Rammed79

Where's your sense of adventure 

It's hard to say but I think we'd easily have the biggest attendance figures in the league. Obviously league1 and clean slate is the better option but I would still be cheering on in league 2 . I honestly don't care either way anymore as long as I have a team to support.

It's hard to say but I think we'd easily have the biggest attendance figures in the league. Obviously league1 and clean slate is the better option but I would still be cheering on in league 2 . I honestly don't care either way anymore as long as I have a team to support.

@ossieramwhy the angry face? I consider people attacking other people because of the colour of their hair in the same as as the colour of their skin - completely unacceptable!!

Guys I've just emailed the band "Rage against the machine" asking them to re-record Killing in the name to incorporate the words "duck the efl I won't do what you tell me" and come play a free the  Derby county concert at Pride Park. Now I did have to lie a little and say Derby county were peaceful prisoners being held by an evil regime so if anyone asks just go along with it. ?

Guys I've just emailed the band "Rage against the machine" asking them to re-record Killing in the name to incorporate the words "duck the efl I won't do what you tell me" and come play a free the  Derby county concert at Pride Park. Now I did have to lie a little and say Derby county were peaceful prisoners being held by an evil regime so if anyone asks just go along with it. ?

Guys I've just emailed the band "Rage against the machine" asking them to re-record Killing in the name to incorporate the words "duck the efl I won't do what you tell me" and come play a free the  Derby county concert at Pride Park. Now I did have to lie a little and say Derby county were peaceful prisoners being held by an evil regime so if anyone asks just go along with it. ?

Guys I've just emailed the band "Rage against the machine" asking them to re-record Killing in the name to incorporate the words "duck the efl I won't do what you tell me" and come play a free the  Derby county concert at Pride Park. Now I did have to lie a little and say Derby county were peaceful prisoners being held by an evil regime so if anyone asks just go along with it. ?

My email to Andrew Brigdon
Hello Andrew
 
1st off i'd like to thank you for your help concerning Derby County FC
 
It would appear that the EFL are trying to pull the wool over your eyes, Middlesboro and Wycombe have no basis for a claim against Derby County, Middlesboro claiming they lost out on the playoffs in 2019 by 1 point, Why are they claiming now?, Is it because the EFL have had our pants down, They are not creditors, They have neither served us with any goods or services.
 
Wycombe Wanderers have just jumped on the bandwagon as their owner is a USA lawyer(ambulance chaser)and clinging to the back of Middlesboro in the hope of a payout, They were relegated last season, Their case should be against the EFL not Derby County.
 
Now the Crux of the matter, There was know way on earth were we able to stave off relegation having 21 points deducted, But by some minor miracle we are making a good fist of it, This would appear to have come to the notice of the EFL, So why have they all of a sudden blocked our preffered bidder, It's because without a bidder in place, We have no funds, If we have no funds we have to sell our players, If we sell our players it weakens our squad, Which has already lost 4 players due to saving wages, If our squad is weakened there is more than a good chance we WILL be relegated, Then the EFL have got there wish, If we can't produce proof of funds by Febuary 1st the closing of the transfer window, The EFL will look to withdrawing our membership of the Football League which could lead to liquidation.
 
There is no doubt in Derby County Fans minds that the EFL are being vindictive, If we were not making a good go of it, A preffered bidder would have been in place.
 
We've been puished by losing 21ppoints, We didn't complain, We took it on the chin, Now as I said the EFL want more than a pound of flesh, They want a carcus.
 
Thank you
UnluckyAlf

Guys I've just emailed the band "Rage against the machine" asking them to re-record Killing in the name to incorporate the words "duck the efl I won't do what you tell me" and come play a free the  Derby county concert at Pride Park. Now I did have to lie a little and say Derby county were peaceful prisoners being held by an evil regime so if anyone asks just go along with it. ?

I think
If we're honest.
It's time to retire the phrase "Bamford". 
And replace with "Gibson".

I'm sure he is a nice man, but I'd happily tie him Gibson, Charlie Austin and the weird looking fella at Wycombe together and strap them to Elon Musks next rocket.
 

I think he's been great and is really starting to put his stamp on our style of play. Also want to add Liam Rosenior deserves a bit of recognition too stood by Wayne and worked tirelessly to help us. I would have no objection to him running the show till season end if Wayne was to follow his Everton dream. 

Roos
         Cashin    Stearman    Fozzy
Festy       Watson   Shinnie    Williams
                         Sibley     
           Plange                  CKR 

Goodbye 2021, without a deduction this team made up of freebies and academy players would be 13th in the Championship, just 8pts off the top 6. 
Build the Rooney statue now. 
First job in management, everything he's had to deal with, incredible job he's doing. ???
 

