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The Scarlet Pimpernel

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    The Scarlet Pimpernel reacted to Steve How Hard? in Match Thread: vs Blackpool (h)   
    Inclined to agree. 
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel got a reaction from Nishfan in Coming to Derby. Advice please folks.   
    If you want to go a bit further and into the peak district Hadden Hall is worth a visit as is Chatsworth House. Both will be busy mind as it's a bank Holiday. 
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel reacted to B4’s Sister in B4 - for ever a Ram 🐏   
    A little bit of Daniel at Pride Park forever ❤️ Give him a wave when you pass the east stand 🐏

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    The Scarlet Pimpernel got a reaction from Blackpoolmad in Coming to Derby. Advice please folks.   
    If you want to go a bit further and into the peak district Hadden Hall is worth a visit as is Chatsworth House. Both will be busy mind as it's a bank Holiday. 
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel reacted to WestKentRam in League One tactics and DCFC   
    I agree, and thought this once again during the game on Saturday that it does my head in playing overly optimistic blind balls in the air down the wings to a wide man who has three or four defenders on him. They are 'passes' with a low % probability that they will come off. It often makes me think of John Beck at Cambridge in the 90s and somehow I am watching this instead of Derby.
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel got a reaction from NOTSA74 in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    Agreed. I want to be proud of my team and currently I'm not. I'm proud of our history, proud of our stadium, proud of our training facilities, proud of our fans but I'm not proud of the team when they play like they did Saturday. Absolutely unacceptable. 
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel reacted to derbydaz22 in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    I don’t think it’s consistency that fans crave it’s basics like getting the ball down and try and play football even if it doesn’t work. Games like Sat make us look a poor side and we have had far to many off days even if we are 2nd.
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel reacted to UTFR in Prediction for how it will end   
    Despite it being impossible, as they all play each other, I expect our four promotion rivals to take maximum points from their remaining games, while we fail to pick up a single point for the remainder of the season.
    We finish 6th and, despite getting our hopes back up by sneaking past Bolton in the semis, we collapse in the against Lincoln in the final at Wembley blow a 2-0 lead to lose 5-2. Sending 40,000 Derby fans home unhappy, as 378 Imps celebrate promotion on Wembley Way.
    Meanwhile, Leeds and Leicester claim Automatic promotion to the Premier League, and Nottingham Forest escape relegation by a point on the final day.All three go on to finish top 10 in the following season.
    In League 2, Wrexham are promoted and proceed to spend £300m to assemble to strongest third tier side of all time, meaning that recently relegated Birmingham city have to settle for second place, as the Rams miss out again and head to Wembley to eventually lose to Rotherham. (Who are by then managed by Conor Hourihane)
     
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel reacted to i-Ram in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    He’s not the brightest apple in the barrel that’s true. He’s not the sharpest banana in the washing basket either. I’d go as far as to say that he’s one strawberry short of a biscuit tin.
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel reacted to IlsonDerby in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    My opinion of Warne as a manager is well known and he is what he is so I’m not going to go over those talking points again. 
     
    I’m sick of slating the woeful tactics so My anger yesterday is directed at the players. Can any of them come off the pitch with any sort of credit? 
     
    Their goal was Sunday league defending. Bradley letting him get the cross in too easy. Cashin and Sibley breakdown in communication allowing the scorer the freedom of half of the pitch. 
     
    Passing accuracy was abysmal. Even the passes that went to our players were always causing the receiver to turn back and collect it from behind them or to stretch for it. Wasted the 3 real opportunities we had with awful finishing.
     
    Constant hoofed balls up rather than the composure to play it through a pretty crap league 1 press. 
     
    Honestly a good chunk of the team yesterday printed their own P45s for the end of this season regardless of division. 
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel reacted to IlsonDerby in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    This is fine if we’re talking about an inexperienced defender learning a lesson the hard way. We’re talking about an experienced pro who was part of a promotion to the premier league last season. He should be thoroughly embarrassed that he couldn’t control himself and in doing so has left the team with 2 centre backs for the next 3 matches. I’d pay him off at the end of this season and cut our losses - dread to think what championship strikers would do to him. 
     
