Andrew3000

Fear not boys and girls.... 
I'm sure the EFL will have used the summer lull well, and thoroughly scenario tested what they might do in the event of a well-advertised second wave. 
They surely were clearly focused on the right priorities and wouldn't have wasted scarce time and resources pursuing petty grievances...... Oh....... Ah......... As you were...... ?

Hi there DCFCfans!
Happy New Year to you all! Here is our latest episode, which is a preview of the New Years Day match between Sheffield Wednesday and Derby!
Listen here: Sheffield Wednesday - Derby County match preview podcast!
We spoke with the awesome Owls Americas and Owls About Stats to find out all about:
?End of the Pulis era
?Jack Marriott
?FFP
?Chansiri
?Cross city rivalry
Please give it a listen, share it around and let us know your thoughts on the match!
 

I started reading my copy yesterday and I’m really enjoying it. I’m not sure if it’s deliberate but I think the stylistic of the narrative that runs through the book (what I have read so far) is quite unique. The opinions from the various people involved give the reader a chance to form their own opinions against the the sequence of chronological events of the last 20 years. Whilst you do see this in other books what you also tend to get is the authors bias of the opinion they’ve formed underpinning this. What’s is genuinely original (in my view) in your book is that this runs parallel to the opinion/bias that has been formed by the general views that you get on forums such as this and others that preceded it over the years, rather than the learned opinion from the established author/journalist writing the book. It has made me reflect on a fair few assumptions I’ve made over the years and also made me think more about what is happening now and has happened in the last 6 months. 

Also what I found consistent through the book was the parallels when the team was doing well. Get a target man who can hold the ball up with the ball good at their feet (Kuqi, Hulse, Rasiak, Martin, CKR) a midfield enforcer (Eustace, Thorne, Bielik) and workhorses in midfield (Bryson, Knight).
Also bringing in good characters and not big time charlies that can upset the team unity. The January transfer window, often doing more harm than good.

I think you should have a 24hr book buyers bonus deal.
We send you pictures of our books, and in return you email us the good stuff you had to leave out!
We won't say a word, honest.

Not a clue to be honest! I imagine the publishers will let me know in the next month or so, although it's done way better than I - and they - expected. Never realised we had so many supporters! To be honest, the club support has helped a lot as well. They've been brilliant for saying it's not entirely complimentary of them over the years.
Agreed on Nigel. There was actually quite a bit I wasn't allowed to use unfortunately (most of which was from Giles Barnes) because it would have left me on pretty shaky ground! Either loved or hated is Clough.
 

How many have you sold? It's a compelling read. My worst fears about Nigel seem confirmed.  Terrible spiteful streak and old fashioned methods. Created great unity but ruthless discarding of players (equal to or greater than the ruthlessness of his sacking)  and caused unnecessary injuries.  Very mixed on the transfer front.  I'm up to the end of Mac 1. It's mostly thrilling to relive but awful to read how he hadn't properly considered to get a back up for Martin.
Well done, great timing on this one, we were ready for this!
 

@HuddersRamyou big softie ?

Hi DCFCFans!
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! 
Our latest podcast is out and its a preview of tomorrow game against Birmingham City. 
Birmingham City Preview!
We Are Birmingham & Fat Lads Go In Goal joins us to Babble about The Blues! We spoke about Aitor Karanka, inconsistent performances, shutting the academy, Louie Sibley, Jason Knight and gave a score prediction.
Give it a listen, share it around and let us know your thoughts!
 

Just reached The Clough Years, @HuddersRam. Really enjoying so far.
If I could offer one bit of constructive criticism, it would be that you present a few arguments as facts when they could really be questioned.
For example, you state that Jake Buxton is a Derby legend. In my book, legend status is the highest honour and should be reserved for those who have given the club some of its greatest moments. You can’t have Buxton on the same footing as the likes of Hector and McFarland, or even Davison.
You might think differently, and that’s fine of course, but I don’t think stuff like that should be presented as though it can’t be questioned.
Other than that, I’m loving it!

Just to say, I really enjoy hearing the views of fans of other clubs.
Keep up the good work.

If you weren't in the CKR fan club before, now is a great time to join and just not think about anything else.

