maydrakin Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Got this from DCFC today: "I can confirm that Sam has received and read your email with interest and has noted your concerns. Following your, and other supporter, queries, Sam has decided the most productive way to respond to you is to appear on Radio Derby’s 6 o’clock phone in on Monday 18th January 2013, where he hopes he will be able to answer and clarify all issues raised, both in relation to season tickets and all other issues of concern within the Club including, team affairs, transfer activity and financial status. Your support is greatly valued." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffield Ram Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Do they mean Monday 18th February? Personally I think SR talks a great game and as I have previously stated is just another figurehead who's main ability is "spin" I hope to be proved wrong in the future, but not interested in anything he has to say. Horse and bolted springs to mind! This does not diminish my support for the team at all, just my irritation with the internal/senior management in the boardroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maydrakin Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 I presume they mean Feb, yes. I just cut and pasted the message. I honestly don't see anything coming of it other than the standard blurb of "market forces", "staying competitive" and the likes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Do they mean Monday 18th February? Personally I think SR talks au great game and as I have previously stated is just another figurehead who's main ability is "spin" I hope to be proved wrong in the future, but not interested in anything he has to say. Horse and bolted springs to mind! This does not diminish my support for the team at all, just my irritation with the internal/senior management in the boardroom. What has he said or done to make you have this opinion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needles Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Do they mean Monday 18th February? Personally I think SR talks a great game and as I have previously stated is just another figurehead who's main ability is "spin" I hope to be proved wrong in the future, but not interested in anything he has to say. Horse and bolted springs to mind! This does not diminish my support for the team at all, just my irritation with the internal/senior management in the boardroom. How do you reach this conclusion? I went to the fans forum, and I've listened to most of his interviews. My take is that he's a genuine bloke. Why would he come to Derby unless he believed he could be successful here? It's not like he hasn't got options. As an employee, rather than an owner, he can only run the commercial side of the club to the best of his ability, he can't play LB or unearth the new Messi off the racecourse can he? You're not even interested in what he has to say? I put it to you that you've formed you opinion up front to save time thinking. No offence intended, even if that was a bit blunt. 'http://www.dcfcfans.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I don't think we are ready for the Premiership in any sense right now. Hence it makes no sense to make big signings. We need the current crop to develop and maybe add a couple of cheap lower league youngsters who can gel with the present team. If we have any spare cash we should sign a solid defender who's good in the air. Billy Kee might be a good bet for a new striker. Sam Rush will protect Derby County the business. That's his job. He cannot afford to be reckless. Nigel Clough is a good man for him to have because he generally knows how to spot a bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 He has already said pretty much all he can say - the problem is people want to squeeze nothing answers out of him, they want an answer. When he says 'we won't sign a player because we are happy wi the squad' is that the end of it - from my experience you get 1000s of fans asking the same question and coming away with a different interpretation to the same answer given by the CEO happened with Glick all the time and now Rush too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Bret Wilsons coming across this weekend. Maybe he's trying to impress him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramesses Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Do they mean Monday 18th February? Personally I think SR talks a great game and as I have previously stated is just another figurehead who's main ability is "spin" I hope to be proved wrong in the future, but not interested in anything he has to say. Horse and bolted springs to mind! This does not diminish my support for the team at all, just my irritation with the internal/senior management in the boardroom. Yes, like Tommy G, SR has little to offer if your main interest is what happens on the pitch rather than the building of some poxy shopping plaza. I remember TG saying before the 11/12 season, probably about ST renewal time, that the owners would provide extra investment/additional money for the squad so Clough could push on the following season. Nothing came of that. Clough got his usual ‘break even’ transfer kitty and the joy of balancing an ever reducing wage bill. After that Tommy G stopped being a bit of a joke (Barker type fees) and became seriously irritating. As for SR, if the owner’s strategy remains the same, he's just another example of “meet the new boss, same as the old boss”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramesses Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 What has he said or done to make you have this opinion? Maybe he’s just been paying attention over the last few years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsmini Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Bret Wilsons coming across this weekend. Maybe he's trying to impress him? I saw his tweet earlier. I wonder how many people know who he is and can Radio Derby get him in on Monday night as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CornwallRam Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I saw his tweet earlier. I wonder how many people know who he is and can Radio Derby get him in on Monday night as well I notice that Brett Wilson has a book out - Redefining Success. He certainly seems to have redifined success in the eyes of many Derby fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Maybe he’s just been paying attention over the last few years? Paying attention to Rush over the last few years? He only started in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Yes, like Tommy G, SR has little to offer if your main interest is what happens on the pitch rather than the building of some poxy shopping plaza. I remember TG saying before the 11/12 season, probably about ST renewal time, that the owners would provide extra investment/additional money for the squad so Clough could push on the following season. Nothing came of that. Clough got his usual ‘break even’ transfer kitty and the joy of balancing an ever reducing wage bill. After that Tommy G stopped being a bit of a joke (Barker type fees) and became seriously irritating. As for SR, if the owner’s strategy remains the same, he's just another example of “meet the new boss, same as the old boss”. And how exactly have you formed this opinion in the first 43 days of his job? I certainly hope he waits a bit longer for making his judgements on Derby 'supporters'. As somebody else said, I'm sure your mind was made up on him before he even started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CornwallRam Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 It almost seems as though the differences in focus between Rush and Glick have been highlighted in the last few weeks. Glick is a slick salesman, Rush is transfer specialist. The season ticket renewal marketing has been severley botched. Are we all talking about the amazing DNA campaign and our frozen prices? No, we're all debating whether the club was correct to hammer some of our most vulnerable fans. To compound matters, the new prices were 'leaked' by the OS four days early. As a marketing excercise it is a shambles. I doubt that it would have been handled as badly if Glick were still here. However, we haven't lost any of our good players for peanuts in January. I believe that this sends out a very loud message to other clubs that DCFC are no longer to be taken for mugs in transfer dealings. This, I feel, will only bring long term benefits. I doubt that it would have been handled as well if Glick were still here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramesses Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Paying attention to Rush over the last few years? He only started in January. Miss the point much? With the current owner strategy for squad investment SR will be mainly be rearranging deckchairs on the Marie Celeste - and hoping Hughes doesn’t get crocked before the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramesses Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 And how exactly have you formed this opinion in the first 43 days of his job? I certainly hope he waits a bit longer for making his judgements on Derby 'supporters'. As somebody else said, I'm sure your mind was made up on him before he even started. Pompous, patronising, humourless, insulting…and deliberately misses the point. I think that probably deserves some kind of prize… http://sasns.scoilnet.ie/blog/files/2009/10/big-prize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Would it be useful to know the nature of the answers that Maydrakin was seeking from SR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Miss the point much? With the current owner strategy for squad investment SR will be mainly be rearranging deckchairs on the Marie Celeste - and hoping Hughes doesn’t get crocked before the end of the season. At least give the guy a chance before labelling him a spin machine puppet or whatever you was calling him. The guy has said he wants to hear what the fans think. Have you not thought this might be because he wants to convey that to the owners and perhaps change their strategy? Have you considered that, unlike Glick, this guy might not be investing his own money into Derby so might not be as concerned with penny pinching ideas? I'm not saying that you are wrong about the guy because I know absolutely nothing about him but I don't think it's fair to just automatically assume that he is here to step straight into Tom Glicks shoes and become the next sacrificial lamb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Would it be useful to know the nature of the answers that Maydrakin was seeking from SR? I thought that too...or even better, have Maydrakin asking the questions so we know he is actually giving the answers required! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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