Think there's positives in bringing McGoldrick to Notts. 

Experienced player who's been there, done that in the Football League and can grab a few goals. Think he'd be a useful addition even if he doesn't start many games. 

No, I would rather pass on it. He performed well for Derby last season and can still play at a good standard. However, we don’t need him. We already have three forwards. Where would he fit in?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think a lot of the speculation will be put to bed next week as players return from holiday. In the meantime and for what it's worth,if D Mc re-signs for DCFC I think he will be used more sparingly.He can still do a very good job at League one level, but not for 90 minutes week in,week out, for all league and cup games. I'm hoping DCFC can now  sign the type of players so we don't have to hope for so much from him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

find out next week

I am led to believe that this is just a rumour which has taken the form of a prank to wind up Derby fans.

I noticed the 72 and The Football League World are bouncing off each other, along with an amusing tweet. If this is true, the sources wouldn't be so coy about everything. This is why I only mention rumours via PON that are linked to credible sources, as there's zero point mentioning it otherwise. Of course, I wouldn't share a rumour from a non-story approach. Only if it was genuinely written with a manager quote or more intent from the journalist than fair enough. Not these swings and roundabouts.

It's quite funny though. ???? 

What's the worst type of monger @Chris? Fish, iron, rumour or war? ????

I partly dropped this in to see if there's any weight behind it, as it's been circulating for a while now. I suspect we'll know one way or the other pretty soon.

As for his quality, if any other L2 team signed a player who had just scored 22 goals in the division above, we'd be saying it's an amazing signing. But in a negative scenario you could have a player who's declining and yet feels entitled to a start. We do need to beef up the squad with some experience, but not necessarily in an area where we've already got three players competing for one spot.

11 minutes ago, Chris said:

I am led to believe that this is just a rumour which has taken the form of a prank to wind up Derby fans.

I noticed the 72 and The Football League World are bouncing off each other, along with an amusing tweet. If this is true, the sources wouldn't be so coy about everything. This is why I only mention rumours via PON that are linked to credible sources, as there's zero point mentioning it otherwise. Of course, I wouldn't share a rumour from a non-story approach. Only if it was genuinely written with a manager quote or more intent from the journalist than fair enough. Not these swings and roundabouts.

It's quite funny though. ???? 

It didn't wind me up.As I keep saying, players are still away on holiday and anyway contracts don't expire till end of June,so players aren't in as much of hurry to reach a conclusion as some fans are.

5 minutes ago, DangerousSausage said:

What's the worst type of monger @Chris? Fish, iron, rumour or war? ????

Last time Ruben's contract was up, these places did exactly the same reporting he was off to Norwich, Wolves.... Blah blah

The sad thing is, the 72 used to be a good publication online until they started investing in click baiting and spam articles. These players just want the clicks £££. Ironically, ads don't pay that well these days, as the Nottingham Post fully knows.

 

It’s interesting how split everyone seems to be about the potential signing of McGoldrick, especially when Derby fans are desperate for him to stay after scoring 20+ goals and winning their player of the season! It seems mad that some fans aren’t so keen, but it just goes to show how much they have taken to the Reedtz Brothers philosophy and approach to running the club. Looking at the bigger picture, they see no long-term benefit or have doubts he fits our system/style of play.

I get it but personally, I’d take him. He’s technically excellent, if you can compete (and score) at the top end of L1 he should be excellent in league 2. We’ve also got Macca, Scott and Morias which means we don’t need to rely on him or play him game after game. And if Warne’s Derby team is anything like his Rotherham one, they like to play on the front foot and be aggressive too, just they don’t really play out from the back and are more direct @super_ram will know this better than me. But I think in terms of being able to cope with our style of play he should be fine.

Edited June 6, 20233 yr by menzinho

Derby fans don’t have the luxury of signing just anyone. They know David McGoldrick a lot better than us Notts fans as they have seen him all last season. We have three strikers who should be more than good enough and our midfield is strong. Would he be a replacement if Ruben Rodrigues left? I would rather get younger legs in. The thing about older players is that you don’t know when their legs will just go.

Joe Jones used to tell me, if a credible source reports something, mention them as the source. For example, Luke Williams told BBC Radio Nottingham or, The Nottingham Post and the BBC, has reported that David McGoldrick has been offered a contract by Notts County.

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According to reports, Notts County have made a contract offer to Derby County forward David McGoldrick, with his current deal with the Rams set to expire. McGoldrick impressed for Derby last season after signing from Sheffield United as a free agent last summer.

According to reports, it doesn't give any accountability, it's how rumours and fake news spread.

This is one thing that peeves me, it's lazy, and I am not even trained. Yet I believe in standards because I don't want to mislead people, clearly the Nottingham Post doesn't. It's apparent that it's too much work to do investigation journalism. Yes, the NEP has joined this race. I don't believe it, I won't report on it unless Notts announces him as a signing and that seems unlikely.

If Jim O'Brien signs, do we really need any more experience? Notts might get one or two seasons out of him before he needs replacing. Why not just sign a younger player and forget about David McGoldrick? As forwards are concerned we already have enough.

I will believe it when I see it, this rumour solely came about due to David’s appearance on Notts TV’s Team Talk. I think we have more chance of signing Charlie McParland!