Cook1988

probably about £60,000 a week and a massive signing on fee

Sadly this will be my last match today. My first was in 1956 as a 13year old, My dad used to take me before that but he stopped going when we went down to the third division north. My mate and I would catch the 12 oclock bus from Melbourne and be the first in the ground. We stood in the Normanton end pigeon loft, I think it was 3 shilling. To this day I remember that team. We were champions in 1957 and I ran onto the pitch after the last match against Southport, Ray Straw scored 37 goals that season, The next ten years saw me start work, get married and have two children, I had moved to Derby, and after my family, the Rams were the most important thing in my life I never missed a home game in those ten years even though we were only an average second division side. And then in 1966 after England won the world cup my mate and I decided to have a season ticket, Little did we know what would happen that season, I was at work one day and a Rams supporting work mate told me we had signed a player from Bradford Park Avenue, his name was Kevin Hector I'd never heard of him but he was without doubt the most wonderful footballer to grace the Baseball Ground I had ever seen, and because of this we wanted to see more players like him which led to Tim Ward getting the sack and BC becoming Manager, what followed was ten years of unbelievable success and enjoyment. And then things started to go wrong off and on the pitch and I stopped being a season ticket holder during Peter Taylors time as manager, i still loved The Rams of course and when I turned 65 and retired my old mate from Melbourne and I bought season tickets again. But sadly covid left my best friend of 80 years with a dementia problem and he know no longer knows me. For the last two seasons I have been going alone to the match but its just not the same for me. Therefore I am calling it a day, as I write this I am welling up as I will do this afternoon. Thank you Derby County for every thing I will love you till I die.     

I've managed to get two tickets for the match today, but they're in the Carlisle end. What's the worst that could happen? At least I could say I was there...

Even if we won tonight, Pompey to beat Bolton all day long!
I really couldn't care less about catching Portsmouth, I guarantee you that come around 14:30 on Saturday 27th April, if we are sitting in 2nd place, not one single part of me will be disappointed we didn't win the league.
Get us up, get us out of this league, 2nd will be perfect thank you.

With the injury situation we are again underdogs so expect a cauldron of noise next week.
Expect them to absolutely tear Blackpool to shreds

I struggle to remember a time I’ve been so incensed by a performance or a result. I feel absolutely conned for finally allowing myself to believe in Derby County in their current form. I felt physically sick at the performance from the first 30 minutes that I just wanted to remove myself from watching the game. It was a disgusting display. A horrible game. I watched the Mansfield and Colchester game before hand and both of them were MILES ahead of what I had to endure in that first half. 
Warne fell upon a system with Gayle upfront and it all started to click, when you see the performance today it’s apparent that he knows what he wants to achieve but doesn’t have a plan on how to achieve it. Gayle was an easy solution at the time, I’m sure all things being well that he wouldn’t have signed him. Today really played out all my worst fears - I’m just glad that I was able to monetise us not winning promotion whilst we sat in our best situation. I have absolutely no faith in this team and less so in the manager to find a solution. 
I like him as a person, I even find his management and coaching not without merit, but why waste the best part of £10m on keeping an category one academy when you have such a short-sighted approach in the first team. It makes no sense to me. If we fail this season, there is absolutely not way he can remain as the Derby County manager for the next rebuild. Get him gone. 

Yes

Yes

Give Adams a hug from me ,and a pen to sign permanently , Come on you "how are we even up there ?" Rams !!

They usually arrive individually for home games, around 12.45 - 1.15 pm.

Like Arteta stood next to Pep, Steve stood next to Arteta. 
Get him in, I say. Local guy, with previous ties to our club. 

Has to play at Charlton 

2-0 Angola, 10 men each 
Come home Ryan

Warne's response "proud" 
Bull S***
STILL SACK HIM 

I mean these things happen in the cup when you make lots of changes to give fringe players minutes....oh....oh.....FFS....

WARNE OUT.

THIS IS SHOCKING
sacked after game please they don't want to play for him 
Pathetic 

..but i do like the idea of a cheeky call to Graham Potter..

Is there a crowdfunder set up to pay off Warne’s contract?

We need 10 threads maybe the club will listen then 😀
 

That was an embarrassment, his position is now completely untenable. Please Derby do it today, we need someone in by Tuesday.
 

He needs to be off now, it isn’t working and there’s nothing that makes it seem that it ever will. 

Is it the 3-4-2-1 used before? Something like
                Wildsmith
  Nyambe   Nelson   Cashin
Wilson  Smith  Fornah  Forsyth
           Bird.         NML
                 Collins