Carl Sagan Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Steve McClaren quoted after receiving praise from Dougie Freedman: "We wrote a mission statement on the board and one of the things was to gain admiration and respect for the way we play, and the way we do things on and off the field. "That is what we have wanted to achieve, and we have gained respect for our style of play and how we behave." http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/Derby-County-boss-Steve-McClaren-looks-admiration/story-23018576-detail/story.html#rO3KgU44XccgQM5X.99 It's a good time to be a Ram, with team management, players, fans, club officials and, hopefully, owners all having bought into doing things the right way, and better than anyone else. But what else was in the mission statement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsRam Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Good innit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Steve McClaren quoted after receiving praise from Dougie Freedman: "We wrote a mission statement on the board and one of the things was to gain admiration and respect for the way we play, and the way we do things on and off the field. "That is what we have wanted to achieve, and we have gained respect for our style of play and how we behave." http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/Derby-County-boss-Steve-McClaren-looks-admiration/story-23018576-detail/story.html#rO3KgU44XccgQM5X.99 It's a good time to be a Ram, with team management, players, fans, club officials and, hopefully, owners all having bought into doing things the right way, and better than anyone else. But what else was in the mission statement? It's a much nicer version of the Clough at Leeds "Throw all your medals and cups in the dustbin because you won them by cheating" tirade. I think that the very presence of Steve McClaren and his entire philosophy on football from the kids to the stars is the best thing to have happened to Derby for 40 years. (checks calendar) OK, 39 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMalicious Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Oooo it's all very corporate! But in a good way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcnram Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 It's a much nicer version of the Clough at Leeds "Throw all your medals and cups in the dustbin because you won them by cheating" tirade. I think that the very presence of Steve McClaren and his entire philosophy on football from the kids to the stars is the best thing to have happened to Derby for 40 years. (checks calendar) OK, 39 years. I think the coming together of McClaren and Derby Co. has been perfect timing for both parties. The club had a group of talented players who were already playing as a team and an ethos of giving young players a chance. McClaren, an obviously talented coach had recent negative experiences that he has taken on board and turned into positives. The club has a great feel about it from top to bottom, and that is always a good sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannable Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I'd say we were already respected for the football we played pre-McClaren. Under Clough we played three of the eventual top 7 (Reading, Burnley and Leicester) and they ALL changed their tactics specifically for us. Nigel Adkins came right out and said this, he actually said that they had to respect us. McClaren himself said it's been 'evolution, not revolution'. The change in management was seemless because of the way both he and Our Nige interpret how the game should be played. I've often wondered if it was a conscious decision to replace Clough with a manager who shares the same Dutch-esque philosophy or if Rush just got lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuespachRam Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Anyone can write a "mission statement" it is the easiest and one of the most commonly used buisness "buzz phrases" thrown around.....but following it through and being very succesful at it....that is not so common. as someone has said, thanks still to the previous management who put all the foundations in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanRam Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 The goal this season is promotion.Anything else for all intents and purposes will be a big dissapointment imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Could not disagree more American Ram, I want to go and watch The Rams play good football and behave with integrity, if promotion is where that leads...brilliant. If not and, like last season, I get to see us blow teams away playing good football and scoring a hatful of goals then I, for one, will not be disappointed. The Premier League is not the be all and end all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stive Pesley Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 yeah - remember that wonderful passing move away at Yeovil last season that resulted in Bryson's goal - like the Argentina of the Midlands - plus the cracking 5-0 win away at Milwall. McClaren really has worked wonders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 yeah - remember that wonderful passing move away at Yeovil last season that resulted in Bryson's goal - like the Argentina of the Midlands - plus the cracking 5-0 win away at Milwall. McClaren really has worked wonders At least at Championship level, some of the goals we score, well, I look at them and think "There isn't another team in the division that could have scored that goal". Some of the movement is bewildering - it almost reminds me of speed chess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanRam Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Could not disagree more American Ram, I want to go and watch The Rams play good football and behave with integrity, if promotion is where that leads...brilliant. If not and, like last season, I get to see us blow teams away playing good football and scoring a hatful of goals then I, for one, will not be disappointed. The Premier League is not the be all and end all. Don't get me wrong mate.I love seeing Derby score and have success in other areas.Just saying with the great squad we have if promotion is not had,it would be a dissapointment. I agree Premier League is not the end all,but it is what every team strives for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I know the dynamic has changed slightly over the past year but when you consider that our current starting eleven cost less than half of what Fulham paid for McCormack and probably less than what Forest paid for Assumbongoumbongotheydrinkitinthecongo then that gives us something to be very proud of. Over the last 3 or 4 years between them Clough, Mac and Sam Rush have put us back on the map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richinspain Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I agree that McC has worked wonders, but the 2 examples that G STAR RAM gives were both under Clough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I agree that McC has worked wonders, but the 2 examples that G STAR RAM gives were both under Clough. I think that was the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BondJovi Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I think that was the point. I think the far greater point is consistency.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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