Boycie

I hate these match starters who just go through the motions.
 
 
 
 
Well done @Rampant

I hate these match starters who just go through the motions.
 
 
 
 
Well done @Rampant

I hate these match starters who just go through the motions.
 
 
 
 
Well done @Rampant

I hate these match starters who just go through the motions.
 
 
 
 
Well done @Rampant

I think the refs are biased. 
 
I think they’ve all watched the play off final that Notts Forest won.
Come on refs, what’s happens in Wembley, stays in Wembley.

I hate these match starters who just go through the motions.
 
 
 
 
Well done @Rampant

I hate these match starters who just go through the motions.
 
 
 
 
Well done @Rampant

Sounds great! I was visiting my newest grandson in Grimsby and couldn't watch, or even suffer Radio Derby! So thanks guys for your updates on here!
I thought I would wait for the Full 90 video to go live, only to find that I needed to subscribe to be able to watch it. Even paying for the Live matchday programme doesn't open the door. I've subscribed before, but it is almost impossible to cancel when I've wanted to leave, so didn't bother. Shame, really - I am a regular, via going non-dom for the away matches! So GRRRR to Rams TV!
Roll on Tuesday night!

Derby County vs Reading
Tuesday 12th March
Pride Park   KO 1945
 
Opposition Bio: Reading have made more headlines off the field than on it in recent times as they find themselves in financial strife as a result of incompetency by their owner. Sound familiar? 
The EFL have seemingly cut them more slack than they did with ourselves but their patience must be wearing thin as deadlines to deposit sufficient funds regularly pass. The latest failure to pony up saw them docked further points and their season deduction now stands at six points in total. 
There was a further deduction of three points doled out, albeit suspended, after their understandably fed up supporters invaded the pitch and caused the early abandonment of their home match with Port Vale, the latters best result in recent months.
Where we had Mel Morris, Reading have Dai Yongge. This proves the old adage of being wary of baldies or fake Welshmen baring gifts.
Any sympathy we have for them should be tempered though by the thought that they are probably still laughing at us paying £3m for Nick Blackman.
Reading FC are known as the Royals, a distinctly naff nickname acquired after a young Prince Albert played a dozen games for the club before marrying Queen Victoria. Plus they hail from the royal county of Berkshire. They are also known as the Biscuitmen due to the town's association with the biscuit makers Huntley & Palmers. 
They are managed by Spaniard Ruben Selles and, having been relegated last season, will be looking to secure League 1 survival this season and kick on in 2024/25 under different ownership and without points deductions.
Reading are the proud holders of two notable records. In the 1985/86 season they recorded 13 straight victories at the start of the season in what is now this division and they also hold the record for the highest points total for their whopping 106 points in their 2005/06 Championship campaign. 
Opposition Form: Not too shabby in fairness. In the ten matches played since they beat us 1-0 at their place they have won a further four games with three draws and three defeats.
They arrive at Pride Park on the back of a 2-1 home defeat to Wycombe and in 18th place with a record of W12-D9-L16. It should be noted, however, that without their points deduction they would be in 14th position. 
Their away record is perhaps misleading as the bare stats of W3-D5-L10 needs to be looked at in the knowledge that they contrived to lose their first eight matches on the road. They all count obviously but their more recent form away since then reads W3-D5-L2. 
Their away wins have been at Wycombe (2-1), Stevenage (1-0) and Carlisle (3-1). They have also managed decent draws at Oxford and Peterborough.
In those 18 away games they have only failed to score on four occasions. Promisingly from a Rams perspective, they have only kept the one clean sheet on their travels.
Opposition Players: Going purely off the stats it would appear their chief dangermen are top marksman Harvey Knibbs (10 goals, 6 assists), Sam Smith (9 goals, 10 assists) and possibly Femi Azeez and Lewis Wing. They also have Robbie's son Charlie Savage, the experienced Harlee Dean and the wonderfully named youngster Jacob Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis who I hope gets a runout as I'd love to see if they put his triple-barrelled name on his shirt.
Rams vs Reading History: This will be the 48th league clash between Derby and Reading and the 54th in all competitions. The clubs' first meeting was a League Cup clash in October 1965 (1-1) but it wasn't until 22nd September 1984 that the Rams and the Royals met in a league fixture for the first time and the long wait proved barely worthwhile as we played out a goalless draw at their previous home, Elm Park. The return fixture would prove to be more memorable, for us at least, as Reading's first ever league visit to Derby in April 1985 saw the Rams win 4-1 with goals from Bobby Davison, Steve Buckley, Trevor Christie and Gary Micklewhite in front of a bumper crowd of 7,945 (really?).
That was not a taste of things to come in this fixture though as Reading have had by far the better of it. Our record on their turf is especially poor with just four wins in 24 visits. On Derby soil, though better as you'd expect, it is still deeply unimpressive. Our last victory at home to them was a 1-0 success in September 2021 but our overall home league record against Reading is W10-D3-L10. 
Expected Team: Same again one might think. Possibly a change in the middle to give more legs with Smith or Thompson in for Hourihane. 
Other Fixtures of Note: Something similar to Saturday would be nice. A Derby win and at least one of our rivals for automatic dropping points please. Their games midweek are:
Portsmouth vs Burton
Bolton vs Oxford
Carlisle vs Barnsley
Peterborough vs Stevenage (Weds)
COYR
 

Wait until he finds out where Marinikas gets his money from 😱

Awaiting Clantenburg presser 😂

Read the forum issues thread. It's @Boycie's go to solution to all issues. Apparently it does work 😂

When did @Boycie become DCFC IT?

Yeah but can armchair experts apply though. 😀

Came through on my FB page, know we have so many experts in here! 🤔😂🤣

Has he ever played for Rotherham?

I think they were a 1960’s Liverpudlian dance band Eddie, but don’t ask me as I know little to nothing about the mystical world of wealth manipulation, nor for that matter dance.

I'm a Billy no mates ST Holder.
I don't know which way to turn!  

Stop moaning you Plastics. Me and @Van der MoodHoover will make the slog there and back without complaint. Can you buy tickets on the day? I’ll watch it on TV if it’s rainy.

Has he ever played for Rotherham?

This is an excellent point… makes you think how much more league managers should probably trust youth
I even managed to dredge Kornell McDonald from my mind who’s now playing National League at 22. He didnt look out of place in the Championship if memory serves. There were loads who made their debuts during admin and I can’t think of one who was even remotely awful 
 

Has he ever played for Rotherham?

Has he ever played for Rotherham?

They won’t represent me!
We need a blow up doll as a director, to represent all the plastic fans.  Wayhay! 😂

Has he ever played for Rotherham?