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Emotionally gearing up for the massive weekend ahead 🙏🏻 Again, thank you David for saving our club 

 
 

The opportunity to win promotion at Pride Park, in front of a sell out crowd, after what the club has essentially gone through the last four years, is something that could create memories that will last a lifetime.
If, and hopefully when it happens, I'll definitely spare a thought for B4 and others who marched through the city to help keep the club alive but sadly won't be here to see this significant step in our rebuilding process. 

Saw this pop up on my phone a minute ago. There’s only one name that I think should take this home.
we didn’t catch pompy as he wished but he’s carried us to nearly clinching the promotion we all want. 
 
#B4

Two of David Clowes’ aims when he took over the Club were to bring integrity and also establish ourselves in the Championship within 5 years. We didn’t get promotion last year, much to many fans angst. On reflection, it was probably a good job we didn’t. We would still have been working to a strict business plan which would have tied our hands in the transfer market to some degree and made the season very difficult.
We have recruited quite a few players this year who will be able to play in the Championship next year. Some recruits haven’t been quite so successful. We will have a reasonable pot for transfers this year we have been told. Probably, Wildsmith, Nyambe, Cashin,Nelson,Elder,Ward,Wilson,Mendis-Laing,Blackett-Taylor,Sibley,Forsyth,Rooney should be ok in the Championship - I personally have more concerns about Smith, Collins, Barkhaizen, Thompson, Fornah, Gayle, Washington, Vickers.  We will lose Bird and Adams (for now?)
I think, with some shrewd business, we should be able to put together a competitive squad.
in terms of integrity, I think our progression has been amazing. There has been hardly any, if at all, negative news regarding our club in the media. The Management team all absolutely appear to be working together to a common goal. We have recruited (not to everyone’s like) good people, who want to play for the shirt, not just here for the money, as in the past. The Academy has made good progress in its rebuild and the are a few players who look to have good futures, hopefully as Derby players.
At our best and most confident, we do play some exciting football, score goals and don’t concede many. Yes, we would like to see more of the exciting times but our main aim has been to get out of this difficult league this year. Too often in the past we have had a soft underbelly and have struggled against strong, aggressive teams. We currently have a side, which mainly, doesn’t buckle against this type of side.
So I am happy with the progress of Derby County this last two years and look forward to what will happen next. David Clowes is a quietly shrewd business man and I think Paul Warne is an intelligent manager, who is a lot shrewder and football wise than many give him credit for. Not only this but he is a fantastic man-manager and team spirit builder.
Can’t wait to see what happens next.
 

Six seats just appeared for Carlisle.

Love the lad personally and partly because of that, I think a move elsewhere is a probably not such a bad move for him. Folk have questioned whether Brizzle can match our ambitions, but they overlook the fact that if Max were all about ambition, he'd have left Derby years back. As it is, Bristol are a Championship club, located in a vibrant city, there are strong links through Jason Knight and Max will presumably be on a very decent salary too. Not a move entirely without merit then! 
Clearly a good few would disagree, but I say more power to him, he owes us the square root of FA. He's shown his loyalty though thick and thin and yet still isn't really appreciated by a significant number of us fans. The football side of that debate will rage on no doubt, but their opinions have been made loud and clear, so perhaps this too plays into his thinking. It would mine.
What is clear, is that Max is doing this on his own terms and I believe securing a positive outcome for Derby too, also ranks a priority. I think the deal structure, is actually quite telling. The fee, by all accounts, is a fair one and if reports are accurate, a fair bit more than we could sensibly expect at a tribunal. We also retain his services until the end of the season, not a benefit for some on here, I concede, but certainly one in my mind and after that, Max gets what he wants, which sadly, is a fresh start and a clean slate after the summer break in pastures new.
TBH, I'm gutted the lad has not chosen to take another tilt with Derby, but he's a been very loyal for a lad at the right end of his career and I can only thank him and wish him all the best.
OAR

Dug this old thread out, just to say well done to Fozzy.
I remember seeing him flying down the left and whipping in some terrifying crosses and thinking he was some player.
Then I saw him being given a lesson at home against Wolves and thought he was finished, likewise with the three ligament injuries.
But then he reinvents himself as a CD when needs must, with the signings of Nelson, Bradley and Elder I thought his days would be number.
But no Fozzy has re reinvented himself as a LB again and is keeping people out - assisting and scoring.
What an absolute legend, what a club man
 

Depends on the other team, some can cope better than others. Oxford, especially their young keeper were not comfortable with defending balls into the box. It's more about mixing it up and different angles of attack, don't become too predictable.

