Bob The Badger Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Pound for pound and Euro for Euro and taking into account their age, when they were at Derby (and you must have seen them play), who would fetch most in tomorrow's transfer window? Give the year and the sale price and ignore if they went on to be better or worse that the figure suggested I'll go for: Colin Todd 1975, £100m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawhillram Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Kevin Hèctor 1972 £120m Phoenix and NG2Ram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Roy McFarland 1972, 23 year old title winning England centre half. £120 million replacement for Harry Maguire. Foxy Ram, Crewton and Phoenix 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Greenwood Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Charlie George 1975 Priceless NG2Ram, Richard Dastard Lee, Crewton and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Hmm. I suspect a lot of these are going to be from the 70s. Best team I’ve seen play has got to be Jim Smith’s so I’ll go for Stimac. At his peak, a top 6, international centre back. Today’s money about £50m. Although, knowing our negotiation team, it’ll be more like £10m and a subscription to Shoot magazine. hintonsboots, Caerphilly Ram and JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Claude Davis has got to be up there Dordogne-Ram, derbydaz22, Ram Logan Josh and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheresOnlyWanChope Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Dean Sturridge or Igor Stimac would have been expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 4 minutes ago, Tyler Durden said: Claude Davis has got to be up there Tyler Durden, 1977 Ram Raider, derbydaz22 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawhillram Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 24 minutes ago, The Last Post said: Can we keep the change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oomarkwright Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Steve Bloomer. sage and Woodley Ram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Spalding Ram Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 John Stones & Harry Maguire £127 million. Cristian Romero & Nicolás Otamendi £ 55 million. Raphaël Varane & Dayot Upamecano £65 million Colin Todd & Roy McFarland………….priceless! Woodley Ram, angieram, strawhillram and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OoooMarkWright Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 We sold Saunders for a British record at the time so he’d be worth an absolute fortune now. Mark Wright similar. I thought Wanchope was destined for the very top in 1997 so thought he’d be worth a killing too. Not the 3.5 million we received! Steve How Hard? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Roy McFarland for me at £140m. On the morning before we beat Benfica 3-0 at the BBG in October 1972, this appeared in the national press: On the morning of the game, the Daily Mirror sports pages led with the headline ‘Roy will knock spots off the Panther - Taylor,’ saying ‘the seething European battleground of Derby will tonight parade the greatest footballer in the world. That is the carefully-weighed view of County's assistant manager Peter Taylor, a level-headed administrator not given to wild exaggeration. ‘If you believe that Brian Clough's adjutant is referring to Eusebio, the Black Panther of Benfica, you are forgiven. But no. The legendary Portuguese striker, according to Taylor, is due to be overshadowed tonight by the richly talented Roy McFarland. With Clough still en route from Lisbon, where he mapped out the blueprint for Derby's greatest single challenge since the 1946 Cup Final, Taylor said: I believe McFarland is the greatest player I have even seen —and I reckon I have had a look at them all in - my time. "This is the perfect stage for Roy to prove what I believe. Sir Alf Ramsey is sold on him and it is matches like this one which will prove it to everybody else. “You could play him anywhere in any side in the world and he would be the star man. They used to say Sugar Ray Robinson was the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Well I believe in terms of overall skill in any position on the park, Roy McFarland is the best footballer." Taylor's prediction was spot on over the two legs and McFarland shut out Eusebio completely and he even bagged the first goal of the tie at the sold-out BBG. Happy days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-Ram Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 (edited) Some good old partisan bias going on here. £87m is the record fee for a defender ever and we have Colin Todd being pitched at a cool £100m. Great player, but not exceptional - had some weaknesses hence perhaps the number of his international caps. Kevin Hector similarly would never have been a £100m footballer in my book although someone thought Grealish actually was. The only player on our books who I think might have fetched £50m plus at his peak was Shilton. World class Keeper. Edited December 