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Dunno. Ask Gibson!
 

Dunno. Ask Gibson!
 

Dunno. Ask Gibson!
 

Success for Mike Ashley is inflating his bank account even more. He won’t care a jot what happens to the football club, make no mistake.

Hell fire , what a night

If he was, he got back to Pride Park for the lap of appreciation pretty damn quick! 

Oh dear 7th congratulations 

Ah, but who to blame this time
Maybe it's time to spin the Wheel of (Sue for a) Fortune

My one pleasure of this afternoon is the Middlesbrough result. Karma.

Today, Mel Morris had within his gift one final gesture of goodwill to our club, that would have let us celebrate our survival together in our home with a new owner.
Instead, he chose for whatever reason to deny us this final solace, in what has been our toughest season for many decades.
I've always tried to understand the difficulties he has faced, the money he poured into the club, the intransigence of the EFL, the outside factors at play.
But my patience has worn thin lately, and today it has snapped altogether.
You've lost the club, Mel, you've lost our club. You've lost all respect, you've lost our respect. 
No matter what you do from this point forward you will never redeem yourself in my eyes.
 

7th again ?

Not too had today so far, Sibley looking lively!
 
All I really hope for today is that we put in a semi decent performance even if we lose.
And mainly I want Middlesbrough to either draw/lose so they finish in 7th and only just miss the playoffs! The closer the better, surely they will then sue that little kid who ran on the pitch as he clearly cost them promotion and gate receipts and a spot in the premier league!

Just adding here, as people appear to be missing it in the admin thread.
 

Sorry, where's the bad news? That vague Percy tweet? Is that it? 
Calm down, everyone.

Now’s the time to ignore press reports / Twitter comments until facts emerge ??

Hmm. I guess my lack of sensitivity towards Forest is that I live far enough away that I never see a red shirt, don't know a red dog and have n er worked with one. Now, if we want to talk about Boro, Sunderland or Leeds, that's a different level of rivalry from a personal point of view! I used to joke that coming to PP meant my accent could get me beaten up by both home and away fans!

I tried. Honestly, I really did. Despite an entire season's worth of snide baiting from the embittered 'house Gump' who's only solace from his own team's colossal mediocrity over this last quarter of a century has been the misfortunes that have befallen Brian Clough's beloved Derby. I swore I'd not bait him or other Notts Forest supporters, I'd refrain from sneery wumming and just, you know, be the better man....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Well f**k that 

 

Thank you, appreciate the messages, day to recover now then we go away for 2 weeks where I'm not planning on reading any kind of social media.
Once I'm back to reality I'll respond to all PM's, mentions, forum issues and even the mod room.
Apologies I've been awol, It's been a stressful time as the venue changed ownership and some of what was planned went tits up, even down to this mornings private breakfast, waited until 10.30am for my sausage!
With the takeover, relegation being confirmed, took myself mostly offline for my own mental health.
Was an amazing day, topped off by seeing @Boycie showing us his moves on the dance floor at the end of the night.

Another win for parachute payments..

Am I the only one on here that really wouldn't mind if Forest win and actually go up at Bournemouth's expense?! We'll have no rivalry with them next season and we can both meet again in the Championship in August 23! 

Superb Sir! A very professionally presented, and beautiful piece, and emotionally moving when you know the treatment of our respective clubs by previous owners and the suits at the EFL. I was at the game and it will forever live in my memory as the model, the example of what football can be and how it brings together people in friendly rivalry. The atmosphere created by both sets of fans was goose-bumpling for 90 minutes. The friendly banter brought both smiles and a tear to my eyes and I know I wasn't alone in that. It was a celebration of what's good in football and why we do it, even in the face of extreme frustration caused by those who are supposed to know how to administer and run the game. Your piece captures all that so well. Thank you @LeeCharlesTV; I hope our feedback encourages you to share this around the wider football family. It will plant the key messages that you are conveying into the minds of fellow football fans and Clubs - laugh at clubs in peril at your own peril because what comes around goes around - and also that great connections can be made between clubs who support one another when the chips are down. All the very best to you and Blackpool FC for next season. I hope we meet again soon and not in league 1.      