Tickets on sale at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning for 10+ members.
Wigan 1,930 tickets available with more blocks to open.
Oxford 859 tickets left from full allocation.

Condolences to B4's family and friends he will be a big miss on this forum the room was always brighter with B4 in it. My personal favorites were his posts of advice to other forum members of how to always make DCFC your number one priority which ment swapping shifts for work or ditching the other half in favor of the RAMS 😂 WHAT A LEGEND.
#BEMOREB4

I can imagine what B4 might have said to that.

Condolences to B4's family and friends he will be a big miss on this forum the room was always brighter with B4 in it. My personal favorites were his posts of advice to other forum members of how to always make DCFC your number one priority which ment swapping shifts for work or ditching the other half in favor of the RAMS 😂 WHAT A LEGEND.
#BEMOREB4

Condolences to B4's family and friends he will be a big miss on this forum the room was always brighter with B4 in it. My personal favorites were his posts of advice to other forum members of how to always make DCFC your number one priority which ment swapping shifts for work or ditching the other half in favor of the RAMS 😂 WHAT A LEGEND.
#BEMOREB4

Condolences to B4's family and friends he will be a big miss on this forum the room was always brighter with B4 in it. My personal favorites were his posts of advice to other forum members of how to always make DCFC your number one priority which ment swapping shifts for work or ditching the other half in favor of the RAMS 😂 WHAT A LEGEND.
#BEMOREB4

Condolences to B4's family and friends he will be a big miss on this forum the room was always brighter with B4 in it. My personal favorites were his posts of advice to other forum members of how to always make DCFC your number one priority which ment swapping shifts for work or ditching the other half in favor of the RAMS 😂 WHAT A LEGEND.
#BEMOREB4

Condolences to B4's family and friends he will be a big miss on this forum the room was always brighter with B4 in it. My personal favorites were his posts of advice to other forum members of how to always make DCFC your number one priority which ment swapping shifts for work or ditching the other half in favor of the RAMS 😂 WHAT A LEGEND.
#BEMOREB4

Condolences to B4's family and friends he will be a big miss on this forum the room was always brighter with B4 in it. My personal favorites were his posts of advice to other forum members of how to always make DCFC your number one priority which ment swapping shifts for work or ditching the other half in favor of the RAMS 😂 WHAT A LEGEND.
#BEMOREB4

Condolences to B4's family and friends he will be a big miss on this forum the room was always brighter with B4 in it. My personal favorites were his posts of advice to other forum members of how to always make DCFC your number one priority which ment swapping shifts for work or ditching the other half in favor of the RAMS 😂 WHAT A LEGEND.
#BEMOREB4

Condolences to B4's family and friends he will be a big miss on this forum the room was always brighter with B4 in it. My personal favorites were his posts of advice to other forum members of how to always make DCFC your number one priority which ment swapping shifts for work or ditching the other half in favor of the RAMS 😂 WHAT A LEGEND.
#BEMOREB4

Until the last week it has been a long time since I had been at a Derby Match. My Dad has said I’ve probably seen some of the best football so far this season. So, this thread is starting with genuine positivity from me, as my brother Daniel (B4) would also have done. This match means so much more to the Beavis family than any result. We want everyone to wave their scraves and flanges (not literally, ladies 🙈) and raise the roof for both DCFC and Daniel. Please share the details of the applause far and wide. 
I’m reliably told I need to predict a 3-0 win to Derby. 
My dad, Andy and I, will be in the east stand, stairway 35. We’ll be having a drink before the match and at halftime. Please do come and say hello. 
 
