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Thread | Could Derby become another Crewe Alexandra?
at 16:30 5 Jun 2012
Let's face it Derby are looking as though they they could become another Crewe Alexandra. I've decided to remove my rose coloured glasses and realize that other clubs with "real" ambition are going to always cream off our better players, and even Directors. I'm not being fooled any longer that we are breeding good young players just for us. Every one of them will be watching what happens to our better players and could end up emulating their elders by not re-signing their contracts when the time comes. Yes we'll have the likes of Ball and other up and coming players for a while but never long enough to get us up into the Premier division.
If we do find that we lose Shakell, Robinson, Davies etc., just accept that the owners know Derby will never be good enough for promotion so they intend to make hay while the sun shines and capitalize on the money making machine of creating good players for other teams. All investors want a healthy return on their money, and sooner rather than later, so can we blame them?
Don't we all look at how our own invested money is doing? I know I do, I watch the DOW Jones every day. Can we expect Derby's investors to be any different?
It would be great if Cloughie really does have the business acumen to sell and buy better players with the money and move onwards and upwards each year but he is no different to Glick, other clubs will be taking him from Derby next, or is he deemed to be just another Dario Gradi of the Championship by grooming players for other teams? [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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Thread | Who is now surplus to requirements?
at 17:03 26 Apr 2012
Some players will have to make way for Summer signings.
My short list, and those who we know are going, would be:
Connor Doyle
Miles Addison
Lee Croft
Chris Maguire
Nathan Tyson
Ross Atkins
Paul Green
Should any others be on the list? [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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Thread | Coaching Staff
at 17:39 28 Feb 2012
I have a question. I don't know much about Derby's coaching staff. Can anyone tell me if any of them, other than Nigel, had much success as players? If they did play football were any gifted in creativity when they were on the pitch to be able to now pass on their skills of the game as coaches to Derby's current youngsters? |
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Thread | My Crystal Ball
at 16:14 28 Feb 2012
To a large extent I can see Nigel's problem with managing the books, but what I can see ahead is that when his policy of waiting for his youngsters to mature, two or three years will slip by. After those year have gone, and if those players become of great value as he hopes, their contracts will have expired. They will then fall prey to all those clubs that have seen them grow and we try and start all over again with the same policy of grooming the youngsters. So the bottom line is that we never get out of the Championship, and that's if we have managed to stay in it while these youngsters mature.
Clough's logic is there but the reality is we'll end up losing our better youngsters as the years roll by. [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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