Montezuma

Lighten up people ....NEVER forget , we nearly DIDN'T have a Team to follow 🙄

Every single summer, we need a 20 goal a season striker…..well we actually have one, and we’re still outside the top 6, bloody typical. 4 of the clubs up there don’t even have one including the league leaders!
Plymouth - Hardie, 13
Sheff Wed - Smith, 13
Barnsley - Cole, 15
Bolton - Charles, 16
Currently League 1 has only 3 20 goal a season scorers.
Peterborough - Clarke-Harris, 25
Ipswich - Chaplin, 22
Derby - McGoldrick, 21
So in a few weeks if McGoldrick leaves and you’re about to post that we need to sign a 20 goal a season striker, stop, it’s no guarantee to success, be far better having goals spread out across the team.
Also helps massively if you concede fewer goals than you score. 
Anyway, carry on with what you were doing, I’ve taken up far too much of your time reading this already.
 

Can someone just go over this whole EFL / punishment / administration thing again for me?  I don't think it's been covered on the forum.

The point is we don’t know. It can go either way. I want us to make the play offs but I’ll be sanguine if we don’t. As fans over the next 6 games we need to transmit positivity to the players & believe in them. We are as good as anyone in the division on our day so let’s be up for it. If we don’t go up, I’m very confident for next season. I’ve been to loads of games this year - probably more away games this year since the 1980s and I’ve been very proud of the Club and the fans who have been terrific all season. C’mon once more unto the breach dear friends…

I wish mine was as big as his...instead of this bloody great thing.

I know @angieram!  It's downright shameful innit!
Well you can count on me!  I'll be there, that's for sure.  In my usual NEC seat.  Never miss a match me...
Well... apart from the last 4 home games... and I ain't been away since Blackpool... and holidays of course... but apart from that, like I say... never miss a match, me!
 
Oh, and in honour of the anniversary, I'll also be replicating The March.
... well, not replicating as such, as I'll be taking a totally different route... at a different pace... on me own.  But at least I'll be walking, so there's that, at least!  !
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Thought this was going to be about the PM when I saw the title. Interestingly he has just hit the 100 day milestone as well (yesterday I think). Which leads to the combo stat: Derby have not lost a game with Sunak as PM. Not sure if I want him to stick around now ?

Thought this was going to be about the PM when I saw the title. Interestingly he has just hit the 100 day milestone as well (yesterday I think). Which leads to the combo stat: Derby have not lost a game with Sunak as PM. Not sure if I want him to stick around now ?

It’s been 100 days since this wonderful raggle taggle group of youngsters, aging journeymen and free transfers lost a game of football. 
You can’t fail to be proud of how far Clowes, Warne and the players have bought this club so quickly,  after some of the darkest days in the clubs history. 
It’d be great to get to 101 days tomorrow and the magic number of 20 games unbeaten. We all know what happened last time we achieved that! 
It’s also 112 days since our last home defeat. 

The run keeps going. That’s the main thing for me.

On Radio Derby... Paul Warne says that the team is eager to take on information. He's getting through to them and getting a big response. The players are buying into it. All players helping each other.
Something is definitely working .
 

The first penalty was given by the linesman. The referee probably didn’t see it, but went on the linesman’s call. You can’t really blame him for that.
The second penalty and red card were correct decisions.
But because all that went against us, it just heightened every other mistake he made, however small and insignificant.
The Sibley and Stearman calls were just bizarre. But neither impacted the game in any shape or form.
The ref was poor. But no way is he on par with Atwell and Madley for outrageously bad decisions which did have an affect.
If Atwell was against Cardiff nobody would really bring it up. Only because it was against Forest does it still get talked about.
But the Madley one cost us a chance of automatic promotion. So bad.
I can’t remember the last time we were gifted a monumental decision? Maybe the 0-2 at Bristol City with their sending off?

Not quite. It's at least 4 outfield players who:
started the previous first team fixture start the next game one of the top 10 most starts this season made at least 40 first team or international appearances on loan from a PL club or Cat 1 academy Davies, Chester, Stearman, Cashin, Roberts, Forsyth, Bird, Smith, Knight, Hourihane, Sibley, Barkhuizen, Mendez-Laing, Dobbin, Collins, McGoldrick all qualify. Then there's whoever we start at the weekend.

Just to clarify … im saying this in jest lol

Sincere thanks for the efforts Liam. Conducted himself very admirably throughout. I hope he does well whatever and wherever he goes next. I think him leaving may be best for him. Whilst he hasn't blown anyone away here, he's probably done enough to merit a role somewhere else in L2/L1 as the main man. Better than another subordinate role like he's already had under Cocu and Rooney surely.

Sincere thanks for the efforts Liam. Conducted himself very admirably throughout. I hope he does well whatever and wherever he goes next. I think him leaving may be best for him. Whilst he hasn't blown anyone away here, he's probably done enough to merit a role somewhere else in L2/L1 as the main man. Better than another subordinate role like he's already had under Cocu and Rooney surely.

Was fairly instrumental I think in helping bring in a pretty damn good young goalie. We aren't missing Allsopp much at all, so thanks Jason

Yeah, 13 years service, he has my sympathy. Hope he gets fixed up PDQ.

We're not going to play many teams with crests as bad as Lincoln's - need to make this count.

Is it true that some barn doors have been constructed on training pitch 12?

We've brought in some players with serious quality and retained Bird, Sibley and Knight, all whilst working within a EFL business plan. We now have a team capable of competing at the top end of the table, which is ridiculous given where we were a few months ago. That said, the need for another RB was clear so it 'only' gets a 9/10 from me. I'm absolutely loving this season to be honest.

We've brought in some players with serious quality and retained Bird, Sibley and Knight, all whilst working within a EFL business plan. We now have a team capable of competing at the top end of the table, which is ridiculous given where we were a few months ago. That said, the need for another RB was clear so it 'only' gets a 9/10 from me. I'm absolutely loving this season to be honest.

We've brought in some players with serious quality and retained Bird, Sibley and Knight, all whilst working within a EFL business plan. We now have a team capable of competing at the top end of the table, which is ridiculous given where we were a few months ago. That said, the need for another RB was clear so it 'only' gets a 9/10 from me. I'm absolutely loving this season to be honest.

Not really seen many credible links for first team strikers/rightbacks. If anything does happen today, its going to catch us by suprise I think. 

I've just tried to purchase and it says not available in this location. I know Norwich is remote but....