Summer Rumour Mill

[Ram1988]

1 hour ago, Jimbo Ram said:

13…..with the Dobster 😉

I'd take Dobbin back too. Versatile player who can play across the front line who adds a much needed injection of pace. 

[Ramarena]

3 hours ago, Rammy03 said:

So did I and 'hoof ball' was not the phrase that came to mind when watching Derby play. I'm not saying that we played amazing every game because we didn't. But at times we played some great stuff particularly in that middle part of the season I thought we looked really good. This idea that under Warne we're going to pumping it long every game is just utter nonsense and to be honest a lot of it is football snobbery.

Football snobbery in from some elements of our fanbase????????

 

[IslandExile]

My fear of losing McGoldrick will be that subtlety of skill will be replaced by eleven athletes.

Yeah, eleven, even the keeper will have to complete 10km per match, running around his area.

[Matchday Fred]

Watched the playoff final. There was very little quality, buts lots of energy, physicality and aggression. Both sides put a premium on being hard to beat, giving nought away. I could see how they finished in the top six., probably scoring a decent amount of goals from set pieces, managing the ref well, particular Wendies at home. Peterborough we’re the only side to play football in the playoffs but still had physicality where it mattered and we’re ultimately done by a Homer ref who can’t count down 6 mins of Fergie time.

That is what Derby has lacked for years, we’re always the 5’6” medium paced gang who can reportedly caress the ball, if only the likes of Fleetwood would let us. I could have cried when we signed Harvey White to sit in middle with those hairy arsed bruisers Hourihane and Bird. We certainly need more physicality, more pace and height, a set piece and ball over the top threat. And the ability to run box to box for 90 mins. We want other teams to look at our guys and think I don’t fancy this today. Fleetwood came to our place, saw our team of midgets and clearly thought I fancy this today. That was the beginning of the end of our season.

Easy to say, hard to do under the challenging circumstances of the last few years, especially marrying the energy with the quality needed to put the ball in the net. Be interesting to see what Warne can do now with some shackles off. Hope we can keep Didz, suspect he’s hanging out to see what the best offer will be, and that will not be in League 2. 
 

Edited June 6, 2023 by Matchday Fred

[jimtastic56]

7 hours ago, Matchday Fred said:

Watched the playoff final. There was very little quality, buts lots of energy, physicality and aggression. Both sides put a premium on being hard to beat, giving nought away. I could see how they finished in the top six., probably scoring a decent amount of goals from set pieces, managing the ref well, particular Wendies at home. Peterborough we’re the only side to play football in the playoffs but still had physicality where it mattered and we’re ultimately done by a Homer ref who can’t count down 6 mins of Fergie time.

That is what Derby has lacked for years, we’re always the 5’6” medium paced gang who can reportedly caress the ball, if only the likes of Fleetwood would let us. I could have cried when we signed Harvey White to sit in middle with those hairy arsed bruisers Hourihane and Bird. We certainly need more physicality, more pace and height, a set piece and ball over the top threat. And the ability to run box to box for 90 mins. We want other teams to look at our guys and think I don’t fancy this today. Fleetwood came to our place, saw our team of midgets and clearly thought I fancy this today. That was the beginning of the end of our season.

Easy to say, hard to do under the challenging circumstances of the last few years, especially marrying the energy with the quality needed to put the ball in the net. Be interesting to see what Warne can do now with some shackles off. Hope we can keep Didz, suspect he’s hanging out to see what the best offer will be, and that will not be in League 2. 
 

It is certainly interesting to watch other teams and see how they gain success. Gary Rowett got us in the Championship play-offs but was castigated for his style of play . Rosenior took stick for playing out from the back. We are going to have to see what Warne comes up with. As for rumours - Why would Roberts want to play at home in front of 10k fans , even if it’s in a higher league?

[Woodley Ram]

On 04/06/2023 at 14:07, Big Trav said:

Update on Knight, Luton, Burnley and Wolves interesed in the prem. Birmingham looking to buy both Bielik and Knight together 

we need to put big sell on fees into the sales (if that is the case)

[jimtastic56]

1 hour ago, Woodley Ram said:

we need to put big sell on fees into the sales (if that is the case)

Big sell on fees means a lot less up front. We need money now to get out of this pub league.

