RadioactiveWaste Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 I think a more interesting observation is that after being at the mercy of the loan market during our injury ridden late season last year, I think Mel decided he didn't want that position repeated - hence all the buying and now bloated squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 12 minutes ago, Inglorius said: Am only challenging your point of view as I was challenged when I criticised McClaren for not making the playoffs last year and was given the retort that it was down to injuries either it's true or not true..... It was down to a whole bunch of things going wrong - losing Bucko, Martin and Bent as well as every defensive midfielder at the club, trememdous negativity from half-fans, McClaren repeatedly sort-of nearly committing himself to Derby but being continually questioned over every word and a general lack of ability of anyone to actually 'do a Wassall' (i.e. stop the rot). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 50 minutes ago, eddie said: It was down to a whole bunch of things going wrong - losing Bucko, Martin and Bent as well as every defensive midfielder at the club, trememdous negativity from half-fans, McClaren repeatedly sort-of nearly committing himself to Derby but being continually questioned over every word and a general lack of ability of anyone to actually 'do a Wassall' (i.e. stop the rot). Maybe that's mclarens problem. When things are going well, he's able to tap into that abs make it go even better. But when things start going bad, he's hopeless at turning it back around. At Newcastle and Forest, it was already bad, he was brought in to stop the rot, which is not what he's good at. But it's not often a club is looking for a new manager when they're already doing quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 I would like to think that our best eleven will be available and fully fit for all three Play Off games. If we are short of players after a bruising battle against Brighton then i will put it down to naivety. No brainer for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inglorius Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 1 hour ago, eddie said: It was down to a whole bunch of things going wrong - losing Bucko, Martin and Bent as well as every defensive midfielder at the club, trememdous negativity from half-fans, McClaren repeatedly sort-of nearly committing himself to Derby but being continually questioned over every word and a general lack of ability of anyone to actually 'do a Wassall' (i.e. stop the rot). Yes so the answer somewhere in there is that injuries were a reason for us missing out on the playoffs last season contrary to the OPs statement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 8 minutes ago, Inglorius said: Yes so the answer somewhere in there is that injuries were a reason for us missing out on the playoffs last season contrary to the OPs statement Only someone with a tenuous grip on reality would decide that if you were trying to calculate an equation containing several variables, you only need to know the value of one of them in order to determine the solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inglorius Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 19 minutes ago, eddie said: Only someone with a tenuous grip on reality would decide that if you were trying to calculate an equation containing several variables, you only need to know the value of one of them in order to determine the solution. Formulate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 14 hours ago, eddie said: Only someone with a tenuous grip on reality would decide that if you were trying to calculate an equation containing several variables, you only need to know the value of one of them in order to determine the solution. Since when was wild guessing a bad idea? Intuition has played a great part in many successful people's lives. It can also be a complete twinkler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Canitbé Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 15 hours ago, TigerTedd said: Maybe that's mclarens problem. When things are going well, he's able to tap into that abs make it go even better. But when things start going bad, he's hopeless at turning it back around. At Newcastle and Forest, it was already bad, he was brought in to stop the rot, which is not what he's good at. But it's not often a club is looking for a new manager when they're already doing quite well. He did a pretty good job of turning it round (albeit on a smaller scale) when we were 1-4 down to Ipswich at half-time. Demoralised team who hadn't got over the shock of losing their old boss and he got them fired up enough to stage a big comeback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 22 hours ago, eddie said: general lack of ability of anyone to actually 'do a Wassall' (i.e. stop the rot). Phrase of the day - 'do a Wassall' - brilliant, eddie As Darren said, 'Wassall the fuss about, managing Derby County is easy'? Wassall over till Darren got the job. They thought it Wassallover, it is now! World Cup Final, 1066 Darren Wassall the managerial candidates that Mel could think of. Does Mel know more than us? Apparently so ! Wassall going pear shaped till Darren got the job. Do we have a 'Here we go a Wassalling' song to put on here? Wassallabout pussy cat? Wassalling Matilda would not have worked and we all know it. Wassall about Darren till 'Arry came along. There's only one Wassall'n'Arry. There's only one Darren'Arry I could go on, as you all know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 1 hour ago, Rampage said: They thought it Wassallover, it is now! World Cup Final, 1066 Hosts: England Norway knocked out by England in the first round. England winners in the Final against France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkleyram Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 I think that the French won the cup in 1066. Held in Hastings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 36 minutes ago, ilkleyram said: I think that the French won the cup in 1066. Held in Hastings. There were so many Normans in that side that I thought they were English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Hastings were a non-League Club at that time, small capacity ground but a real Battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 A draw against Derby is now no use at all to Brighton, they would still have to beat Boro to get promotion. Losing against us does not rule them out of promotion Winning against us means that they will only need a draw against Boro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B4ev6is Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Well lets not make it so easy for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 20 hours ago, Rampage said: Hastings were a non-League Club at that time, small capacity ground but a real Battle. Away side brought a big following and made the Millwall and Leeds fans look lightweight. Away side were playing tip tapestry football and finished up with 100% possession Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samtheram83 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 On 28 April 2016 at 18:09, eddie said: 'do a Wassall' If we get promoted through the play offs can we all sing this at Wembeley to the tune of Do The Hustle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 19 minutes ago, samtheram83 said: If we get promoted through the play offs can we all sing this at Wembeley to the tune of Do The Hustle? Do do do dudo dudo do doo, do do do dudo dudo do doo, do do do dudo dudo do doo, do do do dudo dudo do doo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Can we sing do the Darren Wassall to the tune of funky gibbon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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