Gee SCREAMER !! Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Ghost of Clough said: We'd still have Davies, Forsyth, Bielik and Kazim. Ebosele would outmuscle most players too. Add a few signings in there and I don't think physicality would be the issue. My concern is whether the remaining youngsters are ready for L1 ability wise. Davies probably won't play again, Bielik will be sold or will be injured here a la Thorne on a wage we can't afford, Richards had his 10 game swansong and has looked every minute of his age over the last 7 or 8 games. If Ebosele is anywhere near decent he'll get a championship move or shift to lower prem U23 side during a fire sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said: Bielik wouldn't drop a league. Is Davies still with us next season? Fozzy isn't one to put himself about. Bielik is injured - can't see anyone coming in for him until he proves his fitness. Davies' contract expires in the summer, but we'd probably look at extending it for a season given his experience will be vital in such a young side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BramcoteRam84 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, JayRam1 said: I’m not on about his backing. I’m on about his decisions! He can keep putting money into the club but if he’s constantly making bad decisions he’s going to end up losing it quicker than he’s put in. That wasn’t my point. While he’s around we’re not going into administration and therefore we won’t go through league 1 into league 2 as some seem to think we will. You can criticise his decisions and many have, but it’s easy to blame him. Hasn’t he just tried to help us compete in an unfair playing field? FWIW I think he made huge mistakes but mostly in his first couple of seasons. Unfortunately the ridiculous FFP rules mean we’re still paying the price for those decisions 4 or 5 years later. IslandExile, Carnero and angieram 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Ram Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 1 hour ago, IslandExile said: Things are now really bad. Worst squad we've had for a very long time. Newbie manager who seems to be having little impact. One failed takeover after another. I was afraid of us being relegated but I'm now starting to see that there could be a positive side to it. Chance to regroup. Clear the decks. Review the management team - at the very least. Thank the players out of contract or not pulling their weight. Build a team around the quality youngsters. Establish a way of playing. Win a few games, heck score a few goals even. Forget Sunderland and Portsmouth, there are enough examples of teams that have dropped down and come back much stronger..... Southampton, the Dirties, Leicester, and this season: Hull. Heck even Derby in the 80s - thanks to Arthur Cox. And for those of us who lived through it, it was a lot of fun, a damn sight more than we're having at the moment. So, it may not be such a bad thing. The counter argument is that we won't find a buyer, Mel will pull the plug in terms of cash and we'll go into Administration and sink further into the mire. No, I think it is just an excuse to make relegation feel better.... Jourdan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePrisoner Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 At least in League 1 we'd pretty much always play at 3pm on a Saturday! GB SPORTS and 48 hours 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramley Apple Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilsonram12 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Derby was a division 3 club when I first started following them, and as much fun at times it was rising through the leagues, I don't think it'll be that easy this time round, we would be most clubs cup final, look at Sunderland for example of recent times and Ipswich, you don't always get a wolves/fester etc, you could even end up a bolton so staying up is imperative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazaDunn Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 This club has gone backwards two steps every single year since the Mac playoff final. We’ve taken so many steps back, I truly believe this club needs 20-30m invested on the pitch in 7-8 good championship players immediately. I haven’t worried about relegation at all this season until today. I truly fear the worst. No more papering over holes with loan signings for the spine of the team, no more expensive signings which are too risky. Just decent championship players and build from there. League 1 is not an option for this football club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuespachRam Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 It would be great. Some of the best times In my football life were in division 3. trips to Blackpool, Lincoln, donnie, Plymouth, Wimbledon maybe even morecambe..what’s not to love about that.? we aren’t going up into the top division anytime soon, so why not go down and have a change of scenery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PendineRam Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, MuespachRam said: It would be great. Some of the best times In my football life were in division 3. trips to Blackpool, Lincoln, donnie, Plymouth, Wimbledon maybe even morecambe..what’s not to love about that.? we aren’t going up into the top division anytime soon, so why not go down and have a change of scenery. We might even win the odd game and, who knows, score a few goals!! MuespachRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuespachRam Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Just now, PendineRam said: We might even win the odd game and, who knows, score a few goals!! That’s the spirit.! (And we will get rid of Lawrence!) wazza’s at the wheel...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyram59 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 NO NO NO AND NO, League 1 is going backwards. Anyone who is happy to go into League 1 is negative in there thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeds Ram Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 With Alonso as our chairman and Rooney still in charge it'd be watching a football car crash every single weekend. I could easily see us getting stuck down there for a few years before we managed to claw our way back out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minesahartington Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I said that to a Sunderland ST holding mate. He stopped me on my tracks and said “ no way, you forget how bad it is. It’s not so simple to get out and everything about the quality is awful. Very hard to play your way out with silky football. It’s like a whirlpool of poo” his words... Ravabeerbelly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minesahartington Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, minesahartington said: I said that to a Sunderland ST holding mate. He stopped me on my tracks and said “ no way, you forget how bad it is. It’s not so simple to get out and everything about the quality is awful. Very hard to play your way out with silky football. It’s like a whirlpool of poo” his words... He didn’t say “poo” MuespachRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Just now, minesahartington said: He didn’t say “poo” I bet he loves League 1 really?! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robglosta Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Playing against Rotherham level cloggers every week - no way, the exact profile of side we always struggle against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 FFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marriot Ram99 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I don't want to watch Park football next season, plenty of places where you can watch that for free. Feel like we will stay up just about, but need at least a draw on Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 We are doing a solid Sunderland repeat here,a once great club hurtling towards extreme financial insecurity if not bankruptcy and in the final death throws of not surviiving in this division. By next season,I expect that 95 percent of the players and coaching staff will have left,Rooney returns back to man u to a much lesser role to actually get his badges done (never to even think of us again)and the Alonso deal or indeed any deal never happens leaving us standing,hands in pockets and open mouthed watching a side full of unknowns slogging it out in league 1. We never get out season ticket money back and all resort to radio Derby in indignation. Or the exact opposite somehow,miraculously happens and we live happily ever after......seems like a fantasy at the moment but who bloody knows. Right,now I've got that out of the way in going to walk the the dogs,wash the car and have a nice bacon sandwich. NottsRammy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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