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Barker just struggles with the co commentary in general. But he seems a decent guy and well respected as a good defender, during his time as a player.

It's possibly applause in support of the tremendous applause during a previous match at some or other EFL ground, in the 16th or it might have been 18th minute 😉

Lincoln 1 - 3 Rams frgs Bird

Derby County 2 - 0 Burton frgs Collins

The value that the EFL trophy brings to a club like Derby County, is the opportunity to give game time to fringe players, as well as younger players that the manager has his eye on for the future.

Whatever Warneball is?? However, individual performances have improved, and we are playing better as a team.

Mendez Laing has been generally impressive, and an exciting player to watch.

Agreed, definite improvement in recent months and now looking a really decent and effective L1 striker.

31Vickers 7 35Nelson 7 5Bradley 7 6Cashin 8 2Wilson 8 8Bird 7.5 4Hourihane 7 22Fornah 6 3Forsyth 6 20Elder 6.5 19John-Jules 6 7Barkhuizen 7 11Méndez-Laing 8 9Collins 7.5 16Thompson 7

The majority consensus was that Derby were beaten by a superior P'boro team. Acknowledging that inevitably, points will be dropped isn't negative and it certainly isn't bile. But hey, don't let the reality get in the way of a gross over reaction. By the way, the the forum is essentially a platform which enables posters to freely express their opinions, within guidelines.

"Brighton have activated a $10m (£7.9m) release clause for Boca Juniors and Argentina Under-20 defender Valentin Barco, 19, who has also been linked with Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Real Madrid. (TyC Sports - in Spanish)" From bbc football website 6th Jan. Could it possibly mean that Brighton will not be pursuing their interest in Eiran Cashin? 🤞

Definitely shouldn't be dropping points in those games, but in all likelihood we will. The P'boro game was a good test for us gave a fair indication of where we are this season; a decent top six team, but not quite at the level of Pompey, Bolton and Peterborough. Hopefully Warney knows his way around the play offs and we can get promoted via a trip to Wembley.

I always considered Rosenior to be the one influencing the football side of things. Rooney did good job rallying the players and fans when the club was in dire straights. I would have been happy if Clowes had allowed Liam continue. He's proving to be a decent manager at ch'ship level. Rooney has since been found wanting as a manager.

Fleetwood 0 - 2 Rams frgs N Mendez Liang

With all due respect, Salah earns the right and doesn't really owe anything to his club. Look at his record, and the trophy cabinet.

Making an incredible save doesn't cancel out mistakes and bad decision making. A good, consistent GK is worth quite a lot of points in a season. Just my opinion and if Wildsmith can improve, fair enough, but we certainly could do better.

Really? Just another oversight by the recruitment team then? Wouldn't it be a novel idea to sign players who can actually play games??

Unfortunately, not a good start to the DCFC Sky 'trilogy' .....

I agree on the 6 points from 9 being satisfactory. But when you are 2-1 up at home with not so much time left on the clock 9 points from 9 is definitely within your grasp. The fact that the P'boro were more dominant is irrelevant at that stage. It's all about game management, and that's were the game was lost. The comedic defending for their third goal just summed it up really. Regarding Warne's on air profanities, I heard the original broadcast on RD, but actually didn't believe what I'd heard until Gibson apologised. Hardly shocking in todays society, but pretty sure that's a first for Derby County manager.

Maybe an upgrade on Wildsmith would help in a promotion push? His decision making isn't always great, as witnessed in the Oxford game. Also the third Peterborough goal, albeit a comedy of defensive errors, Wildsmith should be doing better than the rather lame attempted save of a soft header. If Vickers is considered worthy of a start, then it's safe to assume that Wildsmith is the best we have at the club. In which case we could most probably do better.

Not so much interested in the hypothetical fee that might be achieved if Bird was sold, but more on how are we going to strengthen the midfield to sustain a promotion bid which, will most likely be via the play offs.

Promotion this season would be ideal, but more importantly I would really like to see the club developing a young team from the academy and also retain the young talent that we already have in the squad. Having watched quite a lot of PL games recently, something that has stood out is the gulf between the teams in the PL and the Ch'ship (more so L1). The athleticism, speed and technical ability of the players is on another planet. And it's not just the top teams, this also applies to struggling teams like Burnley and Luton. For a club like Derby to ever compete, it can only be achieved by developing young talent and improving our recruitment in general, as the club is unable to pay the crazy fees and salaries required to buy success. Our club has amazing support which is our main advantage over many clubs in the Ch'ship and PL. We also have to look at clubs like Bournemouth and Brighton to try and emulate that model for success. Just my thoughts 🙂 COYR for 2024

Rams 2 - 2 Posh frgs Collins

Oxford 1 - 1 Rams Collins

Yes now that Derby are genuine promotion contenders, keeping Cashin could make the difference. Imagine a line up that included Ward and Bradley and we would need to score 3 goals min to be sure of winning.