Brammie Steve Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 5 hours ago, Shuff264 said: Its an opportunity for youth to play without pressure, also who wants to sit at home and watch Derby win the play offs in front of no crowd? I could live with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtoileSportiveDeDerby Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 We can have both. All we are missing is a rallying cry from B4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Doesn't our best team contain some young players? It doesn't need to be either or. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4derby Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 6 hours ago, Shuff264 said: Its an opportunity for youth to play without pressure, also who wants to sit at home and watch Derby win the play offs in front of no crowd? It would be fitting though, wouldn't it...failed on a number of occasions, including in front of fantastic vocal support at Wembley, but put us in an unnamed venue in front of no fans, superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dethorn Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Both youngsters will benefit from fixtures coming quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexxxxx Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Push push push! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europia Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 A good time to give fringe players and any promising young players a run in the team. We obviously aren't going to make the play offs, so nothing to lose in getting prepared early for next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFC4LIFE Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 12 minutes ago, europia said: A good time to give fringe players and any promising young players a run in the team. We obviously aren't going to make the play offs, so nothing to lose in getting prepared early for next season. We're only 5 points off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean (hick) Saunders Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Lets Go Go Go for it (I am B4) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramslad1992 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 I personally dont think we will make the playoffs but any team should play to.win every game, it would be pretty unprofessional to chuck some youngsters in just because we can whilst we still have a chance. 5 points is easy to make up but we will rely on teams above us dropping points (could be quite easy since we are playing most of them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black ('n' White) Sheep Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 11 hours ago, RamLad1884 said: Given recent announcements we're probably now less than a month until the return of competitive championship football. How are people feeling about the return? Should Cocu be preparing the squad to make a late(or is it now early?) push for the playoffs or should he try to get more youth players ready for the first team? Cocu should be putting out the best team available for each game... It just so happens some of our best players are our youngsters at the minute! I'm especially looking forward to seeing Sibley getting more game time; his full debut (and incidentally, the whole team performance on the day) just before lockdown against Blackburn was brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BathRam72 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 19 hours ago, Curtains said: Going to be very interesting how the players react to all this and what their fitness levels are. We could still make the playoffs I reckon. I would imagine all clubs will be concerned about fitness levels and will be working on them as we speak. What we do have in our favour is a pretty big squad, if we are to play nine games in a short period. But lets face it, no matter what the fitness levels are, all players have had 3 months off so should be fairly fresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elgin_Ram Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Probably a great time to slot more youngsters in. Less pressure from the fans. They will have more energy at the end of the game. Transfer possibilities in the future may not be great, so see how they fare. Cocu’s Babes. And the way this season has gone. It’s probably written in the stars that we finally get our stadium on Fifa and reach the Premier league and we all miss it. Up the Rams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackworthRamIsGod Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 5 points, 9 games to go, 27 points to play for, Millwall, Reading and Preston to play in the next 3 games. Cocu will have these players drilled and ready, we have Rooney, Martin bang in form, Huddlestone and Holmes back fit, then the small matter of Sibley introducing himself to the world of football. Anything is possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 39 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said: 5 points, 9 games to go, 27 points to play for, Millwall, Reading and Preston to play in the next 3 games. Cocu will have these players drilled and ready, we have Rooney, Martin bang in form, Huddlestone and Holmes back fit, then the small matter of Sibley introducing himself to the world of football. Anything is possible. Well we have Martin and Huddlestone until the end of June at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackworthRamIsGod Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 55 minutes ago, Sparkle said: Well we have Martin and Huddlestone until the end of June at least If the season continues, wont players have an automatic contract extension until the conclusion of the season? We could lose Martin, Huddlestone and Clarke otherwise at the end of June? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andicis Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 8 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said: If the season continues, wont players have an automatic contract extension until the conclusion of the season? We could lose Martin, Huddlestone and Clarke otherwise at the end of June? I don't think so. You can't force players to extend a contract if they don't want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4derby Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 15 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said: If the season continues, wont players have an automatic contract extension until the conclusion of the season? We could lose Martin, Huddlestone and Clarke otherwise at the end of June? Not an automatic extension, especially loans. Think we have to agree loan extensions with clubs individually, and probably contracts with our players too. Could be messy if teams lose a large number of players... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie20 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 10 minutes ago, Andicis said: I don't think so. You can't force players to extend a contract if they don't want to. You're right but why would they? After all, other than loans going back to their parent clubs, players out of contract can't sign for another team until the next transfer window opens and in the current situation, who knows when that might be. Better to take another months' money while they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andicis Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 8 minutes ago, Wolfie20 said: You're right but why would they? After all, other than loans going back to their parent clubs, players out of contract can't sign for another team until the next transfer window opens and in the current situation, who knows when that might be. Better to take another months' money while they can. If they already know where they're going, an injury might throw a spanner in the works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.