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There has to come a point where we fluke so many wins, that it can no longer be called a fluke. Perhaps we're just an efficient, effective, but not particularly eye-catching side? 🤷‍♂️

And we love him

Out of contract in the summer too. Sad to think that we *may* have seen the last of Collins in a Derby shirt. On the flip side, imagine if he came back for the last few games, scoring the goal(s) to seal our promotion 😍

My dad finally lost his battle this morning at the ridiculous age of 64. Over the past month or so, he got stuck in a cycle of having excess fluid drained, the fluid coming back, being drained again, etc. The fluid eventually got into his lungs and, on top of that, he had the cancer in the background (which they couldn't directly treat because of all of the draining), and a skin infection that eventually led to sepsis. It was just too many issues for him to fight, even though he gave it a damn good go. He deteriorated rapidly last night to the point of being very agitated and delirious, and I got a call from the nurses to come in at 3am. I knew it was the beginning of the end then, and the decision was made to withdraw treatment at about 11am. He went very peacefully within the hour. Part of me wants to carry on like normal - go to the match tomorrow and have a few drinks after - but the healthiest decision is probably to skip it and have a bit of alone time to process it all. I echo the last sentence of my previous post too - f*** cancer.

'Hopeful he (Collins) will be available for the weekend, but that might be me being too optimistic', Warne says.

What the hell is wrong with Elder?! Injured every other game. Fingers crossed for Collo.

I hope you're right, although I'm not convinced 😬

Bloody hell, get him in the House of Commons. Proper politician's answer.

Belper chippy in this itinerary

https://www.espn.co.uk/nfl/story/_/id/39465861/2024-nfl-honors-won-league-biggest-awards Completely understand it's a QB-orientated league, but I'm gutted Puka Nacua didn't win OROY. I thought it would be a bit closer in terms of voting, but 48 votes for Stroud out of 50 says otherwise.

Thought this Twitter thread was interesting about falling in love with loan players. The number of Vale fans mentioning this guy suggests he's quite the player. It's just a shame that this rumour never materialised into something concrete for us.

1-0 Collins

The build-up was nice for the goal against Peterborough but, yeah, Collins vs Cheltenham is a clear winner.

Add a Brannagan into that and I would agree.

Peterborough not won in 3 league games now 😬

His pass to Bird was a gift from the Gods, to be fair.

Are you a joke?

What would be looking at now? If it was £4million or whatever in the summer, and if he continues his good form for the rest of the season, are we looking more towards 10? 🤷‍♂️

Surely we have to be working on Sibley and Thommo's extensions too? Even if it is just to sell them in the summer.

Huge news. Now even if he does leave in the summer, we should be able to get a really good wedge of cash for him.

I can't WAIT for Warne's pre-match presser. Sibley's was uploaded yesterday (probably means he'll be starting), so Warne's should be with us this morning.

OK off you pop then

I completely agree. But I suspect the intention was to save money in this window ready for the summer, when we're supposedly free from any and all restrictions.

I think it's clear Thomas' focus has been on the summer IMO - 'just sign an experienced striker to see us over the line this season and we'll go from there.' Unfortunately, that approach seems to have backfired tremendously.