Dordogne-Ram

Hate this idea, it gives a team in the Premier League who has been able to enjoy the fruits of £150m plus revenues to snatch the same chance away from a championship club who are probably turning over £20-25m (if not already subsidised by parachute payments).
Last season it would’ve matched Luton with their £18m turnover and £24m wage bill (a lot of which would’ve been promotion bonus payouts) against Leicester with their £177m turnover and their £171m wage bill. 
It’s bad enough with 5 parachute payment clubs in the top 6 this season. It’s already becoming an ever-increasingly difficult proposition for non-parachute payment clubs to compete - this makes it much more difficult. 

We need Ballions .. lots of Ballions 🐏
And Cashin is worth 30 million at least 
And Collions will get a hat trick 
And Will Hughes is coming back 
And DC is a hero who needs a Statchoo next to Cluff 
COYR 
B More B4 ❤️

B4 not made the shortlist for fan of the year, I would imagine they have stipulated the winner must be available to collect the award but just a guess. Feel like the club have got this wrong but with his own thread he is 100% a dcfcfans legend!

I don’t care for the premier league. Never watch it. 

I must be easily pleased, as I'll be celebrating like a mad thing if we clinch promotion on Saturday and right now I couldn't care less about Premier League football.

Who knows who will be around when we reach the prem again or win a cup. These last few years have shown that you have to appreciate these possible moments.

Let’s hope they do, Derbys defence isn’t the best and they could easily slip up doing that. Come on you Carlisle. 🥳
https://www.wanderersways.com/forum/topic/103103-posh/page/6/
 
We only have the keeper with the joint most clean sheets and the fewest goals conceded in the league. 18 goals conceded at home all season.
I'd actually go so far as to say we DO have the best defence.

I was there for the last auto season. I was 11 I think and gripped by football fever. That win to seal it against Palace was a truly great moment and one to savour.
If we get over the line on Saturday (and let's hope we do because frankly I don't think any of us could take the epic meltdown from all corners) then I shall be sinking a few beers (one at least for our dearly departed talisman of positivity) and savouring it because these moments don't come around too often.
Come on Rams, bring it home!

I have been taking my son to the match since he was 5. His first match was 2018. In the six seasons he's been watching Derby, he's gone to Wembley to watch Derby in a play-off final - one goal away from the Premier League. He's seen Derby play (on Rams TV) in an empty stadium during a pandemic. He's seen Derby escape relegation on the last game of the season in a 3-3 draw with a dramatic twist in the last 5 minutes. He's seen Derby go into administration, docked 21 points and be (as it turned out) 7 days away from not existing at all. He's seen Derby relegated to the 3rd tier. He's seen Derby, two weeks before the start of the season, with 5 registered players. He's seen Derby miss out on the play-offs on the last game of the season with some dodgy refereeing. He's now seeing Derby 1 draw away from promotion.
It's never dull at Derby.

Thanks everyone for your kind messages - I've shown them to him, including from our guest from the coast, and even the smallest well-wishes from strangers can give a boost to people in his situation that I didn't appreciate until this happened.
Events like this makes you realise that it's the fans that make the club what it is. Thank you!

League standings so far, with one game to go, upto and including Cambridge Utd (A) Game.
 
Premiership
leroyoftherovers    57      (CHAMPION)
Dordogne-Ram    51
RadioactiveWaste    51
True Ram    49
europia    48
Foreveram    48
Miggins    47
rynny    47
Brammie Steve    46
Kernow    46
Cardiogram    45
mozza    45
HedgeEnder    44
Osbaldwick    44
OohMartWright    43
timlondinium    43
dcfc the 1 4me    42
BucksRam    41
Fla Ram    41
StevenageRam    41
 
Championship

taffyram    41
Carnero    40
RodleyRam    40
Addingham Ram    39
hydraulic ram    39
Mucker1884    39
Malty    38
WharfedaleRam    38
archram    37
Comrade 86    37
Grimbeard    37
MarsdenRam    37
Puffin    37
Ramifications    37
EssendonRam    36
rammieib    36
Ramsamwidge    36
Bessie1    35
BodminRam    35
harwich ram    35
Ted McMinn Football Genius    35
DiggerB    34
ramant62    34
TheHospitalier    34
 
Div1
 
angieram    33
BramcoteRam84    33
Chris_Martin    33
FlyBritishMidland    33
ilsonram12    33
MidWalesRam    33
Wolfie    33
DCFC Kicks    32
FindernRam    32
Kenavo    32
BathRam72    31
Blondest Goat    31
hintonsboots    31
Jase116    31
Jourdan    31
Premier ram    31
TimRam    31
Wolfie20    31
AndyB    30
Rich84    30
Simmo's left foot    30
SKRam    30
Topram    30
Mckram    29
 
