Carl Sagan

I wondered where that one was going! As long as @Jourdanhas remembered the PENALTY for bigamy. Two mothers-in-law!

Have a beautiful day, which hopefully includes a result that sees us all dancin'.

People will think I'm being over dramatic, but these are some of the most important games in our history. We've never spent more than two consecutive seasons in this god-forsaken league. Fail to get promoted again this season and there could be a downward spiral. Crowds will fall away, good players will leave, the academy will be ransacked again... Make it out and maybe we'll look back in a few years and pinpoint this moment as when everything changed, and Derby County rose up the leagues to restore themselves and their reputation among England's footballing elite.

I was with family in Iceland on a coach tour of the fabulous "Golden Circle", while listening to the Radio Derby commentary via the bus's excellent free WiFi. What an afternoon, with geysers, glaciers, extraordinary waterfalls and a famous 5-0 win. Followed by northern lights in the evening. I can't find it now, but the club ran a very half-baked contest for something, and I wrote the afternoon up as a story, which led to me winning Craig Bryson's signed and dated boots from that day. Can it really be ten years ago already?

Are there no more polls? I'd seen other people comment on not being able to post one and presumed it was down to their incompetence - then I was going to run one on the new England strip, only to discover it no longer seems an option to create one? Or is this down to my incompetence? Edit: now I see it above me in the thread. Seems odd as I'd have thought they drive engagement/traffic

Kellyman played the whole match. So frustrating to have these talents snatched away. Great that Robinson had 20 minutes, and hopefully more game-time in the next match.

Warne knows winning is everything in this division, and we will need goal threat. In the absence of Collins and Gayle, he will rejig the team to move Sibley further forward and more central. I think we'll line up: Wildsmith Nelson Bradley Cashin Wilson Adams Hourihane Forsyth Sibley Mendez-Laing Waghorn Subs: Loach Ward Elder Thompson Smith Blackett-Taylor Washington If it were up to me, I would probably go 4-4-2 and include Weston on the bench, with Wildsmith Smith Nelson Cashin Forsyth Wilson Sibley Adams Blackett-Taylor Mendez-Laing Waghorn Subs: Loach Ward Bradley Hourihane Thompson Washington Weston

Probably lots of twists and turns yet. Nothing with Derby is easy, and here we are again without a centre forward, playing on Saturday. If we can overcome that hurdle I'll be much more confident about not putting these dates in my calendar.

Apparently Google DeepMind have been using AI to help Liverpool with their corners. Anyone for TacticAI?

On the plate. Anything else is an abomination.

Agree. I'd like to keep Joe, but his rushes of blood leading to two penalties have been odd. I feel his overall confidence and command helps the defence, meaning I'm extremely happy he's regained the shirt. And his game management when we've needed it has been excellent. But if he does want to leave he's not irreplaceable. We got him for next to nothing, as was the same for Ryan Allsop who I thought a better keeper. It's a position where there is always another one along if you need.

Things are starting to ramp up properly. COO Gwynne Shotwell was talking at a meeting today and said 6-7 weeks until Test flight 4. She added that key things for this test would be to get closer to landing both the booster and the Starship, so they wouldn't be carrying and launching any Starlink satellites just yet.

@angieramhas been posting the international call ups for our Academy youngsters, as and when, in that thread. But I thought not everyone looks in there and we have nine kids away on this international break. An amazing achievement. Or have I missed others? The future's looking pretty bright. Here they are: Jack Thompson (GK) England U18 Keilen Robinson (defender) England U19 Dan Cox (defender) Wales U19 Cruz Allen (midfield) Wales U17 Darren Robinson (midfield) N Ireland U21 Niall McAndrew (midfield) Ireland U17 Charlie Lindsay (forward) N Ireland U21 Carlos Richards (forward) Gibraltar U21 Dajaune Brown (forward) Jamaica U23 (he's only 18 and is also eligible for England)

Pixies tonight at the Town and Country, aka the "O2 Forum". Sadly it's apparently one of those weird album tours where they don't play their hits. Just give the punters what they want!

The question before us is, with Gayle presumably out, do we recall Dajaune from Gateshead for the Northampton game? Or do we rely on Waghorn, or NML, or try to play without a recognized striker?

I confess I have never seen that as a requirement, so have circumvented any complicated problems. Meanwhile: A teenager brings her new boyfriend home to meet her parents. They’re horrified by his haircut, his tattoos, his piercings. Later, the girl’s mother says, “Dear, he doesn’t seem to be a very nice boy.” “Oh, please, Mum!” says the daughter. “If he wasn’t nice, would he be doing 500 hours of community service?”

Should have called this thread something around Dajaune Brown - I thought at the time, other key U21s would be out on loan. Dajaune played the full game yesterday as Gateshead lost 4-2 away at Ebbsfleet. A Gateshead central defender was sent off after 5 minutes, so Brown's striking partner was sacrificed meaning it was probably a tough game. No goals for our boy, but Gateshead were 1-2 up at half-time. Guessing they ran out of steam.

Surely @i-Ramcan double as Mr Darcy?

Grr. Damn the typos. An opportunity to move seven points clear with six GAMES to go. Away at Northampton who are mid-table with nothing to play for. Hopefully already on the beach.

Well observed, listening on the wireless, and Radio Derby mentioned Angie and her daughter.

Today's results: Peterborough 0 Portsmouth 1 RAMS 1 Bolton 0 Barnsley 0 Cheltenham 0 The table now looks: None of the other top five play next weekend, so it's an opportunity to go seven points clear with six points to go.

Guaranteed a top 10 finish! Tenth is our lowest possible position.

Well done to players, management and fans. Stood up and were counted on the biggest day of the season so far. Seven games to go, but there is clear blue water now.

Not liked our subs - a very defensive mindset, inviting pressure which we're so often not good at resisting. That said, we scored just after Elder came on. Probably just as well we did or it would have been the Alamo for the last 25 minutes. Can we hold out? So close now you can almost touch it.