    This isn’t just about the sending off either. Constantly passing it behind the player he was playing it to. Constant poor touches including needing Wildsmith to rush out and spare his blushes to stop a repeat of match day 1. 
     
    These mistakes shouldn’t be happening from a player at this stage in his career who has dropped down a level. 
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel reacted to Seth's left foot in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    Sibley has had enough chances to show us what he can do in his preferred position, a run of games would probably do him good no doubt but he’s a squad player at best for me. 
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel reacted to gfs1ram in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    At the game today.
    Can't help but feel that this could / will be the defining game of the season against a very poor Northampton team lacking several first choice players and on a bad run of form.
    A complete no show from 1 to 16. Add the NML injury and Bradley's stupid sending off and I fear the worse.
    It's the Derby way nothing ever straight forward !!
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel reacted to Gee SCREAMER !! in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    That may be the most disappointing performance I can recall in 40 years with what was on the line.  Truly shocking.   We won't win 5 from 6.  Disgraceful s*** show. Win today and the gulf was massive with points and goals.  Forget games in hand if we won today.  This was the one. A draw was probably a fair result but that would be our ineptitude rather than any quality from them.
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel reacted to S8TY in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    Absolute load of crap one of the worst games of football I’ve seen 
    Northampton are crap so that says it all 
    why take off Adams ? and NML ? Unless they’re injured it’s a strange decision 
    if anyone thought this league wasn’t of a poor standard this season that game sums it up a team in the top 2 and a team going nowhere in L1 …it was such a poor standard of football …any really good side would piss this league 
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel got a reaction from oodledoodle in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    Absolute crap 
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel reacted to Carl Sagan in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    Have a beautiful day, which hopefully includes a result that sees us all dancin'.

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    The Scarlet Pimpernel reacted to Archied in Paul Warne   
    Best season we have had in a bloody long time , ground was full to the ginnells Saturday with most staying long after the whistle to celebrate and leaving extremely happy , I was surrounded by singing all the way back to the car , seen some great goals scored and seen some not so great performances in games at times over a long season , if we get promoted this season will live long in the memory of this old boy who’s seen the great times and the lowest of lows ,it will live long as the warne promotion season that I really enjoyed ,
    simple fact is we have one or two posters who are intent on rubbishing anything achieved and winding people up trying to stop them enjoying all the good stuff that’s happening for our club and us fans,
    honestly ? Just stick them on ignore or read there stuff , see it for what it is , laugh and move on without replying and giving them the pleasure of winding you up ,
    it really is that simple 🤷🏻‍♂️
     
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel reacted to S8TY in Hourihane   
    Hourihane is still a good player and has scored some vital goals for us.......In a two man midfield with  Bird  it doesn't work as both are slow tempo players , we haven't missed Bird as much as some would like to believe , we also didn't sign Hourihane for his mobility and has never really been that mobile anyway, but he's still an important part of the squad ...for sure 
    also think he gets an unnecessary amount of criticism as does Korey Smith , both will be vital in the run in as will Ebooooou who is immense and best signing of the season for me 
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel got a reaction from jimtastic56 in Wildsmith   
    I mentioned elsewhere that on the news last night it said the government football regulator will be able to take the decision about financial distribution of funds away from the Premier League.
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel reacted to angieram in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    "In the know" - Washington is available for Saturday. As of last night, Gayle's results not through.
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel reacted to TomTom92 in DERBY COUNTY FANS FORUM: MARCH 2024   
    Finding the constant moaning about Pearce quite tiresome to be honest. 
     
    Think people need to move on or at the very least adopt the ‘if you haven’t got anything nice to say don’t say it all’ approach.
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel reacted to Will the Ram in Away tickets 23/24   
    Perhaps some fans don’t want to stand but have to because others in front of them are standing? Buying tickets at the front with the intention of standing is selfish.
    Stewards & police do nothing about persistent standing. Being a wheelchair user I have to avoid certain away grounds because I know I won’t see most of the game because people will be standing in front of me.
    Something needs to change.
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel reacted to Eddie in Notts Forest Playtime   
    Didn't get battered by one, did you?
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