#COYR   #GetReadyToRoar  #BeMoreB4 

Condolences to B4's family and friends he will be a big miss on this forum the room was always brighter with B4 in it. My personal favorites were his posts of advice to other forum members of how to always make DCFC your number one priority which ment swapping shifts for work or ditching the other half in favor of the RAMS 😂 WHAT A LEGEND.
#BEMOREB4

Condolences to B4's family and friends he will be a big miss on this forum the room was always brighter with B4 in it. My personal favorites were his posts of advice to other forum members of how to always make DCFC your number one priority which ment swapping shifts for work or ditching the other half in favor of the RAMS 😂 WHAT A LEGEND.
#BEMOREB4

Tickets on sale to 10+ members tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock.
Reading 625 tickets available with more blocks to open up.
Port Vale 1,064 tickets available with more blocks to open up.
Crewe on general sale, 31 tickets left with one small block still to open up with about another 100 seats. Must be collected from the ticket office at Derby.

Shame to see so-called fans labelling our own player as 'dogshit' and other choice terms. By all means call him out on the game, but is the abuse really necessary? He's a Derby player after all. Some on here might like to consider how they'd feel if they were being assessed in such charming terms for their efforts at their place of work. Whatever you think of his ability, he's still a Rams player and entitled to a modicum of respect from us fans as such. He's also 5 from 13 in the league this season, which is far from the horror story some of the drama queens on here portray. Hard to imagine, other spitting on the badge or flat out throwing it in, what would actually warrant terms like 'dogshit', but missing an easy square pass certainly isn't one of them. And this after we've won the game too!
Likewise Exeter - without fail, every time we win, we get a chorus of "well (insert club name) were by far the worst team we've faced all millennium" type comments. So f****** tedious. Last night, Oxford were beaten by a team languishing in the bottom 3 and Portsmouth could not muster a goal in 95 minutes against the mighty Cambridge, which more sensible heads might think tells you all you need to know about this league. The fact is, we're a league 1 team (as was evidenced by our failure to secure promotion last season) and right now we're playing like one, as often as not. The very same people who sagely pontificated on how hard it would be to get out of this league, are some the chippiest ***** on here now we're struggling. Get in the bin!
As for the game, the result was never in doubt. I thought we looked comfortable, pretty much throughout and were more than good value for the 2-0. They tried to play football, which was a pleasant surprise, but we were very good without the ball last night, harrying and pressing well and you could see their last vestiges of hope evaporate with the second goal. On the rare occasions they enjoyed a little possession, we kept our shape brilliantly and never really gave them too much hope. I think we look as good as any team I've seen in the league defensively speaking and we have a decent quality midfield if we can somehow keep Max healthy of mind and body and in good form. Still short of that explosive goal threat, though if we play like we did last night, we've enough to trouble most sides.
As for the result, it could and maybe should have been 4-0 and without the interventions of the myopic linesman, it might well have been. Surely that is worthy of more than begrudging praise, if any. Let's be honest here, there's no such thing as a 'routine win' for a side with our current home record! With 'routine' help from the officials, more often than not we conspire to turns 3 points into 1, or none at all, so let's not pretend otherwise, eh! 
Moving forwards, I hope that this is not another false dawn and that the attacking line-up is deployed against all but the best teams in the league, where a more circumspect approach is perhaps understandable. While I think we're a long way off Championship quality right now, we do have a strongish squad for L1 and we really need to be ensconcing ourselves firmly in the top 6 sooner, rather than later. Meet that milestone and we can then set about trying to reel in Oxford and / or Pompey which is a far from impossible feat if we can just add some consistency to our game.
COYR

Yep spot on , I am happy to talk about Collins pros and cons and the bits I find frustrating ( needless fouls ) but exactly the same as warne I find the way some talk about the bloke on here just beyond decent and fair ,, 
for good or bad these are footballers/ managers who work for our club at present and doing they’re best as far as I can see , next we will have people saying if Collins had any decency he would rip up his contract and walk away from derby and give up his ability to earn a living Ala warne ,,,,utter poop and some should really take a look at what they post sometimes 🤷🏻‍♂️