Nishfan

No.  I'd take 5th from bottom as a starter and rebuild from there.  Not 4th bottom, I've had enough stress

Revealed in the press today. Presumably a reward for automatic promotion.
Use this thread to share all the social media high jinks 😁
 
What happens in Vegas ends up on the DCFC fans forum 😜

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! 

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! 

Mid-table mediocrity for me for the next season will do for me. Look what happened last time we did things too quickly.

I'm going full Nigel Clough and will be happy with 50 points. Anything else is a bonus!
(Although I've a sneaky feeling we will do quite a bit better than that.) 

I agree. If my assumptions about our resources are likely to be accurate - and we’re sensible with the money we have- then I reckon mid-table would be a very good achievement. Higher than that - an excellent achievement.  We may well struggle a bit, especially at first.
If we do struggle, then I hope people manage their own expectations a bit and we don’t start getting at the manager, players and owner.  Sure there will be some who want instant gratification and pushing for playoffs straight away, but hopefully most will be sensible and be patient (especially when the parachute payment boys come to town!).

Anything better than 50 points, take a few scalps, and continue to build back up. Develop young players. Thats my target.
Yes, we will lose more matches, and probably draw more too. But development does not happen overnight. 
 

I'd be happy with something a bit like "never seriously looked in danger of going down" along with some positive signs of building the squad.
I don't expect Warne's style to change very much, but, being a better team doing it at a higher level should raise the standard a bit.

Here here.
I shed more than a few tears for my late father, who would have loved every minute of the day. Fortunately I had my mum beside me in his stead.

Brilliant! 

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! 

Have always said that the Rotherham promotion game was my favourite memory of following Derby but that changed on Saturday. After what the club has been through over the last 2-3 years to see us clinch promotion at Pride Park was incredible. The scenes on the pitch at the end will be part of our history which the next generations will look back at and wish they had been part of.

Wow!!! What a day!! What a weekend!! I turned 40 on Thursday and this has been the ultimate present. On the pitch with my wife (who hates football but wore the Derby shirt I presented to her in my wedding speech 9 years ago) and my kids and my folks creating memories. I’m hoping it will be a day my daughters never forget!!
Yes the performance was s****!!! But the result was important and was never in doubt!! Warne has made this team ruthless in both boxes and that’s why we’ve got up. What I love is the culture and togetherness he and David Clowes have built. I’ve never wanted a manager to succeed more than Warne. He’s genuine he cares he’s a good bloke and he puts in the hours and gives his all for the club. John Gregory for example, as an ex legendary player and prominent manager at the time I thought he was going to be our saviour, he wasn’t and his b******* interviews just left you feeling fobbed off. 
The togetherness from Admin is back. This group of players and staff is amazing and I’ll have fond memories of them and of yesterday until the day I die!! Some of them will move on but I back this group to recruit more amazing characters with more quality for the next chapter!! 
We’re back!!!! B4 will be looking down and a proud man right now!!! 
 
🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏

Last performance of the boyband. 
Looking forward to the reunion tour already! 

Great photo of the academy lads put on Twitter by Sibley…

Watching this unfold in the Telegraph in town with loads of other Derby fans...we thought that the Pope had been chosen.

I'm sure some of you will have shifted your thoughts on to next season now, what is the early thinking towards next season before any arrivals/departures?
Obviously it would be nice to do an Ipswich, however I'm not sure it would be fair on the ownership, staff and players to set the bar that high.
Our promotion back to the Championship was fast tracked somewhat, achieving it in half the time it took Ipswich despite starting with only 4 players on the books.
The idea of being in a Championship relegation battle again isn't one I'm terribly excited by, however it feels like it's a fair and realistic target to have which will ultimately see us survive, before taking the next step.
When you look at the likes of Watford and Sunderland who are currently just 9 points above the bottom 3 going into the final game of the season, that relegation battle is not confined to the bottom 4 or 5, mid table and you're looking over your shoulder into the new year as a mini slump can throw you back in there.
I won't waffle on anymore and say by early target for the club next season is to finish between 14th and 21st. 
Anyone feel like the minimum bar of expectation should be much higher?

Thanks Wanderer @BWFCNick. I will be fully supporting you in the play-offs. My grandfather was from Bolton so of course a Wanderers fan, hence I grew up as a dual supporter of DCFC and BWFC (I know, but it is possible). His older brother was at the Burnden Park tragedy back in 1946, and he took me to some of my earliest matches, the PNE promotion game in 92 (??), the FA Cup replay (RIP) at Liverpool in 93, the 5th Round tie that year at the BBG, plus the 95 League Cup final and that amazing play-off final against Reading… I also was there for the European games at Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Red Star Belgrade, and the incredible night when Bolton knocked Atletico Madrid out of Europe. I’m certainly a Derby County fan first and foremost these days, but Bolton are in my heart for sure. My grandfather would have hated this season, he’d have been the sole (low key) Bolton supporter in a family of Derby County fans. I hope we will meet in the Championship next season.

To quote Phoenix Nights.
 
“ Jerry can you smell smoke”
 

Quiet lad, a bit apart from the celebrations, great post.
https://twitter.com/TyreseFornah/status/1784296850993934747?s=19
Maybe he's going to come into his own next season?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6VgdqyNAYU/?igsh=MWhsMXdnYm92ZjB6
Hope this works - it’s one of mine from Saturday.