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. 

I'm in.
Obvously I'm not going to get carried away, but a round peg in a round hole doing what others in the squad are simply not capable of doing.

Cheers, loving these.

Surprisingly fascinating. Refreshing honesty about why he didn't make it, takes responsibility and also points to external factors.  Nice insights into Nigel and Mac. Cheers, really enjoyed!

Good afternoon DCFCFans!
Luton Town Preview Podcast
 
We sat down with the Luton Town Supporters Trust to preview Saturday's game
Who are the Danger men for Luton? What's the start of their season been like? What about keeping up with the Joneses? All of those are answered in the latest episode. We also do our score predictions and we give our thoughts on Derby's start to the season
Give it a listen and share it around. And please let us know your comments. And rate us (if we've earned your rating!) We truly appreciate all the support! 

Hendrick goal on his Newcastle debut

Good afternoon DCFCFans!
Rams Review Season Preview Podcast with The Derby County Blog
 
Our Season Preview Podcast has just been posted! We are joined by The Derby County Blog!
- Where will Derby finish?
- Favorites for promotion?
- Barrow review
Plus score predictions for Reading & Preston 
Give it a listen and share it around. And please let us know your comments. And rate us (if we've earned your rating!) We truly appreciate all the support! 

Just wanted to celebrate this kid who has introduced himself in the  rams around the world section of this forum. Many will know of his super-quick goal clips provided on Twitter, this South Korean lad appeared recently on Rams Review Podcast (where he politely tolerated being called Lee the whole time, which is his surname/family name)
Somewhat bizzarely, he became a passionate Ram since the play-off final against QPR (must be drawn towards injustice and tragedy) and gets up at 3 or 4am to watch matches.
He also writes pieces promoting our club in South Korea.  I'm not on Twitter but I'm sure many have welcomed him already. Hopefully we can reach out and help him visit Pride Park one day. I think he will feature more on ramsreview pod so a relationship is developing there.  Hope the club are aware too and might assist.
 
 

Just wanted to celebrate this kid who has introduced himself in the  rams around the world section of this forum. Many will know of his super-quick goal clips provided on Twitter, this South Korean lad appeared recently on Rams Review Podcast (where he politely tolerated being called Lee the whole time, which is his surname/family name)
Somewhat bizzarely, he became a passionate Ram since the play-off final against QPR (must be drawn towards injustice and tragedy) and gets up at 3 or 4am to watch matches.
He also writes pieces promoting our club in South Korea.  I'm not on Twitter but I'm sure many have welcomed him already. Hopefully we can reach out and help him visit Pride Park one day. I think he will feature more on ramsreview pod so a relationship is developing there.  Hope the club are aware too and might assist.
 
 

Just wanted to celebrate this kid who has introduced himself in the  rams around the world section of this forum. Many will know of his super-quick goal clips provided on Twitter, this South Korean lad appeared recently on Rams Review Podcast (where he politely tolerated being called Lee the whole time, which is his surname/family name)
Somewhat bizzarely, he became a passionate Ram since the play-off final against QPR (must be drawn towards injustice and tragedy) and gets up at 3 or 4am to watch matches.
He also writes pieces promoting our club in South Korea.  I'm not on Twitter but I'm sure many have welcomed him already. Hopefully we can reach out and help him visit Pride Park one day. I think he will feature more on ramsreview pod so a relationship is developing there.  Hope the club are aware too and might assist.
 
 

Just wanted to celebrate this kid who has introduced himself in the  rams around the world section of this forum. Many will know of his super-quick goal clips provided on Twitter, this South Korean lad appeared recently on Rams Review Podcast (where he politely tolerated being called Lee the whole time, which is his surname/family name)
Somewhat bizzarely, he became a passionate Ram since the play-off final against QPR (must be drawn towards injustice and tragedy) and gets up at 3 or 4am to watch matches.
He also writes pieces promoting our club in South Korea.  I'm not on Twitter but I'm sure many have welcomed him already. Hopefully we can reach out and help him visit Pride Park one day. I think he will feature more on ramsreview pod so a relationship is developing there.  Hope the club are aware too and might assist.