Andrew3000

Honk Honk!

Lifted according to Dom on Radio Derby.....will not be spending loads and still under buisness plan but we can now trade in the market  again. 
 
 
 

Happy Birthday Gaffer

I touched on part of this in the match thread, and I am gutted to miss out although I feel like I'm less disappointed because of the circumstances. It's strange, if we'd completely capitulated and looked gutless, then I'd be fuming, but because it was down to an individual error/officiating error (again), it almost feels like well what could we do... We actually played really well, given the circumstances, deserved at least a point and showed a lot of fight. For me it's a lot different to previous seasons where we've just missed out on the top 6. I don't think "bottling" it comes into play this year. We just couldn't finish our chances, we could've won a hell of a lot more points without playing any better or any worse, just by putting away our chances. I also don't care what people say about bad decisions evening themselves out over a season, I think if someone did a case study on our season, it would show that's very far from the truth...
But other reasons to be positive:
- We'll have our first season in a long time where we can go into the pre-season with a bit of stability and certainty. We can look to build on the squad we do have with a manager who has had long enough to decide what we need to go up a level. It's not going to be perfect because of the circumstances we find ourselves under, but I think we should be in a much stronger position come August than we were last year. At least we won't have to wait another 2 months to know if we're going to be taken over, and start from scratch then. We won't have to miss out on signings and we can get started right now.
- The circumstances... we'll still be under the business plan, but we'll be into our last year. There's talk it'll be 'relaxed', Nixon (yes I know) has linked us to actually spending Great British Pound Sterling on a player, whether we will or not, when was the last time we even could?
- We're still a bigger fish in a smaller pond. I know we can't take anything for granted and big teams get 'stuck' down here. We have to take any opportunity we can to get out of this league BUT, we will be in a position where we are going to be a much bigger draw for players at this level than 90% of the opposition, and will be able to afford to pay them more too. In the Championship where we still have restrictions, I think we'd really struggle to build a squad and pick up results at the same time. I hope that just one more season at this level will set us up to have a much stronger future than a season of probably scrapping to stay up.
- Experience at this level. The novelty will have worn off a little, for us, and for the opposition, the first trips are mostly out of the way. We can learn from naivety, errors and mistakes made this season where we've dropped silly points. Wigan, Reading and Blackpool shouldn't pose as much of a challenge, the competition this year has been fierce. Wednesday getting 96 points and only finishing 3rd is crazy, the top 3 in League 1 are far stronger than the bottom 3 in the Championship this season in my opinion.
It's naturally disappointing to miss out however it happens, but I'm already looking forward to a busy summer and August rolling around again. It's been a long time since we've finished higher than 3rd in any division, wouldn't it be nice if this time next year that changes.

If you're re happy to call a spade a spade.
Warnes a League 1 specialist.
You're a WUM specialist.

An absolute class act.
I hope he doesn’t get the Keogh or Roos treatment.
Some players just pass through, but he has really taken the club to heart. Let’s not forget how thrilled we were to see him sign a new contract last summer. He has built up that kind of connection with the club.
This season probably hasn’t gone as he would have expected, and today’s minute of madness probably underlined that.
But that doesn’t diminish years of great service. I hope he stays in the fold in some capacity. If not, he goes with nothing but complete respect and well wishes.

Curtis has been a great servant of the club over the last 6 years, let's not forget that.
To end his Derby career like this, it's just hugely disappointing for everyone.
We can argue all summer over what he was doing there, end of the day it should not have been a penalty nor a red card.
Even if you give them the soft penalty, who knows what would happen with 11 men on the pitch.
It's over now though. Wish Curtis all the best in what comes next for him, be it on the pitch or in a studio.
Great guy. Massive shame.

Thanks to everyone who has kept us informed about the progress of the Academy teams this season. Although it's been a tough slog for the youngsters, all the teams seem to be ending the season in a much better place than at the start of the season. Onwards and upwards!

Great article in the Times about Fik as they call him at Milan. About to notch up a 100 games for the rossoneris. Chelsea could do with him at the moment, fools.

Well, if someone pays 700 knicker for that Asanovic monstrosity they they will have had their pants down.

Looks more like Simon Cowell.
It's a No from me I'm afraid.

For the small sum of £700 you could take Asa home and worship at his greatness daily. 🤣😂 
 
Anyone beat this? 🤷🏼‍♂️⚽️🐏🤣😂

Stopped posting as no-one reading. We won 3-0, two clear penalties and the referee didn't hesitate in giving them. 
The final scoreline was more reflective of the dominance of Derby. Jack was a spectator most of the game but came out with a great save when he needed to.
Good to see the under 18s finish the season strongly.
Fapetu was my MOTM.

Was a very physical match - did you see how many head injuries Portsmouth players were getting 

Well we've done our bit we've survived.
I've followed you all season and sincerely hope you join us, especially if you knock the Owls out.
Best wishes 

Sounds like a male porn star who is addicted to viagra.

Criticism of him is a tad harsh. He's been one of our better players, caused problems and created a lot of chances. Like most wide players below the top level, he's inconsistent and doesn't always make the best decisions, hard to hold that against him given we're in League 1. He's looked tired for a few months to be fair, might just be his style or body language.
Hopefully he can raise his game again next week as I think he's one of the most likely goal threats and we need as many of them on the pitch as we can.

I remember earlier in the season Warne (after a mediocre performance ) saying something like …we can’t just stand around and hope by giving it to Nat he’ll work a miracle. He is a cracking player, a bit down on confidence at the moment but he’ll be back, needs a goal or the giving of a right back a roasting with the roar of PP behind him. 
 
All will be well, for some weird reason I have huge positive waves at the moment. There’s something in the air and Mr Shoulders is going to be the difference 

That could be a very deceptive photo. The offside is when the ball is actually played forwards. With Collins' turn of pace the defender has probably given him a 10 yards start!

I’ll go travel UK this August! Travel period is 3rd August ~ 14th August. Hopefully I can watch Derby games in Championship level😉

Good on him. I hope he becomes a tech billionaire then buys the club (but please Chan-Young no kimchi on the concourse)

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.
 
 

Ah Seoul?

Hey. I'm in Seoul atm. Hope you are well.