Div2

InstaRam    28
LeedsCityRam    28
Curtains    25
DCFC1388    25
Elgin_Ram    25
gccrowdpleaser    25
SKHunter    25
ColonelBlimp    24
Jimbo Ram    24
cstand    23
jimtastic56    23
Amberram    22
DesertRam    22
REDCAR    22
Eoghan1884    21
Steve How Hard?    20
Van der MoodHoover    19
PendineRam    18
BriggRam    17
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta    17
1967Ram    17
r4derby    17
BOB BIGGS    16
Jortat    16
 
Div3

BarrowRam    15
JMC    15
MadAmster    14
oodledoodle    14
TomTom92    14
Scott129    12
Animal is a Ram    10
DCFC4LIFE    10
DerbyAleMan    10
Mick Brolly    10
CBRammette    9
Elwood P Dowd    9
Magicman    9
NegativeCreep    9
TF Ram    9
Chopper    8
DE56Ram    8
uttoxram75    8
Will Hughes Hair    8
Alan Ramage 4 EVA    7
Brailsford Ram    7
21CSchizoidRam    7
Foxy Ram    7
MaltRam    7
 
Div4

PrideParkhead    7
Sheff Ram    7
Wistaston Ram    7
dantheram    6
Gladys_was_the_Greatest    6
Keepyuppy    6
Rampant    6
Dean (hick) Saunders    5
one_chop    5
sheeponacid    5
Top Lino    5
bucktwo    4
EnigmaRam    4
Gabby'sThighs    4
MackworthRamisGod    4
Ram-a-lama fa fa fa    4
S8TY    4
Turk Thrust    4
Woodley Ram    4
Abu Derby    3
BaianoPOTY98    3
HonitonRam    3
Idiakez    3
ivo_knoflicek    3
 
Div5

Jram    3
Justa    3
JustOneBiblicalKazim    3
kevinhectoring    3
LittleEatonRam    3
Matchday Fred    3
Mrso    3
Needlesh    3
NottmRAM    3
oohmarkwright    3
Old Spalding Ram    3
SinceIWasntSoYoung    3
Slaapwekkend P    3
strawhillram    3
B4's Sister    2
dabber    2
Dava75    2
EraniosSocks    2
glyn1957    2
Hoppo    2
Johnnyoj    2
8Leeds    2
Makedoh    2
Marriot Ram99    2
 
Div6

minesahartington    2
OUTSIDER    2
Paultheram    2
plymouthram    2
Ramaldo    2
Ram_in_Cumbria    2
simmoram1995    2
Skin em Ted    2
trappatoni    2
ziggazagga    2
Anag Ram    1
Archie    1
CapeTownRams    1
CBX1985    1
Charliegeorge1962    1
CodnorRam    1
De22Ram    1
DavesaRam    1
DCFCmaz    1
deanoakram4life    1
Donegal Ram    1
England Ram    1
Electric Ram    1
Ghost of Clough    1
 
Div7

jameso    1
lagavulinram    1
littleover ram    1
lrm14    1
lukedcfc    1
MACKWORTHRAM     1
MickD    1
NG2Ram    1
old tray boy    1
Raich Carter    1
Ram a lamb a ding dong    1
ramboy63    1
RamDotFi    1
Ramrob    1
RoyMac5    1
sage    1
Seth's left foot    1
Smon Bradley    1
Tamworthram    1
TheRamOfSwad    1
The_Sheriff    1
TomG    1
WhiteHorseRam    1
Alty_Ram    0
 
Div8

AlvoRam    0
Ambitious    0
Andrew1    0
Barney1991    0
bcnram    0
bimmerman    0
BLB    0
Chellaston Ram    0
chewbacca    0
Chesterfield_Ram    0
CrapSince99    0
Davec2203    0
Dethorn    0
devonram1980    0
Diego    0
Eargasm    0
eddy779h34    0
Ellafella    0
et arietem    0
Franks Tanked    0
Gee SCREAMER !!    0
GeneralRam    0
Gritstone Ram    0
Guest    0
 
Div9 

Hustler    0
Ian Buxton's Bat    0
Inverurie Ram    0
Jayram    0
Jubbs    0
kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong    0
Kinder    0
Kokosnuss    0
Kooklaram    0
Lac291884    0
LazloW    0
LeedsRam1999    0
McMuffin    0
Mikeyboy1963    0
MK-Ram    0
Oldben    0
oldtimeram    0
Parsnip    0
1977 Ram Raider    0
Ramism    0
ramit    0
Rample    0
Ramslad1992    0
Ratpackram    0
 
Non-League

Reggie Greenwood    0
richinspain    0
S6 boy    0
Saturn5    0
secretsquirrel    0
Sparkle    0
Srg    0
SSD    0
StarterForTen    0
Stommo    0
SWRam    0
Sussex Ram    0
swadieram    0
Sweetness34    0
TaahnRam    0
ThePrisoner    0
TINMANTED    0
Toadbelly    0
valakari    0
VulcanRam    0
WestStandStartTheBounce    0
 
 
T.B.C.
 

