I don't think Beckham is likely to come out of retirement!
Ballsy prediction there Swaledale, can't say I'd disagree with it.
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There is a consistent theme in that the team seems to only manage to play decently in one half! I'm still puzzled as to why when we had two keepers and were limited on squad players, we signed another keeper instead of an outfield player, especially a striker, maybe the hope was that Marshall would go and we'd get his wages off the books but that was a gamble and I don't think Roos or Allsopp are upgrades.
Anyway heres hoping we get decent owners with good funding by Xmas and have hope as the club rebuilds in the New Year, mean while think of the exciting journey League 1 will be!
Very funny.
Take it from me, that league is anything but exciting.
You think the football now is dire? Wait till you get dragged down to the level of clubs like Morecombe and Shrewsbury, away on a Tuesday night.
Hoof ball and kicking lumps out of each other.
Refs and lino's just missing a white cane and labrador. I know they are bad in the Championship, but its like Serie A compared to it.
I can honestly say it was worst time of my 50 years following NFFC.
You cannot stay in that division for your own sanity.
I don’t know what it is about goalkeepers and Derby, Swale. Of our current three I think you’re right...we probably expected to get Marshall’s presumably substantial wages off the bill with what seemed a quite likely summer move to Celtic.
I don’t think there’s much to choose between the current bunch of three. All capable of great shot stopping but all equally likely to come up with initiative surrendering howlers.
It seems to have been like that for ever...Carson was just the same...Fielding too...and, when you think of how much we’ve spent on keepers over the last decade or so and how many changes we’ve seen, I’m not sure we’ve ever come up with anyone that has actually been consistently any better than the two L’s...Grant and Camp.
Lil Les was fine until that Boxing Day disaster.......... never played for Derby again. Opened the door for Boulton.
Here's a list of some of our keepers during my time of being a Ram. The ones I really rated are in bold
Reg Matthews
Les Green
Colin Boulton
Peter Shilton
Mart Poom
Lee Grant
Lee Camp
Bywater
Fielding
Carroll
Butland
Carson
Hamer
Marshall
Roos
Allsop
Those not in bold aren't bad keepers, just not the quality, IMO, of the ones who are.
One you missed, but possibly saw play in Cloggieland................Brad Jones. Definitely not in bold, although I did see his keep a clean sheet away at QPR
Unfortunately he’s also 76! My point was that Grant and Camp remain only a shade older than Marshall and still wouldn’t be the oldest in the current side.
Can’t believe you didn’t include Martin Taylor, MA. The most underrated ‘keeper I’ve seen at Derby. I loved his commitment and, although he’d probably have to rely more on filling the goal than his athleticism and bravery these days, he’s definitely worthy of bold print.
Russell Hoult was better than anything we’ve had recently too, imo.
I did say SOME of our keepers, so not a comprehensive list, but missing Taylor out was a mistake as he was very good and Jones wasn't a disaster either.