Day Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Full article: http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/article/165/10280731/darren-wassall-aims-to-end-derbys-eight-year-premier-league-exile "I think it (the statement) was a red herring. I have been here seven years and in the last couple of years the priority has always been promotion as far as I have known, particularly now," said Wassall. "I think the club showed its intent at the start of the season with the signings of Bradley Johnson and Jacob Butterfield on the last day of the transfer window that promotion is a priority at this club whether it is this year or next year, or the year after. "We cannot guarantee when but it is certainly a priority to want to be in the Premier League. "Whether that was said to take the pressure off, I don't know. But everybody at this club wants to get in the Premier League. "I think the statement was a little bit misguided in terms of it was like at any cost but we don't want to be a club that goes up and then comes straight back down, as happened to us last time. "I think what the chairman was saying is he wants a sustainable football club that is ready for the Premier League. "But believe me, the gloves are off - we all want to get promotion. You don't work this hard for 46 games not to want to get promotion." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 so basically what we already knew? well, those of us with the intelligence to read between the lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackworthRamIsGod Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 So what is he saying? Morris is a bell end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GboroRam Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 4 minutes ago, Mostyn6 said: so basically what we already knew? well, those of us with the intelligence to read between the lines. Makes a bit more sense than the drivel people were posting about "we don't want promotion". Good to know we're not going to throw the playoffs on purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 If any players do not give 100% tomorrow then move them on. If they do not have the bottle for this then cut our losses as needed. Not a day to go missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BondJovi Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 The phrase "no **** Sherlock" springs to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 16 minutes ago, BondJovi said: The phrase "no **** Sherlock" springs to mind. Wat son? Elementary surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFCArmy Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 A club that spends 20m isn't spending it to sit around in the 2nd tier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 Where is the "we don't want promotion" brigade? Waiting until we lose to claim Mel picked the losing team. Not that I miss them. Was getting boring reading them spout made up ***** and misquoting stuff to suit their agenda. Probably the most stupid stuff I've read on here. Whether you agree with everything Mel says and does or not. Whether you like the money spent or not, how can anyone suggest that he spent over TWENTY MILLION POUNDS!!! of his wealth to stay in the Championship? Risky strategy to keep us down innit? Almost as if his heart might be in the right place even if you hate his ideas. And of course they managed to go from June to January without misquoting the season's objective. Until he stuck to his word and we had a blip. Then suddenly it was like the objective had changed. It hadn't. Sacking Clement, spending big, giving free scarves, going in dressing rooms etc etc... All fair debate. But actually believing he wants to stay down? Actually repeating that drivel all day every day? Without once explaining why he'd want to keep us down and why he'd spent over £20m to do so... Thats not a different opinion. That's just talking rubbish Not a single bloke in the club benefits from Derby staying down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Ram Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 All the 'mel wants to stay down' and the 'we dont want promotion thos season' brigade should all come on here and apologise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 No, they should be forced to walk the streets like Cersei Lannister. Actually my post is a bit harsh looking back. We all talk ***** when we go off on passionate rants. Come forth and ask forgiveness children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 I love an @Alpha rant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 2 minutes ago, rynny said: I love an @Alpha rant Not so great the next day when read them back. I do them at home and have to apologise. Anyway, you've had a few of your own lately. But for some reason you put it in multiple posts. 1 post 10 paragraphs 5000+ words The way you do it people argue back because they can remember the original point. You don't have to pay for ink mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 16 hours ago, MackworthRamIsGod said: So what is he saying? Morris is a bell end? More likely that the Derby fans who misinterpreted what was said by Mel, and which was reiterated time and time again on here by those who attended the Breakfast Club, could have perhaps benefited by not jumping to conclusions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 2 minutes ago, eddie said: More likely that the Derby fans who misinterpreted what was said by Mel, and which was reiterated time and time again on here by those who attended the Breakfast Club, could have perhaps benefited by not jumping to conclusions. Can't blame em, the message from Mel has been drowned out by the lack of pork based products! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 2 minutes ago, reveldevil said: Can't blame em, the message from Mel has been drowned out by the lack of pork based products! Amazing how a rasher or two can aid comprehension. It's probably the source of the saying "Let me digest that for a moment..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 2 hours ago, G-Ram said: All the 'mel wants to stay down' and the 'we dont want promotion thos season' brigade should all come on here and apologise. I would be interested to see how many posters you could find saying this. There seems to be a lot of 'calling people out' or whatever you youngsters call it these days, but no evidence yet that anyone actually said this. I seem to recall a few posters repeating Mel's comments that it wasn't '**** or bust', non-promotion wouldn't get Clement the sack if we were progressing and the plan/budget was to go up in one of the next 3 seasons. I also seem to recall a massive over-reaction from posters who didn't have the comprehension skills to realise that most of the time 2+2=4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mos_Ram Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 The way I saw Mel's comments at the time of Clement's sacking was that promotion was not the target 'at any cost'. The objective was and is to build a sustainable structure and a team that will survive in the Premier League, when promotion comes. Do this, and promotion will happen. I believe the whole club has been behind the promotion push but without losing sight of the long term goal. Better to get promoted in year two or three and stay there than get promoted in year one and come straight back down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 1 hour ago, Alpha said: Not so great the next day when read them back. I do them at home and have to apologise. Anyway, you've had a few of your own lately. But for some reason you put it in multiple posts. 1 post 10 paragraphs 5000+ words The way you do it people argue back because they can remember the original point. You don't have to pay for ink mate I get bored half way through typing long posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richinspain Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 1 hour ago, rynny said: I get bored half way through typing long posts I get bored ty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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