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Well done to everyone who stuck by Paul Warne.
Especially, well done and thank you to David Clowes who held his nerve when it probably could have been easy to give in to the noisy minority.
The records we have broken this season will remain for a long time and days like yesterday don't come around too often.
Warne has more than earned his shot at Championship football next season.

Congrats and thanks Paul warne , everything I want in a derby manager, class act,
some want football played in a certain way and have no interest in anything other than that ,even if it took us 10 years to get out of this league , that’s they’re choice and it’s ok with me ,
me ? I want seasons like this one , days like yesterday and owners , managers , players I can respect and feel one with in shared good and not so good times , 
I reckon both me and warnie are going to be walking our dogs today with a big smile and spending time with family knowing the value of both yesterday and today ,,,, hats off to Paul warne ,,, a proper football bloke and a proper person 🐏😀👏👏👏👏👏🙏

He does have quality, like a finely tuned Alfa-Romeo. He also is as reliable as a finely tuned Alfa-Romeo. 
I liked him, I really wanted him in our team. But, we've spent quite enough money on Krystian Beilik for one lifetime.

Roy Mac doing the bounce. Bet his knees feel like mine this morning! 
 

Totally agree with this. Running on the pitch spoiled the party atmosphere, a lap of honour in front of 30,000 people would have carried on the celebrations. I stood in the stands and after a few minutes most people on the pitch didn’t know what to do next. 

@Owen87ITK ‘congratulations Paul and thank you’ 😭🖤🤍🐏

I'm not sure they did? 🤷‍♂️
Wasn't it more along the lines of "Please do not go on the pitch before the final whistle".

That's entirely different to your quote, and covers their arses when it comes to thousands breaking the law on their property!
 
Yes, it was inevitable.  No, there was nothing more the club could have done to avoid the invasion.  But that still does not make it right or acceptable.
... and as for the atmosphere once they were on the pitch... Embarrassingly non-existent, imo.
If we'd have partied like that back in the '80's, it would have been called a wake!  👀

Children sliding around on the hallowed turf, and grown-ups wandering aimlessly wondering "What happens now".  No "scenes".  Very little jumping around singing and cheering. No passion.  No emotion.  I repeat... embarrassing. 
To be fair, having a good overview of the proceedings from my seat, I suspect the majority were puffed out after all that exercise!  Looked like most of them had never been near a sports pitch before!  
It was fully expected of course (as a lot of anti-social/selfish behaviour is nowadays!), so it certainly didn't spoil my afternoon, but I still maintain a lap of honour by the players, management, and Mr Clowes... along with their nearest and dearest... would have been much more preferable... especially in front of 25k+ still in the stands.
But much of the stands were nigh on empty within 5 minutes of the final whistle.  When the (majority of the ) pitch invaders eventually left the pitch, they weren't miraculously full again, which would imply most had given up, and headed home.
Check out the numbers still there once the trophy was brought out.  It was like the raffle results at a village fete!  

 
 

Respect

Well done, Warney! where before we crumbled post-xmas, we've finished stronger than ever and honestly, this is nothing less than your hard work warranted. Huge close season now, with a major overhaul to come, but those are some lovely problems to have. Hopefully, DC can attract a bit of additional cash to fund the war chest. I'm sure he'll be doing his level best.
A massive 'thank you' to you and all the coaching staff from yours truly! 
COYR

I love the man. 🐏🖤🤍

Sadly this will be my last match today. My first was in 1956 as a 13year old, My dad used to take me before that but he stopped going when we went down to the third division north. My mate and I would catch the 12 oclock bus from Melbourne and be the first in the ground. We stood in the Normanton end pigeon loft, I think it was 3 shilling. To this day I remember that team. We were champions in 1957 and I ran onto the pitch after the last match against Southport, Ray Straw scored 37 goals that season, The next ten years saw me start work, get married and have two children, I had moved to Derby, and after my family, the Rams were the most important thing in my life I never missed a home game in those ten years even though we were only an average second division side. And then in 1966 after England won the world cup my mate and I decided to have a season ticket, Little did we know what would happen that season, I was at work one day and a Rams supporting work mate told me we had signed a player from Bradford Park Avenue, his name was Kevin Hector I'd never heard of him but he was without doubt the most wonderful footballer to grace the Baseball Ground I had ever seen, and because of this we wanted to see more players like him which led to Tim Ward getting the sack and BC becoming Manager, what followed was ten years of unbelievable success and enjoyment. And then things started to go wrong off and on the pitch and I stopped being a season ticket holder during Peter Taylors time as manager, i still loved The Rams of course and when I turned 65 and retired my old mate from Melbourne and I bought season tickets again. But sadly covid left my best friend of 80 years with a dementia problem and he know no longer knows me. For the last two seasons I have been going alone to the match but its just not the same for me. Therefore I am calling it a day, as I write this I am welling up as I will do this afternoon. Thank you Derby County for every thing I will love you till I die.     

