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Great way to end our away season with that monkey off our back now for next year. Great support today but no different to the excellent support we've had all season and hope we continue that form in the stands in League One next year. Also credit to Blackpool fans, one of the few clubs in the league that has not gloated at our potential liquidation and demise and shown some support. A class showing and wish them all the best in the Championship next year, hope they can get promoted again to the Prem.

Rooney post match says Sibbo will start next week. Bit late Wayne.

Richard Keogh started the bounce at the Derby County end and applauded the fans. He will always be a big part of the rams heritage and he gave all when he played for us.

Amazing result!! Brilliant support from our fans as always this season. You'd think we were the home team, given the vocal support!!
0 - 2 !! Go Ebiowei and Cashin! So please for them both. They both put in a spirited performance. So much effort and passion. Never expected this result. Only Wayne could get this kind of performance from a team who are already relegated and engender such a positive team spirit. Curtis Davies - just amazing. Watson, great performance.
It was so pleasant to enjoy a match with no stress, knowing it didn't make any difference to our future. So many games have been so stressful. It was good just to relax a bit more.
Well done, Rams and fans. Oh we do like to be beside the seaside! Thanks to everyone! XXX
Blackpool fans were brilliant today. They have experienced problems as well and were very supportive. Now I'm going to open the wine!! Have a safe journey back everyone and thanks!! XX

Even the Blackpool supporters are clapping our team off the pitch. 
 
Tells you everything you need to know what other teams think about Derby County and what we’ve had to endure this season. 
 
We will give it a right good go next season. Can’t wait. 

Huge if true.

FWIW, in a rare bit of itk, I happen to know that the council have secured funding to purchase the stadium. So hopefully that one will be resolved soon.

The thing that struck me yesterday was how hard he worked.
He’s had a  good season. I hope he stays. 

I got back in the car after the game and Charlie Palmer was saying the one bright spark from today was Watson’s performance. Said he was involved in everything good that we did. Got to be honest, I didn’t see that. I like him, he’s definitely got talent, but I didn’t think he was that influential today.

Disappointing performance..we deserved what we got but not unexpected really with all the changes.

Great to get updates and he’s also driving this forward as per the milestones he set. I like him so far

No they'll probably accept it, sign off on it and find fault with it 2-3 years down the line.

At EFL HQ right now

You’re going to be gutted this morning, and rightly so.
But it ain’t all bad.
When we dropped out of the old 2nd division into the 3rd in 1984 things were in many ways, worse.
We didn’t (quite) have the financial issues, but we had a horrible team and the entire season was utterly depressing and devoid of hope in a way this season hasn’t been.
My personal highlight of an utterly depressing season was meeting Dave Watson in a Little Chef on the A1 after we spanked Cambridge away 3-0 in the FA Cup. That was pretty much it for ducks sake.
AND we had not just relegation, but the ignominy of losing to Plymouth in the FA Cup quarter-final to contend with after we had dragged them back to the BBG.
We all thought that we’d bounce right back when we did get relegated and the arrival of Arthur Cox just emboldened that belief.
An opening day away loss to Bournemouth, when Bournemouth then were more like the equivalent of Exeter now, didn’t dissuade us.
Of course, we didn’t bounce back and ended up outside the top 6.
But we had some BRILLIANT away days that season, Hull, Lincoln, and the last game of the season at Newport spring to mind.
It was a whole lot more fun than the previous season because we were, for the most part, competing and you could see what Arthur was trying to do.
There’s something fun about going to smaller clubs and taking the place over. Those of you who travel to away games know that the camaraderie is special.
In fact, the adversity that we have faced this season has developed that camaraderie, only it’s done it at home.
I work online and use social media a lot and the admiration for Derby’s support, especially those of you who travel away is a delight to read. I’ve even read genuine Forest and Leeds fans say they’re impressed.
And what’s not to be impressed about?
Forget the trolls who are loving this, the REAL football supporters appreciate and understand what Rooney has dragged the club through and the guy is universally respected, exponentially more so than when he was merely an excellent player.
He’s now an excellent ex-player and an excellent human being. Time will tell if he can become an excellent manager, but the signs are promising.
The second year under Arthur we did come up and that season was even better for road trips..
I’ve seen Derby beat Benfica, Real Madrid, every top English club multiple times and Forest many times. But if I were to list the best 5 games I’ve ever attended, Derby at home to Rotherham in the old 3rd Division on a Friday night would be up there.
That game with that penalty that took us back up to what would now be the Championship was a raucous, intense and then delirious atmosphere ending in an effing celebration comparable with any I have witnessed - although to be fair, my memory is a tad blurry because we did hit the pub hard.
I doubt there was a Liverpool fan that got anything like the joy from beating Man City in the cup semi or will get more if they win the thing, than we Derby fans got from squeaking past Rotherham that night.
The fact is, winning is just fun, no matter what division you are in. And beating adversity is fun too. So much more satisfying and enjoyable than just delivering on what’s expected.
Somebody posted that they hope we're not that team that thinks they will bounce back up.
I don't really care if fans think that. It's totally irrelevant.
What is relevant is what WR thinks and what he allows his staff and players to think.
And I have no doubt whatsoever that he'll not allow that entitled type of mindset to creep in.
The good news is we have renewed hope for a stable club, a very promising manager in place, an Academy that is flourishing even if it is being pillaged and some wins to look forward to.
We are where we are, so we may as well embrace it and have fun. And you will have some fun, I promise.

Say what you like about Kirchner, I like the cut of his jib.
I believe he's exactly what we need - a fresh, energetic, yet reasoned approach.
Working together with Rooney, I am just so excited about the future ?

We won’t get a minus 15 points start as CK has stated his plan to pay over 3 years.
We have just been relegated so let’s not start worrying about negative issues that don’t exist yet.
 It’s just wasted energy. We will be fine and we will carry on.
Im looking forward to next season and enjoy where ever it takes us.?

Not according to Kirchner. See his comments in the administration thread.

We fought til the end. COYR ?
 

Not even owner yet and he’s aged 20 years in a week. Exactly what this club does to you! 

Let’s just hope everyone gets behind CK now and I think he has shown he is not a tyre kicker as he is addressing the correct problems first.
A lot of the criticisms towards him seem petty considering the alternative of liquidation.
There may have been a few bidders in the background but he has come back and stepped up to put his money where his mouth is and trying to right the wrongs from our previous owner.
I am just pleased that we were lucky enough to get someone like him to take a chance on us as the other option of losing my club would have totally devastated me.
I know the takeover is not complete yet but I for one will be giving him 100% support and at last I feel positive about Derby’s future which is great after the last year of depression and negative news surrounding our great club.

I am. Reckon I could claim it against forum expenses @David? ?
Essentially, Kirchner could do 35p/£ over three years to avoid the 15pt penalty, met with the EFL today.