Dethorn

David Clowes saved our club, but we're still not free of the restrictions caused by administration. We are currently an artificially reduced club. Our turnover, fanbase and history should feed into increased revenue with sponsorship deals and TV appearances. If we'd just been relegated, we would be able, given the right management, to dominate this league.
The problem is that we had 5 players, very few academy players capable of stepping up and serious restrictions on our finances and recruitment. 
Thanks to hard work and commitment from David Clowes, Liam Rosenior and Paul Warne, we are now at a point where we are a 'normal' club again. We have a full squad and the academy has been strengthen. But don't be fooled. We're still not a big Championship club about to boss our way out of League 1.
The calls for passing football are, IMO, naive. You only get promoted by playing passing football if you have a squad full of high quality players that are simply too good for the rest of the division. The restrictions which we've been under have meant that the rebuild has had to be cheap. Quality players aren't cheap. The only way this squad is getting promoted is with spirit, fitness, organisation and pragmatic football. It doesn't matter if we replace Warne tomorrow - trying to pass our way out of this division with this squad would be a disaster. 
I'd also argue that Warne hasn't had any quality academy players to include, so criticising him for not playing them is difficult to justify. 
At this point we need a pragmatic manager. If we replace Warne it will be with someone similar. The restrictions have forced us to build the squad this way and it is logical to give this type of squad this season and next to try for promotion. If that fails, then it will be time to review and maybe bring in a manager who will rebuild with expensive passing players and academy products. By that time the restrictions will be long gone and the size of our club should enable us to be more dominant in the transfer market.

Last year was a nightmare. The almost unthinkable nearly happened - we were so close to losing our beloved football club, founder members of the football league, champions under Clough and Mackay, FA cup winners after the war and European Cup semi-finalists.
David Clowes, a genuine fan with the means to do so, rescued the club at the last minute. He himself says it "was close".
Thanks to him, we have a club, our club.
We must learn the lessons of the past. We must not get into the same precarious mess ever again.
But....we can move on. We must move on. We should now look forward. We do not have to merely be content that the club is still in existence.
It's ok to demand more from the manager, the teams on the pitch (not just the first team but especially them).
We should demand exciting, entertaining football that gets results. It does not mean that we won't forever be grateful to David Clowes for saving the club.
It means we want Derby County to once again be a beacon for good football. Attacking football. Positive football. Entertaining football.
That means passing football, intricate moves, running with the ball, creating chances. It doesn't mean sitting back and hoping to score from a corner or a free kick.
I like Paul Warne, the man. But I don't like his tactics. I don't like his desire to play 3-5-2 with the players he has available, I don't like his use of players out of position or not giving the academy players a chance. I don't like the emphasis on set pieces rather than attacking play.
Yes, at least we still have a club.
But we are Derby County. The football should be, must be, ought to be better 🐏

It was probably offside. f*** the EFL.

Bring. Him. Home.
Let's sack off all this chipboard furniture and get the proper mahogany,hand carved, wardrobe we've been missing since the dark times.

...are we just gonna let this one slide?

Come on chaps. I’m with @Millenniumram here. It’s a football forum, not the Samaritans. If you can’t have an online pop at one of your players after they have made 3 bad mistakes in 3 games when can you? 
This forum is losing its sense of humour. I blame Paul Warne.

Nah that’s not how it works now , pronunciation went poncey a few years back 
Ralph Coates = modern day co atessss
aiden azzard just a posh mickey hazard 
I blame the woke mob

I thought he had a massive left ear for a second

I thought he had a massive left ear for a second

I thought he had a massive left ear for a second

I thought he had a massive left ear for a second

I thought he had a massive left ear for a second

I thought he had a massive left ear for a second

I thought he had a massive left ear for a second

I thought he had a massive left ear for a second

I thought he had a massive left ear for a second

I thought he had a massive left ear for a second

I thought he had a massive left ear for a second

I thought he had a massive left ear for a second

I thought he had a massive left ear for a second

I thought he had a massive left ear for a second

I thought he had a massive left ear for a second

No beard
No Rotherham connection 
Under 30
 
WTF is going on ?

Waghorn and Washington could play blindfold and still have more goal contributions than Dobbin.

Whilst there is no escaping it's been a poor start to the season, I can't believe we're here already *checks date* 17th August throwing replacement names into the hat.
Just feels wrong you know, with no reports suggesting there is any possible departure on the horizon.
3 league games into a season where he's had chance to bring his own players, is that where we're at now, 3 games and any patience completely evaporates?
Let's say Warne was sacked today, we then have 2 weeks to find a replacement and make any adjustments to the squad before the window closes.
Oh, and figure out compensation for a whopping contract. It just makes zero sense unless Warne has completely lost the dressing room, do we honestly believe he has? 
Or is it just a case of a half a new team trying to gel together and put Warne's plan into place on the pitch, in which case give the bloke some time and climb down off his back.