Nishfan

Nearly 20,000 renewals is insane. If we can sell another 2 or 3,000 then it would be a real boost to the clubs finances.

Looking at the league us on 92 and and Pompey on 97 neither of these points totals would've been automatic promotion 2022/23 with Ipswich finishing in 2nd on 98 points.
Plymouth smashed League One 22/23 with 101 points and they're lingering around relegation, whilst Ipswich could be automatically promoted.
So for us in the Championship, I'll be happy with mid-table or anything other than relegation, however I also don't think we should simply disregard a decent play-off push because we don't have the cash, it's all about the right recruitment now, the right players for the right roles.
How we performed in the league below doesn't mean anything in the league above, look at Plymouth (again 101 points!!!) same can be said about Burnley and this season in the Prem but obviously that's an even larger gap.
Glass half empty we don't have the funds to truly compete but glass half full, we don't have the funds to buy useless cast offs for silly money, looking at you...
Johnson (8m) Butterfield (5m) Anya (4m) Jóźwiak (4m) Blackman (3m) Jozefzoon (3m) Camara (1.5m) 28.5 MILLION RIGHT THERE!!! 4.5m shy of what Clowes paid for our club. Screw it, whilst these did have the occasional moment you could add either Ince (6.5m), Bielik (8m) or Lawerence (5m) if you want for a total more than what Clowes paid for Derby.
Money doesn't mean anything, it's about building a team not buying a team.

Well that's me and thee sorted.....😉

A couple of local clubs to start with then a higher end league one team (or two) ending with a home game against a lower end Premier League team. I really don’t see the point with playing teams from abroad. 

Matlock is the new Burton.

Loved their flag, think we all felt like after the last 4 years since the pandemic.

A nice look at the highs and lows of the last decade or so, a trip down memory lane to blay off wins over leeds and brighton, that 5-0 win over forest, the resillance in the admin season and finally getting over the line with promotion
 

Before the game.
 

A different view, fans celebrating lined up waiting to get on the pitch!
 

Just read the whole statement, got to admit it brought a tear to my eye
 Couldnt have found anywhere a better owner than DC. Like you say love the guy.

Remember when there was a clamour for Rooney to be given the Freedom of Derby??  This man really deserves it.  He stepped up when others couldn’t, or wouldn’t.   In doing so, he paid local business more than the minimum amount.  He recognised the importance of DCFC on the fans and the community.  He saved our club 🐏.

I’m glad you posted that as I’ve tried numerous times to find a link.  I remember reading it and Mel Morris talking about Cocu’s appointment on Talk Sport.  I’ve got a feeling he also said that Cocu was ranked as the 14th best coach in Europe.  Again, that was from the same FFT feature about the top coaches and managers in Europe.
Something else I’ve often looked for, but been unable to find, was the press conference from when Pearson was appointed.  I’ve got a feeling it was on as I was driving home from work on a Friday evening.  MM was asked his thoughts about Pearson’s style of football and he responded with something like it was uncanny how similar their views were.
As you say, hindsight and all of that.

Gotta.  Love.  The.  Guy.
🐏

Just when I thought I’d got past the crying stage.
he’ll always think about his old seat and the people he sat with.
at the risk of sounding like an emotional wreck, Saturday was definitely a time of thinking of those no longer with us. Friends, family, ex players and managers. 
 
it’s more than a game of football, that’s for sure 
Ps. When do the pre season start! 

Just when I thought I’d got past the crying stage.
he’ll always think about his old seat and the people he sat with.
at the risk of sounding like an emotional wreck, Saturday was definitely a time of thinking of those no longer with us. Friends, family, ex players and managers. 
 
it’s more than a game of football, that’s for sure 
Ps. When do the pre season start! 

Just when I thought I’d got past the crying stage.
he’ll always think about his old seat and the people he sat with.
at the risk of sounding like an emotional wreck, Saturday was definitely a time of thinking of those no longer with us. Friends, family, ex players and managers. 
 
it’s more than a game of football, that’s for sure 
Ps. When do the pre season start! 

Just when I thought I’d got past the crying stage.
he’ll always think about his old seat and the people he sat with.
at the risk of sounding like an emotional wreck, Saturday was definitely a time of thinking of those no longer with us. Friends, family, ex players and managers. 
 
it’s more than a game of football, that’s for sure 
Ps. When do the pre season start! 

From right to left: Craig Forsyth, Sonny Bradley, Eiran Cashin & Liam Thompson.

I was in Silk Mill when the duelling was happening 😅 started in the Exeter then flitted back and forth between the Mill, Dolphin and Flowerpot. 

Ended flitting between pubs after the game on Saturday but just wanted to say how brilliant it was to be apart of the atmosphere. Five Lamps rammed, the dualling chants between Silk Mill and the Dolphin, The Exeter probably being the best in Derby and The Smithfield’s quite excellent beer range. All pubs full of happy Derby fans. Just wanted to make it to Bustler and Brunswick before the train but think it would have tipped me over the edge, but it sounded like Bustler had a fantastic night. You can say what you want about Derby, but not many cities have the amount of decent pubs in walking distance that we do. Also helped spread everyone out rather than having thousands in one spot.
All the credit to the staff in all establishments I went to who got everyone served and kept their bar queues down too, not easy but should be appreciated. 

Pray for Thompson's liver.
 

Part 2:
 
 

All I know is that my voice still hasn’t come back yet. Hopefully I can post the good news that it’s returned tomorrow in the “The Morning After, the morning after, the morning after…” thread.
As for next season, I’d like us to put real building blocks in place towards a successful future now.
Our business plan is over, we aren’t restricted to players as a short term solution now, we can look to develop a core squad over a few seasons and hopefully grow stronger each year.
I hope we can get some gems, have some promising signs and finish comfortably in the middle of the bottom half.
Any hope or expectation of troubling the top 6 is still at least 3 years away in my opinion.