JPRamFan

Mendez-Laing is the best player in the league. I've not seen any opposition player give their team what he gives ours. He's carried us all season similar to what Didzy did last season, if not more. Even if he's having a bad game, out of position and playing in terrible tactics, he still wins it for us.  

Never have I been so pleased to see a set of cheating players, haranguing management team and arrogant fans go home with absolutely nothing!

Did anybody think that this game was ever going to be anything other than ugly turgid affair?
In my opinion today was about getting the three points while avoiding red cards or injuries, so to me it was job done. We stood up to a team that play the way that traditionally beats us, so to get a win with the little bonus of beating that cheating fat f***, Steve Evans is a very happy day.
Come on you Rams 

Massive 3 points that, felt a bit pivotal dare i say.
Had resigned myself to a goalless draw & it was a hard watch for most of it...the team line up just didnt work with too many defenders on the park & lack of a forward out ball. We desperately need a forward option from the free agent ranks if Collins is out for the foreseeable, we just didnt look a threat at all during large swathes of the game.
Credit to the team for digging that result out though & shout out also to South Stand second half who woke up & changed the feel of the place. Intensity of our play definitely improved with crowd behind us & joyous scenes at the end. Another massive test next week, onto Barnsley...COYR 💪

Take that you pie-bothering ballbag! 
NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!
COYR

That's an enormous result. The tactical shift to bring on Smith won us that, so props to Warne.
That was the loudest I'd heard PP for some time! Top fans.

BBC reporter just said "it's Derby 0 stevenage 0 and it's not as exciting as that sounds".....

Do you mean this Steve Evans?

I feel like we’re overplaying it in attack, Barkhuizen had time and space outside the area then with the ball at his feet, why not take a shot? 
 
Owen Bradley apologising for the fans chanting “you fat bar steward” at Evans 🤣 

If it turns out Collins is fit then it could turn out to be just the tonic for fans to fall in love with him.
He has quietly proved doubters wrong this season, but any remaining doubters will have looked at the goals he has scored this year, looked at the lack of number 9s we have and all of a sudden be praying he is fit to keep our season alive.
If he is fit I hope he gets a huge roar when his name is read out.

We will be winners today regardless of the score.
Having this bloke only ever sat in the opposition dugout and not the home team at Pride Park is a win. 
 

Out for the season :(

I sincerely hope Collins is ok and it's a tactic by PW to keep Steve Evans guessing prior to our game on Saturday.
It can't help but bring back the trauma of the 14/15 season when Chris Martin picked up an injury at the same time of the season when we were in a similar position in the table, and was out for 10 games. Darren Bent got injured as well, and, hey presto, no striker.
Johnny Russell was played up top but didn't score a single goal in this period. Wolves away was particularly painful and sticks in my memory.
We slipped down the league and the season fizzled out with us finishing 8th.
Of note, the first game we played after Martin got injured was Rotherham away, managed by a certain Steve Evans. 3-3. His post match comments were along his usual themes:
"What an advert for Rotherham United being (in) the Championship.
"There's tinges of great disappointment being 3-1 up. We got a point but we have come across the best team and manager in the division."
 

It's obvious we're missing a fully fit striker.
"Poor planning" is extremely harsh. A non-injury prone striker with excellent finishing has to be a.) willing to drop down to League One and b.) have a club willing to sell him in the middle of the season c.) be available with next to no transfer fee, given we're not out of the woods yet financially.
Not like there's a plethora of forwards that fit that bill. 
Do agree that loaning out Browne, a striker that we actually have, is a bit of a head-scratcher.

The club want absolutely chastising for not bringing in another forward.

https://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/1217303525?-260:828

Bird made it clear he wanted to leave, his contract expired at the end of the season the best we could do was sell him and get him on loan for the rest of the season. Since he signed for Bristol City his form for us as improved and he seems to be playing with more freedom, whether this was because his future is sorted or because Adams as come in and does all the ugly stuff I’m not sure probably a bit of both 

This is what Daniel would have thought to the match ♥️

I love Ebou Adams. What a signing so far.

Go on then a sneaky one seeing as I booked today off to watch this 

 
 

Sign him up in the summer. Just pay the money.

Only watched on TV tonight, but a word for Elder who quietly went about his job and had a good game, I thought. Growing into the team. Some players just need a bit more time than others to settle in. A lesson not to write players off too soon?

I love Ebou Adams. What a signing so far.

I love Ebou Adams. What a signing so far.