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Feels so important - top performance from Captain Tom, raw energy from young Liam, Max’s set pieces and passing outstanding, Knighty a permanent threat…

Feels so important - top performance from Captain Tom, raw energy from young Liam, Max’s set pieces and passing outstanding, Knighty a permanent threat…

Bournemouth defender got a touch which may have affected his timing 

What because we are losing to the team that’s top of the league?

Good to have company ? 

Good to have company ? 

Good to have company ? 

Jagielka
Knight   Buchanan   Forsyth   Lawrence
Kazim   Bird   Shinnie   Baldock
Davies   Ebosele

We don’t know yet what is going to happen, but if the story of a further -9 and no appeal on the -12 is true  I can draw only one conclusion 
The Admins have 12 weeks or so to sell the club as a going concern. Potential bidders don’t know the full animal that they are getting because of the protracted nature and Byzantine machinations of the EFL and it’s many rules and systems
I suspect this is a commercial decision to avoid a two bite situation (I.e more deductions next season)  .. IF the total 21 deduction includes a “this is a full and final punishments for all historical wrongdoings” pledge from the EFL then it presents DCFC as a known quantity ready to sell. Time is short, the pressure is on .. I could see this as a tactical move for the Admins to get a deal done.  
 
It’s unjust .. but I see the pragmatism behind it. 

No better way of getting attention than gifting Derby a pen

A young U18 side rescued a 2-2 draw away to wolves after being 2-0 down.
Cox (U16 LB) scored the first and it was an own goal for the equaliser

Stretton just hit post and had a point blank shot saved before Luke Plange scored his second. 6 - 0

Good free kick from Thompson for Cashin yo score a bullet header. Classy second when Louie Watson robbed Blackburn of possession,  played a great ball through to Stretton for a cool finish.
Great ball from Dixon into Stretton for his second.
3-0 after 9 minutes. 

Agreed and stressful. 

Agreed and stressful. 

Ruddy phenomenal support at Oakwell tonight.

I'm a Sky Blue... Born Chaddy and moved to North of Coventry at the age of 2. Not sure I'm allowed a second team but have always looked out for your results and been a bit narked that DCFC never seem to make the big time despite the fantastic fan base.   My first game was a 0-0 in 1974 FA Cup tie at Highfield Rd.   Went today.  I agree with this comment and as the second half went on it looked like County would draw level.  A brief moment of entertainment in the stands was the side show before the goal.  Derby looked big in defence and fair play for commanding the best part of the second half.  City had a penalty call but it was waived away.  Hit the bar and had a goal disallowed.  But Derby were worth their draw.  Hope off the pitch problems get sorted out so that you stay up. 

Espn commentary ‘what great support from the Coventry fans’ to the noise of ‘when the Rams go marching in’. We’re beating them in the crowd ! 

Espn commentary ‘what great support from the Coventry fans’ to the noise of ‘when the Rams go marching in’. We’re beating them in the crowd ! 

Finally landed in Japan. Now I can watch the game ?

I thought Thompson wasn’t allowed to play? 

Yes ,for me he back's off a little when he sees the keeper coming or he's heard a shout, Jags gets non of the blame from  me, think he's been really good so far. 

Yay, I’m going to this!! After a brain haemorrhage and then lockdown I thought I’d never get to PP again. However, I’ve recovered really well over the summer, especially worked hard to improve physically and my partner is letting my son take me to the match - he’s much more worried than I am!
So, Rams, I’d appreciate a good performance and a win - though whatever happens I’ll feel like a winner just getting there.

At the start of the season, and especially after how we trailed out of the previous one, we were expecting an absolutely gruelling few months giving our all while watching a bunch of players barely able to string two passes together. The reality is the we are good to watch. I don't know what Wayne Rooney has done, but he has got the team playing some lovely, quick-passing, with great interplay, and players changing roles and places. The improvement is remarkable. We certainly don't look like a bottom of the table team.
As ever we struggled to turn our play into goals, but we ended up with a lorry load of shots, with 5 (although I thought more than that) on target. YEs, some were from long range, but not so long ago the players were trying to walk the ball over the line at every opportunity. We are creating chances and are not afraid to shoot. 3 great saves by the keeper, another one by the crossbar  and another disgraceful penalty ignored. Incidentally Ebosele's penalty shout had some meat to it, because as he was battling his way into the area, the defender had hooked his arm around Ebosele's to the point of it being inter-twined, which is clear evidence that the defender was fouling him.
I actually thought the ref was reasonably ok early on, bar his having lost his yellow card. Preston were able to break up a high proportion of our attacking breaks with cynical fouls, and there should have been at least 3 or 4 more cards shown. At least Derby didn't get the most yellow cards this time, so no doubt the ref is in for a bollocking tonight!
Preston upped their game for the second half and tightened up in their challenges, so the high pressing actually began to hold us up. They also stepped forwards a coupe of yards and it changed the game. We still created far more threat than they did until the last 10 or 15 minutes. I am right proud of what the players achieved today.
Once again I don't think I can single anyone out who had a poor game, with only Sibley not having the effect everyone wants him to have. But as ever he virtually never, ever gets played in his best, most natural position. He should be played in the number 10 role, either playing off the main striker (a bit hard, we haven't had one for a while), or playing in the hole behind a front two. He is instead tuck out on the wing, where he can produce the goods on occasion, but today he had no chance. He is not a lone striker. Tom can play that role better, so why not put him there, and Sibbers in Tom's place? One day he will end up going elsewhere, get played to his strengths and end up bagging a load of goals. We did it with Weimmann, who plays off a target man. We stuck him out on the wing, or as lone striker, or as bench warmer and he hardly scored for us, but he moved to Bristol and started cracking them in.
Jagielka and Davies were excellent yet again. I am assuming Jagielka's presence has been key, because we now have Davies looking like a player who can cope with the ball at his feet, where as last season he looked like he might trip over it when it got to his feet! And the improvement in Shinnie this season is really good. His reading of the game, and his ability to spot and make a pass were all questionable but he is now looking a complete footballer. And one attacking move he was involved in down the left wing had him playing a one-two the swerving and drifting past a coupe of defenders before getting into the box and crossing the ball. Brilliant!
It was a match we could easily have lost last season, but we stood up to a lot of rough stuff and outplayed Preston until right near the end of the match. We are going through one heck of a transformation. and are not being bullied off the ball anywhere near as much as we were, and we are tough enough to be able to stick to our game plan. 
We can't score for toffee, we seem to have the entire football establishment against us, and yet I am really excited about our future. It won't take much for us to start finding the net and then away we'll go. 
Se you on Tuesday!

Knight and Festy are a little bit special .. both young and are going to get better with every game they play.
Like Max, but he is wasted when he’s deep
My Jury still out on Sibley. He will produce a magic moment at some point but he needs the consistency that Knighty has.