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Sibley is so evidentally miles better than anyone else on our team. If Rooney isn't going to play him every single second he's fit then sell him for me. Deserves loads better than this circus. 
 

@sheeponacid to have long political discussions with regarding the planned Martian revolution
Henry Kissinger - My chance to drive him absolutely bonkers
Dolly Parton in her bunny outfit, because i can
@David to keep the peace
 

Many moons ago I left a hollowed out Halloween pumpkin on top of the TV ...over a period of time it’s face began to slump & twist, then it turned an impressive shade of sickly green....It looked quite sinister....problem was though, I hadn’t realised just how sinister the owd pumpkin had become....as he was secretly sending his putrid juices down the back of the TV...then one evening “bang” the goit of a thing blew the TV up.
Oh, & before anyone asks why leave a rotting pumpkin on top of the TV...in the days before satellite TV, he was often the best thing on the tele some nights.
 

And all those experts and scientists who said it defo didn't come from a lab in Wuhan. It can't have, they said. 

Many moons ago I left a hollowed out Halloween pumpkin on top of the TV ...over a period of time it’s face began to slump & twist, then it turned an impressive shade of sickly green....It looked quite sinister....problem was though, I hadn’t realised just how sinister the owd pumpkin had become....as he was secretly sending his putrid juices down the back of the TV...then one evening “bang” the goit of a thing blew the TV up.
Oh, & before anyone asks why leave a rotting pumpkin on top of the TV...in the days before satellite TV, he was often the best thing on the tele some nights.
 

I am definitely losing the plot with all this.  The vax does not stop you getting infected.  Talking from a Gibraltar position everybody here has had the double.  However, infections are rising, small numbers but proportionally of interest.  152 active cases, 127 are residents with 467 self isolating.  Somewhere sometime we need to rely on the protection of the vaccination and live with the risk of infection surely?
I have bee very supportive of lockdowns and social distancing but when do we accept life is a risk.

After a hard day at work Fred used to come home and say to Rose I could murder some Tennant's.

Matlock Town - legacy of 75 when as a 9 year old, I saw the best team in England and the winners of the FA Trophy, both from Derbyshire. 

Nope ,
3 tier 
Your missing out the hypocrites,,, wonder why?

Or the ones who preach about caring about others, but only actually put it into practice when it suits them. (I guess an example would be people who say the borders should have been closed but continue to order things from abroad, knowing that it is going to have to cross borders.)
And those that are honest and admit that they put the needs of themselves and their family first.

Chesterfield of course.......I'm from Derbyshire

I spend a lot of time reading these pages but don't often contribute much so bear with me!
One thing I think we would all agree on is that the club is in a mess and we were very lucky to survive last season. I don't think there's anyone that thinks this season will be any easier. 
The EFL in my opinion clearly have an agenda to make this season as difficult as possible for Derby. We are certainly not shopping in the same stores that we used to, in terms of player recruitment and this can be seen by the out of contract players currently training with us.
Now this is where I think we as fans can make a difference. I am becoming more and more frustrated when I read negative comments, especially about players who haven't even kicked a ball yet. For example....
Jagielka was an established premier League defender and with some younger legs around him, COULD become a quality signing.
Ravel Morrison has bags of ability and MAY have matured. The highlight reels certainly show there is a player that has an awful lot to offer if his head's in the right place.
Tom Lawrence has definitely been inconsistent. He has also had a drink problem, lost his mum and suffered personal issues not to mention Joiner Gate! BUT....he has bags of ability and giving him the captaincy could just be the kick up the bum he needs. 
These examples could easily be turned from possible positives to negatives.
However I can tell you one thing that is absolutely guaranteed .....and that is that we have the best possible chance of success If we get fully behind the team, remain positive and come together against those trying to knock us down such as the EFL, some other clubs, managers and chairmen.
I'm sick to death of reading negative comments from some who seem to think that we're entitled to success or think it's fine to boo etc as they've 'paid their money '. 
We've been in the second flight for a long time now and in my opinion never closer to dropping down another level.
So would you rather be positive and effectively become the 12th Man or be negative and add to the problem? ...and by the way I don't mean moaning that we've not played well. That's part of football and being a supporter. I mean almost personal attacks on players, management and chairman.
Be interested to hear people's views but really feel that if we can create some positivity we may just scrape by this season and give us a chance to move on again in a year's time. ...waffle over!

 
 
 

On this basis will you be wearing a mask and social distancing for the rest of your life?

Just a couple of weeks after this pic was taken the poor dog was taken poorly. After several vet visits and investigations, biopsies etc, they told us he had an incurable, genetic immune problem causing him severe pain. 
After getting another opinion from a different vet the same diagnoses was given.
He went to sleep on Monday morning, grandkids inconsolable, parents and grandparents not far behind. He was not quite three years old.

