Premier ram

Thank god for that

Looks like an expensive season ahead or those of us that regularly go to away games
 
                       

The same Marriott who wasn't fit and did those in games off the bench in games where the script directed the way it was going, not trying to influence it from the start.
Jack Marriott was a 1 in 6 striker with us, and has roughly been the same since at lower levels. He was not Ronaldo. Apart from maybe in weight of the original.
Lampard was a terrible manager who couldn't do a thing without Mason Mount playing well. He vanished at Wembley. Villa had a much better team than us, despite Tomori etc.
Without naming their whole team they had Tyrone Mings who's been good in the Prem and got into England squads, McGinn who plays weekly as they've got into the Champions League, Hourihane in his prime, £100m Jack Grealish, Tammy Abraham who scored regularly for Roma... and that's without naming other quality like El Mohammady, Tuanzebe, El Ghazi or Kodjia. Just a vastly better squad.

I'm pretty sure they scored a goal at Sheff Utd at the end of their first season that kept them up, that with goal line technology would have relegated them as it didn't go in.  Get the luck sometimes as well. 

'Championship experience?" Surely anyone who has excelled in League One, promoted with 92 points has demonstrated that they can cope with the step up! 
A team that finishes 6th and then scrapes through the play-offs may find the demands of the Championship tough but to finish with a team record of 2 points per game and not being relegated but cheated out of 21 points suggests that DCFC is a "Cut above" the usual.
The Rams found it difficult to adjust to the cut thrust and chop of average L1 teams as they preferred the 'better' teams.
By hook or by crook let's get Ebou on the books!

It's suggested that they will take up the 1 year option they have on him.
If Hourihane is going, I'd take Norwood on a 1 year contract. We do need pace in the side but we also need passing to get a good balance.

That is lovely indeed

Typical class form Hourihane
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/derby-county-conor-hourihane-message-9283263

Barrie is a great shout, saw Stockport looking to sign him permenantly so would hope be very feasible financially for us.

Taken from an article in the local Peterbourgh Evening Telegraph.
It’s not cheap following your side away.
By the time petrol, match tickets, food et all are totted up it can cost a pretty penny.
And while some of these away followings may seem small, great credit must go out to all the fans who have dipped into their pockets this season to back their side.
But which clubs had the best away followings in the 2023/24 season. Here the footballgroundguide.com website bring us all the answers.
………………….well done to one and all. 👍🏁
https://footballgroundguide.com/news/which-league-one-team-has-the-biggest-away-following.html

Josh Knight would be the one Posh player I’d be interested on a free. Can play defence and midfield, I think a player who can do both is a good fit for the middle of a back three as they can move forward as and when the play dictates.
He’s from the other side of Leicester, so if geography comes down to it we might have a good chance.

His legs might have gone, that’s something we all saw at times this season, but in what way has his heart gone? If you know of a physical ailment that hasn’t been made public please share. If you mean his passion and commitment I think he’s shown plenty of that this season despite his ageing legs, scored key goals, made assists, accepted a reduced role at the back end of the season and still showed leadership to his colleagues from the bench and on the training ground. Baffles me the sticks people invent to beat people with. 

This is one of those nonsense myths around Warne that some people just won’t drop. Just because the press or questionable football accounts on social media link us with a player doesn’t mean we’ll sign them. Last year we signed players from the following clubs;
Arsenal
Blackpool
Bristol City
Cardiff City
Charlton
Coventry
Hull
Luton
Notts Forest
Peterborough
Rotherham
Stoke
Sunderland
Wigan
The January window the season before we signed players from Norwich and Spurs. We’ve been told the club is looking at players across Europe, yet still some people want to peddle the myth that we only sign Rotherham cast offs 🙄 

I still have a big smile on my face and remember listening to a few middle aged men coming out of the Lincoln City ground after a well earned 0-0 away point.
 
Giving it “Well that’s top 2 gone, we will be lucky to make top 6……..” and then having to hold my tongue listening to another middle aged man in the row behind me throughout the final game against Carlisle Utd moan and groan with one of his best comments being “Derby your bl00dy rubbish get into these” as our players held their positions and controlled the game into another 2-0 win and victory.
I hope he left 10 minutes early to beat the traffic and moan all the way home before moaning at his wife and kids because Derby had the audacity to get promoted!
If you can’t enjoy the good times what’s the point…..a good away point at Lincoln City perhaps!!!!
 🐏 ⚪️ ⚫️ 🔵 🟢 
 
🖤 Love David Clowes 🖤
🖤 Love Paul Warne 🖤
🖤 Love Derby County 🖤
 
 

What a club!
And to think there were people on here claiming that our 22/23 attendances would dwindle in L1 and/or would dwindle in 23/24 if Warne remained in charge... 😂🤦‍♂️
Some people really don't know this club or these fans.

Dajaune says: " I'll enjoy myself in the off-season and go do some celebrating but then I'll work hard because in pre-season I am coming to impress." I like the sound of that.
This is taken from a DET article: https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/derby-county-dajaune-brown-gateshead-9281591

I remember climbing up the fence to be one of the first on the pitch at the end. As I got to the top, I looked down, and the gates had been opened and everyone was running on! 
Great day that! One of those days that doesn't get talked about enough. 
 

Heard the Terry Jacks song on the car radio last night and immediately burst into a chorus of, We had joy we had fun we had forest on the run 🙂

Loved the old 70's Bruce Rioch chant. To the tune of "We'll keep the red flag flying high"
Hello hello, how do you do
We are the boys in white and blue
We love to sing we love to fight
We hate the boys in red and white
We'll sing a song of victory
We'll sing a song in harmony
The Villa fans will never mock
When they remember Bruce Rioch
Rioch, Rioch clap,clap.clap,clap

Reuben is playing games encouraging him to use that right arm and hand. It’s all in the mind…. 

Starting already...
 

Hey everyone,

I wanted to let you know that, fresh from the success of our first batch of DCFC beer mats, we've now released a unique set of DCFC Promotion Beer Mats, available in the SBW Etsy store.

LINK HERE:
https://stevebloomerswashing.etsy.com



The collection comes as a set of 12, doubled-sided, full colour, absorbent, 9.4cm pulp board circular beer mats, and includes:
- Mendez-Laing: Guatemalan Gold 
- Collo: Premium beer, ice cold finish
- Cashin: Irish stout
- Curtis Nelson: Unbeatable quality
- Ebou Adams: Est 2024
- Hourihane's stout: Extra quality
- Kane Wilson: Buffalo beer
- Paul Warne: Championship beer
- The Rams Promotion Juice
- Wildsmith's Golden Glove
- Forsyth's Lager: Try Fozzy's Best Brew
- Sibley: Versatile Blond

Cheers!
Chris

What a job the academy staff have done to keep us performing at such high levels, despite being torn apart over the last 3 or 4 seasons. 
I know Paul Warne and his management team have done a great job, but I think its being matched by the academy management team.
Clowse must be a very happy boy. 

Managed to narrow down the Swiss goalkeepers and came up with Patrick Foletti