StockholmRam

Surely one of the greatest test wins of all time?

Mark Wood to provide cover for Collo anyone?

India with 3 wickets remaining, needing 100 to win. Pure sporting theatre this and the reason test cricket so often provides levels of jeopardy and drama matched by few, if any other sports. What a belting test match, irrespective of the outcome. If this is a sign of things to come, watching these two sides battle it out over the coming weeks is going to be a real treat.

Stokes with one of the most insanely sharp pieces of fielding I've seen. 6 down and India on the ropes, surely Ashwin is there last hope. Something slightly surreal about watching two England spinners befuddling an Indian team in their own back yard.

Honestly, I'd written us off on the first day. Such a shame Pope fell short of his double, but what and innings in the context of the game, Vital runs from Foakes, Ahmed and Hartley too and with 3 down, we very much have a game on our hands. If we could somehow nick this first test, it'd be an absolutely huge result, with all the pressure then piled on India to respond.
 

And West Indies beat Australia by 8 runs.

Quite wonderful by Pope. Especially on this ground. If we can grind out 50-60 more runs then its going to be a very interesting last innings for India. 
 
Game on and test match cricket is back. 
 
 

Quite wonderful by Pope. Especially on this ground. If we can grind out 50-60 more runs then its going to be a very interesting last innings for India. 
 
Game on and test match cricket is back. 
 
 

Quite wonderful by Pope. Especially on this ground. If we can grind out 50-60 more runs then its going to be a very interesting last innings for India. 
 
Game on and test match cricket is back. 
 
 

Quite wonderful by Pope. Especially on this ground. If we can grind out 50-60 more runs then its going to be a very interesting last innings for India. 
 
Game on and test match cricket is back. 
 
 

You’d think it would be in Wednesday’s best interest to help us get promoted so they don’t have to play us in League One next season tbh

Wins my post of the day………………….and it’s only 9.30 in the morning! 👍🐏

Good post. It’s fair to criticise last nights performance, cause it was pants and it’s an opportunity missed to go top, albeit briefly. And there’s some fair observation and discussion about how our midfield is or isn’t functioning.
What I don’t get are the sweeping statements driven by personal opinion but presented as fact that we won’t make top 2, or we possibly aren’t good enough for the play offs, or the players are naughty tracksuit wearing yoofs. A bad performance last night, with a few questionable ones in recent weeks, potentially down to fatigue and missing players, who will return and bolster the squad before the season is out. We’ve made a new signing that should give us reason for optimism as he is an additional attacking outlet, should allow rotation and rest etc. 
So yes last night was bad, yes a few performances lately have been dodgy, but there are still plenty of points to play for with players to return from injury, international duty, and potentially further new signings. It’s the complete lack of optimism that comes spewing forth from some quarters that gets me down. And yes of course I know people are entitled to their opinion, but if they can’t see any hope for the club and this season then what’s the point? Shall we just call it now? Chin up folks, we go again on Saturday. 

Perfect is stretching it. I think they just expect us to have 1 shot on target in a league 1 match and not put in such abject performances when the players we have are better than the players most in the division have… 

Welcome to Corey Blackett-Taylor.
I'm looking for a thread about whether he's a good signing in relation to his playing ability. Can anyone point me in the right direction, please?

And we’re here… and even already checked in!  Smashing! 🐏
not much of a view mind.
off for a rampage shortly…
come on you Rams.  Do it for us full fans! 😜
 

We’re on our way, we’re on our wayyyyyy…

Ian Hall goal scorer. Was he the former radio Derby guy from 90’s?

From reading this thread, I have to assume that it was one of the worst performances ever by a Derby County side - yet we somehow fluked a win. Is that a fair assessment?
/still not well enough to attend in person - just in spirit.

we were 4-1 up against Real Madrid 😭

For me… Sir Franz and his team beating Dirty Leeds in the 1975 European Cup final is still my favourite result ever… even better that when we beat Benfica and Real Madrid.
I was lucky enough to have seen him play, incredibly for New York Cosmos in Giant Stadium in 1978. Carlos Alberto also played that night but sadly not Pele.
Charlie George played too. Opposition. 
 
 

He said ex or reformed football hooligans.
 

For me… Sir Franz and his team beating Dirty Leeds in the 1975 European Cup final is still my favourite result ever… even better that when we beat Benfica and Real Madrid.
I was lucky enough to have seen him play, incredibly for New York Cosmos in Giant Stadium in 1978. Carlos Alberto also played that night but sadly not Pele.
Charlie George played too. Opposition. 
 
 

My best Beckenbauer memory is when Bayern beat the Dirties in European Cup Final in 1975 at the Parc Des Prince in Paris.
The scarf twirlers still moan about that game to this very day.

Another childhood legend gone. Growing up in the 60's and 70's we should have disliked "The Kaiser", yet we loved and respected the best German player of his generation and arguably of all time.
RIP Franz, fondly remembered with Bobby Moore, Bobby Charlton and Pele. All greats and all gentlemen.