F#CK THE EFL, DERBY & BLACKPOOL FANS CHANT TOGETHER TO SHOW WHAT FOOTBALL MEANS TO FANS  PLEASE SHARE
Hi everyone,
Blackpool fan here in peace and respect many of you will probably already have seen my video already but if you haven't I hope you do watch it.
You guys were absolutely unbelievable on Saturday and it was emotional to see you the true fans who partied and sang no matter what after all you have been through this season it was heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure.
Even though we wanted to win to stay above Preston not one Blackpool fan would deny you the WIN. Absolutely amazing support it was a very special day
I think this is the most important video that I have ever made. Blackpool fans suffered for years at the hands of disgraceful owners and the EFL stood by and did absolutely nothing! Derby County fans came to Blackpool and stood side by side with Blackpool fans durung their prematch demonstration against the disgraced Oyston Family who were found guilty of misappropriating the clubs funds and forced to pay around £34M to minority shareholder Valeri Belokon.
Blackpool fans have never forgotten what Derby fans did and yesterday was our chance to show our support for the way Derby County fans have been treated this season. Derby came to Blackpool to party and we joined in. 
This was a game that was bigger than football it was a statement to say Football without it's fans is nothing, the EFL fit and proper person test is a disgrace they approve these rogue owners and when they go rogue they punish the fans with points deductions the whole thing is wrong!
My hope is that this video gets shared to as many football fans as possible, doesn't matter which club, doesn't matter where in the world, just show it and let's make the people that run football realise that FOOTBALL WITHOUT FANS IS NOTHING
#ONEFOOTBALLFAMILY
Please feel free to share this and help me get this message out and let people see what Derby County means to you the fans your football world has been torn apart this season and did any of you do anything wrong? No you support your club just like every other true fan and you get punished because of the EFL approving an owner that has ruined everything for you! It's WRONG!!
Who knows which set of fans will suffer next?
Link to watch:
https://youtu.be/--G6PX6aEXA

Well that was the best away day I've ever been on. Absolutely brilliant! Didn't leave Derby till 10.00 am because of duties elsewhere, and landed on holiday at 1.00pm, met up with my middle son and his mates outside The Castle. "Don't go in there" they said - the dj was positioned opposite the front door, taking the rip out of any Derby fan walking in, and he was merciless - unless you laughed at him, then he didn't know what to do next apart from pick on someone else. So at least 1 - 0 to Derby and we hadn't kicked off yet! Well done to James and his mates! So a swift pint on the pier and off to the ground.
What was weird was the joy of marching with thousands of our fans to the far turnstile, fighting our way through thousands of our fans going the other way! And then the portaloos! There were less than 20 portaloos for 4,000 fans. Come on Blackpool - that's taking the p*#ss too literally. Me and my entourage decided to wait until the match had started, and went down shortly after the first bounce, which if course was a very risky thing to do. The bounce, that is!
Blackpool worked very hard indeed, and were pressing and closing down all over the pitch, and edged things in the first half, although we had may be the better of the chances. And that peno - as soon as the ball broke into the box I knew what was going to happen - and that was before I saw it was Festy going in for the challenge. Rather clumsy, my boy! No wonder you hugged Roos after the save! I  was critical of him because he didn't seem to want to take his man on and get the afterburners lit up, but in hindsight that was because there were always three men  on him, all lined up so if he beat one man, another would pick him off. He didn't stop trying though, and got some good tackles in despite his penalty challenge.
We weren't quite up to Blackpool's level of tenacity, but thought that Plange was our most effective player, especially in the first half. As often happens, the introduction of Sibley changed things up because we now had someone who would go at the opposition given the chance. The debate about him rages on, but if he was given more than just the occasional bit part, and in the wrong position, maybe we would see a different Sibley. He worried and disturbed their defence for the first goal, and had another shot go close, and suddenly we had stemmed the flow, because Blackpool were still edging it. 
As is my want I was concerned that the ref might throw the match again, but his main weakness today was not keeping control of Blackpool's physicality, and missing/ignoring at least 4 blatant handballs right in front of him. And when you give the green light to the rough side of the beautiful game, it does, and did get dirty. And when Malcolm's shorts end up halfway down his thighs with no free kick given, you know the ref is having another bad one.
The banter between the fans was brilliant, with the "Jump Around" being a tremendous load of fun, and the player's response to the fans at the end was probably the best they have done this season, with good reason. Well Done You Fans!
One slight concern was Rooney, delighted for our first goal, saying "It was great for Malcolm to get off the mark. There's only one match to go, but he will score many more in his career". Was he talking about the season coming to an end, or Ebiowe's time with Derby coming to an end?
I don't know, but this has been one hell of a season.
What a team, what a manager, what an assistant manager, what a set of fans! And what a time to be a Ram!!!

Agreed, Would have preferred Bernard Manning.