Yani P

He was rated a future superstar..England age captain..played for Palace who had looked after him since he was a kid...greedy stepfather forced a move to Spurs..that was basically the end of a very promising career..

Wilders reputation will certainly not be as high as it was at sheffield..be interesting to see where he goes after this.

Collins has been MoTM by a mile..not just the 2 goals but his play all over the pitch has been superb...he will love playing for Warne with the support he will get.
 
 

Wildsmith reacted well there saw their striker was free 5 yards out and intercepted the ball before it reached him.

Wildsmith 7.5
Cashin 7.5
Davies 6.5
Chester 6.5
Hourihane 6.5
Knight 6.5
Mendez-Laing 6.5
Bird ? 8.5 
Dobbin 6
Collins 9
Barkhuizen 6.5
Sibley 6
Osula 6
Forsyth 6

So we got a completely different way of playing, put together in only 5 days, and it worked! Although it is only doing what most of us have wanted us to do for the last who knows how many years! But its here! Woo Hoo!!!
It wasn't particularly pretty to watch, but it wasn't ugly either. And some of the lack of class was because Cambridge were in our faces from the start, and stayed the all match. Since when have we managed to withstand that?
So we got the ball going forwards quickly, we pressed and challenged all over the pitch for the entire 95.something minutes and actually believed in ourselves! Collins was in his element, Knight played very well, but strangely for him looked knackered by about 75 minutes. Bird absolutely flourished, putting in great tackles and interceptions, and that disguised lay-off to Collins for the 2nd goal was an absolute peach! Wildsmith looked confident, mainly because he was playing in goal today, instead of advance midfield, and the defence meant that he didn't actually have a shot to save, just a few crosses and a couple of through balls. And that ref - he seemed to miss quite a lot of fouls, but in reality it is more likely that he simply let them go to keep the game flowing, and I am happy with that. 
I'm almost of a mind to set off towards Pride Park ready for next Saturday's match already - I can hardly wait! Are we really back to great days ahead?

Wildsmith reacted well there saw their striker was free 5 yards out and intercepted the ball before it reached him.

Collins has been MoTM by a mile..not just the 2 goals but his play all over the pitch has been superb...he will love playing for Warne with the support he will get.
 
 

Collins has been MoTM by a mile..not just the 2 goals but his play all over the pitch has been superb...he will love playing for Warne with the support he will get.
 
 

Collins has been MoTM by a mile..not just the 2 goals but his play all over the pitch has been superb...he will love playing for Warne with the support he will get.
 
 

Lovely break..genius disguised pass by Bird..clinical finish Collins.. superb move 

Dobbin in offside shocker..

Both Rams TV commentators said it was a red..

Defender had a mare but lovely cool finish by Collins who has been excellent.

Defender had a mare but lovely cool finish by Collins who has been excellent.

Defender had a mare but lovely cool finish by Collins who has been excellent.

Home shirt and away shirt look like they were designed by the guy that made 80s German ski wear..
3rd is OK..

I believe we have hired the manager that will ultimately take us back to the Premier League.

I believe we have hired the manager that will ultimately take us back to the Premier League.

I believe we have hired the manager that will ultimately take us back to the Premier League.

I believe we have hired the manager that will ultimately take us back to the Premier League.

One thing about Warne he is an emotional character and builds very strong relationships with his players..so I guess we will expect to see the same togetherness and team spirit that has served us well in recent times.

I will give Warne time before I call him out as a coach whose teams don't play attractive football. He made the best of what he had at Rotherham so assume he decided that style was his best option for success. No reason why he won't advocate attractive attacking football at Derby with the resources he has. DC has clearly had this on the burners for a while hence the speed it moved from rumour to announcement.
In many ways I like this feeling of clearing the decks, LR was a great guy and actually did well IMHO building this squad and getting us into a decent league position. But this now draws a line fully under the Morris catastrophe and moves us on from the Cocu, Rooney, LR styles.
Looking forward to watching the development.

One thing about Warne he is an emotional character and builds very strong relationships with his players..so I guess we will expect to see the same togetherness and team spirit that has served us well in recent times.

I will give Warne time before I call him out as a coach whose teams don't play attractive football. He made the best of what he had at Rotherham so assume he decided that style was his best option for success. No reason why he won't advocate attractive attacking football at Derby with the resources he has. DC has clearly had this on the burners for a while hence the speed it moved from rumour to announcement.
In many ways I like this feeling of clearing the decks, LR was a great guy and actually did well IMHO building this squad and getting us into a decent league position. But this now draws a line fully under the Morris catastrophe and moves us on from the Cocu, Rooney, LR styles.
Looking forward to watching the development.