DavesaRam Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 On 11/02/2020 at 19:16, Will Hughes Hair said: Cor that was blooming cold, especially coming straight from the office. I think I'm still thawing out four hours later! I thought we were clearly the better team and it was a fair result and that's without the best three Derby players from this age group! That's pretty impressive when you think about it. Every member of that squad should be feeling ten feet tall. Special mentions to Whitaker and Sibley. It's clear to see why they've already been involved in and around the first team. You'd have to think more will follow their lead from this group but as bodies and minds mature at different rates I wouldn't discount anyone at this point. As for MOTM, I'd plump for J Brown. Not seen him at CDM before but as @angieram pointed out a while ago he's really grown into that role. I'm also beginning to think that as well as being A Brown's twin he might also be L Sibley's twin. Quite some talent being a Brown twin and a blonde twin at the same time ? A big up to fellow Rams who braved the elements, far more of us there than I expected. Good fun with our limited singing section taking on the Borussia screaming horde too. And respect to the Germans, if only for their ability to get four syllables out of Bo-russ-see-ya ? Ps Oh and just because I'm not sure if @DavesaRam was trucking elsewhere: The ref, despite letting the German's get away with some cynical stuff in the second half, had a good game. #Thanks for covering for me - I was in Iceland for this one. So Booooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! What's the ref thinking of, not giving us owt to moan at? You just can't get the refs these days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbles Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 Derby County (ENG), Ajax (NED), Atalanta (ITA), Bayern München (GER), Benfica (POR), Internazionale Milano (ITA), Juventus (ITA), Liverpool (ENG), Real Madrid (ESP) Atlético Madrid (ESP), Crvena zvezda (SRB), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO), Lyon (FRA), Midtjylland (DEN), Rennes (FRA), Salzburg (AUT) Real Madrid at home please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 26 minutes ago, Squid said: Derby County (ENG), Ajax (NED), Atalanta (ITA), Bayern München (GER), Benfica (POR), Internazionale Milano (ITA), Juventus (ITA), Liverpool (ENG) Real Madrid (ESP) Atlético Madrid (ESP) Crvena zvezda (SRB) Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) Lyon (FRA), Midtjylland (DEN), Rennes (FRA), Salzburg (AUT) Real Madrid at home please! Not many of those sides were the best in their league last season. Only Derby County (ENG), Ajax (NED), Atalanta (ITA), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO), Midtjylland (DEN), and Salzburg (AUT) Munich came 4th in 1 of 3 groups. Juventus came 8th in 1 group. Real Madrid came 2nd in 1 of 7 groups (losing in QF). Atl Madrid won their group but lost in the QF. Lyon came 3rd in 1 of 4 groups. The others weren't far off winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Ghost of Clough said: Not many of those sides were the best in their league last season. Only Derby County (ENG), Ajax (NED), Atalanta (ITA), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO), Midtjylland (DEN), and Salzburg (AUT) Munich came 4th in 1 of 3 groups. Juventus came 8th in 1 group. Real Madrid came 2nd in 1 of 7 groups (losing in QF). Atl Madrid won their group but lost in the QF. Lyon came 3rd in 1 of 4 groups. The others weren't far off winning. It's quite irksome that some clubs get put straight through to these final stages just because of who they are, rather than by earning it. But good for us, I suppose. Juventus it is, then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Borussia Dortmund: 'We don't buy superstars, we make them' https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51471587 Quote Dortmund's philosophy emerged from the financial crisis that brought the club to its knees in 2004, seven years after Ricken scored on the greatest night in the club's history, as they won the European Cup for the first - and so far, only - time. Dortmund's last Bundesliga-winning team under Jurgen Klopp in 2012 included homegrown Mario Gotze and Mats Hummels, who joined them as an untested 19-year-old. Both were subsequently sold to Bayern Munich for a combined £60m. "Ousmane Dembele and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang weren't superstars when they came to Dortmund," said Ricken, who watched his under-19s side lose to Derby in a Uefa Youth League play-off at Pride Park on Tuesday. "We developed them to become superstars. It is very important for the club... "Trophies are very important but, especially in Dortmund, the attitude you are playing with, the passion, emotion and never giving up is as important." Awww, no U19s UEFA trophy for them this season! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 2 hours ago, RoyMac5 said: Borussia Dortmund: 'We don't buy superstars, we make them' https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51471587 Awww, no U19s UEFA trophy for them this season! ? The BBC had clearly part written this article expecting Dortmund to go through - fair enough they are an established conveyor belt for young talent. However, the young Rams barely get a mention. Perhaps, they could have taken a different slant and written a positive story about Derby's academy beating one of Europe's finest. We could do with some positive media attention for once. COYR ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Excited for the draw tomorrow. Just imagine what it would be like if the first team ever got into Europe. Id die an happy man if I managed to watch us in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 6 hours ago, RoyMac5 said: Borussia Dortmund: 'We don't buy superstars, we make them' https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51471587 Awww, no U19s UEFA trophy for them this season! ? 4 players shown in the images: Man City academy player, a player they signed aged 23, a 19 year signing from Salzburg, who was playing in Norway last season, and a 17 year old signing from the USA. Further on it takes about Reyna, a 17 year old signing from the USA. They also took 19 year old Hummells on loan from Munich before buying him a year later. Dembele was another 19 year old signing. The can have Gotze though. Buy in young players with potential. Play them. Sell them on for a big profit. They don’t ‘make them’. They develop them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 10 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said: Buy in young players with potential. Play them. Sell them on for a big profit. They don’t ‘make them’. They develop them. Another reason we need to get into the Prem, pulling power, to also do it as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wignall12 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 9 hours ago, angieram said: It's quite irksome that some clubs get put straight through to these final stages just because of who they are, rather than by earning it. But good for us, I suppose. Juventus it is, then! Bring em on .....we owe them one BIG STYLE ! ...those of a certain age will know where I'm coming from......??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Saunder’s hat trick Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Dreamt we drew Real Madrid at home in this last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFox1993 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 I'm hoping for one of the smaller teams , would love to go as far in this as possible ! up the rams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 There's too many pages on this thread for me to check (? it, btw) - so does anyone know what time and where the draw is being made today, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, angieram said: There's too many pages on this thread for me to check (? it, btw) - so does anyone know what time and where the draw is being made today, please? Midday, and you can watch it here https://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Just now, Srg said: Midday, and you can watch it here https://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/ Thanks - I have just seen @Ghost of Clough 's posts in the other thread too. Thanks to both of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackworthRamIsGod Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 All eyes on the draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackworthRamIsGod Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Salzburg away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Move into the academy thread, folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackworthRamIsGod Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 6 minutes ago, SaintRam said: Move into the academy thread, folks. Oh yes, silly me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WharfedaleRam Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Just read the BBC piece about Dortmund’s youth policy. Couldn’t see any reference to our having beaten them the other day! Maybe our lengthy article on the success of our fantastic academy is to follow but somehow....I doubt it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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