Ah fs Ince you Bamford

We can chant duck the efl or Mel Morris but it won't make the slightest difference the points have been docked and our fate pretty much sealed . I suggest get behind the players have a bit of fun for the rest of the season try and upset as many teams as we can by beating them particularly the red dogs. The efl have a vendetta against us and Mel ran the club badly you're all correct but duck it let's put this whole poo tsunami behind us. 

We can chant duck the efl or Mel Morris but it won't make the slightest difference the points have been docked and our fate pretty much sealed . I suggest get behind the players have a bit of fun for the rest of the season try and upset as many teams as we can by beating them particularly the red dogs. The efl have a vendetta against us and Mel ran the club badly you're all correct but duck it let's put this whole poo tsunami behind us. 

Mel called out the EFL for agreeing to a crap TV deal - they didn't like that..... Mel questioned whether they were the best people to run the league - they didn't like that either..... Mel thought he was cleverer than the EFL by finding a number of legitimate ways through their poorly thought-through/written 'rules' - they didn't like that at all..... Mel put the club into admin thinking there was a valid case to argue against the 12 points - they hated that as it might have opened the floodgates for other clubs to follow..... Mel left the building - the EFL didn't care because by then the terms Derby County and Mel Morris were interchangeable in their eyes. The EFL did their very best to kill Derby County - they may still have succeeded.....we shall see.

One of the best seasons ever for going away, was that promotion campaign under Arthur.
Still remember besides the football, trips to the likes of York, can’t remember nothing about the game in truth, just being shunted into the station after the game, the coppers deciding to treat us like animals, so we behaved like it back. Several hundred baa,baa’s as they herded us through onto the train, with the end result of the old station doors hanging off the hinges and everyone pi$$ing themselves as the train left the station.
Football supporting was bloody fun being the biggest club in the league, taking over stadiums (if you could call some that, who remembers the many away ends that were just open concrete terraces), out-singing locals, none of the premier league trappings. 
Next year could be fun.

If so, shall we move onto the next game?
We are all disappointed in the last couple of games, but having read about sacking Rooney, players not caring, players giving up, our recruitment is awful, we are definitely down  even down without a points reduction in the last 24 hours, it's time to regroup and be realistic.
Rooney wasn't the best manager in the Championship 4 games ago and he isn't the worst now. What we do have is a thin squad mainly made up of veterans and youngsters. We started yesterday's game with half of our outfield players aged 34 to 39. With the new manager bounce they played a high tempo and we got overrun. We look tired and are ready for the international break. 
Are we going down? We are certainly up against it. There are so many variables, admin points appeals, ffp appeals and takeovers and that's before we get to what happens on the pitch. I think the players are giving their all and until the Blackburn game, so were the fans. These are trying times and we need to stick together and stay optimistic. We need to still be in the fight when the New Year comes. By then we should know more about points deductions, new owners and transfer capabilities. 
If we get deducted 21 points, there is little hope, but we can't give up yet. Every point is vital and every fans support is too. I hope that our fans recent negativity doesn't transmit to the games. so let's all dust ourselves down and keep supporting our great club as best we can. 
I don't know if we can manage this great escape but if we do, it will take the collective will of all of us.  

was hit on the head by an object thrown by the Coventry fans yesterday , luckily no treatment needed, stewards not interested , left the ground after the match , Coventry fans everywhere looking for trouble , myself and my mates grew up in the eighties so yesterday was nothing compared to then , but the half dozen Cov fans who decided they were tough enough to try it on with us and spitting and kicking their chosen attack method were quicklly despatched by us with the minimum of fuss , no i am not proud of it but neither can we stand back and be spat on . and in relation to earlier posts we dont wear Stone Island 

Well maybe I would consider play festy with Richard's use to hold the ball and festy with his pace and power to scare covery city to death with but maybe a way to help get penetration into there boxs. And maybe have Lawrence playing just behind front 2 or a front 3.

I started going to watch Derby properly in 1984 when we had just been relegated to the old Division 3 (League One in modern parlance)
In the light of current events,  I wanted to start a thread to offer some positivity around the very high likelihood of our relegation this season
I'm sure there is a high percentage of posters who weren't even born back then and have no idea what it was like to playing in tier 3, but I'm here to tell you that it was a fantastic experience
Derby fans came together like never before and relished the status of being a big fish in a small pond, the fallen giants - every other  team's cup final, the one they wanted to beat
Atmosphere on the Popside was better than ever, away games were brilliant adventures to new places 
Players grew in confidence week after week as the team started to coalesce, with the realisation that we had the beating of anyone in the division if we stuck together
Because at the end of the day - it doesn't actually matter what league you are in, you're watching a football game, and in that moment - the passion is just the same
So come on old timers - share your memories of those years 84-86 in Division 3 for the nippers
 

Ah well we are equally poo