GB SPORTS Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Trying to give some thought to using the pause in the season as an opportunity to improve things ref Derby or football in general. As per Rooney's article it could give us an opportunity to line the seasons up with World Cup in 2022 and then claw back a month every closed season until we are back to square one again ( I haven't given a thought to any other consequences of this). My example is more partisan than this, a month or two's break now will give the PP pitch the chance to recover a little and the another break from say August to January should be ample time to restore it to it's former health. As anyone got any suggestions that would help clubs make the best out of a difficult situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Injuries is the big one. Any player currently out with anything other than a real long term injury is likely to be fit when we resume play - for us, that means we’ll have the likes of Holmes and Huddlestone fit and available, which could be a big boost. If it takes until September as some rumours are suggesting, then even long term absentees might return. For example, it’s not entirely beyond the realms of possibility that we have Bielik available for the last 9 games of the season. Having him at centre back could be game changing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 4 hours ago, Millenniumram said: Injuries is the big one. Any player currently out with anything other than a real long term injury is likely to be fit when we resume play - for us, that means we’ll have the likes of Holmes and Huddlestone fit and available, which could be a big boost. If it takes until September as some rumours are suggesting, then even long term absentees might return. For example, it’s not entirely beyond the realms of possibility that we have Bielik available for the last 9 games of the season. Having him at centre back could be game changing. If it was September, could Te Wierik be with us by then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 1 minute ago, TigerTedd said: If it was September, could Te Wierik be with us by then? In theory he would be contracted to us, so he would be “our player” - but he won’t be registered to play in the league as we won’t have had a registration window, assuming they move the transfer window, which I expect they will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europia Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Since it's reported that coronavirus will only peak in a few months time, it's hard to see anymore games being played this season. One possible advantage to that is if we could take our points deduction this season. As things stand today (if it were 12 points), it appears we would escape relegation by goal difference, resulting in a clean slate for next seasons push for promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orphanram Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Rooney’s ideas on this are quite interesting. Playing a full season within a Calendar year could be quite good. Late Jan start, mid season break in the summer for rest and tournaments and Season finale on Boxing Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roots Manuva Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 missing Bielik for fewer games? scraping the barrel here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scarlet Pimpernel Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 On 15/03/2020 at 20:45, europia said: Since it's reported that coronavirus will only peak in a few months time, it's hard to see anymore games being played this season. One possible advantage to that is if we could take our points deduction this season. As things stand today (if it were 12 points), it appears we would escape relegation by goal difference, resulting in a clean slate for next seasons push for promotion. Not been here for a while. Have we been given a points deduction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europia Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, The Orange Pimpernel said: Not been here for a while. Have we been given a points deduction? No, it's all still ongoing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BathRam72 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 On 15/03/2020 at 15:14, Millenniumram said: Injuries is the big one. Any player currently out with anything other than a real long term injury is likely to be fit when we resume play - for us, that means we’ll have the likes of Holmes and Huddlestone fit and available, which could be a big boost. If it takes until September as some rumours are suggesting, then even long term absentees might return. For example, it’s not entirely beyond the realms of possibility that we have Bielik available for the last 9 games of the season. Having him at centre back could be game changing. This would be the same for every club. (Different players of course). So although our squad may be or appear to be stronger, so would the rest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 13 minutes ago, BathRam72 said: This would be the same for every club. (Different players of course). So although our squad may be or appear to be stronger, so would the rest Indeed so. Still, some teams will have worse injury lists than others, and will benefit more from the gap in play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Pride Park attendances will increase. We will all be twice the size and need to buy two tickets to sit down comfortably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_rams Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 On 15/03/2020 at 20:08, TigerTedd said: If it was September, could Te Wierik be with us by then? Should be yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_rams Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 19 hours ago, The Orange Pimpernel said: Not been here for a while. Have we been given a points deduction? I think I see somewhere that the deadline for this on 31st March but things probably on hold for now due virus situation though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaaLocks Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Been over a month since we conceded from a set piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Any chance you can dim down the bold type, @mr_rams? Pretty please! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 8 hours ago, David said: Pride Park attendances will increase. We will all be twice the size and need to buy two tickets to sit down comfortably. ....then surely the attendances will decrease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 On 15/03/2020 at 21:32, Orphanram said: Rooney’s ideas on this are quite interesting. Playing a full season within a Calendar year could be quite good. Late Jan start, mid season break in the summer for rest and tournaments and Season finale on Boxing Day. Similar opportunity missed at youth level. Could've changed the schedule to have the break in winter instead of summer. The amount of matchdays called off in winter due to waterlogged/frozen pitches makes it impossible to ever complete a season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_rams Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 42 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said: Any chance you can dim down the bold type, @mr_rams? Pretty please! ? Ok Ok Ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 11 hours ago, RamNut said: ....then surely the attendances will decrease. In bodies yes but ticket sales up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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