Matchday thread: Derby v Lincoln

[ramAnag]

I'm kind of puzzled by the remark that Warne hasn't done well in the transfer market to date, given the bulk of his squad is what he took over?

I’m just being objective. I think Warne has made about a dozen signings. Last season’s were poor and contributed nothing (yes I know there were mitigating circumstances). This season I’d suggest that Nelson and Nyambe have been indisputable successes -although we can’t be sure we’ll see the latter again-and I have high hopes for Wilson too. Vickers was a sensible and necessary, but as yet unproven, signing and the rest have been hit and miss, poor, injury prone or a collection of all three.
The facts are that this team is built around players signed, or given their first opportunities, by Clough (Forsyth) Rowett (Bird), Rooney (Cashin), Cocu (Sibley I think) and Rosenior (the majority, still including ‘keeper, captain and main striker).
After 16 months and three windows I’m expecting more than 2/3 (20-25%) successes in the market. Of course there’s still time for the likes of the three W’s and Bradley to come good and I hope they do. That’s it really. Happy Christmas.

P.S. That West Ham defeat you rightly mention as a turning point also coincided with a long term injury to Max Bird. To what extent that was a factor I’m not sure, but we should maybe remember if before shipping him out to Hull/Brum or wherever.