Duracell Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 I watched the game yesterday with my father-in-law and he's a neutral (Sunderland fan). When I told him that a growing number of Rams fans were getting sick of Sammon, he genuinely seemed surprised and said he thought he was one of our best players. When things don't go as fans hope, they like to blame managers, the board and also players. The players are selected by the manager and paid for by the board, so they're a reflection of the running of the club and it's the end product of what goes on behind the scenes. Often that frustration therefore gets projected onto one particular player. Every club in the country has one, and often, they're even the club's worst player; but with Sammon, I guess, he was always in danger if he failed to break double figures. We haven't wrecked his Derby career quite yet like we did with Teale, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 How long do we have to continue to suffer this standard of football? Not too long if history is anything to go by! In 116 seasons since the Football League started (including this season), we have been out of the top flight for 48 of those. Those 48 seasons have occurred over 9 periods giving us an average of 5.3 seasons before returning to the top division! We should therefore, be promoted by the end of October next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Can we have a graph please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notts_ram Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Any neutral watching the game yesterday would not have picked out Sammon as being the worst player by a country mile on the park. Where he did draw attention to himself was the scuffed penalty miss, which no other player on the pitch managed. Have read some comments on here saying fair play to the guy for having the bottle to step up and take the penalty after his previous miss, I would say I don't want martyrs but instead someone who can score from the penalty spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Not too long if history is anything to go by! In 116 seasons since the Football League started (including this season), we have been out of the top flight for 48 of those. Those 48 seasons have occurred over 9 periods giving us an average of 5.3 seasons before returning to the top division! We should therefore, be promoted by the end of October next season That makes a change. The last time we were promoted, we were relegated by the following October according to Paddy Power. I laughed at the time, but having never seen a poor bookmaker, I should have taken more notice. Actually, I just checked this. Paddy Power paid out at the start of September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notts_ram Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Obviously Paddy Power had seen Mr 50 pence head playing for Sheffield United, after that am sure they didn't need much convincing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Obviously Paddy Power had seen Mr 50 pence head playing for Sheffield United, after that am sure they didn't need much convincing Agreed. The Clod-Todd combo was not going to fill any bookie with confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whoneedshuls Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Would like to see sammon once he's had a full or season playing along side ward or Martin its been hard to get a connection going upfront as ward likes drifting out wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whoneedshuls Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Or meant to be pre :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Can we have a graph please? Albert, albert, give us a graph.................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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