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Is it possible that mass vaccination during a pandemic actually promotes variant s in the virus 

At the start of the season, and especially after how we trailed out of the previous one, we were expecting an absolutely gruelling few months giving our all while watching a bunch of players barely able to string two passes together. The reality is the we are good to watch. I don't know what Wayne Rooney has done, but he has got the team playing some lovely, quick-passing, with great interplay, and players changing roles and places. The improvement is remarkable. We certainly don't look like a bottom of the table team.
As ever we struggled to turn our play into goals, but we ended up with a lorry load of shots, with 5 (although I thought more than that) on target. YEs, some were from long range, but not so long ago the players were trying to walk the ball over the line at every opportunity. We are creating chances and are not afraid to shoot. 3 great saves by the keeper, another one by the crossbar  and another disgraceful penalty ignored. Incidentally Ebosele's penalty shout had some meat to it, because as he was battling his way into the area, the defender had hooked his arm around Ebosele's to the point of it being inter-twined, which is clear evidence that the defender was fouling him.
I actually thought the ref was reasonably ok early on, bar his having lost his yellow card. Preston were able to break up a high proportion of our attacking breaks with cynical fouls, and there should have been at least 3 or 4 more cards shown. At least Derby didn't get the most yellow cards this time, so no doubt the ref is in for a bollocking tonight!
Preston upped their game for the second half and tightened up in their challenges, so the high pressing actually began to hold us up. They also stepped forwards a coupe of yards and it changed the game. We still created far more threat than they did until the last 10 or 15 minutes. I am right proud of what the players achieved today.
Once again I don't think I can single anyone out who had a poor game, with only Sibley not having the effect everyone wants him to have. But as ever he virtually never, ever gets played in his best, most natural position. He should be played in the number 10 role, either playing off the main striker (a bit hard, we haven't had one for a while), or playing in the hole behind a front two. He is instead tuck out on the wing, where he can produce the goods on occasion, but today he had no chance. He is not a lone striker. Tom can play that role better, so why not put him there, and Sibbers in Tom's place? One day he will end up going elsewhere, get played to his strengths and end up bagging a load of goals. We did it with Weimmann, who plays off a target man. We stuck him out on the wing, or as lone striker, or as bench warmer and he hardly scored for us, but he moved to Bristol and started cracking them in.
Jagielka and Davies were excellent yet again. I am assuming Jagielka's presence has been key, because we now have Davies looking like a player who can cope with the ball at his feet, where as last season he looked like he might trip over it when it got to his feet! And the improvement in Shinnie this season is really good. His reading of the game, and his ability to spot and make a pass were all questionable but he is now looking a complete footballer. And one attacking move he was involved in down the left wing had him playing a one-two the swerving and drifting past a coupe of defenders before getting into the box and crossing the ball. Brilliant!
It was a match we could easily have lost last season, but we stood up to a lot of rough stuff and outplayed Preston until right near the end of the match. We are going through one heck of a transformation. and are not being bullied off the ball anywhere near as much as we were, and we are tough enough to be able to stick to our game plan. 
We can't score for toffee, we seem to have the entire football establishment against us, and yet I am really excited about our future. It won't take much for us to start finding the net and then away we'll go. 
Se you on Tuesday!

The government had no plans in place for a potential pandemic, even though a test exercise was run in 2016 - they completely ignored the recommendations. So any expectation that an EFL club would have done so is delusional. 
On a practical level, there are severe limitations to what DCFC could have done to prepare for the pandemic and, once it hit, their options were limited still further, particularly considering the lack of a strategic plan from the government. 
The first lockdown occurred between transfer windows - no opportunity to raise funds from sales, and once the transfer window opened the market for our players had largely disappeared. The club had the full cost of staging matches for a season and a quarter with severely reduced gate and commercial revenue. TV subscriptions barely scratched the surface of that loss, since most were given as an alternative to ST refunds. 
Of course, I expect the EFL to argue that if the club had been in a better financial position the Event wouldn't have had such a catastrophic effect, but they also have to bear in mind that the restrictions they imposed (which they could have relaxed if they'd been truly interested in helping the club stay out of Administration) probably pushed the club into further difficulties. 
I expect all of the above and more will be raised in our appeal. 

what a run festy...just superb

make sure you watch this !!
anybody who follows my twitter link @phillowe1 may well have seen some of the fantastic posts that i have put up from it, it is a documentary from 1984 the centenary season, we were in Division three, we had been taken to the courts, we hadnt paid our dues, we were skint and facing death, its the history of the club from 1884 to 1984 and you will be amazed !!! 
make yourself a mug of tea or pur yourself a well earned pint, find somewhere quiet and enjoy !!
thank me later !
 

