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Was there a lesson to be learned at PP today?
The crowd really seemed to step it up mid way through the second half and the team seemed to respond, maybe we have a role to play in the run in?

Was there a lesson to be learned at PP today?
The crowd really seemed to step it up mid way through the second half and the team seemed to respond, maybe we have a role to play in the run in?

Was there a lesson to be learned at PP today?
The crowd really seemed to step it up mid way through the second half and the team seemed to respond, maybe we have a role to play in the run in?

Was there a lesson to be learned at PP today?
The crowd really seemed to step it up mid way through the second half and the team seemed to respond, maybe we have a role to play in the run in?

Was there a lesson to be learned at PP today?
The crowd really seemed to step it up mid way through the second half and the team seemed to respond, maybe we have a role to play in the run in?

Was there a lesson to be learned at PP today?
The crowd really seemed to step it up mid way through the second half and the team seemed to respond, maybe we have a role to play in the run in?

Was there a lesson to be learned at PP today?
The crowd really seemed to step it up mid way through the second half and the team seemed to respond, maybe we have a role to play in the run in?

Was there a lesson to be learned at PP today?
The crowd really seemed to step it up mid way through the second half and the team seemed to respond, maybe we have a role to play in the run in?

Was there a lesson to be learned at PP today?
The crowd really seemed to step it up mid way through the second half and the team seemed to respond, maybe we have a role to play in the run in?

Nope,,,, what’s embarrassing is a few fans more angry and annoyed when we win than when we lose , couple really showing true colours today

I thought the whole of the crowd were. Proper support. And it felt like the player’s responded and we got our reward. 

Huge shout out to the fans today. Sounded amazing on the radio. And Warne commented it was the best he'd heard Pride Park.

Never have I been so pleased to see a set of cheating players, haranguing management team and arrogant fans go home with absolutely nothing!

Can't be the only one looking forward to Evans' reaction 😁

Perhaps as a club, we've been guilty of being too nice and honest in our negotiations for players?
Maybe we've negotiated with only one or two targets rather than five or six, the one or two being unlikely to be let down by us choosing another player. A more cynical approach would be to negotiate with 5 or 6 players, leading all of them to believe that they are our first choice, only for us to complete the purchase on the our highest rated target which we can get over the line.
After all, this seems to be the approach of the players and their agents when dealing with us. How many times in the last couple of transfer windows have we been told that a deal has fallen through at the last moment because the player or his club have backed out?

Regarding the January transfer window and the purchases and sales, Warne is getting quite a hammering for not signing a striker. But where does the blame lie?
I suspect that there's not a simple answer, Warne will surely indicate who he wants at the club, but others negotiate the transfer fees and contracts. Then you have the situation where everybody has done their job, only for some outside force arrive on the scene and throw a great big spanner in the works.

It’s not that I am pro or anti. It’s that the anti mob are so irritating. The so called pro side tend to reflect on the good and the bad. The anti are just fixated, win or lose. Never give an inch, dull, obsessed, spoilt, churlish and without perspective. I suspect that Those of us, (me included ) that are vaguely supportive, only post in a vain attempt to balance the one eyed vitriol. 
 
Dreading Saturday .. looking like 4 strikers all injured, but it will be completely Warne’s fault if we lose, or pure luck if we win. Like a horrible scratched record. 

ITV local news have just reported 5 and a half years also, that's a crazy length of contract for an out of work manager who's been sacked twice in less than 2 years. 
We'd be having a meltdown on here if DC had offered the same in the same situation. The Warne situation was totally different, as we had to tempt him away from a very secure job.
But, he's a lovely bloke and I wish him well, except when we play them in a few weeks' time.

He has had his time at Derby, but he's still having his time elsewhere. Martin never had much pace to lose, but he still has his skill and intelligence and I can see him doing a job in the lower leagues for a few more years yet. A manager playing him to his strengths will be well rewarded. 

I thought that last night's game was almost the perfect away performance. For all those complimenting Exeter on how well they played the ball around, I ask "is that because we let them do so in not dangerous areas?"
For all their possession and 'attractive' football. how many proper saves did Wildsmith have to make, a big fat zero! On the other hand their keeper had to make a few decent saves, in addition to the 3 goals we scored.
Could you imagine the 'moaners' on here had the teams been reversed last night, it would have been a total melt down. Comments like knocking it around with no penetration, got caught 3 times and could have easily been 5.

I find it really sad that a 'Derby fan' sits down and watches a match noting every slight chance, none of which really troubled our goalie, that the opposition had and in fact makes a note on 10 different occasions.
On the other hand we actually troubled their goalie on six occasions, 3 of which ended up in the net, 2 resulted in decent saves from Elder and Bird plus the save from Collins, which should have been put away. In addition to this there were the 2 great opportunities for NML and Barks which could have been finished better, those were proper chances.

Yep, just about made double-figures :
3' NML header, just over
5' Collins shot straight at keeper
24' Bird's GOAL
42' Bird's shot saved low down by keeper
45' Elder shot saved low down by keeper
52' NML GOAL
62' Barkhuizen GOAL
65' NML blazes over with only keeper to beat
70' Barkhuizen mis-kicks 10 yards out with only keeper to beat
73' Nelson shot blocked
The BOLD I'd call good chances, the italics I'd call speculative shots that caused the keeper to make a decent save, the others were unsuccessful efforts on goal.
Whatever metric you choose, we deserved to win (xG was 1.27 - 0.98 in our favour, shots on target 6 - 2 in our favour). Perhaps we didn't deserve to win 3-0, but that was where the decisiveness and extra quality came in.
 
 
 

I find it really sad that a 'Derby fan' sits down and watches a match noting every slight chance, none of which really troubled our goalie, that the opposition had and in fact makes a note on 10 different occasions.
On the other hand we actually troubled their goalie on six occasions, 3 of which ended up in the net, 2 resulted in decent saves from Elder and Bird plus the save from Collins, which should have been put away. In addition to this there were the 2 great opportunities for NML and Barks which could have been finished better, those were proper chances.

I find it really sad that a 'Derby fan' sits down and watches a match noting every slight chance, none of which really troubled our goalie, that the opposition had and in fact makes a note on 10 different occasions.
On the other hand we actually troubled their goalie on six occasions, 3 of which ended up in the net, 2 resulted in decent saves from Elder and Bird plus the save from Collins, which should have been put away. In addition to this there were the 2 great opportunities for NML and Barks which could have been finished better, those were proper chances.

I thought that last night's game was almost the perfect away performance. For all those complimenting Exeter on how well they played the ball around, I ask "is that because we let them do so in not dangerous areas?"
For all their possession and 'attractive' football. how many proper saves did Wildsmith have to make, a big fat zero! On the other hand their keeper had to make a few decent saves, in addition to the 3 goals we scored.
Could you imagine the 'moaners' on here had the teams been reversed last night, it would have been a total melt down. Comments like knocking it around with no penetration, got caught 3 times and could have easily been 5.