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Rolls Royce of a player absolutely pleasure watching him dictate the midfield exactly what we need.Hope he stays long enough that we sort the ownership out and can build a team round him 

Bielik fit again is like signing a Premier League international midfielder. Surprised Arsenal sold him to be honest. Although there is a fitness concern, his quality is on another level. Massive boost for us. 

This could be a pivitol part of our season if Bielik can remain fit for the rest of the season. That 50 yd cross field pass and overhead kick for our second goal just shows his absolute class. Really pleased he is not seriously injured again. With Plange being loaned back by Palace? to the end of the season we have got a better chance now than I thought pre transfer window. We need though to keep momentum. I would be happy with a draw Wednesday but we must not lose. UTR

Good news! 

Let's be careful to not write off the whole club just because a few WUMs saw it as a perfect chance to go back 20 years in time. I genuinely believe most football fans, at least the real ones, appreciate that the Derby situation (or maybe it was the Bury situation, the Newport situation or the Maidstone situation) is the tip of the iceberg. You only have to look around the leagues and see there are many, many clubs thinking they are two or three bad transfers (or ten or eleven in Everton's case) away from being in our position. I'm not going to write off a whole club - even Boro or Forest - just because one or two morons (one in the case of Boro) get the wrong end of the stick. 
Sadly, it really is time when all clubs need to realise this is not just happening to Derby, this is happening to every club outside the top five. Everyone, the EFL included, need to realise we are not fighting for Derby County, we are fighting for local, community based football clubs everywhere.

WHEN we get out of this mess, we get out of it a much stronger club and fan base. 
I've never felt so close to this club right now that I have done for the past 40 years - Something special will happen to us, I can just feel it. 
When great things happen to a football club, everything needs to tick and click and I think the last 4 months has made everybody more determined to see Derby County Football Club back where we want to be.
Like many have already said, looking up Pride Park Way yesterday is something that will live with us for the rest of our lives - we'll never drive up that road again without thinking about what we're going through and what DCFC means to us all. 
It felt like I was with 10000 mates and knowing I was going to see 20000 more. 

Feeling rather overwhelmed today as I am sure we all are..
Yesterday wasn't about the last minute equaliser, as much as it should have been, it was about the City coming together. 
A huge thank you to Ryan (chief organiser) and all the Marshalls that assisted on the day. A big thank you as well to Albatross Taxis who offered everyone 20% off for the march and also supplied me with a minibus for the day to get the flags from Pride Park to the march. Nice to see local businesses come together (they are owed money by the club as well) So many came together to make it a success.
We will never know the true number but when we arrived into town at 0945 I got a huge sense that this was going to be massive, just so many dotted about. As many have said Derby police saying just under 10k, that is nothing short of amazing. The view as I looked back over the railway bridge was something else and the drone that took the video, it was neverending.
Many highlights for me, the mayor lowering his hat to start the bounce and leading the march up the Morledge. Pauline Latham starting the bounce and all the local councillors and MP's marching, together.
When the march arrived at Pride Park the number of photographers was something else, not fans, proper photographers, it was flash flash flash..
I will never forget this for the rest of my life.
Be proud of our city and football club.
 
 

My god I don't even know what to say really. The march before the game was way bigger than I had dared to imagine and it is something that we'll all remember for years to come and shall go down in folklore. The atmosphere before the game and at the end was absolutely spine tingling and very emotional. The team struggled until 70 minutes, looked flustered, uncomfortable on the ball and unsure of how to get at Birmingham. The tactical change did its trick and we started knocking on the door making them look poor. The noise for the final goal and after was honestly nothing like I've heard at a Derby match before, a giant outpouring of emotion occurred that simply could not be contained. An absolutely epic day and one that's made me monumentally proud to be a Derby fan. 

Just got home, but just wanted to say thanks to all the supporters of our great club that have made memories for me and my son for the rest of our lives,  I particularly remember the old lady in the window on the march in the care home, waving at us all, and then us lot singing, we love you granny we do, amazing, that probably made her day, 
and as to was it worth the long drive, you dont have to ask
Thanks again
Once a Ram 

Told you! Just told you! Scenes!

