Steadybreeze

Some great memories in here. Can anyone spot themselves?
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gallery/derby-county-81-wonderful-memories-4033920
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I have literally signed back into my account for the first time in 5 years or so to tell you this is wrong, thus emphasizing how ridiculous the rest of this post is. 

St Ives town are based in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, which you might have realised had you not been so desperate to slag him off.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Ives_Town_F.C.

His last season in League 1 was 2021/22 season, so a couple of seasons ago where he scored 11 in 35 which is respectable enough (Collins scored 11 in 42 last season) for someone we signed on a free.

If he was a goal machine he would either be playing at a higher level or command a fee that we are currently unable to afford. Besides goals, he has a good work rate and has contributed to the teams success (when fit) in other ways that Opta and x.G don't/can't quantify. 

A decent chunk of our fan base (and I guess football fans in general) have such a reductive view on attacking players' attributes which rarely extends past their ability to score or create goals. This is rightly the best metric when comparing the best players in the world, which I will concede Washington is not, but he brings other qualities to the team which are of value and contribute to our success - along with chipping in with the odd goal here and there. 
So far this season he has registered 3 goals and 2 assists in 13 league games (497 mins) which equates roughly to a goal contribution every 100 minutes, which I will gladly accept for someone we signed for nothing. 

I know some Bolton fans who had a right laugh last year. Let’s go and win it and have a  laugh. Feels like we are due some fun. 

Another Saturday game gone? I’m sick of this. Football is nothing without the fans they said during COVID. What a pile of w*** that was. No one gives a s*** about us who actually go. 
Sky TV is f****** s***, Sky TV is f****** s*** 
I will let the filters do their job. 

Winners of this competition in the last 20 years include: Blackpool, Swansea, Luton, Southampton, Portsmouth, Sunderland and Bolton. All have been in the Premier League since we were last there. It's not exactly a terrible list to be on.
Other winners in that time include: Peterborough, Bristol City, Barnsley, Coventry, Rotherham.
 

Cheers for the suggestion.  I managed to get tickets via a friend so all sorted.  Sure the home fans will give me a nice East End welcome.

You could always try buying a Orient/Lincoln ticket for a tenner, that might free you up to buy a derby ticket. Its worked for me in the past with Norwich and a few others. Buying U21 games or whatever often gives you previous purchase history. Worth trying for a tenner I suppose but don't blame me if it doesn't work
 

I have some very sad news this evening.  Daniel (B4) died earlier this week. He was just 38.
As you know, he has been battling numerous health conditions for a long time, but always remained cheerful  and was the most loyal supporter of his beloved Rams, home and away.
He was at the match at Crewe and gave his full support as always. 
Daniel leaves behind a grieving dad, mum and sister. Our thoughts go out to them and we only hope they get a little comfort from knowing how well loved Daniel is by all who know him. 
Here are a couple of photos that his dad agreed could be shared. I'm sure many of you have others, as Daniel loved a selfie at the game.
David is hoping to arrange a more fitting tribute in time, but for now please raise a glass in his memory and a good Derby win today. I am sure that's what Daniel would have been doing tonight.
 

We absolutely dominated. Crewe did literally two things in an attacking sense and scored twice. Never seen such one sided stats and not won. 71% possession and 33 shots. Up the Rams. 

Big shout out to Paul Warne, potential banana skin tonight but he got the lads playing some really good football , is this the start of a Rams charge , I hope so COYR

The question was literally framed as "It's important not to get carried away with outside noise isn't it?" so Barker had every right to answer the question using the very same phrase.
Some people will just choose to take offence to anything if it fits with their preconceived narrative.

Well I reckon PW is made of sterner stuff and probably believes he can turn it around. Also, whilst we're off the pace and nowhere near where we want to be we're not on a losing streak, we're not in the relegation zone (yet) and it's not slit your wrists time. 
I would repeat, when have you ever known any manager quit under these circumstances for the reasons you list?

Thats a good post!
At the moment Bolton, Pompey and even Oxford are looking like big clubs, need to get past them before we even get to the likes of Boro & Stoke.

