HaydnNUFC

Not really wound up by that, mainly because I never found what he did good or funny in the first place. Littered with random digs just like there was one 18 months ago. Football sold it's soul in 1992, it got ever worse in 2003, then 2008, 2012, and now. Anger shouldn't be directed at a fanbase but the people who run the game who have allowed to get to this stage. People need to stop with the Saudi flags online and IRL, the tea towel wearing. Because while I get that part of it is just celebration of Ashley going and us being in the money, it appears to the outside like we're championing the Saudi regime. When people rush to the defence of said regime, it confirms that sportswashing works. And that has to stop.

I'd take Rodgers but I can't see him leaving Leicester yet. Leicester fans I know can't either in spite of their iffy start this season. Favre, meh for me, sacked at Dortmund, not fond of ASM, probably nah. By all reports he's defensively not great, won't help us atm. Martinez should be a no, can't organise a defence to save his life and with our current Bruce-influenced mess that's not going to be a good appointment. Lampard is a no. Didn't get Derby promoted with Tomori, Mason Mount and Harry Wilson in his team. Did well at Chelsea in 19/20 with a transfer ban but Chelsea got worse under him when he was able to splash. Chelsea fan I live with says we should stay well clear. Gerrard is a no too, mainly because I think it's a non-starter as I doubt he'll leave Rangers. Plus, he's unproven in the PL and I think he'll only see us as a stepping stone to the Liverpool job. No from me. Potter doesn't excite me. Good coach, done well with Brighton, but it's a tad meh to me. Unsure whether he'd leave either. Howe looks like a non-starter as he loves the south so much. Probably got similar feelings about him now as I do Potter. Conte is my dream choice as posted before. Can organise that defence, would galvanise the club and fanbase additionally to the mood created by the takeover, got the standing in the game to attract top players when the time comes. IMO, sell this to him, give him what he wants.

Would also take Maitland-Niles from Arsenal.

"Cheer up Daniel Levy..."

Not really a CB, more of a DM but can play CB: I'd love to see us go back in for Boubacar Kamara. Money and a good manager may entice him, and he'll have 6 months left on his contract at Marseille in January. Would be a solid coup. RB, Max Aarons would be a good shout. CF, unsure, honestly think it depends on who we get as manager. If Conte were to come in, would someone like Lautaro Martinez be realistic? Probably more so in the summer. I think we need another winger, as beyond ASM our options are naff. Dwight McNeil would be a good buy in that case imo.

It's baffling, people said the same about Benitez too. Remember this?

McClaren kept taking training sessions until his official sack on the Friday after the Bournemouth defeat. Not exactly professional like but need as many straws to clutch at as possible

That was from yesterday, with the S*n saying the same. Chronicle said today that he's interested but wants assurances. Why take Favre and lose ASM when we could keep ASM and potentially get a better manager in Conte?

It's pure lazy journalism. We've been linked to a ridiculous amount of players and don't even have a manager installed yet who may want his own players.

The scenes when we're a bit decent in a couple years and they're rotting in the EFL, and we draw them in a cup.

Rangnick x Conte.

Wonder what our next sponsor may be? Thought it would've been Aramco but given we're part of that Vision 2030 that the Saudis have implemented which is driven by diversifying their economy away from oil, might be Saudia Air or something like that.

Conte is a no brainer if he's open to it. Personality fits the club, proven winner both in the PL and abroad and has the pull in the game to attract top players. Give him what he wants.

Conte yes fucking please. Give him whatever the fuck he wants.

A couple of them seemed to get it tbf. Ah well.

Well, that was pleasant. That Andicis, if he loves Ashley so much why doesn't he just shag him.

Getting the 'but we're worse off so fuck off' argument from one guy. siuuu

Posted on there. Trying to not be vitriolic.

My dream is Conte. It was Allegri back in April 2020 when it looked like it was going through then so Conte seems the next best thing. Why they'd not even bother asking a manager of that calibre about the taking the job would be beyond me, would have the standing in the game to attract good players and so forth. Potter doesn't excite me, I know he's a great coach, plays good football and has done well with Brighton but he just doesn't. Same with Howe now too, though I'd probably end up taking both if they'd be open to come. All other top managers like those you've mentioned are all in jobs and I'm unsure if we could prise any of them away at this stage.

After living in Derby for 2 years and in my final year there now, I've never met any Derby fans with those views about us. At all. Funnily enough, there's a few Leicester lads I'm mates with and they fully get why Ashley's a cunt, even before they met me. Knew about the asset stripping, constant relegation battles from where we were, et cetera. Seems people who perpetuate those myths seem to only exist online for whatever reason.

Who'd you like to see us go for @midds? Or are you not really arsed as its done with good intentions now

If they would've gone for a manager of Benitez' calibre then why isn't Conte at least a candidate? Different story if he's already said no, but going by those articles the choices are a bit underwhelming imo.

Going by that forum its because they're buying into those perpetuated myths. "Delusions of grandeur, were only good for a couple years in the 90s, not won anything since the 50s, good support is a myth" et cetera et cetera. It's water off a duck's arse to me now. If they want him they're welcome to the parasite, for them 4 out of 6 years being 17th in the PL is paradise at the minute and that's what they'll see.

He'd probably dish out a few of those interest free loans to them, get them out of administration and keep them up. That's probably what they see and why they'd take him. Whether the future after that is what Derby fans want then fair enough to them. We fell from grace from being more or less where Spurs are now to being perennial relegation battlers. They're in their worse state for probably decades. Trying to tell us he was good though, that can fuck right off.