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They will be boosted by their 1st home game in front of fans in the Champ, we have to ride the early storm that will come our way and hopefully get to 20mins level (ideally winning) and quiten their fans down

Just got my tickets can’t wait. First time being at posh too 

My ideal XI would see Morrison replicating his second half position against Salford. Ideally you'd want that quality up the pitch but want us to control possession & games - Ravel alongside Bird should guarantee that and act as insurance for our CBs who aren't that comfortable on the ball. 
I'd start Lawrence, Sibley & Jozwiak as the 3 behind Kazim with Sibley in particular tasked to run beyond Kazim.

Was going to put this in my write-up, fantastic effort from them today. Times like this when you need noisy backing & they totally outsung Huddersfield today.
Proper support ?

Great support in the South stand today from the beginning to the end. 
One person started to sing " Mel Morris get out of our club" but he was shouted down and told to get out himself if he couldn't turn up and back the team.
Official attendance will be hard to gauge because of the amount being let in through the big gate because it wouldn't scan their phone. 

For 90 minutes I was 19 years old again instead of 59 glad I swap my seat.

Wow!
Just logged on.
Clicked on the all too familiar "We have not seen you for a while... confirm your contact details" etc... (Bull-poo... we speak almost daily!)
Big red notice advising me they have reservations for me...
They've only gone and reserved my ST seat for both Boro & The Dogs game.
Tick both... opt for print at home (only other option is 1st class post at £1 each... no mobile option this time).
Done!
 
Very quick.  Very simple.  Very professional.  Very user-friendly.
How come I never get anything to moan about, and throw sticks at Mel.  This is getting boring now!
 
BOOOOOOOO!  
 
 
EDIT TO ADD:
Tickets have arrived by email within a minute, and both now printed off.
I printed at work though, not at home... but I've always been a rebel, me!  Sod 'em!  

Got ours, easiest transaction I’ve had on that site.
Look our for small print saying something like, we have some special tickets reserved for you 
COYR ?

Sadly the internet has killed a lot of genuine journalism and is slowly killing serious newspapers. I’m not anti tech. I subscribe to the times online, but to get things “free” we have sacrificed a lot of integrity and  a lot of depth. It doesn’t matter if it’s banner headlines, or click bait as long as there is a real story revealed behind them. .. Printing costs money, journalists cost money .. The purveyors of journals have had to re think. They have limited income and to keep it have decided to chase “stories” that earn them millions of micro payments. Those stories don’t need intellect and research, or truth for that matter. 
 
I am hugely sad that the amazing communication tool we have in the net is over run by mouthy Ill educated morons. There are so many and they are so loud that rational voices struggle to be heard and those wanting to tell the truth can’t get paid for their endeavours 
This is an ill formed argument, probably anti democratic but in essence the funding methods for news on the net means that the “angry mob” has the biggest say in its content .. 

bring back Neil Hallam

I think that Chris Coles is an absolute gem and Steve Nicholson comes across as a really nice fella who knows his stuff. 

Before Chris it was OB , who is absolutely brilliant and surely destined for big things ( if he wants them ) - a bit like Darren Ferguson who used to be on local radio and now heads up BT Sport commentary and presents on Radio Five Live 
So someone at RD and DT must be doing something right !
 
I think its a particularly tough time for newspaper journalists so they have my sympathy even though the DT website is pretty infuriating !
 

Obviously for Roy money's too tight to mention 

Did he walk in and say, if you don’t know me by now before demanding his refund?

I continue to be encouraged. So so good to have players that are “ours” not sourced through an agent or someone else’s youth throw out along with the daft prices that go with all this.
Knight .. Going to be, or already is, an excellent championship midfielder .. has a great engine and can score goals
Bird .. coming along in fits and starts .. some great vision with his passing but I am just not sure he is a deep lying player at this stage in his development. He may become one but at the moment I see him as CM or in any case, further up the park. Is cutting it well at this level. Can he be better ? 
Festy .. so exciting because he is direct and has strength to go with his pace. Every champ team is going to be watching him when they play us .. he’s a threat ! 
Sibley.. He’s got “it” without a doubt .. not sure the team is set up to play to his strengths .. but he runs, shoots, tackles with considerable prowess. He is a narky, needs to filter out some over reactions 
Buchanan .. had dips in form -  he is at least as good all round as either Bogle or Lowe
Watson .. No doubts at all - Of all of them I feel he is the one that the Prem will want
I haven’t seen enough of the others to comment seriously but Cashin looks to be a good un. 
Hutchinson isn’t technically our “product” but I’ve seen a desire to shoot and the composure and skill for that goal against Salford was pretty special 
Dyllan Williams .. he’s only 17 and needs time. Despite the outstanding effort in the second half against Salford he needs time to grow physically and more coaching. He’s got something, but I can’t predict what level he will finish at. I was hoping to see jinking and changing pace that a good wide man needs, I didn’t see any of that, despite good technique and huge willingness to run 
 
 

The sooner we all realise this is politics not accountancy the better. 
 
The argument is taking place within the EFL and it’s numerous committees and main board
It is those who want us punished, possibly because  Mel went to war with them but really because they will lose face if we aren’t  , Versus those who don’t because, right or wrong, things have gone far enough. 
The rest is window dressing and self justification. 

Funny you should say that. I was chatting to a mate about Ravel and Wayne. There is a “fit” in all of life
 Consider his early years managers. Good men but old school curmudgeons / autocrats … makes you think that a maturing Morrison coached/managed by  an ex player who he grew watching, with might just be the alchemy we need. I saw enough on Tuesday to think we have a potential diamond. Morrison on the same wavelength as our kids ? 
 
yeah I know .. I am in happy clappy mode ?