No one in my family pushed football on me, I found it myself. It wasn’t until opening my Merlin 1997 sticker book did I even realise Derby, my hometown had a football team. From that moment until the day I draw my final breath, I will be black and white.
Watching Ryan Giggs run past people for fun might have ignited my interest in football but it’s the highs and lows of being a Rams fan that has kept me burning.
Up The Rams 🐏

It just seems like yesterday when Leighton James signed for us. I thought he did well, but the Doc wanted him out. Leighton went on to have a very long career and I think it was a big mistake letting him go. I can remember listening to him on some kind of Desert Island Discs type show on Radio Derby around 1976 and thinking he was quite an old fashioned type of young man. He was a big Jim Reeves fan. There’s nothing wrong with that but it was unusual for someone his age. I followed his career when he left Derby and I was happy to see him do so well at Swansea, Sunderland and Burnley.
Leighton’s replacement on the wing, Gerry Ryan, also died not long ago. I have many plans for the future and I would feel cheated if I didn’t make it to at least 85 and so it feels strange to see footballers, who were once much fitter than me, passing away – especially when they are younger than me. It is possible that Leighton and Gerry didn’t keep fit after football. I don’t know. It could be that they were just unlucky.  Some people get off the train and some stay on. Eventually we will all get off, but some people have will have had very long journeys. Cliff Jones, who was another winger and who is a generation older than the above two, was giving keep fit lessons online during the lockdown.

So much for integrity of the league, rules only apply when it suits.

U15s made it to the floodlit cup final today beating Southampton today  5   1 they play Chelsea 

VAR will be in the Championship before long, too. Football just seems to get less enjoyable as seasons go on, I don't know if I would want to be in the PL either.
If you don't spend enough, you get battered, if you spend too much, you get punished. Oh and the only way to avoid punishment is to sell your best players to the top 6 to avoid more sanctions. Every season finishing 17th is a positive.
I'd much rather the big clubs f***** off to the Super League, take their VAR with them, let football go back to how it used to be.

I really hope that we get promoted on Saturday but I’m not sure that I want to ever go back to the premier league. Never being able to properly celebrate a goal until all checks are complete is not what football is about (for me, anyway). 

Fozzy on for the last five.

This in spades 🙌 
Bittersweet for sure and as much a relief as anything, after our troubles. it's been a proper slog and we still need one more big performance to be sure. I wouldn't worry about B4 too much though, as word has it he told the big boss he was nipping out for milk on Saturday evening and has not been seen since 👀

The opportunity to win promotion at Pride Park, in front of a sell out crowd, after what the club has essentially gone through the last four years, is something that could create memories that will last a lifetime.
If, and hopefully when it happens, I'll definitely spare a thought for B4 and others who marched through the city to help keep the club alive but sadly won't be here to see this significant step in our rebuilding process. 

To be fair Cathy’s Clown is a great song

It'd be grand if it could be Derby lads (or lasses) retaining full ownership. I think part of football losing its way has been as a result of too many owners who treat clubs like toys for the billionaire boys club. Lose interest and your club that's been around over 100 years is all of a sudden teetering on the edge.
I see Gadsby and even more so, our own David Clowes, as custodian types, as much as owners. Clowes' prime interest was and I think will likely always remain, the longevity and sustainability of the Derby County Football Club. In all honesty, I'm fine with that, though I suspect many won't be.
@Boycie has reminded us that Morris was popular and regarded as 'one of our own' prior to dumping us into admin and he's right. I was very much taken in myself. That said, I can't see any similarities other than their Rams ownership at all. The two men are worlds apart in everything from actions to demeanour. I think it's already safe to assume that Clowes is the owner we needed, arriving precisely when we most needed him to. 

I’ve just nominated Dan. Nominations close 6pm Tuesday 

His excitement may be attributable to the  1968\69 season when we won league 2 with Sir Brian, for so many seasons Derby had been nowhere, then all of a sudden it was as though someone had waved a magic wand and all our football dreams came true. It was one of those "you had to be there moments" I remember thinking, at the time, that things like this didn't happen to Derby County but they did. 😀 
Having seen the changes in our fortunes there's a feeling, deep deep down, that this might happen again. 
Yes I know things have changed and money rules football but facts and sats cannot compete with dreams. 
COYR
 

That’s also an option, although I didn’t have that excuse for Derby so why should they!