Rambling

Like with Harry Wilson, you mean? ?

Think he’s our best player by a large distance to be honest.
Takes risks when he needs to, keeps it simple when he needs to. In fact I think the second goal came from him checking back and not playing a Hollywood ball.

Thought he played well. Hollywood ball not on...so he keeps it. Ah well, opinions.

He passed the ball beautifully most of the game. 

I thought Morrison was good too. It was as if he can't play the killer ball he is clearly capable of because there's no one to play it too.
I wondered if Festy Ebosele could be utilised in a different role? As a couple of runs showed, he has the ability and confidence to go past players. That's a rare quality worth nurturing in someone so young. 

I completely disagree. Their response only strengthens my view that EFL is completely incompetent.
Firstly  - multiple occasions they've dodged questions and fall back on an argument that the current and potential future punishments seek to maintain the 'integrity' of the league. bullpoo. How is the integrity of the league being maintained when we're being forced to play a makeshift team full of academy rookies and retired pros? Its a minor miracle Rooney is doing the job he's doing. 
They completely disregard that the club has already been penalized to the point of extinction, and are still pushing for further sanctions which will only to serve to damage the supporters, the local community, and if we're lucky, new owners. The club is on its knees and all they can talk about is maintaining league integrity because 'its what the rules say' - they don't seem to grasp the issue that the rules are not fit for purpose in the first place. They also completely miss the point that our suspended 3 point penalty (for paying players 22 days late) was completely out of whack with what they agreed for Sheff Weds (and other clubs have got off scott free for the same offense in the past).
Also, this whole 'its the benefactor model which is wrong' cr@p needs to end. the EFL and its member clubs are in this financial predicament because the EFL are incompetent commercially, cannot negotiate a proper broadcasting deal, and have bent over and presented themselves to the EPL to take full advantage of. More regulations, such as the cost controls they're talking about, will only serve to broaden the gap between the EPL and EFL. Football either needs to stop being run as a business, or you let those who understand business run the football. You can't go either way.

You've saved me the effort here. What you have articulated here ABSOLUTELY spot on. Couldn't agree any more with what you've said here.

Good game. Played well. Awful ref. Decent atmosphere. Enjoyed it. ‘Nuff said. 

Great character being shown by each of the players. All I ask from any Derby player is 100% commitment. The current crop are going above and beyond this. 
 
Last season we would have definitely lost the West Brom game and not beaten Stoke or won the game tonight. 
 
My only hope this season was a siege mentality and Rooney seems to have got this. We will lose games but I’m enjoying being a Rams fan again. 
 
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Ticket office open until kick off.. Common sense, at last.

Yes " By the light of the silvery moon " was our song and sung on the popside in the 70's . Not sure when it fell out of favour/
Can also remember when the Heanor lads used to chant "Heanor , Heanor " and the popside would respond "Sharples , Sharples " ( You would have to have watched 70's Coronation St to get that ?).

White Christmas still gets a run out during the festive period, but haven't heard hi ho Derby county for years.

Years ago on the popside we sang " by the light of the silvery moon " and "home on the range" for no particular reason, but they both sounded good with a few thousand blasting it out.

For saying that we've just conceded our first goal in 3 games in the league, and only 4 goals in 5 games so far, there seems to be allot of posters complaining about our game management. 
We were certainly 2nd best for large parts of the 2nd half, and our playing out from the back unsuccessfully at times invited pressure rather than relieved it , but Roos only had two testing saves to make and Forest created little else. 
Again the missing factor was that 2nd goal. We passed up some good openings with bad decision making, but Samba was the busier keeper and Stretton desperately unlucky not to seal the win before they equalised. 
A better team than Forest might have made us pay for losing our way a bit, but I came away from the game feeling disappointed rather than relieved. I still think we're making positive progress. 

He had had a shocking 10 minutes before they took him off, giving free kicks away, giving the ball away, turning his back on play. He will do good things and bad things and won't turn into a consistent performer overnight.   

They were great again. And whoever is currently guesting in the West Stand Upper - please stay. It's brilliant having some fellow singers around. 

Just want to bump this thread. Just got back. I thought the support today was brilliant. At about 55 mins it felt like the whole ground was going and that’s rare. Supporters can see the effort and endeavour being put in. Long my it continue. 

I’d replace Tom Lawrence with Jennifer Lawrence. Unlikely to be any major change in performance levels, or results, but shirt swapping at full time would cheer me up.

Curtis was captain when my two girls were mascots, he said to them in the tunnel; "I always head the ball as we run out... but if your too cool for that don't worry..."
Top guy! Maybe him staying is the watershed?

Great interview on Radio Derby. Really honest.
Said if it was any other club than Derby he'd have been gone before now. But he wanted to stay and this is now the longest he has stayed at any club in his career. 
Also said neither him nor Stearman even knew they'd be here when they trained Thursday and that they had no playing time together as a pair in pre-season.
Gave praise to Derby players and call outs for Roos, Sibley, Fozzy. 
Oh, and he did say he didn't touch the ball for the goal! But he credited Duane Holmes with the assist! ?
 

its a bit like going on a blind date, you know that the other person will most probably be a grunter but you feel deflated when they are.

Regardless of the outcome, the EFL have lost any credibility to govern the league and if anything, our case has brought out the need to completely rebuild the hierarchy in charge of our division.
When the EFL originally lost the case against Mel and DCFC, the honorable thing to do by the EFL would have been to accept that loopholes in the rules were exposed and used to our advantage, however that is not down to the club being in the wrong. The accounts were signed off. They have taken zero responsibility for their part in this mess and have taken all steps to cover their failings. I am a critic of how Mel has ran the football club however I will back him against these muppets.
If the EFL had questioned our practices at the time, the club would have needed to accept the consequences for breaking rules. This was authorised by the league. If I was at work and I signed off somebody's documentation, I would be the one responsible for any repercussions if there were problems. 
Not fit for purpose.

he was pre owning Derby, his pockets are a lot emptier now.  People should remember how much of his cash he has put into the club