[tomsdubs]

Looks like all our supposed targets gone elsewhere, lets hope all the rumours are wrong cause it looks pretty bleak so far. Early days though.

[CBRammette]

Just now, tomsdubs said:

Looks like all our supposed targets gone elsewhere, lets hope all the rumours are wrong cause it looks pretty bleak so far. Early days though.

Who is "all"?

[tomsdubs]

Just now, CBRammette said:

Who is "all"?

Pretty much all the original rumours we had obviously, outside of the my mate heard at a bar rumours.

[alram]

3 minutes ago, tomsdubs said:

Looks like all our supposed targets gone elsewhere, lets hope all the rumours are wrong cause it looks pretty bleak so far. Early days though.

watch out tomsdub you will get abused all day for daring to suggest things don't look rosey such is the way of this place

[Foreveram]

Just now, alram said:

watch out tomsdub you will get abused all day for daring to suggest things don't look rosey such is the way of this place

You two could get a room and listen to Smiths albums all day.😧

[tomsdubs]

Just now, alram said:

watch out tomsdub you will get abused all day for daring to suggest things don't look rosey such is the way of this place

I'm ready for the pile on and the sad "i've got to be right" individuals, one of the reasons I don't post here much anymore.

[Srg]

4 minutes ago, tomsdubs said:

Looks like all our supposed targets gone elsewhere, lets hope all the rumours are wrong cause it looks pretty bleak so far. Early days though.

Rumours are just that. So far, in limited sample size, rumours haven’t got out. We heard about Springett the same day it happened in January, for example. We have a new head of recruitment, a new regime entirely this season. Couple that with being the biggest name in the league, our name will drive clicks and serve agents well too. 

Just chill out. There’s loads of time. This talk of it being “pretty bleak” when literally nothing has happened either positively or negatively is so pointless. 

[tomsdubs]

Just now, Foreveram said:

You two could get a room and listen to Smiths albums all day.😧

But I like the Smiths for Marr's lovely melodies, Morrissey is just reciting lyrics from old black and white films.

[tomsdubs]

1 minute ago, Srg said:

Rumours are just that. So far, in limited sample size, rumours haven’t got out. We heard about Springett the same day it happened in January, for example. We have a new head of recruitment, a new regime entirely this season. Couple that with being the biggest name in the league, our name will drive clicks and serve agents well too. 

Just chill out. There’s loads of time. This talk of it being “pretty bleak” when literally nothing has happened either positively or negatively is so pointless. 

I'm pretty chill, I just yearn for a season where we go in feeling like we aren't fighting all the odds with an air of positivity. Been a trying few years.

[Srg]

7 minutes ago, tomsdubs said:

I'm pretty chill, I just yearn for a season where we go in feeling like we aren't fighting all the odds with an air of positivity. Been a trying few years.

You may well get that, the close season has barely started. Play offs were only a week or so ago, Champions League final hasn't happened yet! Revisit your thoughts in mid July.

[YorkshireRam]

12 minutes ago, tomsdubs said:

But I like the Smiths for Marr's lovely melodies, Morrissey is just reciting lyrics from old black and white films.

[Caerphilly Ram]

21 minutes ago, alram said:

watch out tomsdub you will get abused all day for daring to suggest things don't look rosey such is the way of this place

If you count rationale arguments, suggesting counter points to your own, backed up with logic, facts, and information out there in the public domain as abuse I wholeheartedly apologise for trying to help you see some of the potential positives in our current circumstance. 

Edited June 7, 2023 by Caerphilly Ram

[Caerphilly Ram]

1 hour ago, jimtastic56 said:

Big sell on fees means a lot less up front. We need money now to get out of this pub league.

It can be both; “the fee to buy the player is x amount and we would like to include a clause that guarantees us x percent of any future transfer fee/profit” 

Nowhere is it determined as being one or the other.