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Imagine a football Hunger Games. Send them in wearing full kit and nothing but bare fists.

Been a few decades since you were at school!

We’re over here deducting penalties from goal tally’s, whilst over in Leeds they are rocking up at players houses giving them abuse when they miss a penalty. In all seriousness, his behaviour on the pitch makes him a dislike-able character, however rocking up to his house is as you say disgraceful, even more so when it’s your own player! Nothing Leeds fans do overly surprises me. You can screenshot this and share it with your Leeds mates on X @DarkFruitsRam7, I’m sure they will defend the behaviour as perfectly reasonable for anyone that misses a penalty. Imagine the pressure that puts on the player taking them. Idiots.

How’s the hangover?

Less than ideal this extra time with a big game on Saturday v Newcastle.

Captain Jason Knight

No need to bash him!

Vote for our boy, James Collins. Deserves it. https://www.thepfa.com/fpotm/league-one

The correct answer is obviously James Collins v Cheltenham Town, I'm happy to hear any counter arguments for the other goals though, bring em on.

Could be worse, could have been Piers Morgan teasing 30 second clips for a week before showing the full interview, which is then split into 2 parts of nothing more but shouting over each other.

Still not seeing the power, I mean Putin has spoke loads on the Ukraine war, all been reported in western media. The only difference here is a western journalist having the opportunity to ask questions, which will have been agreed prior to the interview, all leading to the same things being said. It's a scoop for sure, in the sense that it will bring in a shed load of views, but I doubt it's going to cause the masses switching to support Putin

Is he that powerful? I mean he has money, a large social media platform and his own cult following yet the only real power he has is controlling what people see. Even then it's limited to the algorithm feed and search pages. I'm sure the US government is watching closely and can rein him in at any point. Can see Europe blocking X soon as well if things continue.

I would love to see an in depth explanation of how this deep state are turning kids into LGBTQ. Imagine having a few pints with these 2, be some wild discussions.

Noted. However without wanting to call out individual members, I would say some do give off that mutually exclusive tone. Granted there are others with singular issues, I mean on the the signings we have a current topic on if Clowes has lost faith in the recruitment process! Not wanting to throw Sage under the bus here, as I say, not wanting to call out individual members I don't have him down as we should be walking the league type, even if I think it's a little extreme of a question to put out there. Barely spent any money whatsoever and sat 2nd, some signings maybe haven't shown their worth as yet, show me any club that has a 100% track record. Fergie may have signed Ronaldo, also signed Bebe. I would think Clowes maybe sat in his office rather pleased with how it's all going and justified in not bowing to calls to give Warne the boot. It just drains you a bit, there has been times like under McClaren where the forum added to the overall feeling, was a fun place to come on and spend time. Draw our next game, you can guarantee there will be calls for Warne to be sacked like there was the other week when others were having to defend their opinion of now isn't the right time.

I hear you, don't really disagree with any of it. As I say I'm not a royalist so not here to defend the system. The debate over how much they cost v how much revenue they generate through tourism will rage on long after you and I are still on the planet. You can find counter articles written with guesstimates all day long, how do you know if say one Japanese tourist that visited Buckingham Palace, bought a Corgi stuffed toy would have still came over and bought a London bus stuffed toy even if we didn't have a King or Queen. I've just become tolerant for lack of a better word of this is how it is and just be grateful in that we do at least have some democracy with a vote that counts unlike some countries. Looking at you Russia. When I spoke of jealousy over wealth and social status, that's wide ranging from say a mate that's got the fancy car, right up to the likes of Elon Musk with 55bn to throw away destroying a social media platform. I have 2 mates that go through more TV's than Curry's as they try to outdo each other for the biggest and latest technology to the point where their living rooms look ridiculous. Could be argued that's more competitive than jealousy though, either way I don't have it in me. Truth be told, given a choice to be the King or continue my own life? I'm carrying on as I am, the idea that your whole life is controlled is not an appealing one, even the money is nice. I reckon with 55bn though I could restore Twitter to his former glory and can this daft Mars colony idea.

Banning would be more extreme than the comments. I just wish it didn't feel like I was logging on to a Derby County forum where the club were in 10th place and 6 points outside the top 6. That's pretty much what it feels like.

