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Since the e-vapers went trick or treating at David’s house we have only played 3 league games.
3 league games in five and a half weeks.
The international break, League Cup, FA Cup lower rounds and the Pizza Cup have seriously disrupted the only competition that matters.
Now we can fully focus on league football again the excitement can resume.
Derby won’t lose another game from now until March when we will be sitting in the top two.
Heard it here first.

Well I don’t know about that, but do us season ticket holders get first dibs on the Wembley tickets?
 
 
 
p.s, did we win?

Assuming that to be true then both the player in question and the friend strike me as a little naive to think a) the fans that had tweaked the friend necessary represent the majority of fans and b) the fans of the club in question are really any different to the vast majority of fans of all clubs. I feel confident that every club in the country/world have their fair share of trolls and keyboard warriors. 

Agree most of that theory, and Sheff Utd will probably scrape past our miserable 11pts record. Heckinbottom a decent manager, but completely 'thrown under a bus' by useless Sheff Utd owners, who might yet be stupid enough to make things worse 🤞

Agree most of that theory, and Sheff Utd will probably scrape past our miserable 11pts record. Heckinbottom a decent manager, but completely 'thrown under a bus' by useless Sheff Utd owners, who might yet be stupid enough to make things worse 🤞

My thoughts entirely. A net improvement getting 1, maybe 2 strikers in, a speedy wide player, and a proper solid Seth/Hudds-like midfielder plus adequately replacing any players exiting is what is needed.

Tend to agree. 'OK' a fair reflection of the players performances so far. More to come in the long run, hopefully. 

Don’t worry Mel Morris is chained to a bicycle dynamo in the basement doing penance while B4 lectures him about transfer values. All part of our new sustainability measures carbon neutral plan. All will be well

Difficult to raise any enthusiasm for this rather meaningless event. Wonder if the gate receipts would even cover the cost of switching the floodlights on ??

Just under 1,000 tickets sold to home fans.
Away fans tossing up wether to hire a taxi or a mini bus 

That's my concern, and I'm really hoping that Warne has a plan (other than Bradley) should Cashin be on his way. 

Regression
After
Mel's 
Skulduggery 

Always a problem dealing with injury prone players and Derby have had their fair share. It's a pity about JJ and his injuries, as he could have been the ideal player for us. I would prefer a new 'goal getting' striker in January, but the club won't be able to spend the big money to attract such a player. However, we definitely need some sort of upgrade on Collins. 

Rather
Average
Most
Saturdays

relegation and mediocrity specialists

No. We were relegated because we had points deducted. We weren’t relegated because we didn’t win enough games/get enough points. 
 
Bris, we can have a cause and effect argument all day long and I am not for one minute excusing Mel Morris and the numerous financial “experts” he had clinging to his coat tails or indeed the numerous over priced goods we bought, but for “the good of the game” we were made an example of and relegation was part of that political process. Just saying it’s all our fault because we bought the wrong players for the wrong price is naive. 

I think midfield should be the priority.
Bird’s contract is running down and he is potentially on the way out and Smith and Hourihane are fading fast and can’t perform consistently at the level required, only really when the opposition’s tactics and the playing conditions are favourable.
Fornah, Thompson, Fapetu and Robinson are good prospects for the future, but we need a player to come in and hit the ground running.

Another McGoldrick. 
Lol.

Agreed. What he helped Mel do to the club was very sad. Can't wait for the day he leaves. I'm glad our fans are letting him know he's not welcome and not forgiven.

It was actually a big mistake by Warne to ask the players to elect the captain. No one knows what might influence the votes. Some players might vote for the guy who they think won't get on their back, some might vote because it's a mate who buys the beers. Very naive of Warne, to actually  assume that all the players would vote with the interests of the club/fans above their own personal interests. A good manager knows who is the best man in the squad for the captains role. 

Shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Football is run by corporate gangsters after all, governing bodies and club owners included. 

Shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Football is run by corporate gangsters after all, governing bodies and club owners included. 

It's strange that this group of players are, by definition, professionals in their sphere of work yet some lack self motivation, the ability to follow instructions, are ill disciplined etc which then puts into question their professionalism in the first place 

Shocking news about Everton. Are Wycombe suing as well? I know they weren’t in that league at the time and so there is no tangible effect but that has never stopped them before has it. Couhig will no doubt be all over it! 

I do agree with Tuesday evening being a game too many for some and that's why it's such a shame that Warne didn't start with some fresh legs and minds against Crewe.
Someone like Robinson or Weston would have been really up for a game like this, and it would have shown. 
Their number 30, who everyone is raving about, has only started 6 games for them, and come on 4 times, but he was really up for it against a "big" club. He's not pulled up any trees in his other loan spells either, but we gave him the freedom of midfield to strutt his stuff.
It might have been a different game if Robinson had been hassling him every time he got on the ball and he would certainly have let him know he was there, not stood aside while he played through us.