Ramos

1st one done only another 784 to go

Maybe the only way that the gods will allow our record to be broken is if we also get relegated. There is a singular limit to how many good things that can happen to a Derby fan in one season... 

Having seen them a fair few times this season, they are actually a decent side and work hard compared to what we were. 11 defeats by 1 goal shows how fine the margins have been.
i never really thought they’d break it and I still dont - but I really can’t see them getting above 15 points. 3 out of their next 4 is against top 5 opposition - they could very easily find themselves still on 5 points after 22 games and then I think their confidence would begin to wane. Especially if they are more than sort of 12 points from safety. 

21/20? Who started this thread? Benjamin Button?

30 pages in and loving it. Also - the Charlton 2 2 was also my first ever rams game in 2000 so I very much relate to everything Ryan has said so far ?
merry Christmas one and all 

They’ve got brighton and Burnley in their next 3 I think. If they come out of them with still only one point. You can see them probably still just beating our 11 but can’t see them getting past Huddersfield’s 14. Every year now there are more and more teams struggling to get 20 points. I do think it’s only a matter of time before the 11 points is eventually broken. 

They’ve got brighton and Burnley in their next 3 I think. If they come out of them with still only one point. You can see them probably still just beating our 11 but can’t see them getting past Huddersfield’s 14. Every year now there are more and more teams struggling to get 20 points. I do think it’s only a matter of time before the 11 points is eventually broken. 

The bad thing for Sheff u is they have already played Fulham, leeds and West Brom - 1 point from the promoted teams is not a good sign. Brighton and Burnley are the two remaining struggling sides they have to play and they play them soon. Saying that they have Man U at home next and would not be surprised if they win that. 

They’ve got brighton and Burnley in their next 3 I think. If they come out of them with still only one point. You can see them probably still just beating our 11 but can’t see them getting past Huddersfield’s 14. Every year now there are more and more teams struggling to get 20 points. I do think it’s only a matter of time before the 11 points is eventually broken. 

Spot on @Ramos. Even as he was being subbed off, he was shouting to his team mates to raise their game. Brilliant. Too many of our players are doing goal celebrations that have the last word on some social media altercation (cf Holmes and his “gaming” charade) and yet show no or little passion on the pitch. CKR made me eat my words yesterday and I loved him for it. Deserves a big goal on Tuesday night ; some of his vision and touch yesterday was nothing short of, dare I say it, Martin-esque. And Credit Rooney for bringing him in from the start in contrast to Rosenior giving him 10 minutes and Cocu not even giving him that. 
 
Football is a simple game but over-run now with types who confuse it with chess and cod-strategy. 

Great performance and loved his passion. It’s a question of where is that passion in the rest of the team? There seems to be a real lack of characters in our team - in our position you want to see more players rallying round. 
 
I know it’s not remotely the same level but in all my age group teams from 10 to 18, it was drilled into all of us, even the not natural talkers, to as a team be vocal and openly passionate, encouraging the rest of the team.
 
Funnily enough as a team we really didn’t have that many players with great ability for our league but it was about team ethic and passion and our coach (who’s son is a professional footballer, he also managed will Hughes for a number of years in the group below, safe to say they had a very good team) really worked on that collective team spirit and enthusiasm. Fitness was key too and through this, we worked so hard as a team we somehow one season won the league unbeaten. 
 
But even in other seasons when we were struggling we were so determined and passionate as a team. Admittedly I don’t see this at many clubs really, bar maybe Leeds who just look so up for every battle and have so much energy. How Derby need that right now. 

God you can tell 2014 is the only really ounce of attractive football we’ve had in the best part of 20 years. How we all (including myself) cling to it. 

No disputing that - it’s just we talk about it like it was our treble winning year or the invincibles - which is my point that we really have been starved of any real success since I started supporting Derby in 1999 - that our best memories are of a team that ultimately failed. The life of a Derby fan hey. 

It was such a good team

God you can tell 2014 is the only really ounce of attractive football we’ve had in the best part of 20 years. How we all (including myself) cling to it. 

God you can tell 2014 is the only really ounce of attractive football we’ve had in the best part of 20 years. How we all (including myself) cling to it. 

The plan B argument ducking grates on me. No manager has a plan B. It was a stupid criticism people came up with because we couldn't win every game. It was our fanbase being ducking spoiled. 

It’s been so long - I can’t even remember what option I opted for regarding my season ticket ?

When we spend big on players we are irresponsable, when we try and negotiate we are skint and scrapping around in the bargain bin.
At what point will fans ever be happy? The club can't win. It's no wonder they want to stop information leaking out as much as possible because the club will be crucified by it's own fans either way.

and yet I knew the first things to be pointed out would be the couple of negatives, I love this place ?

My first season as a season ticket holder, think he got 12 goals which for his age, Derby's quality and league position was a pretty good return. As you say, although I was quite young, I do remember him being a decent striker for Derby. 

If Brentford were bringing this bloke in for less than 2 mil they would be lauded for the breadth of their scouting network and imagination in the transfer market.
We sign him and he's a donkey who is instantly comparable to failed signings we made two decades ago

You rarely find people are whelmed do you - it’s always over or under. Same as being superstitious, people are never just a little bit stitious - well bar one man.
 

You rarely find people are whelmed do you - it’s always over or under. Same as being superstitious, people are never just a little bit stitious - well bar one man.
 

You rarely find people are whelmed do you - it’s always over or under. Same as being superstitious, people are never just a little bit stitious - well bar one man.