You must have seen the comments I'm referring to, barely spend much time on here myself yet I've seen the signings are crap, the league is crap, we should be walking it. I'm not just pulling random crap out my arse here and it's not merged with comments from Twitter/X, don't even read replies to anything or view hashtags. This forum, the comments are there, even the Forest forum has referenced said comments. The Charlton TV co commentator, he was referencing fan podcasts, not sure which one(s) The reaction to even drawing a game is way way over the top, we can literally not drop any points whatsoever without Warne having his balls under threat from the pitchforks.

Not looked at the others remaining fixtures, if true then yeah, we're there now, didn't realise. We have Bolton and Portsmouth left ourselves, these are looking like huge games. Wouldn't be surprised if Sky start tinkering with kick off times/days.

Didn't watch the game, but looking at BBC Football they have Tom Lawrence playing in the midfield 2 in a 4231, can't be right surely?

Don't get me wrong, it won't be a doddle, we will be games where we have to dig in, find a way to put more points on the board than the others. It's just....we're up there and in the mix, not that you would believe it if you read other topics on this forum. I refuse to blame the lack of a positive atmosphere on Warne and style of football. I have an alternative theory in that, it's just not that exciting getting back to the division which many fans of my own age and younger will have seen the club for the majority of their lives. Same manager, same football, same league position, 16 games away from potentially Premier League football, this forum would be a joy to be on.

Whilst acknowledge it's not impossible to win 16 games straight, the probability of that, isn't that great for any of the top sides. I'm not switching sides here, don't worry. I still think we'll finish 2nd as a prediction.

There is jealousy over wealth and social status, absolutely there is. I just don't have any within me. We're on a football forum, spending our free time following and discussing a bunch of players that earn more in a month than many of us will in a year. We're making that choice. We're going to work, some on minimum wage or slightly above, paying taxes, then using what's left over to buy tickets to watch these players kick a leather bag of air about. If I had that jealousy within me, I'm not sure how I could justify being not just a Derby County fan, but a football fan.

Which is never accounted for with those that prefer to view the world of Derby County under dark clouds. Wasn't long ago where we were being told there isn't enough time now to catch the front runners yet here we are, Wednesday morning needing only to better Portsmouth in one game and win the game in hand, top 2 is then in our own hands. Absolutely no reason why any Derby fan can't just sit and enjoy the rest of the season, whilst not mathematically there, play off place barring an absolute disaster looks secure which means we have a real chance of promotion. Realistically that's all you can wish for, that chance. Anyone demanding promotion, will be the ones viewing the club under the dark clouds, which is their own personal choice. Paul Warne is crap, can't sign decent players, has no pull, look at the crap he's signed. Lose a game with said crap team, my next-door neighbour could get this squad promoted, we should be running away with the league. Which is it? Anyhow, we will lose another game and the Out Out will rise from the pages, highlighting the pain and suffering we are going through. I watched Saturday's game via Charlton TV, their co commentator had a cheeky pop at Derby fans complaining and how hard life must be in 4th (at the time). We must, and I say we as a bundled in Derby County fan must look a bit bonkers from the outside world.

Saying that, I know, but I don't know why this topic has descended into an NHS topic. Royalist or not, surely we can all understand why the King of the country would receive priority health care unlike our own friends and family? Having lost my sister in law recently to cancer, just 42 years old, I am not sat here without experience of watching someone die having been through the NHS system, months of appointments, misdiagnosis before they realised it was cancer and then left cancer cells in her kidney which spread to the rest of her body. She wasn't royalty, she wasn't the Queen of the country, her death whilst making front page news of the local paper, was not a national story. She was just a regular person that unfortunately due to mistakes lost her life, as many have and will continue to do so. King Charles, for the record I am no royalist, never watched a wedding, ceremony, couldn't even tell you the full words to the national anthem. He's the King, it's blindly obvious why his health would take priority, avoiding the regular process which all starts being on hold at 8am trying to get a doctors appointment. He's the King, figurehead of the country. He's probably never had to load a dishwasher, wash his own clothes or hoover his own living room. Do I believe anyone should be born into that position, no, but the hierarchy in this country exists and it is what it is. The state of the NHS is another topic in itself, which in fairness due to our political rules on this forum probably can't take place as we ultimately know why all the difficulties exist and with a growing population, will only get worse. The King of the country has got cancer though, that's the big story here. I wish him well and catching it early means the treatment will work.