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Looks like the EFL have already told the club the embargo will not be lifted & they've decided that promotion will be a poisoned chalice. 

Looks like the EFL have already told the club the embargo will not be lifted & they've decided that promotion will be a poisoned chalice. 

Looks like the EFL have already told the club the embargo will not be lifted & they've decided that promotion will be a poisoned chalice. 

Looks like the EFL have already told the club the embargo will not be lifted & they've decided that promotion will be a poisoned chalice. 

Sibley is an utter liability. Tonight shows why so many managers haven’t trusted him

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I've just watched the penalty decision over and over again and it looks a correct decision every time tbh. White wasn't strong enough - again - and in going to ground he wipes out the Rovers player. 
What a dismal performance again. Wildsmith's timewasting is pathetic, Knight is regressing badly and Collins offers nothing. Nowt. We'd be much improved just with Didzy up top and giving Collins' shirt to someone else. Anyone else. 
The tippy tappy at the back we saw under Cocu, Rooney and Rosenior is something I can do without again but the idea then was to play attractive football when we got it forward too. This long ball guff, completely nullifying Hourihane and Bird's strengths, is awful to watch.
 

Well at last that match is over. It makes me want to go and break a few windows, or thump an old person in the face so at least the punishment of watching Derby play is somewhat justified. 
So we started by playing the ball on the grass, where Cloughie says it should be played, and we scored., But then what? Bristol upped their tempo after about 20 minutes and it was all over. And what we did was start to hoof the ball long - to the opposition. And then even passing the ball out of defence seemed difficult for us, and often went to the wrong player. On rare occasions we cocked up and played the ball on the floor and actually threatened, but only on very rare occasions.
Actually the ref was pretty ok 1st half, but the EFL must have had their man at Bristol, who popped into the refs changing room at half time because suddenly he was gifting cards out like it was a mass birthday party for Derby players. It actually wasn't a dirty game, with Derby looking the dirtiest because of clumsy challenges, and there was a remarkable lack of malice, which is surprising given who their manager is!
The penalty was give-able because there  player was impeded in the penalty area, but as many have said, is the type of penalty given against us, but never for us. It was certainly softer than the belt in the back given to Jason Knight on Monday! And would have been as soft as the one that could have been given when McGoldrick was pulled down a little earlier, and probably would have been given if he was playing for Bristol. Or any other club who isn't Derby County.
BUT: it wasn't the ref today, because Bristol deserved far more than they got, and we deserved diddly squat because of our dreadful performance, and sitting back once we had gone a goal up. Given that we need to improve our goal difference, sitting back was unforgiveable.
And surely the players themselves have got to have a good sit down and ask themselves what the heck they ere doing this afternoon. Even at League one levels, not being able to pass the ball to your own team-mates for nearly 90 minutes simply isn't good enough.
I shall miss the next home match, against Burton, because I will be at my son's wedding, so at least I will be having good time. I will keep you all in my thoughts, though!

I have just listened to Phil Brown on Radio Derby. Rather worryingly, he sounds like a tactical genius compared to Warne. He worries me, he really does. Sometimes a club is too big for someone. I hope I’m wrong. 

Just left the game and that was an awful performance. Trying to play the s*** system Warne is seemingly wedded to is killing us. NML is not a wing back! The definition of madness is trying the same thing over and over expecting a different result and this is what Warne is doing. His tactical nous is non existent and he will take us nowhere. I hate his football.

At least for your sake we didn't give him a 4 year contract then...

Watching Derby under Warne could be described as chaos football. We had a pathetic January window & he hasn't got a clue when it comes to game management. Miles out of his depth at Derby. Only had 30% of the ball in a must win game against a team with nowt to play for.

FTFY

Don’t know if I’m adding anything of value to the discourse here, but I genuinely hate Pride Park. A cut and paste Stadium™ situated miles away from anything else of cultural or social value, devoid of any character and lacking any real atmosphere (90% of the time). 
 
Flatten it and turn it into a car park. Rebuild the BBG!

One thing that struck me today is what a bang average player Jason Knight is. We need to cash in on him before the other teams in higher divisions realise he's a 1 good game in every 10 player. The new Tom Lawrence 

I see sense in appointing a proper head of recruitment (which we have) and appointing a manager suitable to bring success to this club. Warne is not that. He will not, I repeat will not, get this team promoted, no matter how long we give him. He’s at a big club with a small club mentality.

Ain’t my job to work that one out. I would yes, that’s modern football - but the idea is to get the next appointment right. Warne was never the right man for the job, Clowes messed that one up as much as I love him for saving the club. Stability with managers is a myth these days, it’s not 1990, I’m more than happy to have a different manager every season if it brings us success.

He's made history today. First ever Derby manager to lose 3 consecutive League games in the third tier of English football in 140 years. Get the blue plaque up 

I'm sad to read this, you've always posted some of the more enjoyable and balanced content on this forum, now you seem so reactive? 
 
 

No it would have been the same game but we'd have been level at a certain point 
Being level wouldn't have changed Warne's one trick pony approach and it's likely that Ipswich would have just found another gear and gone on and scored more anyway.

Time for bobblehat to go on gardening leave. Embarrassing that he's our manager. Get Nathan Jones in. He's used to plying his trade at this level with no money & at least trys to play football

Time for bobblehat to go on gardening leave. Embarrassing that he's our manager. Get Nathan Jones in. He's used to plying his trade at this level with no money & at least trys to play football

He's made history today. First ever Derby manager to lose 3 consecutive League games in the third tier of English football in 140 years. Get the blue plaque up 

He's made history today. First ever Derby manager to lose 3 consecutive League games in the third tier of English football in 140 years. Get the blue plaque up