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We could all learn something from B4. The B4 thread or room of positivity would be a fitting tribute. Not as much as Derby winning the treble this season though, which in the spirit of B4 I am now fully convinced we will do. 
 
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RIP to the most passionate Ram I’ll ever know.

Stunned and saddened in equal measures. 
RIP Daniel, you've touched more lives than you'll ever know.

First and foremost, my thoughts are with Daniel's friends and family, I cannot imagine what they are going through right now.
I heard the news last night and it came as a huge shock, B4 as we knew him so fondly by will be a huge loss to the forum.
He was Mr Positivity, Derby County's biggest cheerleader, even during the bad times his positivity would shine through.
I know his Dad was at the game today with a scarf on his seat, whilst we haven't closed the gap on Portsmouth in Daniel's final rallying call on this forum, I'm sure he will be over the moon with the 3 goals and 3 points today.
DCFC Fans will be honouring Daniel in time to ensure he remains in our memories, we will also be contacting the club in due course to see what can be done during a game.
Suggestions are welcomed as we all come to terms with the loss.
Rest in peace Daniel. ❤️🐏

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.
 

I am not one to post on here but watching our youngsters this week has given me fresh optimism. Let's just hope that these lads are given  opportunities to grow and progress at the club and do not feel they have to move to get that chance.
 

It's not easy to stay switched on for 80+ minutes and then make your first save of the match.
A well deserved win to finish off a fantastic week for the academy lads. 5 of tonights squad played for thr first team in midweek, and 7 from those who featured tonight are still only 1st year scholars.

Tony Weston here with his partner and baby.

Starting to pick up some form now, that's 3 in his last 4 games including this 90th minute winner. Happy for him!

10 goals scored in a week, really enjoyed watching that. Don't care who the opposition are, always happy when we win.

A win , played well , minutes for and a chance to see some youngsters , what’s not to like 😀,
watched on rtv and enjoyed it

Few random, not joined up thoughts 
Nice to see Vickers out the obviously
Brown looked to be dropping too deep for his strengths, not sure if it was the role he was being asked to do (suited Weston more) or whether it's a learning curve for him. Will still benifit him
Weston looked interesting, he'll be a sub often enough now I reckon 
Confidence for Collo, talk about the level of opposition but that 3rd is beating anyone and the quality of the cross and header for the 2nd would score against league 1 sides, which brings me to... 
Kane Wilson going forward was doing what he and Ward were brought in to do in that RB slot,big part of how PW wanted to play and hasn't been able to. That's interesting because Ryan Nyambe has arguably been our most consistent player this season but plays it differently. If you're going to play Wilson /ward to get those crosses in you have to play Collo... Some interesting selection choices going forward
Minutes for Elder, I was excited by his signing so that's brilliant news
Sonny getting a horrible error out at the right time 
Good to get some more of the U21s playing along side senior lads, even if it's against another U21s 
Win is a win 

The Wolves U21s were a team of young players still learning their trade, so not getting over excited from beating them. But still came away from the game happy after seeing so many plus points for us. Elder getting a full 90 minutes under his belt. Collins showing he's capable of scoring the goals we need, he just requires our midfield to supply him the chances. Solid performances from Wilson and Robinson, hopefully they'll both be given more minutes in the team. And finally the most pleasing thing from tonight, seeing how well all our youngsters played.
After having our academy ripped apart during administration. The young players we now have at our academy looked much better tonight than those playing for Wolverhampton.
Shame all those so excited by the EFL Trophy, that they travelled to Notts County for the previous Trophy game  couldn't manage to find their way to Pride Park for tonight's Trophy game. They missed seeing all these plus points, along with some well taken goals.
 

They may get their chance in the cup replay with a number of first teamers being on international duty.

Brilliant night. And what was satisfying wasn’t that we outplayed the Wolves babies virtually all match, or that Collins got a load of goals, or that Wilson played a blinder, It was seeing what we have got in the under-21s and under 18s. Absolutely wow! I know it was only in the Nobody Cares Cup, but remember, our academy was stripped bare by administration, so to see this potential is exciting.

Can’t we just enjoy (in moderation of course) a comfortable win regardless of the opposition?

Fapetu and Weston will get most of the plaudits (and they deserve them!) but Robinson was really impressive too. Calm on the ball, crunching in the tackle and barely put a foot wrong all night.

Not everyone. 
Just spoke to my hubby who was at the game and he thought a draw was the least we deserved (with the caveat that we are rubbish at defending!) 
Of course he has the advantage of not being part of the hysteria being whipped up here. He was watching the football.

Will share this one on here. Jax has taken the role of protector for them. 

I’ve always seen that game as the start of our decline- I really believed we would win that year- if only Charlie hadn’t been out.

1972-73 - Tottenham Hotspur 3 Derby County 5 
Tottenham were 3-1 up, Derby brought it back to 3-3 and the game went into extra time and Derby scored twice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nHT2_8hj94
I was at this match and when Derby made it 3-4 the majority of Tottenham fans  left the ground.
 

I'm led to believe that Dajaune Brown is not travelling with the U21 team to Middlesbrough tomorrow so it seems he will probably going with the first team to Crewe.

Great, emphatic win for a young U18s side