DarkFruitsRam7

9 hours ago, MickD said:

4:30 am Kickoff here in B.C. Canada.  Promoted before breakfast. 😄 

Where in BC?

33 minutes ago, kevinhectoring said:

DC needs to hire an orchestra for the dressing room 

Ryan Garcia did it!

7 hours ago, Eddie said:

Coming back to the point I highlighted, it seems to me that people are either on board with Paul Warne or they're not, and it doesn't matter what he achieves this season or in any subsequent time that he may be at the club - the doubters/haters will still be doubters/haters, and the reason for that is simple - some people do not have the capability to ever admit in public that they were wrong, no matter how much evidence mounts up one way or the other.

I think this is only a small portion of people, Eddie. I’d say most of those who have been in the Warne Out camp have accepted that he’s turned it around and are very happy about it. Some may now be completely convinced, while others still have doubts but are happy to support him and give him a fair crack in the Championship.

There’s still a minority who don’t believe in him at all, some blindly and others after giving it thought. But it’s a minority IMO.

5 hours ago, On the Ram Page said:

Couldn’t disagree more. You cannot (although you will) compare Rotherham in the Championship (with all due respect to them) to a Derby side. No doubt your evidence that Warne cannot manage in the Championship is that he has had relegations with Rotherham? you are basically saying that individuals cannot learn and improve - which is crazy. Hopefully you will prove to yourself that people can learn over the next year, and that in a year’s time you will come back on here and say you were wrong.

5 hours ago, ram59 said:

As I've previously pointed out Warne's last relegation with Rotherham was with a team with the lowest budget in the Championship and if that wasn't bad enough, they actually made an operating profit that season and a profit on player sales. I think that many top managers would struggle under those circumstances.

His budget at Derby will be competitive with most teams in the division and I would be very surprised if he was forced to make a net profit on player sales next season.

Agree with ram59. The assumption that he can’t do any better with us than he did with Rotherham is lazy, because our financial situation is completely different. Yes, he hasn’t yet done amazingly well in the Championship, but he’s not really been below par either.

I would be surprised and disappointed if we’re in a relegation dogfight next season tbh. I don’t think Warne will take us back to the Premier League, but I think he can establish us in the Championship again.

I just hope he builds a squad that won’t require a huge overhaul to suit a future manager’s style of play. It’s Clowes’ job to manage this, which is why I’d like a bit more of a sophisticated setup above Warne. 

1 minute ago, sage said:

I wouldn't be surprised if DC asks FanHub not to accept his nomination.

 

In that case, B4 looks like he's in the lead. Keep nominating:

7 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said:

Oh!

Happy birthday to my Derby County fan career.

#my first game.  🐏
#I woz conned 🤣

Surprised we didn't get the whole "shiny thing paraded round the pitch" story! 

Doesn't get boring tbf.

A reminder.

Take your pick to what to focus on, but this is probably the worst of the lot: "In January 2021, and after ten witnesses of the case have already died, and after reviewing the case, the judge came to the conclusion that there was no evidence implicating Marinakis, and therefore concluded his investigation."

I hope this stuff starts getting more national attention.

Proper. Great tune as well.

This week is dragging already.

2 hours ago, angieram said:

Who is DCFC Lee? 

I personally don't think Clowes should win it. Just not appropriate,  this award is about ordinary fans.

Clowes deserves all the accolades for what he did (last season, actually) bit in a different arena to this one.

Fair.

See Kernow's response re Lee. He's a proper fan who saved up to come over for a couple of games, and he made Derby Twitter very wholesome for a little while. His (illegal) live tweeting of the goals is a great service for fans that can't watch the full game live too.

But obviously I'm voting for our mate!

Presumably the mathematical probability of us going up is better if it's just Bolton that we have to fend off, even if it's a little scarier if they have something to play for and Posh don't.

14 hours ago, Reggie Greenwood said:

Check out the Bolton forums. Many calls for Evatt to go. They want practical winning football not occasionally brilliant but ultimately failing football.
who would be a football manager !
  

Think he comes across as a bit arrogant at times as well, which is always going to rub people up the wrong way when you don't meet expectations.

Would love B4 to win it, but Twitter is calling for Clowes (or DCFC Lee). Any of the three would be worthy winners.

Not a new video, but the club tweeted it out today. Great watch.

We’d be getting the mother of all rallying cries this week! Good job he trained us so well that we know exactly what he’d say.

8 minutes ago, Boycie said:

Maybe the waterfall maybe the nearest with sky sports? Unless the Merlin has Sky?

Merlin has Sky I think

19 hours ago, Rev said:

The problem with David Clowes is I think he would cringe and be uncomfortable, if we started singing to him on any sort of regular basis.

Better show our appreciation through the tills at Pride Park.

Buy that programme you'll never read, that pint you don't enjoy, that season ticket you'll barely use etc etc. 

If everything is going our way Saturday, a quick burst of "ole, ole, ole, ole David Clowes, Clowes, Clowes", towards the end of the game probably wouldn't embarass him too much, mind.

 

Has he ever said he'd dislike it? I know he's not one to seek publicity, but that doesn't necessarily mean he'd hate a song. Correct me if I'm wrong, but just never seen anything myself that would suggest that.

17 minutes ago, nottingram said:

 

On 20/04/2024 at 17:26, Duracell said:

Thank you @dcfc the 1 4me! I hope you get well soon too. Just bumping this up for everyone in case they missed it...

Cheers Duracell - ticket swap arranged. My brother and I get to go in the South Stand so it's a win-win for everyone!

On 15/04/2024 at 18:00, Crewton said:

King Richard, Netflix, the amazing story of Venus and Sabrina Williams beginnings and their father Richard's obsessive and sometimes disturbing plan to turn two of his 5 daughters into tennis legends. It lags at times but does give a pretty honest picture, warts and all, of what he did to achieve his dream for them. Taribo West 7.5

Perfect aeroplane film.

Give him the freedom of Derby

1 hour ago, Comrade 86 said:

Mums do epic stuff. Gotta love your mum.

Hmm. Spilt red wine on the carpet earlier and received an absolute earful.  

Brilliant, just brilliant.

I don’t know what we’ve done to deserve all this good karma, but just when you think they have the upper hand on us, we pull ourselves together and they embarrass themselves in front of the whole country.

The spirit of Fawaz lives on.

30 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said:

Very much hope @DarkFruitsRam7is right with this fine thread and hasn't gone too soon. And, yes, I was going to post Martine too, but beaten to it. And a big happy birthday to @Ellafella! 

Our moments seem so very rare because we do have an amazing propensity to throw it away at the death. Because of which I'm a little surprised at the confidence on the forum this last couple of weeks - but so far justified. I'm not counting any chickens until the fat lady has sung at Pride Park on Saturday. After which I hope to revel with the rest of you in a perfect moment. I've only seen two promotions live before - Palace and the playoffs. Very much hoping for a hattrick! 

As I can't post Martine, here's a much more inspiring vocal to get Rams pulses racing. For this one moment in time... 

 

I have just been thinking, I hope I haven't gone too early. I'm having horrible visions of being rinsed on Twitter by Forest fans, like @David was by Leeds a few years back (still my favourite day ever).

4 hours ago, Premier ram said:

Sadly Forest will survive due to other teams being inept

Isn't it great that it doesn't really matter though. In recent years, we've had to cling onto the hope of Forest failing because there's been so little to celebrate. I obviously want Forest to go down, but them staying up won't even register compared to the jubilation we should feel on Saturday.