someone involved in the design /media department 

Home shirt white shirt with dark reddish/pink on it possibly the sleeve 

away kit is a checked pattern wasn’t told the colour 

third kit is turquoise 

Triple signing 

Flint , Clare, and Rodrigues on a free 

Didzy won’t re sign 

Something along the lines:

rams set for a triple transfer swoop.

derby county are close to competing a triple transfer swoop with Aden Flint , Sean Clare and Ruben Rodrigues being lined up.

derby  are also looking for a couple of strikers with  Sam smith , Alfie May and Billy sharp touted as possibilities.

basically recycled rumours 

41 minutes ago, Alty_Ram said:

Having finished 7th and now in a better financial position, it's obviously reasonable to expect an improvement next year, but at the moment all these "anything less that top 2 is a failure" predictions are not yet based on anything other than expectation of what 'should' be happening because a club of our size and we did well last year yadda yadda.. and it's not yet based on any team we may actually be able to put out as there are going to be a lot of both outgoings and incomings.

Since the end of the season we have lost quite a few players who played a fair few games between them and we have not seen any signings yet due to the window not being open. As such, I can't really say what I expect next year until I have seen how the squad is added to because as of this moment we're paper thin and have a weaker squad than last year. That's not a surprise or a criticism in any way, but I just have no idea what team is going to step out in a Derby shirt yet.

So currently our squad is 

Wildsmith Loach * 

cashin Forsyth 

Bielik * knight bird sibley hourihane 
NML Barkhuizen 

Mcgolderick * Collins 

that’s extremely alarming considering I think mcgolderick and Bielik won’t be here 

that’s 1 GK possibly 2 , 2rbs 2-3 CBS , 1 left back , 1-2 wingers  Strikers 1-2 

that’s about 13-14 new players 

currently with that squad lower bottom table need a lot of improvements 

I would argue that if we sign Bradley that’s the only 30 ish year old we sign 

everywhere else we need 23-28 year olds 

28 minutes ago, Ambitious said:

Yeah, it would be nice to bring in a striker with a decent level of production at this level rather than taking a chance on a championship player who may have been off it in the past couple of years. I think the fee is more than reasonable to allow him to move on. We need a couple of options upfront, perhaps three if McGoldrick moves on. 

I can’t see it being more than about £150-170k 

Linked with Alfie May in the derby telegraph 

22 goals this season 58 in 144 is not bad at all.

Very poor quality football 

Just now, simmoram1995 said:

So I’ve been wondering about these four , the qualities they bring and the potential cost they could bring in. 
 

realistically we’re in a position I think we could keep only one as we need to be a sustainable club moving forward.

out of these id keep bird I think consistently he’s been the best out the lot.

 

as for Knight and sibley they just have no pushed on and the fact that knight has a year on his contract (unfortunately for you B4) he has to be sold and he’s definitely not a £5m + player.

 

as for Bielik it’s going to be a huge loss on his astronomical fee we signed him for but I think we could still get £1m+ maybe £1.5m at a push due to injury record.

 

so taking on board this I think:

keep bird 

sell 

sibley £300-750k roughly 

knight £1.5- 3m tops

bielik £1-2m tops 

So roughly £5-6 m in transfer fees plus add ons 

So I’ve been wondering about these four , the qualities they bring and the potential cost they could bring in. 
 

realistically we’re in a position I think we could keep only one as we need to be a sustainable club moving forward.

out of these id keep bird I think consistently he’s been the best out the lot.

as for Knight and sibley they just have no pushed on and the fact that knight has a year on his contract (unfortunately for you B4) he has to be sold and he’s definitely not a £5m + player.

as for Bielik it’s going to be a huge loss on his astronomical fee we signed him for but I think we could still get £1m+ maybe £1.5m at a push due to injury record.

so taking on board this I think:

keep bird 

sell 

sibley £300-750k roughly 

knight £1.5- 3m tops

bielik £1-2m tops 

I really couldn’t care less about any of the cups other than the league. unless your a non league team with a 2,000 crowd in hopes of a giant killing I just don’t see the enjoyment in the cup anymore especially the novelty of a Wembley appearance has been destroyed by having the league cup semi finals played there! Which moron thought of that idea 🤦‍♂️

25 minutes ago, kevinhectoring said:

please no. cant bear to think about the chants 

All jokes aside say we sold knight and sibley bought CH and say got another scoring midfielder like Brannagan and a rb we’d be a better side overall 

It’s about rotation. The problem we stuttered to the end of the season was burn out and the ability to rotate our team.

GK - Wildsmith then I’d imagine we’d re-sign the other two maybe make loach a coach or something 

WB/RB - Clare on a free , knight maybe Harding 

CB - Cashin / Forsyth/ Bradley / Robertson or Harding  possibly Roberts on a free too 

LWB - Forsyth/ Roberts possibly a younger loan player 

CM - Knight/ Hourihane/ Sibley / Bird + maybe a new midfielder if knight or sibley goes 

FWs/W - mcgolderick if he re-signs / Collins / Rodrigues/ another striker / Mendez Laing, Barkhuizen plus another winger maybe a loan 

I’d imagine depending on who we get rid of

it will be CBS all on a free and RB on a free a LB on loan , maybe an extra midfielder on loan or for a small fee , a winger on loan , then two forwards one a free and another our biggest fee maybe Bonis or someone else