YouRams Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Not a doom and gloom thread, not a Rooney bashing thread, but a realist thread. Should we now be preparing for League 1 and stop the “we’ll fight till the end talk”? The task was neigh on impossible with the -21 points, even adding them back on we’d still be heading into a relegation battle, so for me we should start the preparations now. Any saleable asset that will save our club and reduce the hmrc debt we should be looking to move on for a fee in Jan, if this means resting them and “playing the kids” to avoid injuries then so be it, and if that makes us a lot less competitive that’s on the EFL’s head not ours. We should be giving as many minutes as possible to the ones that will be staying for the rebuild. taffyram and Cook1988 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 6 minutes ago, YouRams said: Not a doom and gloom thread, not a Rooney bashing thread, but a realist thread. Should we now be preparing for League 1 and stop the “we’ll fight till the end talk”? How would a team prepare for the Championship in the Prem? How does a team prepare for League 1? Tamworthram, taffyram, Bob The Badger and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouRams Posted December 4, 2021 Author Share Posted December 4, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said: How would a team prepare for the Championship in the Prem? How does a team prepare for League 1? Blood the youth as much as possible and rest the ones we’re moving on, even the most optimistic Rams fan surely knows deep down we have zero chance of staying up. Edited December 4, 2021 by YouRams taffyram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtoileSportiveDeDerby Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Prepared or not i just hope we've got a club and team to support. Just play the kids so they experience grown up fotball ready for next year YouRams and taffyram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 5 minutes ago, YouRams said: Blood the youth as much as possible and rest the ones we’re moving on, even the most optimistic Rams fan surely knows deep down we have zero chance of staying up. Let the young players sink and rest the players we hope someone will think can play? Rammy03 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouRams Posted December 4, 2021 Author Share Posted December 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said: Let the young players sink and rest the players we hope someone will think can play? That’s part of the risk do you leave them in the shop window and risk injury or like you say hope someone will pick them up on previous form. I can’t see anyone being critical of the young when we’re sinking anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckoBeast Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 HAVE to keep the youngsters especially Bird and Knight. And keep Shinnie, he’ll be a right pitbull in LG 1 Miggins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaragozaram Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Play Alsop Ebosele Cashin Davies (Cap) Williams Knight Bird Thompson Watson Sibley Plange Subs - Stretton, Hutchinson, McDonald, +2 other Academy Grads For the rest of the season. Sell the others to reduce the debt Ted McMinn Football Genius, mike93rh and Papahet 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 I don't see how we can prepare, Who's going to take us over?, Which players are going to be here come July 2022, Who's going to be our Manager, What players will be needed, Only the fans can prepare...imo. Derby4Me, Crewton, Andicis and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 28 minutes ago, YouRams said: Not a doom and gloom thread, not a Rooney bashing thread, but a realist thread. Should we now be preparing for League 1 and stop the “we’ll fight till the end talk”? The task was neigh on impossible with the -21 points, even adding them back on we’d still be heading into a relegation battle, so for me we should start the preparations now. Any saleable asset that will save our club and reduce the hmrc debt we should be looking to move on for a fee in Jan, if this means resting them and “playing the kids” to avoid injuries then so be it, and if that makes us a lot less competitive that’s on the EFL’s head not ours. We should be giving as many minutes as possible to the ones that will be staying for the rebuild. What makes you think “the kids” that are good enough to be bloodied in the first team will still be around next season? Maybe some of our best saleable assets are actually the kids. For me, I’d say keep on fighting but continue to play the youngsters alongside the more senior players. They’ll learn a lot over the coming months. plymouthram and Kathcairns 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruud Aralliss Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 10 minutes ago, BuckoBeast said: HAVE to keep the youngsters especially Bird and Knight. And keep Shinnie, he’ll be a right pitbull in LG 1 Slim chance of keeping Knight. Interest has been shown by a few clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouRams Posted December 4, 2021 Author Share Posted December 4, 2021 9 minutes ago, Tamworthram said: What makes you think “the kids” that are good enough to be bloodied in the first team will still be around next season? Maybe some of our best saleable assets are actually the kids. For me, I’d say keep on fighting but continue to play the youngsters alongside the more senior players. They’ll learn a lot over the coming months. That’s where Rooney should be asking the questions who wants to stick around and who wants to go, you wouldn’t begrudge any of them for wanting to play at a higher level. The fight should change for me to prove yourself and fight for a place next season rather than fight for the impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 25 minutes ago, YouRams said: That’s part of the risk do you leave them in the shop window and risk injury or like you say hope someone will pick them up on previous form. I can’t see anyone being critical of the young when we’re sinking anyway. There's plenty that are critical of the Club when we are sinking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean (hick) Saunders Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Sing when your sinking… ? YouRams 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jram Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 I’d like to think that, if we are financially under no pressure by January (we’ve been bought), the club will look to retain the youngsters unless we get actual value for money I.e. multiple millions for the likes of bird and knight I think many of the youngsters, at this point, are of no interest to other clubs ie Watson, ebosele (only due to lack of exposure) and they will stay anyway Obviously, if we need cash in January then Bird and Knight will be our most saleable assets (due to contract length, age and ability) so we may struggle not to sell at vastly under valued prices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 4 minutes ago, YouRams said: That’s where Rooney should be asking the questions who wants to stick around and who wants to go, you wouldn’t begrudge any of them for wanting to play at a higher level. The fight should change for me to prove yourself and fight for a place next season rather than fight for the impossible. Presumably every youngster is likely to say they’re happy to stay. That is until an offer comes in for them. I’m not sure such a question is likely to get an entirely honest, and certainly not binding, answer. Chester40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 I think it makes no real difference, with our squad and situation trying to win as much as we can this season is better than sending the team out with a don't really matter, it's ok to lose because we're going down anyway attitude. Kathcairns 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 13 minutes ago, YouRams said: That’s where Rooney should be asking the questions who wants to stick around and who wants to go, you wouldn’t begrudge any of them for wanting to play at a higher level. The fight should change for me to prove yourself and fight for a place next season rather than fight for the impossible. It doesn't matter what questions WR asks...these players have Agents, The Agents will be advising their employer(the players)of what playing in League 1 means and what the wages will be. atherstoneram and Kathcairns 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DraycottRam Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Buchanan will go to forest, he is a bloody red dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFC1388 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 If Rooney expects to be manager still next season he neess to get a style of play that can get us promotrd because the current way would not get us up. After Jan we will have more of an idea of the players who are likely to be here next year & that is when he needs to bring in any youngsters that we feel could make the step up jimtastic56 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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