Poynton ram Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 New poster to the forum but have been following the rams for over 40 years. Whilst I know money talks do players not want to come to Derby because of its geographical location? I know that might be true for a number of clubs outside of London and the north west but when you see players like Tammy Abraham going to Bristol City it does make you wonder. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kevin Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 In the grand scheme of things Derby is a nice city ,lovely countryside [if you like that sort of thing] great rail and motorway links ,whats not to like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Derbyshire is a great county. Derby the city I've never felt a great attraction for and mother Hants (who was born in Peartree) fondly describes it variously as "orrible" or "a dump". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenBr Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 2 minutes ago, King Kevin said: In the grand scheme of things Derby is a nice city ,lovely countryside [if you like that sort of thing] great rail and motorway links ,whats not to like. It is a small city though. Quiet compared to Manchester, London, Birmingham - even Bristol - not saying it is a bad thing, but it is understandable why people might not want to come here. However having said that - everyone has a price and not everyone wants to live in a big city - I don't really think it would play that much of a role in whether a player would want to come here if we were determined to get them. I think our main issue at the moment is that our recruitment policy seems to be based on looking at the rest of the Championship and then buying their player of the year regardless of whether they would actually work in our team or are any good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poynton ram Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 I agree GenBr - I know it is 20 years ago but I look at some of Jim Smith's signings that came out of nowhere. Many of those players I had never heard of, Ron Willems, Rowett, Sean Flynn, Chris Powell, Igor but they seemed to gell quickly during the promotion season. Would be great to unearth a couple of gems in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Nah Derby is lovely in many ways. Stoke have players, Boro have players, there are players in Scotland believe it or not. I don't think Derby are unattractive at all geographically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritstone Ram Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I think being close to Nottingham will put a lot of players off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Would not be in the slightest bit surprised if many players move clubs without even looking around the area they are moving to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kevin Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 2 minutes ago, Gritters said: I think being close to Nottingham will put a lot of players off. Hey ,I fooking live in Nottingham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve How Hard? Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 3 minutes ago, Gritters said: I think being close to Nottingham will put a lot of players off. I was just about to put exactly the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve How Hard? Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 1 minute ago, King Kevin said: Hey ,I fooking live in Nottingham Unlucky, we all have a cross to bare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritstone Ram Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 10 minutes ago, King Kevin said: Hey ,I fooking live in Nottingham Chin up It could be worse a lot worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 3 minutes ago, Gritters said: Chin up It could be worse a lot worse. Yeh he could live in Stoke like @uttoxram75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inglorius Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Poynton ram said: New poster to the forum but have been following the rams for over 40 years. Whilst I know money talks do players not want to come to Derby because of its geographical location? I know that might be true for a number of clubs outside of London and the north west but when you see players like Tammy Abraham going to Bristol City it does make you wonder. Thoughts? Who's Tammy Abraham? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poynton ram Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 Chelsea loanee who our defenders couldn't deal with when he scored twice for Bristol City at PP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hintonsboots Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I thought the attractiveness of a place to live is inversely proportional to how good it's football team is. People should be queuing up to live in Derby.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hintonsboots Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 32 minutes ago, Inglorius said: Who's Tammy Abraham? Are you employed by our scouting network? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackworthRamIsGod Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 2 hours ago, hintonsboots said: Are you employed by our scouting network? I laughed at that more than I should have. Tammy who? Nah not heard of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaRam Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I think the biggest problem is we aren't in for these players in the first place. We'd rather pay 8 mil for someone who can't get in the 18!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hintonsboots Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 48 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said: I laughed at that more than I should have. Tammy who? Nah not heard of him. Perhaps he thought he was a country and western singer. Mel will be humming"Stand by your man " if we lose tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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