Becketwell is underway.
I think we have a good chance of winning to be honest. There is a lot going on culturally in Derby if you can be bothered to look for it. We're clearly missing a proper performance venue but that will change by 2025 with the one going on Becketwell.
I think the city centre will be a very different place in 2025 and using the City of Culture to relaunch it is a great idea.

No change of thought. Always thought him conservative, and a bit negative. and last night confirmed that he is still reluctant to grab hold of a game when it is there for the taking.  Starting Mount wide on the left, where Sterling had been excelling, and not having a proper right sided attacker was odd, but he clearly didn't know his best player on the right of the pitch all tournament. Grealish and Foden should have been given more game time. Taking off Henderson at the end again was naive - he has a good penalty record, and putting Sancho and saka at 4 and 5 in the penalties was never going to be a good idea. Some experience and mental toughness was needed in that situation. Henderson, Shaw and Walker would have been better picks for penalties when we were at 129 minutes.
Deserves another go, but he is yet to convince me he has anything other than a good rapport with his squad, rather than being game savvy. Got some very good players at his disposal after all.

Anybody else think in part we just over “Eng-Er-Land” it all last night.
Dont get me wrong, games are won and lost on the pitch, but all this ‘it’s coming home’, bandwagoning by opportunistic politicians, the bloody red arrows (how much did that cost for 10 secs worth of telly), royal family and celebrities on screen etc etc. It’s just all a bit tacky and borders on arrogance and holds an expectation that does not help a young bunch of players and makes the downfall so much greater.
We can all get excited, but it was overwhelming beforehand to me. Let the football do the talking and let’s wind the rhetoric back a bit.

Disappointed, but not surprised, to see some crawling out of the woodwork to criticise the manager and the team after the defeat.
Where were you when we beat the Germans?
Where were you when we thrashed Ukraine?
Where we you as we only conceded one goal in the build up to the final?
Where were you when we reached our first final in a generation?
I cannot stomach talk about “negative tactics” from fans who are just waiting for us to fail and revel in “I told you so’s.” The most crushing part of this defeat is that this team had the potential to silence these types, but instead they are basking in it.
duck off.

I was a bit pissed off at full time with some of Southgates decisions, & I do wonder if he wishes he’d never made those last two subs... but hey what the duck do I know about top level football management...nowt...& it’s the first time in my 50 odd years that I’ve had the excitement, hope, & alas ultimately heartbreak of seeing England in a major final.
A huge, huge opportunity missed...yes definitely ... but what a journey, I loved every minute of it (well almost every minute lol).. but hey it’s just a game, the sheep are still grazing on the tops & life’s rich tapestry continues to unfold. 
The best team won... it would of been worse if we’d of been the better team & lost, but quite clearly we wasn’t. 
 

I was a bit pissed off at full time with some of Southgates decisions, & I do wonder if he wishes he’d never made those last two subs... but hey what the duck do I know about top level football management...nowt...& it’s the first time in my 50 odd years that I’ve had the excitement, hope, & alas ultimately heartbreak of seeing England in a major final.
A huge, huge opportunity missed...yes definitely ... but what a journey, I loved every minute of it (well almost every minute lol).. but hey it’s just a game, the sheep are still grazing on the tops & life’s rich tapestry continues to unfold. 
The best team won... it would of been worse if we’d of been the better team & lost, but quite clearly we wasn’t. 
 

I was a bit pissed off at full time with some of Southgates decisions, & I do wonder if he wishes he’d never made those last two subs... but hey what the duck do I know about top level football management...nowt...& it’s the first time in my 50 odd years that I’ve had the excitement, hope, & alas ultimately heartbreak of seeing England in a major final.
A huge, huge opportunity missed...yes definitely ... but what a journey, I loved every minute of it (well almost every minute lol).. but hey it’s just a game, the sheep are still grazing on the tops & life’s rich tapestry continues to unfold. 
The best team won... it would of been worse if we’d of been the better team & lost, but quite clearly we wasn’t. 
 

I watched most of the games in the tournament, maybe only missed 3 or 4 group games.
My excitement actually decreased as it went on and I can't say exactly why. I think it must be because we we awful to watch apart from one game and although I'm disappointed we lost, I'm not one bit "gutted".
The penalties we missed sum it up for me, they were half-arsed, just put your laces through the fecker.
Pickford must be distraught!

Think everyone needs to cool off a little. Going to lock the thread until morning, once we've all gathered our thoughts and disappointments and not aiming them at each other. 

Italy were the better team over the 120 minutes and have been the best team throughout the tournament.

I would rather have lost to two goals in the second half. The choice of penalty takers was incomprehensible and putting two cold players on to take them was ridiculous, let alone asking a child to take the 5th. Shame for the goalkeeper who made a couple of great saves. ???????