richinspain Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 With the Sheikh many thought/hoped that he was a billionaire and that very soon we'd be Man City's main rival. It now appears that Alonso is 100% a chancer and we're going to be in the First Division for years to come. He's stating his ambitions. Time will tell if he's talking out of his arris. Rammy03, angieram and FlyBritishMidland 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 8 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said: Well we've fallen fairly far already during Mel's tenure. If we have a 'big' stated aim - even if it's a long way off - then it might encourage players to come, even if it only sways them by 10% it might make a difference. Oh don’t get me wrong, I agree with that 100%. Just not sure this bloke will be any better. It’s a fair argument, but it may also swing the other way - might make players think there’s a deluded muppet running the club and there’s no chance they’ll come here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 9 minutes ago, TheresOnlyWanChope said: Well...... Forest owner said he’s taking Forest to the Premier League and among the elite so they can’t say too much either! Very true! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 7 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said: What would you have liked him to say instead? "The eventual goal is to scrape PL survival every year like Newcastle and Palace" "The eventual goal is to fluke a promotion" "The eventual goal is to reach the playoffs" The eventual goal is to stay in the Championship" I don’t mind having ambition. Just probably not wise to come out with comments like this right now. ariotofmyown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Happy talk, keep talking happy talk, Talk about things you'd like to do, You gotta have a dream, if you don't have a dream, How you gonna have a dream come true? IslandExile, norwichram and richinspain 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 52 minutes ago, Ambitious said: Outstanding. We have all on staying in the Championship, having scored 13 goals from open play in 41 games, so talk of the Champions League is only going to add to the current mockery this club is under. Slightly ironic, given your name. Premier ram, norwichram and ariotofmyown 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 50 minutes ago, BucksRam said: Interesting is one way to describe it. "The eventual goal is the Champions League. I dream big" Scrapping to stay in the Championship to getting into the Champions League, all in one interview. Is he referring to the European Super League? ? BucksRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarterForTen Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I suppose there is some merit in aiming for the stars. After all, if you only make it 0.0001% of the way there you've still gone further than any other human being! Ken Tram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROSSWORD Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I really miss Lionel Pickering? hintonsboots 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GboroRam Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I'm a bit disappointed. Why not aim to win the World Cup, and finish it off with the 6 nations? Ken Tram and Wolfie 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BathRam72 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 1 hour ago, richinspain said: Sorry 1 hour ago, Reggie Greenwood said: Pretty sure it was White shirts , blue shorts and red numbers then ? Definitely Black and white Van der MoodHoover and Reggie Greenwood 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbados Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I find it really odd that he is all over the media, talking about getting us to the Champions league, £150 million on players, he’s got investors, he hasn’t got investors and it’s just his money blah blah blah He doesn’t even own the club yet! Talk about running before you can even crawl! Carl Sagan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BathRam72 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Ambitious said: Outstanding. We have all on staying in the Championship, having scored 13 goals from open play in 41 games, so talk of the Champions League is only going to add to the current mockery this club is under. Ambitious in name only eh? 56 minutes ago, StarterForTen said: Agreed. I was all for this guy's enthusiasm, but that line just makes him look like a twonk. Football club ambitions should be aligned to weight loss - concentrate on hitting the small, achievable goals before you start talking about the designer clothes three sizes smaller! Well if he had said, Our first aim will be to build a team in the 1st division and hopefully in 5 or 6 years we will attempt to get back into the Championship and really establish ourselves there. You wouldn't be very happy would you? Ken Tram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 58 minutes ago, Millenniumram said: He’s definitely setting himself up for a fall with some of these comments ? Bet all the rival fans, especially the Forest lot, have that Champions League quote screenshot and ready to go for when we start next season away to Accrington! I think it's no worse him having ambition than the opposite, where you seem to delight in having us relegated before we actually are. Either might happen, but what you talk about says more about the individual than the circumstance. Grimbeard, Carnero, Reggie Greenwood and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariotofmyown Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 15 minutes ago, Derbados said: I find it really odd that he is all over the media, talking about getting us to the Champions league, £150 million on players, he’s got investors, he hasn’t got investors and it’s just his money blah blah blah He doesn’t even own the club yet! Talk about running before you can even crawl! Imagine how much he might have said if he hadn't been making comments until the deal was done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 53 minutes ago, Millenniumram said: Oh don’t get me wrong, I agree with that 100%. Just not sure this bloke will be any better. It’s a fair argument, but it may also swing the other way - might make players think there’s a deluded muppet running the club and there’s no chance they’ll come here. I think most players are "deluded muppets" themselves - they all think they should be playing in the Champions League! And why not? If you don't believe in your own ability, who will? I remember reading an interview with Johnny Russell about this. He knew that the 13-14 season was his best opportunity to have a go at the big time, and the same could be said for most of that team (only a few having gone on to a career in the PL elsewhere.) If that TEAM had gone up and stayed fit, then some of them may well have got to play in the Champions League if not for Derby, then elsewhere. Rammy03 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Greenwood Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Millenniumram said: Why not just talk about Sheffield Wednesday though, a team he genuinely made a bid for? No need to bring Cardiff into the conversation. Because he was asked a question which other teams have you spoken to and he responded with those 2 which he had. Bet if he hadn’t mentioned Cardiff and it came out later some would find a problem with that. There might be issues but let’s not find them where none are. FlyBritishMidland, norwichram, Phoenix and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Just to add, it is worth listening to the Radio Derby interview in full rather than reading this typical BBC website clickbait article, which takes this comment completely out of context and writes the short piece around that. Presumably because the "journalist" who wrote it (I use the term loosely) knew exactly how people would react. The whole interview is much more balanced and is quite a good listen. ariotofmyown, May Contain Nuts, Gaspode and 7 others 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 8 minutes ago, angieram said: I think it's no worse him having ambition than the opposite, where you seem to delight in having us relegated before we actually are. Either might happen, but what you talk about says more about the individual than the circumstance. Similar applies to those who say we have no chance of playoffs next season in my opinion. Just look at Reading and Barnsley. Take Reading for example. They finished just 7 points outside the bottom 3. They have pretty much the same squad as last year. Signed a 25 year old on a free from Shrewsbury and got 3 loans in - 2 squad players and a backup player. However, that year of struggle meant their promising youngsters gained vital experience. 5 of their 12 most used players this season came through their academy and are only in their very early 20's. Sounds somewhat familiar to our situation? Ken Tram, Ramarena, DCFC1388 and 3 others 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 1 minute ago, Ghost of Clough said: Similar applies to those who say we have no chance of playoffs next season in my opinion. Just look at Reading and Barnsley. Take Reading for example. They finished just 7 points outside the bottom 3. They have pretty much the same squad as last year. Signed a 25 year old on a free from Shrewsbury and got 3 loans in - 2 squad players and a backup player. However, that year of struggle meant their promising youngsters gained vital experience. 5 of their 12 most used players this season came through their academy and are only in their very early 20's. Sounds somewhat familiar to our situation? Wouldn't that be wonderful if we could do the same with our Academy players? How special would that be? Premier ram, Wolfie, Ken Tram and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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