I didn’t personally know him, but just visited his memorial page and shed a tear. This Saturday would have meant so much to him, I hope he’s watching, a la Steve Bloomer. 
I’m hunting out my old flag and considering my scarf (it went to Wembley and might be tainted by failure) 

Love this; underpass is part of my route to Pride Park. Hope it doesn’t get vandalised. We need more of this sort of street art. 

What a great image. 
“B4 is watching, helping the fight.
Guiding our heroes in the black and the white….”
Come on South stand, you know you can sing that. 

I didn’t personally know him, but just visited his memorial page and shed a tear. This Saturday would have meant so much to him, I hope he’s watching, a la Steve Bloomer. 
I’m hunting out my old flag and considering my scarf (it went to Wembley and might be tainted by failure) 

I did, didn’t I? Oops! 
thanks for letting me know I’d been told off 😂 

I didn’t personally know him, but just visited his memorial page and shed a tear. This Saturday would have meant so much to him, I hope he’s watching, a la Steve Bloomer. 
I’m hunting out my old flag and considering my scarf (it went to Wembley and might be tainted by failure) 

I didn’t personally know him, but just visited his memorial page and shed a tear. This Saturday would have meant so much to him, I hope he’s watching, a la Steve Bloomer. 
I’m hunting out my old flag and considering my scarf (it went to Wembley and might be tainted by failure) 

No - Nelson didn’t personally get relegated- his team did. One man cannot save a team.

I'd at least wait for the season to start 

Some of them aren't exactly hiding in the bushes are they?

Are these the same fans that were worried that the manager wasn’t good enough to get us promoted and wanted him sacked.

I understand your frustration at wanting to see exciting, flowing football through all areas of the team with midfield dominating and passing through the lines. But I would argue we just haven’t had the players to do this the way you want.
The first point I would make is that you are assuming that at every stage of every game, the players are doing exactly what is asked of them by the management team. I don’t believe this. They don’t encourage players not to pass to each other - they don’t encourage them not to attack the opposition. I have lost count of the number of times in his interviews after the game where he has “criticised” his players for not being braver on the ball and in games. The matches at the end of the season are slightly different as all that matters is gaining 3 points (e.g. Cambridge).
the fact is that our midfield (until Adams arrived) was weak - physically, aggressively and pace wise too. We were bullied off the ball too much, waltzed around by younger, quicker players (Peterborough). We just did not have the right players in there to compete. Before Adams arrival we didn’t have anyone in there who could be aggressive, have any pace or could tackle. Fornah was tried for a while but ran out of steam and made mistakes. At least playing 3 at the back, gives you more potential bodies in midfield with the wingbacks available to help out, but even them, unless it was Forsyth or Nayambe, they we’re not tacklers. Added to this was poor movement off the ball and poor passing. Unfortunately, Hourihane is no longer mobile enough to dominate midfield and we have looked better since he has not been in the side.
Our midfield needs a complete overhaul in the summer. Hopefully we can get Adams in permanently but we need others of similar ilk and also a good playmaker. I think Warne was trying very hard to get the right midfielders in, but it just didn’t happen until Adams arrived.
Finally, I would add that with all the injuries we have had this season (Ward, Elder, Forsyth, Rooney, Bird, Waghorn, Washington, Nyambe, JJ,Embleton,Thompson,Gayle,Barkhuizen), Warne has done a remarkable job in patching us up but still managing to pick up points. Admittedly, not in the exiting way we would all want to see, but there have been some good footballing performances too. Plenty of goals have been scored too (9 more than last year despite losing our talisman McGoldrick). 
All in all, I think we have done pretty well, but I think you are wrong to lay all the Blame on Paul Warne for our less exciting displays - much is down to the players too. I am sure we will recruit well during the summer.