Following the departure of Cloughie it's now "almost" a nailed on certainty that we are going to end up with the wally with the brolly.
As it is well documented the reason cited for his departure from Forest was due to lack of funds/financial backing "After Forest only won eight points from his first 10 league games in charge, McClaren resigned as manager, citing the club's refusal to sign two Premier League players on loan deals" this after spending millions on George Boateng, Jonathan Greening, Matt Derbyshire, Ishmael Miller and bringing Andy Reid back to Forest from Blackpool - hardly awe inspiring signings
So question is why Derby County? Are we not potless? Is he going to be given funds and if so has he any track record in buying moderately good players? because let's face reality that's all we will attract!
Wally with the brolly has got no lolly??
posted on 30/9/13
DRU, How many of the signing that he brought into Forest worked out, you point at one signing from five 20% success rate IMO is not good, you however may have a different view on this?!? Where are Ishmael Miller, Matt Derbyshire Johnathan Greening et al?
I'm only pointing out the facts - and the fact is that his recent tenures at Forest, Twente and Wolfsburg were all disasterous and this was with ca$h behind him, with no money at Derby I am genuinely fearful
Of course I will stand corrected if were are top by Christmas
posted on 30/9/13
Who out of Miller, Derbyshire, Greening and Reid would you have been disgusted if we had signed at the time..?
Who thought Paul Jewell would be a disaster at our club?
It seems some of you are excellent judges in retrospect, clearly a great person to have around years after events.
posted on 30/9/13
666, statistics are based on historical data and I am basing judgement on retrospective statistical evidence.
I'm sure you never make any comments in retrospect, pot, kettle, black
posted on 30/9/13
The point is merely that we would all have been happy to have seen those players arrive at our club. Derbyshire was proven at this level and above but had been seriously injured, Miller was exceptional in patches for WBA, Greening useful if not spectacular at EPL level and Reid has always been gifted, just often too fat to perform for 90 minutes... he's at least as good as Commons, and nobody complained when we signed him, did they?
posted on 30/9/13
And mclaren couldn't get a single performance out of the lot of them. He's terrible.
posted on 30/9/13
The hypocrisy is what I find amusing. Derbyshire, Greening and Reid were all decent signings and we would all have been happy to see them in a Derby shirt.
Facts are Clough was responsible for his own downfall and to not see that IMO is naive. Negative tactics, poor selections, nonsensical transfers, bad judgment transfers, no plan B and crazy substitutions.
Openly ripping players apart in public, publicly blaming players for poor performances when played out of position etc etc etc.
I and others had our loyalty questioned cause we dare to question Clough's abilities. Steve McClaren may not have been my first choice but I will give the guy a chance and my support, as I did with Clough until I see otherwise.
To tear him down before he has even set a foot through the door seems unfair but we were expecte3d to contiue to place blind faith in a manager who has made little progress on the pitch over the last 2 years where his excuses for his players were now redundant.
We are all Rams so at least give the guy a chance rather than this blatant negativity that I have been accused of with Clough.
posted on 30/9/13
Fair enough 666, the main point I am making is that McClaren did this with money behind him, what is he going to do with the few peanuts that GSE will throw at him? Unless they have amassed a war chest that we don't know about
posted on 30/9/13
Well said Dru
posted on 30/9/13
The only good thing McClaren did in his time at Forest was bring back Andy Reid, regardless of what you think of him he has been outstanding at times, and this season he's easily our best player so far.
We'd happily GIVE you any of the other players he signed that are still here if you are strapped for cash...
posted on 30/9/13
My God! 666 is even claiming the Wally signed some good players for Forest. Whatever next. Not only is 666 wilfully blind he is wilfully stupid as well.
When (not if) Wally fails, 666 will claim it is because he is not taking 666's tactical advice.
I fear the worst and I think 666 has a lot to answer for. Rush expected the anger of the fans at losing to Forest would carry his crazy idea through. It's been planned for a while.
RUSH OUT