On sale from 15th October, think of the animals, the old people, the ex forces with PTSD, buy a Derby ticket instead, got a ticket? Buy a shirt, got a shirt? Buy me a shirt.
Do you know how many animals fear for their lives when you buy a Derby shirt? 0, not even a Guinea pig.
It's a woosh and a bang followed by a few seconds worth of lights. 
That bang is anti social, it's also telling your neighbours you don't care about Derby County, is that what you want? 
If you really want to experience fireworks this year, have an argument with your partner so they slam the door, then light a sparkler and make woosh noises as you wave that sparkler around.

You just know how this is going to end. The EFL will accept our appeal and reduce the penalty for administration to 6 points. Whilst considering it, they will notice that the figures show we've failed P&S by £15m and they'll hit us with a 21 point penalty. 

You're not wrong. I'm hoping that we don't need a mega rich owner because we will need them to be prepared to pump more money in, if we're expecting to run at a loss. I'm bored of the pointless chase of the big time at the detriment to the security of the club. Just an owner who gets the club run well - and in my mind that means no more operating at a loss. 

I think it’s a trust issue , certainly most people I know ,myself included have found the tactics used by the government and media on the population quite disturbing ??‍♂️

What's fair these days in football? The richest win, been like that for a while now. 
No way PSG are playing by the rules, no way Barca, Real, Man City have but it's just accepted now.
Unless we have a huge reset and go down the draft route that's in American Football, nothing will ever be fair.
You do what you can to win. I have no problems with another joining the rich elite. My issues are with the authorities not playing fair and hoarding the cash whilst those outside the elite struggle to survive.
Whatever rules you put in place, loopholes will be found, so concentrate on distributing the wealth to give others a fighting chance.

I'm disappointed they didn't take up my idea of brewing a beer using a by-product of the dairy industry and calling it :
"The Derby Whey" 
 

Can't we just call it Gibbo's bitter and be done with it?? ??

Attendance: 21,640 (802 Swansea fans)

Just got his first call up for England. 

Good on him. He's part of a centre back pairing at AC Milan that haven't conceded a goal in 350 minutes of league football. Very well deserved and I wish I could live in some alternate universe where we got to keep him!

 

If this doesn’t inspire us, nothing will ?

Another thoroughly enjoyable very watchable game. The fight and commitment from the players is fantastic, all 18k fans were right behind - when we were up against the support only grew. 
 
But isn’t just fight and commitment, the football is actually really good to watch, despite everything going on off the pitch, the product on it is about as good as it’s been for some time. Just need to be more clinical.
Everyone says time to judge after 10-15 games. Well we’ve had some tough matches now and after 10 games without the points deduction we would be 10th, and the football is a good watch. Can’t really complain at that for a squad many had written off even with no points deductions.
We can’t control what happens with additional points deductions, what we’re doing may not be enough to survive but we certainly cannot ask any more than they are giving right now, still think it will take more points deductions to relegate us.

I don’t know what this means, but there you go

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Did they tell Mel when the fun stops, STOP?

They'd love it if our points deduction took us 32 into the red. 

Honestly can't ask much more of this team, would be easy to roll over and give up but they are fighting and you have to respect that.
Disagree with Rooney that Roos was a red, Jagielka was covering and the ball was going wide.
Should he have given the ref a decision to make though? No.
Curtis Davies, he held his hand up, now his hands, doesn't need me to sit here and lay into him, will know what he did was incredibly stupid, but fair play to Ravel's reply on Twitter.
After the failed Ibe signing, was understandable fans concerns over signing another troubled player, although so far he appears to have slotted in nicely.
We're not going to smash any teams this season without bringing goals into the team, but performances like yesterday will bring results over the course of the season.
Need to stick with these players, not give up on the season as they are certainly not.

Good. Good back up striker and penalty taker 

Fabulous country. Whereabouts? You working out there?

Aspartame is very healthy

Fabulous country. Whereabouts? You working out there?