Ram a lamb a ding dong

Will I be disappointed if we don't make top 2? No.
Will I be surprised if we do make top 2? No.
Really looking forward to this season.

Gives away too many free kicks and penalties, due to his poor technique. 
He puts his left leg in, then pulls his left leg out, in, out, in, out, shakes it all about.

Agreed. After the momentum of the past 10 months I would hate the boo boys to return when we are losing 1-0 at home to Morecambe 

In all seriousness we have done v well on incoming and even if we lose a few we will still have probably the strongest/ experienced squad of all 24 (imo) which poses the question.....
 
Fwiw we must finish top 6 minimum. Experienced players will need no bedding in.

Agreed. After the momentum of the past 10 months I would hate the boo boys to return when we are losing 1-0 at home to Morecambe 

Smart arse

Absolutely. That ^. 48 hours is a long time in football. It’s tremendous that we’ve attracted 12 signings given where we were 2 weeks ago. If it wasn’t for DC, we’d still be in Admin, and the scrap merchants would be parking their vans in MM’s space outside the front entrance and kicking the Dave McKay statue to assess its scrap value. Seriously. 
Suddenly expectations are ramping up - & there’s the danger. What we need to do is ask what has seen us suddenly attract new life blood and realise it’s the collective unity & positivity and when we’re 0-2 down to OUFC at half-time, re-surface that collective spirit that made the football world think “wow - why the positivity in the midst of melt-down?!”. 
 
The answer is unconditional support. Let’s keep that lesson alive. Remember the calls for invading the pitch? Trashing Middlesbrough? Setting fire to EFL HQ in Preston? Utterly futile and negative. Collective positive support will build belief. Not high expectations followed by disapproval if we don’t achieve it in 10 games. 

Disappointed?  Hell yeah. 
Surprised?  Not so much!
 
More a case of being disappointed for not doing as well as I hope, rather than not as good as I (realistically) expect. 

Agreed. After the momentum of the past 10 months I would hate the boo boys to return when we are losing 1-0 at home to Morecambe 

So thats:
10 perm
1 loan
3 new contracts
All in the space of 2 weeks
Bloody impressive
Out of 10 it gets a 9 from me. Get Fozzy signed and it makes it a 9.5

Agreed. After the momentum of the past 10 months I would hate the boo boys to return when we are losing 1-0 at home to Morecambe 

Agreed. After the momentum of the past 10 months I would hate the boo boys to return when we are losing 1-0 at home to Morecambe 

Smart arse

Agreed. After the momentum of the past 10 months I would hate the boo boys to return when we are losing 1-0 at home to Morecambe 

So thats:
10 perm
1 loan
3 new contracts
All in the space of 2 weeks
Bloody impressive
Out of 10 it gets a 9 from me. Get Fozzy signed and it makes it a 9.5

So thats:
10 perm
1 loan
3 new contracts
All in the space of 2 weeks
Bloody impressive
Out of 10 it gets a 9 from me. Get Fozzy signed and it makes it a 9.5

So thats:
10 perm
1 loan
3 new contracts
All in the space of 2 weeks
Bloody impressive
Out of 10 it gets a 9 from me. Get Fozzy signed and it makes it a 9.5

Another hard working player in! I really like how our squad is shaping up.
A striker for my liking, proper menace.
Only downsde of this is the most likely end of CKR's Derby career ?

Brill. Actual real live forwards. Mental days.?

Here here, finally someone who thinks like I do. The last thing I want to do is wade through lots of repeated puns, especially when I'm in the mood for stats!
Some of the puns can get really tenuous too. Puns on this thread should be directly linked to nuns. Habit...yes.  Superior...fine. Some idiot used stigmata earlier for a weak pun...whilst this is linked to religion, this is clearly not linked directly to nuns.
I was planning to compile a list of pun repetition offenders, as well as though who use puns not directly linked to the subject in question, but I can't find the time. Would you be able to to this please, then we can try and get these incorrect pun merchents banned? Thanks.
Finally then we can both enjoy a forum based on accurate, one time only puns. 

Bought 3. My first in a few years and the first for my Gkids aged 8 and 6.
Exciting....

Boy was it stressful

Boy was it stressful

So, we're starting to look back at Mel's tenure, the last few seasons and almost going out of business.
I have to say that the threat of Derby County, the club that has been such a big part of my life, being liquidated was mentally and emotionally debilitating.
Sure there are far more serious things happening in the world but I personally found it really tough to deal with.
Nevertheless, thanks to many people - especially David Clowes, of course, but also Rooney, Team Derby, everyone at the club, and the supporters (more of them in a moment) the Rams have survived and can start to look forward again.
So now, knowing that the worst is over, we can start to look back and pick out the truly good things that came out of the past year.
The supporters.
Unbelievable. Fantastic. Superb. Remarkable.
There are no words that do justice to the pride I feel to count myself as a Derby fan.
I'm so sorry that my circumstances meant that I wasn't able to be on the walk, at Moor Farm on relegation night or at Blackpool but my physical absence doesn't make any of those events any less than real stand out moments.
The petitions, the lobbying, the campaigns, the support from other clubs' genuine supporters was outstanding.
The togetherness though, between fans, players and club.... I've never seen anything like that before and I doubt we ever will experience anything quite like that again. Beautiful.
Knowing that Derby County has come through it all and survived, I believe we can now look back and say "that was a great season".
Thank you.
COYR ?

I wish him good luck. He did ok for us last season and some good memories and goals.