Patrick Rams

And they go up on goals scored

Taylor has such a punchable face. Not that I'd advocate any violence at all of course.

Collins with an "injury"  to slow it down. We're rubbish just after half time. 

You'll be lying on your deathbed worrying about the potential reincarnation as a donkey.

It's ok mate, you'll be happier.

We need a clean sheet! Never have I been so desperate for a clean sheet!

We need a clean sheet! Never have I been so desperate for a clean sheet!

Just need a 2nd goal straight after half time.
COYR
 

We’re all busy watching Derby away at Cambridge, worry about next season and the summer another day fella, go on, just this once. 

I absolutely loath the Premier League and in particular the so called ‘big 6’. I would love for them to all just f*** off to a Euro Super League where they play each other 6 times a season for their target audience in Asia and leave the rest of us to enjoy English football as it once was. For a start, all money would be distributed fairly, there would be no ‘Premier League’; just Division’s 1 to 4, the FA Cup become the showpiece event played on the Saturday after the season finishes at 3pm at Wembley (no semi finals at Wembley) with replays. If the ‘big 6’ decided they wanted back in they would all have to start at the bottom of the pyramid and have restrictions on how much they could spend on players/wages. If they didn’t like it they could all f*** off again and play each other a 6 team mini league or something. I couldn’t care less about them or their fans. They have robbed football of its competitiveness and it’s money for too many years. 
As for the latest disgrace around the FA Cup replays I really hope that EFL clubs boycott next seasons competition en masse. A concerted boycott would ruin the FA’s finances and they’d back down in the face of it. Whether clubs have the balls to go for it is a different matter. 
 

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Several lower league clubs have issued statements protesting this change.
The BBC has their article about it 24th down on their sports pages, below such riveting headlines as "Moyes issues frosty response at Press conference" and Liverpool players "under pressure" due to Klopp's departure.
Doesn't even feature on their main menu. Says it all, really.
We are irrelevant to the powers that be.

It is an utter disgrace, but not unexpected given the cosy relationship between the FA and the Premier League.
If they can do this, then there is nothing to stop them severing the relationship between the FA and the EFL - and the next logical step being the establishment of a 'closed shop' Premier League with no promotion and relegation.

I’m surprised Liverpool and Man City aren’t allowed to join at the semi final stage.

It's been further devalued by VAR at some games and not at others.  

RIP Leighton. Used to live near me all those years ago. 

match day finally arrived after what feels like a month since last saturday,and the sad news of the death of Leighton James,a front foot posative  approach and win handsome (where have i got that word from),and put the gd out of reach.COME ON DERBY,DO IT FOR LEIGHTON

I cannot and will not believe that we could mess things up so badly that we won’t finish 2nd…. But I’m still really nervous! 

It’ll be a last-gasp attempt at mind games. He obviously won’t be telling his players that, they’ll still believe they can do it.
Really, the only way they get past us now is if we get so over-confident that it’s done, that we don’t go into games at our maximum effort.
It would be a disaster from us to throw it away from here, but I guess Evatt has to do anything he can to influence that.

Oh no!! I’ve just considered the world’s most squeaky bum scenario. 

peterboro win their game in hand. Then Bolton and boro both win their next game and we lose to Cambridge  
then we’re all the same points going into the last game of the season. With them playing each other.
the twists and turns during 90 mins of that last day will be ridiculous. I’d still expect us to beat Carlisle, but still, there will probably be a moment before we take the lead when either boro or Bolton score, and we’ll be technically out of the autos for a moment. Can you imagine the gnashing of teeth in here during those moments!?

That loss at Sheffield Wednesday was my first away game, travelling in convoy down the M1 on Trent double decker buses.
It was the week after we had thrashed Spurs 5-0

Dave Mackay's championship season we lost 3-0 at Carlisle who eventually finished bottom.
Clough's Derby team were top of the league in September 1969 and subsequently lost away at Sheffield Wednesday, who were bottom.
Football has always been inexplicable at times.

Exactly Tamworth.
Cast your mind back to the Frank season. We lost to the Dirties three times and only beat them once (away).

Been trying not to look at text updates every 30 seconds, but failed completely to do that for the last 15 minutes.
What a result. 
I think we can relax just that touch now at Cambridge. The knowledge that a draw isn't the end of the world means we can play with that bit more freedom, and feels to me like it'll make victory more likely.
I feel...optimism? Is that what this is? It's been so long!

Well, just this once let's make it easy, eh? They've never done that for us before so let us have this one as a little treat.

!975. Hope it's a warm sunny day, East Stand's a lovely place for a snooze.