The sooner we all realise this is politics not accountancy the better. 
 
The argument is taking place within the EFL and it’s numerous committees and main board
It is those who want us punished, possibly because  Mel went to war with them but really because they will lose face if we aren’t  , Versus those who don’t because, right or wrong, things have gone far enough. 
The rest is window dressing and self justification. 

I actually think he's made a sensible decision for his own career, if he walks now, is he going to get a job again straight away?
Championship clubs, 17 months without revenue, have barely spent any money this summer, it's mostly been free transfers with Harry Wilson's £12m more to Fulham making up most of the entire league spend. 
I think clubs will possibly be more patient so not to find themselves paying a manager off, even Preston for example when replacing Neil have took the "cheap" option in appointing Frankie McAvoy, who?...Exactly, a 54 year old, first ever job as manager. 
Never played the game, academy coach at Dunfermline same job at Hamilton before being made academy director before following Alex Neil around as his first team coach.
Now you can argue he has more experience than Rooney, but in term of first team management, he has nothing, this will have been a cheap appointment.
You have the likes of Chris Wider, Eddie Howe, even Frank Lampard all out of work, so where will Rooney get another chance ahead of these names unless he drops a league or even two?
I'm not here to deny him of any respect, you could still understand if he walked and many others would have, but I think he has made a sensible decision here.
Given the situation he walked into, the summer where he lost players as we wasn't allowed to offer contract renewals, haven't signed players until 48hrs before the season, lost a first team coach and promoting within.
If we failed, by failed I mean relegation this season, I don't think he walks away with his reputation being tarnished that much at all. Others may disagree, but we see poor managers time and time again getting jobs so I don't see him being left on the scrapheap already but will have to wait his turn.
What he has going for him is a huge profile and reputation which will see him given opportunities where others wouldn't, rightly or wrongly, same with Lampard, even back to Clough whilst isn't a huge name in football now, got the job here off the back of who his Dad was (in my opinion).
I also think it's a sensible decision for Derby to stand by him despite all the noise. I'm not entirely sure who fans think we could realistically get to take this on in it's current situation. We haven't got a squad of experienced players that managers will know about, we have a lot of young players where they would need to learn what they are and what they are about.
Win on Saturday, you would have to say it's been a successful start to the season under Rooney, hopefully something we can build on without building expectations too high.
 

Or, thanks Mel, His legacy might just be his serious academy investment … worth pondering and the same time as the lost gambles and over paying for other players that got us in this mess 

I continue to be encouraged. So so good to have players that are “ours” not sourced through an agent or someone else’s youth throw out along with the daft prices that go with all this.
Knight .. Going to be, or already is, an excellent championship midfielder .. has a great engine and can score goals
Bird .. coming along in fits and starts .. some great vision with his passing but I am just not sure he is a deep lying player at this stage in his development. He may become one but at the moment I see him as CM or in any case, further up the park. Is cutting it well at this level. Can he be better ? 
Festy .. so exciting because he is direct and has strength to go with his pace. Every champ team is going to be watching him when they play us .. he’s a threat ! 
Sibley.. He’s got “it” without a doubt .. not sure the team is set up to play to his strengths .. but he runs, shoots, tackles with considerable prowess. He is a narky, needs to filter out some over reactions 
Buchanan .. had dips in form -  he is at least as good all round as either Bogle or Lowe
Watson .. No doubts at all - Of all of them I feel he is the one that the Prem will want
I haven’t seen enough of the others to comment seriously but Cashin looks to be a good un. 
Hutchinson isn’t technically our “product” but I’ve seen a desire to shoot and the composure and skill for that goal against Salford was pretty special 
Dyllan Williams .. he’s only 17 and needs time. Despite the outstanding effort in the second half against Salford he needs time to grow physically and more coaching. He’s got something, but I can’t predict what level he will finish at. I was hoping to see jinking and changing pace that a good wide man needs, I didn’t see any of that, despite good technique and huge willingness to run 
 
 

Or, thanks Mel, His legacy might just be his serious academy investment … worth pondering and the same time as the lost gambles and over paying for other players that got us in this mess 

Or, thanks Mel, His legacy might just be his serious academy investment … worth pondering and the same time as the lost gambles and over paying for other players that got us in this mess 

The sooner we all realise this is politics not accountancy the better. 
 
The argument is taking place within the EFL and it’s numerous committees and main board
It is those who want us punished, possibly because  Mel went to war with them but really because they will lose face if we aren’t  , Versus those who don’t because, right or wrong, things have gone far enough. 
The rest is window dressing and self justification. 

Can you provide anything tangible to support your comment he is on £90k per week?
I accept there was much media comment of that sum for his playing contract (contra’d in major part by 32 Red) but how do you know that he did not accept an alternative contract when taking the managerial reins. I suspect you really have about much idea as I do. None.

Rooney has had multiple interviews now, where he has been asked the question about walking away. He consistently says no. We have been crying out for stability and loyalty from a manager since Nigel Clough. He arguably has the toughest job of any manager for as long as I can remember supporting Derby (22 years) and despite having a bare minimum squad and having all the problems above him, he continues to show that he cares and wants to do well. 
We are starting to see a style of play which is exciting and attacking with the handful players he has. 
I think it's about time everyone starts to show respect to him instead of wanting him out. Any other manger would have left us in this mess. 
 
He's sticking with us, we need to stick with him !!