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We should have been comfortable by half time 2 or 3 nil. Not brilliant, but a decent hard working performance and a deserved win.
Wouldn't have wanted me blood pressure taking near the end mind.
We are nowhere near capable of the dark arts like these sides, where do they learn it? Is it all they work on in training when they are due to play Derby?

Don’t tell that they are another team who are the worst in the league, sat one place behind us before tonight. We keep playing the worst team in the league every week - how come?
 
We absolutely battered them tonight especially 2nd half. Could it be we may be a better team than so many on here think?

Probably because the manager who is able to monitor them in training day in day out and get regular reports on their progress doesn't think they're quite ready.
Why beat the manager for this? Do you know something he doesn't?

Possibly because they’ve taken a dislike to certain players and/or management (even hate with a passion in one case) and no matter what, to perpetuate that level of dislike, they have to go searching for any fact/statistic which might help to validate their point of view?

Nice to see Bradley’s reaction to Wilson defending our box well …run up to him and congratulated him …I like that …

I was at Port Vale last night and the last word I'd use to describe it is boring! 
There was a great atmosphere among the Derby fans from kick off. We were brought together by the shared endurance of traffic jams, crap facilities (again), lack of organisation and over-officious stewarding pre-match.
I thought we played well and always felt confident of the win. Yes, they had some possession in midfield with neat and tidy play that contributed to a good game but they created very little,  whereas we looked dangerous every time we attacked - direct and strong. Their goalkeeper was clearly man of the match (didn't he have a stormer against us at our place last season, too?) Another night, one of those early chances goes in and the scoreline would have looked more comfortable. As it was, I felt sure we would score eventually as they tired. 
Wilson is rapidly becoming one of my favourite footballers. You can tell he's revelling in being fit and playing in front of the biggest set of fans of his career. But everyone played their part; I don't get the hate for Collins as he worked his socks off again and could have had two on another night.
What a dollop that Ikpeazu is! Referee should have booked him early for his wrestling/diving, would have cut it out. Instead it just gave Cashin an opportunity to make him look clumsy, which he did with aplomb. 
Hourihane needs to let someone else onto set pieces occasionally as the lack of delivery is noticeable.  He worked hard across the rest of the pitch though against their busy midfield and closed down well.
What a classy goal to decide the game. Barkhuizen's harrying won the ball back, a peach of a low cross from Mendez-Laing and JJ finished with aplomb. Anyone else would have took a touch and the defender  cleared it. But that young man has quality and he showed it just when needed. In his celebration right in front of us he looked quite emotional,  another player hoping to put his injury demons behind him. I hope he does, because if he can keep fit he could help fire us to promotion this season.
Come on you Rams! ⚽️ 

The problem is mate that us older lads know that promotion from this league does not rely on stats. It relies on team spirit, hard work and a bit of luck (after the last few years that's one thing we hopefully have in the bank). Many of us wax lyrical about Bobby Davison and Phil Gee firing us to glorious promotions yet often the games were bloody hard work with just an occasional flash of brilliance....like NML's superb pass to the young lad tonight.
The Rams are going up 🐏

A decent enough performance. Another 3 points, this time away from home and with a clean sheet to boot, which the coaches will absolutely love. Could it be that patience is now beginning to reap its own rewards?
With games coming thick and fast right through to the New Year, we are finishing the year in as good form as any side in the division and while tonight's was not a flashy performance, a la Barnsley, or Northampton, I thought it was thoroughly professional and comfortable enough, if truth be told.
COYR

Reading some of these comments, really don't understand the need to slag certain ones off in a need to find a negative...bizarre, they are all part of the squad and will have a contribution to make over the season.
 
No wonder why PW often gets defensive in interviews.

Great match, Mr Warne. You sent us out to play football on the front foot. But it wasn’t just gung-ho let’s get at ‘em, it was well managed, using patience when we needed. We had a couple of wobbly bits in midfield, and a couple at the back, but weren’t really threatened. Only one or two Port Vale shots on target all match. We kept playing the ball both on the ground and through the midfield, as well as using wings and crosses. What’s not to like?

Agree with that 
one thing that does intrigue me 
The number of times i see on here “derby won , but so and so were rubbish” 
not a dig at u .. but at what point do we give our lads credit for making them look rubbish.
pressing , harrying them, being physical, out running them , winning challenges, getting in tight .. for too long these were things we didnt do which makes other team look bad.
while the football is crap, there is an ugly side to the game that allows u to win football matches
obviously we all want the football to he 200 times better but i think we do the lads a little dis service sometimes
 

Big Ravel creating 2 goals in 2 sun appearances. (I know it’s a stretch to give him credit for Mondays but he was closing their defender down when the mix up happened) ?

I wonder if there is a Championship table based on Prutton's forecasts anywhere.
Pretty sure Notts Forest would be top of that table.
Seems he doesn't want to upset his old fans by forecasting a defeat for the tree huggers.
And he's not good at forecasting our results either, lol.
 
 

I wonder if there is a Championship table based on Prutton's forecasts anywhere.
Pretty sure Notts Forest would be top of that table.
Seems he doesn't want to upset his old fans by forecasting a defeat for the tree huggers.
And he's not good at forecasting our results either, lol.
 
 

New chant for the south stand with thanks to Obama/Corbyn supporters
Can we do it   YES WE CAN
Can we do it   YES WE CAN
 

New chant for the south stand with thanks to Obama/Corbyn supporters
Can we do it   YES WE CAN
Can we do it   YES WE CAN
 

The club come to an agreement with the EFL regarding our 'punishment' and we suddenly get a half-decent ref and a penalty in the same gaame? Too much of a coincidence methinks......

That was the day 17 year old Denis Law scored twice if I remember correctly.

That was the day 17 year old Denis Law scored twice if I remember correctly.

In fairness, if you swap us & Barnsley thats  actually a really good prediction. They got the bottom 3 & the top 3 spot on (although not right order). Over-rating Forest was the only other rick.
As to the topic, pretty depressing to see but like others have said, those odds will change if we land a few of the trialists. A siege mentality, a good mix of youth/experience & a settled style of play might see us surprise a few ?

With our fans fully behind the team, I’m absolutely confident we can get on a good run that will see us through this season to safety.

The thing is 
The higher up the pitch u play the more attention u come under .. if ur starting from deep it gives u license and clearer picture of where the space is to exploit 
Playing higher up the pitch with a defender up ur arse is a totally different proposition to playing from deep with everything infront of u 
there’s a back catalogue of quick winger type full backs who u think can they play higher up due to their feet , speed and technique .. truth is it’s a totally different ball game 

Cashin our new Colin Todd 

JK was having a scan on his ankle last Monday. No news yet. Not seen him in any training pics. Anyone know anything ??
Can't afford bad injuries in training with our squad.

JK was having a scan on his ankle last Monday. No news yet. Not seen him in any training pics. Anyone know anything ??
Can't afford bad injuries in training with our squad.