Much bigger? How? Because we won 2 trophies about 50 years ago?
QPR, Stoke and Cardiff all have broken transfer records higher than Derby.
They all have the same potential. Midtable PL with the odd flirt with Europe and domestic cup finals.
Derby are in the same boat with about 20 other clubs like Stoke, Cardiff, Swansea, Boro, Coventry, Sheff Utd, Sheff Wed, Forest, Palace, Fulham, Wolves, Leicester, Ipswich, Norwich, Hull, QPR, Brentford, Southampton etc.
A long list of clubs with all the same potential just fluctuating between midtable PL and top 10 League One over the next 50 years.
Some may have extended spells in the PL, some may have extended spells in League One.
We think Derby are some kind of giant in the same way parents think their babies are the cutest in town.

Alfreton Town

1Wildsmith 6.5
24Nyambe 7.5
35Nelson 6.5
6Cashin 6
3Forsyth 6
Wilson 6
12Smith 6
Bird 🦅 6
22Fornah 6.5
11Méndez-Laing 6
10Waghorn 5.5
Washington 5.5
7Barkhuizen 7
Sibley 6
9Collins 6
 
ATG

Just got round to watching Warne's preview. Can see him visibly getting choked up talking about Josh Vickers. Horrendous stuff, emotional, passionate... say whatever you like about him the manager, but he's a proper bloke, that is undeniable.

I would't call it expectation, I'd call it entitlement, hence the plethora of toys emitting from prams on here....

To be fair the Sunderland journo they had on radio Derby said he’s quite quiet and shy and hinted he doesn’t give a lot in interviews. It’s just his demeanour. That’s fair enough. What I’ve seen looks like a grafter has energy, technically good and the right age. Another solid signing 

Good signing, ready made Sibley replacement even down to the 'not being able to tackle and a walking red card' should liven things up no end through the middle

My personal opinion is not to criticise clowes.
Hes the reason we have a club. Hes running it sustainably so we dont have this threat again.
Sure the decisions hes made may not pay off but thats normal in life and business.
 

1Wildsmith 6
35Nelson 4.5
5Bradley 4.5
14Washington 5
6Cashin 4.5
23Ward 0
2Wilson 7
12Smith 4.5
23Waghorn 6.5
8Bird 5
4Hourihane 5
3Forsyth 5
11Méndez-Laing 5
20Elder 5
9Collins 5
16Thompson 7

Sometimes moves work, sometimes they dont, all it takes ia for it to click at a club and a player gets back to form. 
Used to think he was a class player when at Brentford, seems to have gone from club to club since then but maybe we could be the team where he gets his form back.

The opening 15 minutes was not a nice watch, and I had a sinking feeling that this is hat we are going to get with a squad chosen by Paul Warne. Silly me! Even so, we were only bettered by Stoke in the wrestling stakes, because we got penalised for it but they didn't. But we held our own while Stoke controlled the play. But then we scored and the game turned on its head for the rest of the half. Stoke came into it second half, maybe we sat back, but the introduction of Johnson for Stoke was significant. I was always impressed with him when he was at Preston, and is obviously liked by Alex Neil, although why I don't know because he plays  football, not the opponent!
At last we have a number of players on the pitch who can stand up and be counted, who will take responsibility, the most obvious being Sonny Bradley - he was colossal today, with Ward pretty useful as well. I also though Liam Thompson looked lively in the first half especially, so his loan spell has done him good.
3 good goals as well, with Bird playing some beautiful stuff for two of them. At last he is playing where he should have been playing for the last two years, instead of being put in a ball and chain as CDM. And our defence looked pretty effective as well, restricting Stoke to pretty much nothing in the first half, and 3 chances in total. Yes, they were good, clear chances, so it could have been 3 - 3, but they couldn't shoot so it wasn't. And as we saw today our problem will be wondering where the goals are going to  come from ............ oh wait!!!!!
Overall very satisfied against a team from the next division up. Dare I say that things are looking up?

Renewing after payday-I assume im one of many as the deadline isnt till the end of the month.