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We have won 10 of 13 league games, and lost 1....and that was against a very good team who scored in the last minute.
Hardly surprising some fans get irritated by constant negative comments. 
Financially we are on a sound footing, we are trying to make additions and we have a decent bunch of lads working their backsides off.
Yet at the first sign anything may be amiss the toys go out the pram.
We have a decent stadium and a fair amount of fans. But we are a League 1 club,  recruiting on a budget for League 1 players, playing against teams all just as desperate to get out this League. We have no divine right to walk over teams so how about a bit of realism at times instead of constantly looking for things to moan about and maybe there would be a bit more harmony.

Keiron Maguire is a horrible b****** who hates Derby. He was the reason that the mardy Bamford from Middlesbrough threatened the EFL  and forced them to take action against us even though we hadn't broken the rules at that time.

What in Derby County's recent history suggests that we're going to batter every team we play, play them off the park, score 10 goals, give no chances away, make no mistakes, have 100%, 100% successful passes, 100% successful tackles?  Very little I would think.  Of course there are going to be bad performances, of course we're going to have games we don't win, of course there are games where will will get beaten and beaten badly. We aren't particularly good. The reasons for that are plentiful and, even if you think we might be doing better with a different manager (we might), I can still guarantee you that we ain't going to win every game. So rather than having a flap, just take a breath, shrug your shoulders and reflect on the fact that we're still in a good position, having only lost once in 13 (is it - or something like that) and that sometimes you are just going to have boring 0-0 draws and move on. 
Or have a massive moan if that makes you feel better (but it doesn't change the result so why get your blood pressure up?).

What in Derby County's recent history suggests that we're going to batter every team we play, play them off the park, score 10 goals, give no chances away, make no mistakes, have 100%, 100% successful passes, 100% successful tackles?  Very little I would think.  Of course there are going to be bad performances, of course we're going to have games we don't win, of course there are games where will will get beaten and beaten badly. We aren't particularly good. The reasons for that are plentiful and, even if you think we might be doing better with a different manager (we might), I can still guarantee you that we ain't going to win every game. So rather than having a flap, just take a breath, shrug your shoulders and reflect on the fact that we're still in a good position, having only lost once in 13 (is it - or something like that) and that sometimes you are just going to have boring 0-0 draws and move on. 
Or have a massive moan if that makes you feel better (but it doesn't change the result so why get your blood pressure up?).

Chill out tinsel tits. You're meant to be on a lengthy sabbatical 😂

Money is the problem when it comes to attracting players. Have you missed the last couple of years?

Here they are. They’re back. Set your watch lads. 

Win at home and draw away. Its OK.

Win at home and draw away. Its OK.

Imagine if Mel had claimed money as a creditor, we definitely wouldn't exist now.

What we need is for Stephen Pearce to come up with a clever way of accounting for players residual values. 

I've been reading reports that CBT will be having a medical and signing today...anyone else read these reports?

But he's injured isn't he? - how's he going to complete his medical?

So many on here embarrassed by our songs highlight the problem with the atmosphere. We are too self conscious about what we look and sound like to join in with something that isn't cool or original. 
It really isn't that important.
As Adam Ant once sang "ridicule is nothing to be scared of". Though the alternative lyrics to that are the best football chant I've ever heard:
"East Stirling,
East Stirling,
Cowdenbeath are nothing to be scared of." 

The facts are we signed an aging striker on a free from a struggling Championship club. Unless a miracle happened, ala McGoldrick, which you can never rely on, he was always going to be a squad filler as we look to sign a young high potential player.
So far this season, he's had 14 league appearances of which 6 starts, averaging 35 minutes per appearance. He's got 3 goals and 2 assists. We have 20 games left, let's say he's fit enough for half of them, scores another couple of goals, maybe another couple assists. He could achieve 9-10 goal contributions in 25ish games. For a squad filler, on a free transfer, that's decent enough business for me.
Is it the future? No. Does it do a adequate enough job for us now as a squad/bench player? Yes for me.

Just come on in the cup. Fans start singing his name. Makes me sad.  

If you read this forum you wouldn't go near any of our players on that basis.

I’m not sure what you’re trying to say. You’re saying Warne should have used the zero transfer money he has spent on signing the absolutely best that non-league has to offer? (Which, by the way, no other transfer genius has done in the same time). How is that possible?
Over the longest period Derby absolutely do seem to never unearth the gem and always end up paying the finders the fee. Likely due to competing at the sharp end of the table and that gamble is exactly that, a perceived gamble over a more established (and expensive) name. We should have had better scouts and transfer policy, absolutely. Even moreso in hindsight.
But to level it at Warne right now? Not having it. 

How can you blame Paul Warne for this when we haven’t spent a fee since he’s been here?

That’s a very reasonable and cogent argument- which recognises that he has been OK and might now be past his best. Also that he is the kind of signing we’re probably restricted to at the moment (21 yr old Washingtons being a bit expensive unless we have great scouts picking then from non/lower league).  I  think calling him a “nothing player” without the qualification comes across as a tad harsh in these circumstances. 

They’ve just thrown some random club games together haven’t they? Where do they think we’ve suddenly got £1.5m to spend? Obvious tomfoolery on their part! 

More chance of signing Macauley Culkin 

That’s a very reasonable and cogent argument- which recognises that he has been OK and might now be past his best. Also that he is the kind of signing we’re probably restricted to at the moment (21 yr old Washingtons being a bit expensive unless we have great scouts picking then from non/lower league).  I  think calling him a “nothing player” without the qualification comes across as a tad harsh in these circumstances. 

You're probably right, however I like to remember footballers are human beings and don't like to insult them unnecessarily.
This isn't 1972 where we're the best club in the country, this is 2023 where we're in the 3rd tier after exiting admin and aren't financially loaded. Any player that comes here and genuinely grafts has my respect, gone are the days of giving out huge contracts with players like Anya simply here to pick up a wage.
Washington, from what i've seen, tries hard and does his best. I'm not going to sit here and write flippant comments that completely dismiss him when he's had a respectable career in the game and is currently contributing to a squad trying to get us promoted. Just don't think he's done anything here to warrant being called 'nothing' or 'mediocre'...

That’s a very reasonable and cogent argument- which recognises that he has been OK and might now be past his best. Also that he is the kind of signing we’re probably restricted to at the moment (21 yr old Washingtons being a bit expensive unless we have great scouts picking then from non/lower league).  I  think calling him a “nothing player” without the qualification comes across as a tad harsh in these circumstances.