Just got back into Leeds - what a day that was
Will begin with the march as it obviously dominated the backdrop to the game. We set off for Assembly Rooms expecting a few hundred die hard (expectations around 1000 I believe) - well, got to the bus station & the noise just hit us. A wonderful display of support - loads of flags, banners & singing - just joyous & if there were less than 10k there, I'd be shocked. There's a little red headed lad who will be very proud of himself tonight - he started 'Since I was Young' when we going under the bridge near the station & 30 seconds later the sound was just exploding off the walls from hundreds singing it. Spine tingling. Outside PP just awesome also - as if you couldn't feel even prouder of who we all support.
On to the game - I do think the march had sapped some of the energy from the crowd & the occasion seemed to get the players a little with a lot of sloppy passes & poor touches. Birmingham settled much quicker & their physical, relentless press soon had us in trouble. The early goal knocked us out of our stride & to be honest, we were perhaps fortunate not to be further behind with one excellent Allsop save & one fantastic intervention from Bird tracking back to stop a certain one on one. We did have chances - Bird dragged a good opportunity wide & Lawrence's late free kick nearly yielded an opening but it had been a below par display & we had offered little overall.
Second half I expected changes but we were still off it & the second Birmingham goal (shocking cover for Hogan by the way) seemed to confirm it was going to be one of those days. Last 20/25 mins though the pressure started building back onto Brum & there were a number of reasons for that - Bielik coming on for Thompson to impose ourselves in midfield, Kazim to help Plange up top & Curtis Davies going up top to cause chaos. They started to struggle to keep us out & we were very unfortunate not to score before the fantastic goal back from Plange - he struggled overall today but will learn a lot playing against horrible CBs like theirs. 
Onto injury time, I thought it was all over when Byrne floated a corner straight into Etheridge's hands & feared a repeat of Forest with time wasting & compliant refereeing to see the time ebb away. But we got one more chance & the absolute state of that bicycle kick from Bielik - just beautiful. And full deserved against a horrible, cheating bunch of timewasting cloggers. 
I'm not going to pass comment on Birmingham's support & their songs aside to say they're just a tiny version of Leeds. I hope they all have a thoroughly miserable evening & think they have exactly the owners they deserve. Long live Derby County ??

From first to last, that was emotional. From coming down Irongate and hearing the chants, seeing the flags, smoke and sheer number of people. Walking as one through OUR city, the onlookers shocked, smiling, proud, applauding, BEWILDERED. Booming through Cokc Pitt Island, then understanding the scale of the march as we crested the Pride Park flyover and looked forwards and back. 12,000 Derbeians from all backgrounds, a moment never to be forgotten.
 
Then getting to Pride Park, heading into the tightly packed concourse, and out to the seat. The swell of noise as 29000 Rams roared their support. It all got a bit dusty as Jamie bellowed our anthem, spontaneous applause, all 4 corners of the ground united as one. The flags, the scarves, the banners, bleeding black and white.
 
Good of the lads to give us an hour for a breather before taking us back to the raucous highs of earlier to snatch a draw on this day of days. Home to scour the socials and catch a breath.
 
I'll never forget this one, I'm more devoted than ever. We're Derby County, we'll fight to the end.

Incredible manager. Incredible staff. Incredible support. What this team is doing is amazing. Special special day. You cannot count this team out. How many times this season have we said it’s over and then they’ve come back and defied us. This season has been great just enjoying the football the closeness between the squad and the fans which hasn’t been like this in my 30+ years of supporting Derby and 25 years of watching them, and not looking at the league table. We’re now actually looking at the league table. We’re now in the last 18 games of the season and we’ve given ourselves a chance. That is a feat in itself! 
 
Frustrating today. We had a brilliant start, they scored with their first attack and we didn’t recover until we were 2-0 down but that last half hour was excellent and the last 15 mins including stoppage was heroic. You can’t count this team out. Every week i feel even prouder to be a ram!! 
 
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To all you ducking amazing fans for the March, chants and songs on not just the walk of Pride, but throughout the match…thank you…on behalf of the ‘plastics’ I sadly couldn’t travel today but appreciate those that did…many tears were shed at the twitter videos shown and the match….you could clearly hear all the chants ? and then the end…. I scared the poo out of my daughter! 
love you all ???

Took my lad to the game today too - first ever Derby game. Like Derbados said, seeing their face light up when seeing the pitch was worth the ticket price. 
We were sat in West Stand Upper - close to the South Stand. Atmosphere was absolutely fantastic. By the time we kicked off he was already joining in with the chants, and went ducking wild both times we scored.
 
Think I've successfully created a new Derby County fan for (hopefully) years to come.

Told you! Just told you! Scenes!

Cannot wait! Joining the march with 1000s of us. Be loud,be proud and let today be etched in the history books of DCFC! Above all DON'T do anything that can give the EFL or those vultures ammunition to diss us! UTR!

So so proud to be a Ram at the moment. Whatever happens tomorrow (and I definitely want us to get 3 points) selling out is a big 'Fook you' to the EFL, Middlesbrough, Wycombe and any other trolls who try to diss our great club. UTR

Going on the March as well.
COYR

Cannot wait! Joining the march with 1000s of us. Be loud,be proud and let today be etched in the history books of DCFC! Above all DON'T do anything that can give the EFL or those vultures ammunition to diss us! UTR!

Cannot wait! Joining the march with 1000s of us. Be loud,be proud and let today be etched in the history books of DCFC! Above all DON'T do anything that can give the EFL or those vultures ammunition to diss us! UTR!

Cannot wait! Joining the march with 1000s of us. Be loud,be proud and let today be etched in the history books of DCFC! Above all DON'T do anything that can give the EFL or those vultures ammunition to diss us! UTR!

Cannot wait! Joining the march with 1000s of us. Be loud,be proud and let today be etched in the history books of DCFC! Above all DON'T do anything that can give the EFL or those vultures ammunition to diss us! UTR!