31, 2022 by i-Ram Bris Vegas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 1 hour ago, StrawHillRam said: Can we keep the change? It was reference to his heading ability, Once it hit his head it could go anywhere, And yes there would be change for a can of pop ? JJs dms 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Greenwood Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 (edited) 14 minutes ago, i-Ram said: Some good old partisan bias going on here. £87m is the record fee for a defender ever and we have Colin Todd being pitched at a cool £100m. Great player, but not exceptional - had some weaknesses hence perhaps the number of his international caps. Kevin Hector similarly would never have been a £100m footballer in my book although someone thought Grealish actually was. The only player on our books who I think might have fetched £50m plus at his peak was Shilton. World class Keeper. What were Colin’s weaknesses in your eyes ? Lack of caps had a lot to do with less international fixtures , not qualifying for the 1974 World Cup and a certain Ex Leeds Manager running England and picking his favs Hunter and Madeley if my memory is correct. Edited December 31, 2022 by Reggie Greenwood Added a bit Dordogne-Ram, Foreveram, RoyMac5 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 7 minutes ago, Brailsford Ram said: Roy McFarland for me at £140m. On the morning before we beat Benfica 3-0 at the BBG in October 1972, this appeared in the national press: On the morning of the game, the Daily Mirror sports pages led with the headline ‘Roy will knock spots off the Panther - Taylor,’ saying ‘the seething European battleground of Derby will tonight parade the greatest footballer in the world. That is the carefully-weighed view of County's assistant manager Peter Taylor, a level-headed administrator not given to wild exaggeration. ‘If you believe that Brian Clough's adjutant is referring to Eusebio, the Black Panther of Benfica, you are forgiven. But no. The legendary Portuguese striker, according to Taylor, is due to be overshadowed tonight by the richly talented Roy McFarland. With Clough still en route from Lisbon, where he mapped out the blueprint for Derby's greatest single challenge since the 1946 Cup Final, Taylor said: I believe McFarland is the greatest player I have even seen —and I reckon I have had a look at them all in - my time. "This is the perfect stage for Roy to prove what I believe. Sir Alf Ramsey is sold on him and it is matches like this one which will prove it to everybody else. “You could play him anywhere in any side in the world and he would be the star man. They used to say Sugar Ray Robinson was the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Well I believe in terms of overall skill in any position on the park, Roy McFarland is the best footballer." Taylor's prediction was spot on over the two legs and McFarland shut out Eusebio completely and he even bagged the first goal of the tie at the sold-out BBG. Happy days. A very sound assessment by Taylor...Just imagine a Roy McFarland playing on todays pitches...he'd glide through the game like a pristine racehorse, A better CH I've yet to see and I've seen most of em JJs dms and Patrick Rams 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 3 minutes ago, Reggie Greenwood said: What were Colin’s weaknesses in your eyes ? He'd sooner play darts in his local than pull an England shirt on ?Playing wise having said darts in his back pocket with all the attackers he had in there Reggie Greenwood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Greenwood Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 3 minutes ago, The Last Post said: He'd sooner play darts in his local than pull an England shirt on ?Playing wise having said darts in his back pocket with all the attackers he had in there As I recall Toddy had a couple of seasons with virtually no mistakes and was immaculate along side Pete Daniel in the 2nd Title winning team. Good arrows ? Ram-Alf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob The Badger Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 (edited) 18 minutes ago, i-Ram said: Some good old partisan bias going on here. £87m is the record fee for a defender ever and we have Colin Todd being pitched at a cool £100m. Great player, but not exceptional - had some weaknesses hence perhaps the number of his international caps. Kevin Hector similarly would never have been a £100m footballer in my book although someone thought Grealish actually was. The only player on our books who I think might have fetched £50m plus at his peak was Shilton. World class Keeper. Todd is literally the best player I've ever seen with Charlie a close second. His lack of caps was largely down to being played out of position and his face not fitting. I tend to agree on King Kev, but not sure what Toddy's weaknesses were. Todd and Nish both set records but you don't think they'd get half of what Grealish went for? Edited December 31, 2022 by Bob The Badger i-Ram and Reggie Greenwood 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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