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Id imagine they’ll soon announce both the last Derby and Bolton games both on sky as a race for automatic promotion? They can’t show a premier league match as the afternoon 12:30 match is normally on BT/TNT whatever it’s called nowadays. I’m assuming anyway??

Yes, Leeds were playing well enough, but it was a completely different style of football. A style that Clough didn't like and wouldn't have been proud to play as a manager, even if it had continued to bring success. I think there's definitely some truth in Clough wanting to destroy Revie's team, as he could be incredibly petty at times. It only makes me like him more as it's exactly what I'd do to Leeds if given the opportunity. It was a bad match up in general though. The Leeds players were also a petty and small minded bunch who worshipped the ground Revie walked on. They would've undermined any new manager, even if that manager wasn't as abrasive and confrontational as Clough. Also, it's usually harder to win things when you are no longer paying your opponents to lose.

I agree. I think Smith was hugely influential throughout the game. Adams breaks play up, the enforcer, Tommo never lets anyone breath but it was Smith as the fulcrum. Quick to pass, not too many touches, sees the ball that unglues things and sets us going forward. I can’t comment on away games but every time I see him at PP he does it right and makes us look more polished as a unit. 

An underrated very good game from him.

So you think we are more of a technical side under Warne than a physical one?
At League One level we simply have better players than the rest. Yet largely we still don’t dominate possession and play through teams.
That’s not a bad thing. Warne will get us promoted this season, no doubts, and he deserves credit for that.
But claiming his style of play is more technical than physical is just laughable.

The thing that Warne has really achieved is a colossal improvement in both our attacking and defending set pieces. 
Obviously the stats show the effectiveness off the attacking corners and free kicks - I believe we've scored more than any other of the 92 clubs.
However, I reckon the improvement in the defending from corners has been even better. For so many years, I've sat in the West Stand watching us defend set pieces with my hands over my eyes in terror. They had the same effect as Doctor Who had on six year old me. Now I'm relaxed enough to carry on a conversation. I expect us not to concede. 
I actually think that improvement is a significant reason why automatic promotion is in our hands with two games to go.

One half of Joe and Twiggy that used to be on radio Trent, constantly sucking up to the red dogs and putting us down. Then he went to radio Derby and all of a sudden it’s I’m a Derbyshire lad through and through, does my head in, and he supports Everton.😂
 

She’s going to sponsor the first 45 minutes of each home game.
They’re calling it a Swift half.

That's shia madness.

That's a Shi-ite joke

Sunni Bradley?

They docked us too many points previously and we're due some back?

Really don’t know if this helps ( probably not ) , but how it is for me ,
with a devastating loss I kind went with the well trodden phrase that it gets easier with time ,,, it didn’t / doesn’t and I came to the conclusion you learn to survive it , anniversary s are hard but I allow myself to feel the way they make you feel ( not sure you could stop it anyway ) , there’s also something a bit freeing and needed about those times where I can open the box and just be with the stuff that I probably wouldn’t survive if it was running round my head all the time,
not really sure I explain it properly 🤷🏻‍♂️

Elvana on Sat night was great fun. 
Next up is Springsteen in Cardiff, which is turning into one bloomin  expensive night out. 
I could've had a week abroad for the same outlay.

not wishing to downplay your worries in any way shape or form, and would never tell you how to feel about a beloved family member, but I have vast experience in the contracting/redundancy and general lack of security, and as s*** as it is, I've found that as long as I pick myself up, dust myself down, and conduct myself properly, the rewards will come and the situation resolves itself, I hope that whatever happens workwise, you back yourself and your ability and you are fine.

We don't even sell the South West Stand Seats for hospitality on match days.
Maybe 300 seats there - £70 a pop including the meal? Never seems to be a lack of uptake on hospitality so by my maths...
23 games x 200 (I'm taking a lower amount of people here for an average) x £58 (Taken VAT off the number) = £266k. Minus probably around £100k of food/labour costs.
As a football club, we have to maximise all opportunities for revenue (such as £1 booking fee's and £2 for postage) but £160k of revenue could be created here and they don't do it? Why?

Great game.
We scored two good goals, second one lucky tbf.
Their goals were class.  I think it was a par result.

Saw Springsteen at Wembley in 85 and I'd recommend getting some pre-show carbs down you, as he'll play for 3 hours at least. They stopped for about 20 minutes to change clothes as Springsteen especially, was soaked in sweat. Honestly, I hadn't realised I was a fan at that tender age, but after watching him and the E-Street Band belting out song after song, it's safe to say I was a convert. My uncle was his head roadie at the time, which is how I ended up there in the first place. Now that was a day (and a night) I'll never forget 🤪 

No pre booking on a match day, first come, first served. 
It's not as busy as you'd think, sometimes held at the door for a few minutes, but not often.

Deserves more than a round of boos, like a song!
Love us or leave us, make your choice but believe us
We love you
Ebou, Ebou, Ebou, Ebou, Ebou
 
We can't conceal it, don't you see, can't you feel it?
Don't you too?
Ebou, Ebou, Ebou, Ebou, Ebou
 
So come on, now and join us, We love you, hear our chorus
'Cause it's true
Ebou, Ebou, Ebou, Ebou, Ebou.
 
 

Great interview with Ebou Adams talking about Derby County, his faith, Ramadan. Four o'clock was his last meal. No food or water since. Wonderful attitude and discipline. Fully deserves MOTM.

Oh and special mention to THAT linesman.
You tried and still failed!

My mates and I used to buy Fun Snaps from Alfs joke shop, round the corner from Duckworth Square. 
Then we'd lean over the car park level wall, and throw them down at people on the ground floor below, hoping to hit them on the head and duck back down. 
Hours of fun, until I hit a skinhead full on the bonce, and he and his mates immediately pelted for the stairs up. 
We had to take the stairs down, just beating them to the exit, then they proceeded to chase us halfway back to Spondon before they eventually gave up.
Easily in our top 3 chases, alongside the fuzz chasing us through Stoney Cross for lighting a fire under the ropeswing and swinging through it, and the mad bugger who lived in the flats, and would ask us to wait while he put his trainers to chase us for door knocking.

My mates and I used to buy Fun Snaps from Alfs joke shop, round the corner from Duckworth Square. 
Then we'd lean over the car park level wall, and throw them down at people on the ground floor below, hoping to hit them on the head and duck back down. 
Hours of fun, until I hit a skinhead full on the bonce, and he and his mates immediately pelted for the stairs up. 
We had to take the stairs down, just beating them to the exit, then they proceeded to chase us halfway back to Spondon before they eventually gave up.
Easily in our top 3 chases, alongside the fuzz chasing us through Stoney Cross for lighting a fire under the ropeswing and swinging through it, and the mad bugger who lived in the flats, and would ask us to wait while he put his trainers to chase us for door knocking.