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I'm not trying to call anyone thick and i apologise if you took it that way but to me it seems fans are getting personal with Warne and I think that is out of order,by all means criticise his tactics etc but he's had his personality/individualism since he was born so why should he change that side of himself to nullify a few disgruntled fans.

Comparing McClarens managerial skills and his ability to bring in good loans of high calibre to Warne is like comparing 3 ply made from the finest silk to Izal. 

called it!

Come on there’s thinking he’s not the right manager for derby , there’s wanting him out , fair do s , everybody has an opinion but the above  is just bull crap bile , he’s had three promotions at a club with not much budget , he’s made and is making a living from football management at a decent level not on a computer game , 
there’s levels and your way over the top ,verging on the kind of fan that chants the kind of stuff aimed at billy sharp

They have several first-teamers playing and are being battered by a team two leagues below them. Anyone would think that's what's happening to us tonight.
It's besides the point any way, the point is people are seemingly 'happy' for us to lose after 1 league game because they've turned their backs on Warne. We've got past the first round of this cup every season since 2015 and achieved the square root of F all in each of those seasons. I'm not prepared to write the manager, the coaches and the player's off at the beginning of August.

I'll go
It's Derby County
It's Fozzy 
Why wouldn't I 
 

What a shame! In the end we weren't quite good enough to  get in the play-offs, and deep down many of us have thought that all season long. But that doesn't stop us having hope, and the players have done stupendously well to get this far. It is the old adage (well, a season long adage) that we only had 5 players on the books last August. But in reality we have cost ourselves the chance for promotion this season because we haven't been clinical enough in front of goal. But in part that is because it is night on impossible to attract strikers when all you can offer is a packet of crisps and two slices of lightly buttered bread. Although losing Odura was a blow - he might have been the difference, but I don't think he was handled properly, and instead of being given a run in the side in his best position, h was used as a bit part player. And he wasn't the only one - another one was subbed at the earlest opportunity again, today, when he was doing all right. Why is it always him who has to leave the pitch early?
There have been some baffling selection and tactical decisions which have cost us as well, but in some ways all this is understandable, especially with a manager brought in part way into the season with someone else's team and no room to change that. WArney had a tough job, and the lad done ok, I reckon.
It actually is feasible to have been in the play-off positions securely a coupe of weeks ago if only we hadn't thrown matches away one way or another. But then we get to my pet subject, the match officials. Soooooo many matches have been decided by crass decision making and/or incompetence, and we ought to have put ourselves into a position where those c***-ups don't cost us the points. But we shouldn't have to try and overcome them before they have happened, either. If only half the penalty decisions against us. at both ends of the pitch, had gone the right way, we wouldn't have ended up in this position. And while we are on about it, how come the ref gave a penalty against us for virtually no physical contact at all, but did absolutely nothing when Forsyth was physically man-handled to the ground in their penalty area later on in the game? On the odd occasion I could accept that it was just the rb of the green, but when it has happened match after match after match, and only a tiny number of dubious decision have been in our favour, maybe I sould be forgiven for thinking that there are other factors being brought to bear.
So on to next season - will we get any flexibility from the EFL regarding the business plan we have had to operate under, given that we are considerably further forwards in our finances than we were planned to be? LET's hope this is the case so we have a bit more room to bring the players in that we need. I'm not holding my breath though!
Finally - thanks to the players for giving of their best, even though it wasn't quite enough. And thanks especially to the fans - you/we have been fantastic yet again, all season long. Long may it continue!
I'll be there next season, and much to your chagrin I'm not going away from this wonderful bunch of contributors on dcfcfans!

Well what can I say ... firstly I am a donut and thought the game kicked off at 3pm so missed it! Have read through all the comments and was interested to see the penalty, geez it is never a penalty, the guy went down like he was shot, Cashin was covering and the guy didnt have the ball at his feet.... what a con job! Anyway this isn't the point, we didn't miss the play offs today; we didn't make it due to our inability to be streetwise to the shthouse tactics by other teams (soft penos, time wasting etc), not converting numerous chances and by not getting a 2nd striker in January (not through want of trying).
Anyway guys & gals it has been an up & down ride this season, overall I have had more enjoyment than not & I am looking forward to next year, hope you will all join me again here.

All the best. COYR 🙂

Define talent! On our day we could beat anyone, but the relentless Tuesday, Sat, papa johns trophy, nature of the league has shafted us. We need legs to complement the quality in the squad! Look at Plymouth and Ipswich, all in theirs 20s with legs! That’s what we need in this league. As you go through the leagues, the intensity decreases. 

Unlucky guys, I genuinely couldn’t see you slipping up but sadly that’s how it goes. Hopefully Posh can do Wednesday now and if we do similar to Barnsley we won’t have to worry about the hoardes of Rams or Owls fans we’d face at Wembley because I don’t think many Wanderers fans can afford two trips to Wembley in one season. For what it’s worth it may not be a hardship for you leaving it another year to get up. You were limited in the players you could sign and late in the season it’s showed but give Warne a chance to build and you’ll certainly be pushing for the automatics next season and with a much stronger situation behind you. We’re also being pretty pragmatic about the play offs and it may also be a year early for us too so we may be challenging again next year also. Not much coming down so if it is Wendies going up it’s all to play for for both of us. Hopefully we’ll make it, on our day we can beat any of the others so we’ll just wait and see. Sorry you missed out this time but best of luck for next year, you’re far too big a club to be kicking round this level. 😉

A shocking run ultimately cost us. Feels disappointing today but that performance and result wasn’t the one that stopped us getting into the play offs. Take your pick out of our February and March to identify where we fell short. 
 
