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Inevitable! Frigging angry,sad, and completely numb as to how we are now! I love this club not the frigging chairman, not the owner, this club! Worst we have ever been in over 50 years supporting this club! However, we need to support the team tomorrow no matter what! Wait until AFTER THE MATCH TO DEMONSTRATE NOT BEFORE. Show the rest of the country what TRUE FOOTBALL FANS ARE not the ones who purport to be! The team AND manager need us. 

Inevitable! Frigging angry,sad, and completely numb as to how we are now! I love this club not the frigging chairman, not the owner, this club! Worst we have ever been in over 50 years supporting this club! However, we need to support the team tomorrow no matter what! Wait until AFTER THE MATCH TO DEMONSTRATE NOT BEFORE. Show the rest of the country what TRUE FOOTBALL FANS ARE not the ones who purport to be! The team AND manager need us. 

We are in deep doo-doo then? If so I am going to have another pint or three! Still going to shout on the lads tomorrow, whatever friggin happens! UTR

I was on the understanding that minus 12 points was for clubs going into administration and the 9 points deduction was seperate making minus 21 or am I getting my knickers in a twist?

Mel has let he club, the team and the fans down badly. I won’t protest I will support the team and do so long after he has gone, regardless of the division. He has given up on Derby and is the only person who can resolve this today. Sadly his ego prevents him doing so. Thanks for your efforts and thanks for the scarf. 

Death by a thousand cuts.
Sorry, the 'n' doesn't always work on my keyboard.

The thing is with all these comments about Roos' performance (and keepers in general down the years) it's a team game and nowhere is that more obvious and important than that partnership between keeper and central defence. You get an understanding as you learn what the others are going to do in certain situations and what their strengths are.
From a keeper perspective, if you find that you don't trust your central defence as they sometimes lose a man or regularly get outjumped then you find yourself coming for crosses that perhaps you wouldn't. Likewise, as a central defender, if your keeper gets caught flat footed on his line and doesn't deal with crosses then you find yourself perhaps stretching for a header that you'd ideally leave for the keeper, possibly resulting in failing to clear the lines properly or heading vertically and chaos ensues. The opposition also notice and then just keep swinging it into the same zone of uncertainty.
Confidence breeds confidence in the partnership between central defence and keeper and while we'd ideally have slightly younger versions of Jags and Davies, their decision making is honed by years of experience and the keeper really benefits from this because some of the more risky decision making is made for you.
Really pleased for Roos and the defence last night. That was a massive test and they showed huge determination and resilience. Sure, West Brom probably should still have won but you give yourself a shot of getting something from the game if you make the opposition score their goals rather than gifting them freebies.

We are playing to avoid relegation this season nothing else especially when we can’t sign any forwards so every point gained is a point won in that quest - without the supporters and our two hugely experienced centre half’s we would fold with so many youngsters playing regularly but those two centre half’s are a total inspiration to all who play and watch from our point of view.

Really good defensive display especially the two centrebacks and Roos. These type of games are ones where we grind out a point here and a point there. Over the season these points gained can add up to hopefully keep us in this division. There is a togetherness with the team and the fans (who were awesome) last night. Long may it continue. Pride Park should be rocking when Stoke turn up. For those fans who haven't been so far this season, come on down and sample the atmosphere. It is getting back towards the early days of PP (eg Southampton; Brighton). UTR!

What was lucky about it?
Our defenders are there to defend and our goalkeeper is there to keep the ball out of the net.
Our defensive players and goalkeeper, between them, did their jobs brilliantly.
Don't remember anything too lucky happening for us.

Toilets and concourse are effectively indoors, albeit admittedly well ventilated/draughty!
Seats may be covered, but effectively outside.
The point in wearing the masks in the first place is that we agree to, when buying a ticket. 
 
Personally, being so close to so many for such a prolonged period, I’d feel a tad more comfortable for all to be wearing a mask even in the seats, for the duration of the game, but that ain’t gonna happen!
Before returning, I weighed up the pros and cons, and based on the rules (supporters COVID charter or some such title?) I decided to go for it. 
Now knowing that the COVID charter isn’t worth the web page it’s written on, I’ve weighed up the pros and cons, and still decided to go for it!  
Not 100% comfortable with it, but then I’m not 100% comfortable with the style of football/results/club politics either, but still keep going!
”A fool and his football club”, they do say!
I do however, find it all rather exciting and exhilarating, wondering whether l will die of COVID first, or see my beloved football club become extinct first!
“The thrill of not knowing”, they do say!  ??
 
 

There was a large turn out yesterday to pay there respects to the late Derek Eley 
mr Derby County the country’s oldest football fan RIP Derek a true gentleman 

The fans!

We moan when we play Rowettball, we moan when we play intricate passes (which tbf does look kamikaze in our situation) we moan at the team shape,  we moan when we don't have width, we moan when our wingbacks are too high up the pitch, we moan .
We also will always be saved when (insert name of your choice for last ten years) returns from long term injury. 
BTW we also used to moan that wanchope was too unpredictable,  sturridge was mardy and we lack a dominant creative midfield player. 
Further back Hinton needed replacing and Gemmill didn't score enough goals.  
Rooney and the academy products are just about the best things we could have in our current situation , so cut out the moaning and get behind what we have .

Thing is, he is ruining his legacy.
What we should be remembering about his time here is 3 play off appearances and the academy he has built.
Instead he will be remembered for selling the ground, transfer embargos, possible points deduction and maybe even relegation.

Are we up to date with Ravenelli?

Not sure, but fortunately we only have two more instalments left on Derek Hales.

Are we up to date with Ravenelli?

Are we up to date with Ravenelli?

Are we up to date with Ravenelli?

Are we up to date with Ravenelli?

Are we up to date with Ravenelli?

Our inspirational leader....
"I want to bring dignity back to the club".
Photographed asleep in a hotel room with three women of questionable repute.
"Our finishing must be much more clinical".
Blazes the ball over the bar and into row Z when clean through in a charity match with an ex-kids TV presenter in goal.

Just had a look and Swansea’s ticket office is open on match days and the day before home games. So both your examples do have an open ticket office, although for limited periods. Looks like we might be the only club with a permanently closed ticket office then! 

Despite this, it really is immaterial what other clubs are doing as I think it is pretty plain that opening ours would help us sell more tickets and sort out supporter’s problems in a professional, timely and effective manner. 

And yet strangely I do not remember any club ever having a two year ban on buying a player, so I can only conclude we must be not only the first but the only club ever to miss a transfer payment deadline.....extraordinay.