Rev Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Just heard McClaren interview, we've missed out on a couple who'd definitely improve us, so we'll go with what we've got unless something pops up. I'm guessing the two are Lansbury and Martin, but it's good to hear that we're not buying for the sake of it, which we've done far too much of recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrowram Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Not signing Lansbury was disappointing but Fawaz was unlikely to sell him to Derby. The Hearts right back who suffered a serious injury in December was very unfortunate. I would still like to know who sanctioned the loan of our top striker without a recall clause. It was absolute madness! Other than the aforementioned I can't see that Derby have missed anyone of substance. At least we can look forward to the return of Johnson, Butterfield, Anya, Christie and Blackman. Brighton ,Wednesday, and Reading all had players sent off this weekend which won't help their causes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimRam Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 At least no panic buys of £5m+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWRam Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 6 hours ago, RadioactiveWaste said: @Ramdoc Welcome I don't think De Sart and Nuge aren't bad bits of business in themselves but I agree, overall our transfers haven't been god for a while. Its about time we signed God! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 8 minutes ago, SWRam said: Its about time we signed God! We did in 1995 from Hajduk Split Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 9 minutes ago, SWRam said: Its about time we signed God! Well, man city got Jesus.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 6 hours ago, LazloW said: Nicely encapsulates my own feelings on this and many other posts. Not sure if I'm imagining it, but there seems to have been a recent influx of new posters with, shall we say, extreme(ly negative) views. Gumps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Panic over for the time being. I do think we need a proper striker/hold up man though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramarena Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 On 21 January 2017 at 11:55, Inverurie Ram said: I heard we're trying to sign Donald Trump, and some young new kids on the block, with surnames Lewis & Harkes and some American bunch that nearly bought Notts Forest are going to buy us instead, and we will all be singing Zippy De Do Dah in the stands by February and drinking all that American Beer that Eddie drinks, and before we know it, we will of signed God and turning the football into a rugby ball, and calling it an American one and tossing the thing between our legs and shouting Hup, Hup, Hup.........yep it's the end of the world or we could just accept another home defeat against Reading! Or neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertRam Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Nothing wrong with Nugent and De Sart, but would sooner have younger hungrier players than Macormack , however if Steve thinks he can do the business - I'll go along with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnstile Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Anya blackman vydra butterfield Johnson Olsson [did we buy the wrong one] camara 30 million or there abouts WASTED.NONE OF IT BY MCLAREN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Ram Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 To be fair if we get our act together which we have been doing under mac then the players we have are good enough for top six its better than panic buying... in hindsighg when mac left the first time & clement came in then pearson all we needed was one or two quality additions not an overhaul understand butters & johnson buys due to injury but other than a handful of players we havent improved on playing staff since the playoff final under mac & them improvements such as ince were originally brough in by mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 13 minutes ago, swiftur said: Anya blackman vydra butterfield Johnson Olsson [did we buy the wrong one] camara 30 million or there abouts WASTED.NONE OF IT BY MCLAREN. Think that the olsson one's a bit harsh given we were down to bare bones in that position - I didn't think we signed him to improve the squad. The rest - fair enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannable Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 We've bought so poorly for a controlling 433 that we could have actually been a very good, solid, counter-attacking 442 team! Carson Baird Albentosa/Pearce Shackell Olsson Anya Butters BJ Camara Vydra/Weimann Bent/Wilson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 1 hour ago, swiftur said: Anya blackman vydra butterfield Johnson Olsson [did we buy the wrong one] camara 30 million or there abouts WASTED.NONE OF IT BY MCLAREN. I am no fan of most of them but I believe you are being very harsh. Butterfield Johnson and Olson have all contributed positively I also believe Vydra will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnstile Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 15 minutes ago, Sparkle said: I am no fan of most of them but I believe you are being very harsh. Butterfield Johnson and Olson have all contributed positively I also believe Vydra will. I hoped Butterfield come good but am very disappointed with him,johnson as well. forgot Shackell earlier, why buy him back for 3 million!!!.why did pearce have to wait so long for a regular game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincolnshire Ram Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Some of these bought before the return of the mac. Give him time to sort out his best team Have faith and PATIENCE ? COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennington Ram Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Properly harsh in my view to write off Anya as a waste of money, he's looked good filling in at left back and certainly no worse than JR for most of this season. Good player, versatile, hasn't had a proper run in the squad but seems to have a really good attitude. What's the beef? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Eagle's Barmy Army Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 17 hours ago, swiftur said: Anya blackman vydra butterfield Johnson Olsson [did we buy the wrong one] camara 30 million or there abouts WASTED.NONE OF IT BY MCLAREN. Who's this Vydra bloke, I don't think I've ever seen or heard his name before??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramsbottom Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 On 1/21/2017 at 12:10, RamNut said: which deals would we agree with? carson june 2015 free - i wasn't excited by the signing even though i thought Grant was rubbish. I would probably have gone for bentley but carson has done very well. Weale - august 2016 nil - stupid blockhead deal. Its a no from me. Christie - july 2914 £250k - yes. Spotted him playing for coventry and thought this was a good value deal at the time. Shackell- july 2015 - £3m - not a good fee for a 32 yr old but i would have done the deal as he seemed certain to solve our defensive frailties, and for one season he did exactly that. Not looking such a great deal now. Baird - june 2015 free - another player who was a short term 32 yr old - i wouldn't have signed him but i can understand why we did. Pearce - june 2015 free - why Shackell and Pearce? - i'm sure we thought we were going to be selling keogh. Strange one. If we were keeping keogh and signing shackell, then i wouldn't have signed Pearce, but he was clearly good value for a freebie and shows that there were always better options out there than Albentosa. He's done well so comes into the same catagory as Carson. Olsson - Jan 2016 £500k - not a player i had ever really noticed. Ok signing but not one i'd have thought of. Ambivalent. Anya - august 2016 £4m - at 29 years of age? Another stupid blockhead signing. Old players who rely on speed have dodgy hamstrings. 17 starts for watford the previous season? Bad one. Ince - july 2015 £4.75m - 23 years old - the right age but i wouldn't have paid that fee at that time. with hindsight transfer fees were rocketting. Still would be a no from me. Maybe he is proving his value now. Hope so. Johnson - august 2015 £6m - 28 year old at the time. No. Too expensive. Despite reinventing himself as a good holding midfielder i think we signed a dud. Butterfield - august 2015 £4m - this is another Olsson category signing for me - not a player i knew much about. 25year old at the time. Due to the injuries to hughes and bryson, i might ultimately have been persuaded to pay a million over the odds to sign him. He looked great when he first came. Looks duff now. Hopefully he can come good again and remember we play towards the goal. Journeyman for a reason? Thorne - july 2014 - £3m - yes yes yes yes yes. Was just a name before the loan. After the loan our entire existence seemed to depend on signing George. Tragic series of severe injuries but its still a yes. Bent - june 2016 nil - 31 years old at the time. Its a no from me. Huge wages. Doesn't really suit the system. Was never going to be happy as a reserve. No. Camara - jan 2016 - £1.5m. I can understand our brief foray into europe looking for value, however as i said at the time, this has Mo camara's mits all over it and he has a dreadful track record as a scout. Also the french league isn't really that great. For every payet and mahrez there are a dozen camara's. Its a no from me simply because i wouldn't back mo camara as a scout but i understand why we did. Blackman - jan 2016 - £3m? - no simply because he hadn't done enough and surely we weren't that desperate. Now he is here i would like him to be given a chance otherwise what was the point? Vydra - august 2016 - £8m - no. I never rated him previously and that is a huge fee. He doesn't suit our 433 but at the time we were going to scrap that system and that team. Its still a no but actually i like him as a player more than i did. Just not for us in a 433. Another blackman, having signed him he should be given a fair chance. Nugent - jan 2017 - £2.5m for a 31 year old. No no no. How many times do we make the same mistake. Too old. Isn't likely to suit the system. We already got three strikers in the same catagory. When he played for Preston YES - but not now. Weimann - july 2015 £2m - same as vydra. Second striker when we don't play 442. Not a bad price. Good age. Obviously someone thought it was worth a gamble and maybe it was. I stopped reading when you said Ince wasn't worth the fee we paid. With some of the fees being paid this season, he's been an absolute f***in' steal!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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