I was hoping for a Barnsley result as I reckon we’d have had a good go at Wednesday over 2 legs with 11 men in the play offs. 

just spotted the ref and efl at hq

Some people have jobs? Some people don’t live in Derby. Etc. 

Hence why the big teams will remain as the big teams and teams like Brighton will eventually be back down fighting for their Premier League survival as Leicester and Forest currently are.
Sky want to see Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal etc leading the way and the football bodies protect it, because it’s good for business.
Unfortunately it’s a Sky Sports Monopoly and so many football teams can’t even get on to the board game, never mind stay on it.
Even if the small team fans, don’t pay for it, don’t watch it, the big teams carry on regardless and the moaning paying fans of Sky Sports, BT etc either of the big teams and small teams, still remain not bothered about the traditions of the game, like 3pm kick offs, because they will always selfishly do what’s best for themselves,  because that is what suits them best.
 
So they become just like Sky Sports, BT etc, without a duty of care for the football fan, that chooses to travel over land and sea all around the world, to follow their beloved football club in real life, in the flesh, in any kind of weather, paying for match tickets, instead of sat on their lazy backsides, in the comfort of their living rooms or on occasions in their dying local pub, because they’ve become too lazy to even visit that or spend money on anything else but themselves.
https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2016/oct/24/sky-sports-bt-sport-people-switching-football-off

We played 9 games under Paul Warne at the beginning of the season 14 points. However,we had 3 wins and a draw against Reading, Birmingham, Blackpool and QPR. So with the benefit of hindsight Paul Warne had a relatively easy start.
The difference is very small margins. Matt Taylor recruited 8 players in the January transfer window. Paul Warne has never been a fan of signing players in the January transfer window.
I know it's still difficult for Derby currently in financial terms, but for what it's worth I'm hoping to see you at the New York stadium next season. All the best.

How on Earth are we going to beat  any of the top teams over two legs. 
That’s if If we do stumble into the play offs

Ipswich on the other hand have five shots and score 5 goals! 

They lost.

Blame the manager, tactics, the lineup, referee, time wasting, atmosphere and no chips in the East Stand, when you have 28 shots and score just 1 goal, either you have not been good enough or the keeper has had a worldy of a game.
The keeper didn't.
2 points thrown away. 

I was clearly watching a different game.
Once again I know you hate Warne but what would you have him do differently today? He set the team up in a bold, attacking formation that was working, we created a load of goal scoring opportunities and dominated possession for the majority of the game, limiting them to very little, the ball was in play a lot, the ball was passed along the floor which has been a recent criticism from people. 

Well said! For the first 15 - 20 minutes there was only one team on the pitch. But why you have to resort to the dark arts baffles me. You are one of, if not the best team in the division. Your number 33 (Woodhead?) in that 1st 20 minutes didn't make a challenge for the ball without it being a foul. Your number 10 dived for a penalty, which the ref rightly gave the free kick to us, but it was a card-able offence, but no card given. And no, the ref wasn't inconsistent with his cards. All he was capable of doing was booking your players for time wasting, but then doing nothing about the continued time wasting. Clarke should also have one or two more yellow cards for persistent fouling, and for throwing the ball away right in front of the ref. Yet he couldn't wait to give free-kicks for perfectly good tackles, and then wave a card at Derby players. He was exceptionally consistent, as well as not giving free kicks or cards for similar offences by Ipswich players.
The "Cashin goal" was actually scored by McGoldrick, and disallowed for a foul on the goalkeeper. By whom, no-one actually knows because there was no-one near him. The only foul was Collins being held in a headlock in the middle of the area. But no penalty given, of course. As happened when knight was upended going into the area in the first half. There's a ton of other stuff the ref goofed up with, but there is neither the time nor space to bother with it. Incidentally the lino apologised for that decision. But its a bit rich when we keep getting done over by poor decisions match after match, often with subsequent apologies. But you don't get in the play-offs with apologies.  We would rather have the 6 - 10 points these decisions have cost us.
Because of how you started and finished the match, maybe you were worth the points, and I would like to wish you well, but am not happy doing so for a team that relies so heavily on the dark arts, especially when you are such a good footballing side.

U do know 8 odd months ago we had about 6 senior players and only came out of administration about 2 weeks prior to the big ko.
we need to be patient 

Caught out? Seriously.. left 1 v 1..good save from close up..but only parried it?
Hardly caught out.

Have you considered that maybe it's because we're just not very good? and the group of players whom were flung together at extremely short notice last season just to give us a semi competitive team are little more than an ensemble cast.
And now that limited group of players is effectively knackered coming to the fag end of the season. Looking at the age profile of some of the players we brought in little wonder.
We usually beat lower table opposition as that's why they're towards the bottom of the league, doesn't need a brain surgeon to work that one out. But we're not that good to consistently beat teams in the Top 6 which is why our league position is a fair reflection of the status quo. 
But of course some will attribute these "failings" down to the manager. 
I am pretty happy we have a semi competitive team after last season whom are still very much in the hunt for a playoff space.
For others that appears to be totally unacceptable. Each to their own I guess. 

I totally agree. Been following the ? for over 50 years and never booed a Rams player or Manager. I don’t see how that would help when things aren’t going well ?