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    Stick or Twist?

    in Derby County Forum

    Posted

    3 hours ago, sage said:

    As much as Adams transformed us this season, I'm not convinced he's a star player in a top ten Championship team 

    I respect your opinion @sage you always seem well informed and insightful but on this occasion I’m inclined to disagree; he’s not a star indeed but I do believe he’ll be just as effective in the Championship as he was in L1. I also believe he’ll get better and he’s got more goals in his locker. 😲

    Stick or Twist?

    in Derby County Forum

    Posted · Edited by Ellafella

    Mr Clowes is a pragmatic businessman as well as a Derby County fan. How he reconciles these 2 positions I don’t know - I couldn’t. So, having achieved target 1 {promotion} there won’t be any new deal yet.

    I suspect that a date will have been set when Mr Clowes, Mr Pearce and Team Warney will sit down. Mr Pearce will set out the “war chest” & Team Warney wil say, we need Player X, Player Y, and Player Z along with Player A, B, & C*. Mr Clowes will say, you can’t have Player C, he’s too expensive. Team Warney will say ok but without all those players, we won’t achieve top 10. Mr Clowes, whose been playing 4-D chess ♟️ all along, will say “Ok, Warney, you can have Player C, but you must achieve a top 10 finish”; Warney will say “You’re a lovely human Mr Clowes” they’ll shake hands then hug, then Mr Clowes will say we’ll review it in 3 months time.

    Classic Plan-Do-Review on an iterative loop. If we achieve top 10 finish next season, Team Warne will be offered a new deal. That’s how Mr Clowes will run it. 

     

    *Player names have been concealed for reasons of commercial confidentiality. 

    Derby Co. V Carlisle Utd: Ratings

    in Derby County Forum

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    Half-marks allowed; please rate all subs. Closes Thursday @ 18:00. Results by Thursday 22:00. Average is 6.00. Therefore, when a sub steps on the pitch he is on 6 -that's the baseline. Also indicate ATG (at the game) Or Tv.

    1Wildsmith

    35Nelson

    5Bradley

    23Blackett-Taylor

    6Cashin

    2Wilson

    4Hourihane

    12Smith

    32Adams

    17Sibley

    20Elder

    8Bird

    16Thompson

    9Collins

    11Méndez-Laing

    7Barkhuizen

    The longest 15 hours ever

    in Derby County Forum

    Posted · Edited by Ellafella

    I’m in Sri Lanka { I know!}…watching from 5,000 miles away and imagining the excitement. We are 4.5 hours ahead so kick-off for me is 5pm. As I type, it’s 6:46 and so something like 2-15am in Derby. I had a strange dream that I was chatting to Paul Warne, he asked to borrow my laptop, which I was happy to give him, then he disappeared and so I panicked because I couldn’t watch the game; then, I heard the game was delayed due to a strange package that had been left outside Pride Park…then when I saw the pictures on the news, the package was my laptop!

    Work that one out 🤷‍♂️

    Paul Warne

    in Derby County Forum

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, oodledoodle said:

    As has been said many times, there aren't many who hate Paul Warne. It's the negative/one dimensional football that most reasonable critics dislike. Boiling it down to just "hating" him belittles many valid arguments people have had this year.

    There are always those weirdos that bang on about hating him, usually for attention on Twitter. They have about as much relevance as Forest's opinions on VAR.

    Well Said Sir! It’s not about hating another person; it’s about having a view about the football. I think PW is a tremendous person, highly verbally skilled and understands group dynamics. I just don’t feel convinced by his football. 

    Serial Whingers Notts Forest playtime, which we simply cannot accept.

    in Football Forum

    Serial Whingers Notts Forest playtime, which we simply cannot accept.

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    It's Our Moment

    in Derby County Forum

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Inverurie Ram said:

    @DarkFruitsRam7 get yourself along to The Hairy Dog on Friday night for Pulp’d & Blur 2.

     

     

    Saturday get yourself in The White Horse for Joey Greener at 9:30am


    Enjoy the game then a shed load of pubs around Derby then go see Amy A Tribute at The Flowerpot.


    Sunday carry on regardless and finish off in The Hairy Dog with Theatre of Hate.

    Up The Rams 🐏 ⚪️ ⚫️ 🔵 🟢 🐏

    Isn’t that ^ Louie Sibley? 🤷‍♂️

    It's Our Moment

    in Derby County Forum

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Reggie Greenwood said:

    Happy Birthday @Ellafella 🍻 I have 5 years on you and grew up thinking we would be the Champions of England virtually every other year. I’ve seen the good times and bad since my first game in 1970 but still celebrate every win whether it’s 4-1 v Real Madrid or a 0-1 at Cambridge in League one. COYRS 🐏🐏🐏

    Thanks @Reggie Greenwood for your kind words. Great to hear your philosophy on victory; I really like your forum name & of course remember Reggie Greenwood playing for us. 

    It's Our Moment

    in Derby County Forum

    Posted

    33 minutes ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

    As I woke up tired, hungover and jet lagged this morning, I had a thought. While it's always great hearing stories about the glory days of the 70s, the iconic 80s and the fun 90s, there's a whole generation of Derby fans who have only ever known disappointment. I myself had my first season ticket in the 2006/07 Billy Davies season, but I was far too young to appreciate it.

    Since then, it's been a mix of hope, heartbreak and 'nearly' moments. Our generation of supporters have witnessed other clubs' fans celebrating siuccess (sometimes at our expense), but we find it difficult to fathom what it would actually feel like for Derby to ever get over the line.

    Yesterday, as I walked back back to the bus with my arm round my mate's shoulder, belting Derby songs at the top of our voices, I had the first taste of what it might feel like to experience success as a Derby fan. This morning, I started making preparations for post-game jaegerbombs and cigars next weekend. And thinking about how I'll be raising a glass to the lad that we all miss so much. 

    We're not over the line yet. But I'm well into dreaming territory. And for us fans who aren't old enough to know glory, it's going to be oh so sweet.

    Up the Rams.

    Absolutely. I’m 59 (today) and was lucky enough to witness from 1969 onwards. As I’ve told my sons, wring every ounce of celebration because success is rare in football. It’s just that we had a glut of it in the 1970’s. So, celebrate hard when it comes @DarkFruitsRam7. 

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