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If you get chance to, and I hope they put it all on rams daily, but I think Radio Derby just had a great discussion since full time and it’s well worth a listen. Lots on the transfer window, where the club is at in terms of transfers, the performance tonight and what it says about the depth of the squad. Good post match interviews with Warne and Sonny Bradley too

More ‘interesting’ stuff coming Paid £12million for him in Jan, ripped up his contract in August.

As someone who works outside it can’t come some enough! Feels like we haven’t had a dry spell since September

It’s the game they decided they wanted to play (like we had failed it a couple of seasons before) and I think eventually, unless you are a Villa, you do run out of road. It’ll be interesting but cant help but have that feeling that modern top tier football is becoming more of a weeing contest rather than about playing football, not that they have any sympathy from me.

Sorry for a mundane and obvious post but just to say to be careful over the next few days, A6 between Darley Dale and Bakewell was as bad as I’ve ever seen it there, 13 bends was just passable and Baslow was pretty bad. Everywhere is ok to drive but saw quite a few being caught out in the dark on my way back. The rivers are very high at the minute and a lot of water is coming off the hills so it’ll probably get worse before better across the county for a few days Public Service Bulletin over, I miss dry weather.

Please don’t blow this out of all proportion but I think It’s interesting that Thompson got 45 today when he wasn’t ready for that and Cashin was given the armband. Not saying that defo means that Bird is on the way but it’s just two things you can pull out of the sky if you really wanted to. Saying that I do think it’s time we need to be able to give Thompson more game time, and Fornah to some extent. Also Bird needs to play at yheIf we sold Bird and the money was then reinvested into our strike force then I’d see that as a good move. It’s also worth maybe pointing out that I think Bird ready to push that next level, like Knight was. A Derby side with Bird in might mean an extra 4-5 points this season, if selling Bird means we have a strike force of Collins, John-Jules and ,for arguments sake, Lapado* than that could be 7-10 *Not forgetting Waggy and Wash who are more than capable of picking up important goals when called upon

Thought the same thing throughout the game. We are a decent side but we need a couple of signings to give everyone a lift. Nelson deserves all the praise this season, and before anyone takes this out of context I was on the Nelson bandwagon before all of you, but he can have these lapses of being headstrong. He didn’t need to come across, or if you are it’s not about just winning the header it’s about winning the header and making sure it clears the box. But it’s one of them and it happens, I just think there’s maybe been a few instances recently when we have to trust another player and deal with the consequences. Another was when Ward tripped that player for the penalty a few weeks back, when he had Nelson coming across and Wildsmith coming out. Good game though and a good advert for what this league is. Peterborough very good, thought we had them under control for large parts but they really did their homework. Stretched the midfield and attacked the fullbacks who weren’t given protection. Warne changed it, we looked better and he got his subs right at half time too. But the problem was. it was too early for that gamble and Peterborough took control again and Thompson wasn’t ready for 45 so our midfield became stretched again. Ward needs to pull his finger out or else he’s going to get some backlash because his effect on the game was minimal in what was a good opportunity to really make a statement. But yeah that aside it was a good game and I don’t think you’d complain if either side had come out with a last minute winner. I don’t think it’s the type of game we look back on in May and go ‘we dropped 3 points there’ fortunately our previous two games put us in a decent position going into today so I have no complaints with where we are. Little thing for those who want penalties to be hit hard at the goal, if it does get saved it’s hard for keepers to control where the ball goes and there’s a good chance it falls straight back to you.

Think the ref made a cracking decision tbh

My take from watching on RamsTV, but I feel somewhat we are currently playing in second gear. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, in that I think how we are playing is pushing teams out of position and we find gaps on the wing or around the box, but it’s also can be a slog to watch. We spent years in the champ working out how to break through teams that sit in at PP and maybe this is a good way to counter it. We won’t get away with it over the next few games, and I don’t think Warne is best pleased with the last couple of performances either so I expect something to change. We will have a very good indication about where we are after Jan 1st I think.

Presumably Cooper is already gone and this is all part of the formalities, but it’s incredibly poor form to leak out that you are speaking to another manager whilst Cooper is officially in place still.

I’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt here because he gets lost between going alphabetical and going via the map within seconds. All tactics go out of the window. Leicester and Coventry come up early and he gets the West Midlands out of the way, but basically misses Notts County, Burton, us and Stoke. I think by about half way through ohe’s just circling the permitted hoping to remember ones by the coast. Started fast, tumbled and then struggled to find any momentum after.

It’s been referenced before that Percy is getting his info from the hierarchy at Forest. Worrall and McKenna have been as poor as anyone else in defence and up until last night they were heaping praise on Murillo as a boy wonder. Have little time for Cooper but this feels a low move, and theres little surprise for who it comes from.

They were singing we’re gonna 5-4 just before Fulhams 5th 😂

I know there’s a few comedy/stand up heads on the forum so thought it might be worth starting a thread.l to post upcoming shows/festivals/reviews etc etc Anyway… ————— Daniel Kitson has announced a tour of outdoor shows including two in Derby at Melbourne Hall on June 18th and July 14th. Don’t think ticket links will be about for another week but once they are up I’ll post a link.