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The scaffold song Thank you very much for the Aintree Iron 

The very first away game I went to on my own was Hillsborough. Think it was second division, they were at the top and we were near the bottom, and no one had much hope. We drew 0-0. Looking it up it was 7th March 1981. 
Standing behind the goal, for a long time we sang You'll Never Walk Alone. It was spiritual. Forever etched in my memory. 

Always liked the We Only Had 10 Men after we won at Forest after playing most of the game with 10 men

If I had the wings of a sparrow….
My Old Man said be a Derby fan…
He’ fat he’s round he’s never at the ground…..
For all we are saying if fcuk off Maxwell.
This one always made me chuckle on the popside when the Ilkeston lads came in and said
I L S O N we are the boys from Ilkeston. 
This was responded to by the lads from Derby with Forest rejects Forest rejects.
I think the Red Robin one is my favourite.

The fact that he's played about 150 games at that level would suggest otherwise?

I don't see how anybody can judge a player like Elder until he has had a decent run in the team and got his fitness back up. Give the guy a chance!

He probably meant effluent. Thames water does have a issues, numbering at least 2 

If stadiums become empty, football clubs only have themselves to blame.
It starts from the top, the clubs that are paying over a quarter a million a week for one player.
The knock on effect which has seen clubs outside the top flight losing millions each season.
Clubs which don’t have the mega TV deals and up the ticket prices making the game unaffordable.
This is ultimately what will see grounds empty when more fans can no longer justify the cost.
Covid should have been the reset football needed, it’s a massive missed opportunity.
Mbappe leaving PSG in the summer will set a new bar as to what players can earn, as average players start becoming millionaires after a months work.
It’s broken and it’s nothing to do with the 3pm blackout. 

Sky have just announced a new Sky Sports+ channel for next season, meaning that lg1 and lg2 clubs are guaranteed a minimum of 20 live games and Championship teams a minimum of 24 live games.
For most of us who can't get to away games, it will be a welcome option, but is it likely to have an adverse affect gates overall?
Reading more into the announcement, EVERY EFL game will be streamed live on the opening weekend of the season, obviously the 3pm Saturday KO time is no longer protected from tv coverage. Hopefully this will mean fewer KO times changed for tv coverage.

I don’t think for a minute he’s the future but how many of those 19 “appearances” were Cameos, last five mins, post injury etc etc. ? I am no stato but he’s always looked dangerous when on the pitch what little we saw of him. Hustle bustle pass with first touch, pass and move. Yes, Maybe league one, maybe over the hill ? Quite possibly, but the easy critiques with tweaked stats aren’t really valid are they. 

I'm in favour of keeping Brown and see how he plays in the first half of the season at least. Plenty of our youngsters swam rather than sank in the Championship. It's not like we're Prem loaning out to lower clubs.

In a statement of intent of his ambitions he’s already outlined plans to expand the club car park to 200 hundred spaces.

No they will be looking at Mbappe with all their dosh 😉 according to the fans 

I don’t think for a minute he’s the future but how many of those 19 “appearances” were Cameos, last five mins, post injury etc etc. ? I am no stato but he’s always looked dangerous when on the pitch what little we saw of him. Hustle bustle pass with first touch, pass and move. Yes, Maybe league one, maybe over the hill ? Quite possibly, but the easy critiques with tweaked stats aren’t really valid are they. 

I don’t mind the play offs it gives being in the chasing pack a worthy aim for more contenders. What has to go are parachute payments. If clubs can’t write players contracts to allow for relegation then they need new lawyers. It’s dumb, it unbalances the championship. Just not on, a handful of clubs getting a vast income advantage year on year. 

I don’t think for a minute he’s the future but how many of those 19 “appearances” were Cameos, last five mins, post injury etc etc. ? I am no stato but he’s always looked dangerous when on the pitch what little we saw of him. Hustle bustle pass with first touch, pass and move. Yes, Maybe league one, maybe over the hill ? Quite possibly, but the easy critiques with tweaked stats aren’t really valid are they. 

We seem to have become obsessed with signing players in the 22-28 age group and with good sell-on credentials…
All well and good, but to me the priority is getting players in who can keep us up/make us competitive and maybe in the second season make a run for promotion…
30 year olds will work just fine- if we go up we build again….
Jim Smith took us up and competitive with some older players…
Champo emphasizes more skill/composure than outright athleticism for 90 mins unlike L1….

There’s dirty. Then there is robust, combative and gutsy
I can’t remember any Derby player being serially dirty and that pleases me hugely 
Sir Jake never shirked and put himself about, Same with Curtis, Bradly is hard as nails as is Adams. Genuinely strong players can be enjoyable to watch. More recently, further up the pitch I remember a game where Cameron Jerome bullied 2CH’s in to submission. It was an masterclass, and then, which match was it that  Festy charged through midfield leaving dead and dieing players in his wake. ? Love that sort of thing but not the cynical. 

I don’t mind the play offs it gives being in the chasing pack a worthy aim for more contenders. What has to go are parachute payments. If clubs can’t write players contracts to allow for relegation then they need new lawyers. It’s dumb, it unbalances the championship. Just not on, a handful of clubs getting a vast income advantage year on year. 

I think people are going a bit OTT over John Jules. 
He didn’t show that much for us when fit. He’s got a decent touch but is lacking in a lot of areas. Ignoring his injuries I was yet to be convinced by his quality.  I think we can and will do better. 

I don’t mind the play offs it gives being in the chasing pack a worthy aim for more contenders. What has to go are parachute payments. If clubs can’t write players contracts to allow for relegation then they need new lawyers. It’s dumb, it unbalances the championship. Just not on, a handful of clubs getting a vast income advantage year on year. 

I don’t mind the play offs it gives being in the chasing pack a worthy aim for more contenders. What has to go are parachute payments. If clubs can’t write players contracts to allow for relegation then they need new lawyers. It’s dumb, it unbalances the championship. Just not on, a handful of clubs getting a vast income advantage year on year. 

I don’t mind the play offs it gives being in the chasing pack a worthy aim for more contenders. What has to go are parachute payments. If clubs can’t write players contracts to allow for relegation then they need new lawyers. It’s dumb, it unbalances the championship. Just not on, a handful of clubs getting a vast income advantage year on year. 

The top two teams are promoted, the next four get a chance, why is that not fair. 
Just because you don’t agree with it doesn’t make it wrong.
Lots of rules have changed over the last hundred years.

Championship is going to be cracking next year if Bolton win the P-offs as I suspect they will. Far better than the Prem in my view.