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All the Rams fans are smiling and celebrating tonight! This was such an important game to set the tone for the rest of the season and couldn't be more proud of our lads and their amazing result. What a wonderful reason to invest in our club!!

Some supporters are planning for life in league one already. We have 28 games left and if we can be 10-12 points behind after Christmas, we have a chance. 

Whatever happens this season, if this group of players keep showing the fight and commitment, they will make us all proud, got to say thoroughly enjoyed that performance and result.
 This is why we love DCFC

Very good performance and deserved result against a top side.
Midfield looks much better and more balanced, this has also allowed Lawrence to move central and he’s thriving at the moment.
It’s simple and straight forwards tactically, but when you get these things right you reap the rewards. 
Special mention for Thompson who did really well.
Get rid of the pointless, silly tactics and it looks good. 

I’ve got a tear in my eye - so proud of every one of them today. Love this club so much - COYR!!!

Evening all

We've had a 20-minute conversation this afternoon with Derby's administrators Quantuma, which is out now as a podcast.

Chris spoke at length to Quantuma CEO Carl Jackson to get an update on Derby County's administration process and the quest to find new buyers for the club.
In their first non-club interview since Derby's -21 points deduction was confirmed, we discussed a number of key issues with the administrators, including how Derby's process has been compared to other companies they deal with (2:06), which interested party is furthest along in the takeover process (9:06), how likely it is that Derby may have to sell players in January (14:55), and how they feel about fans' fears of the club being liquidated (18:48).
There are a few nuggets in there (ie, Quantuma were contacted by a new potential bidder as recently as this morning) but some issues which clearly Carl Jackson can't get drawn on in detail.

Anyway - hope you find it interesting.
 

Cheers
Chris

I’ve often wondered that in quieter moments…

Throw Morris under the bus??
Behave! Morris treated Rooney terribly. Non existent communication, without a care in the world for what admin meant to people. I don’t think Rooney did throw him under the bus, but Morris definitely doesn’t deserve any sympathy. Terrible chairman. Rooney handled that situation brilliantly. 

Your out of order son ,time was when they kept forums like this a safe place for old ladies to post in and you could leave your mailbox open

Do you need one

Don’t get me revved up again about the chips mate please!

Do you need one

Everyone's opinion matters to someone.

I agree with her. 

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In honour of St Clods day, I have bought myself a St Clod pendant... ?

Yeah, Boro have been flying under Colin.
People also called for Hughton. How did he do at Forest?
Or Big Sam. Did he save the Albion?
The problems at Derby are deeper than the current choice of manager.

That was a stonking performance from the Rams today. I know people are critical of us for our lack of results, and our alleged lack of quality, but given the circumstances, and the squad we've been left with we did well, and should have won the match today.
And for probably the first time this season the reason we didn't get a penalty is that there weren't any penalty incidents to shout about. I actually thought that the ref was absolutely even-handed and fair ----- and then he blew the whistle.
It is very interesting that he was very quick with the card for Byrne for what was a clash of bodies rather than a foul. Perhaps the Millwall player made a bit of a meal of it. More on that later. But earlier Wallace pulled Ebosele back when he would have been clean away, but no card. How he stayed on the pitch I have no idea, because he committed about 6 or 7 yellow card offences, most of which not even warranting a free kick. It has happened in just about every match against Derby, and he never, ever gets a yellow card. Millwall should have been down to 10 men way before half time. Unless it is the fact that there are two Wallaces playing for Millwall, and they are both dirty 0ytnvod**£"@@'s. On numerous occasions a high ball forward by Derby would result in the Derby player jumping for the ball, and just after take-off he would be shoved in the back making him lurch forwards and jump under the ball, allowing an easy Millwall clearance. This kept happening right in front of the ref time and time and time again, with nothing every given. What's wrong with the man in the middle? And he was totally conned by Bennett again for the sending off. All Byrne did was run across his path to put him off his stride. If Bennett has simply jinked to his right he would have been clean away, but dived in totally the wrong direction and then urged the ref to get his cards out. The ref simply couldn't wait to oblige, in contrast to his treatment of Millwall offenders, where he simply wouldn't get his cards out at all. It is telling that Millwall players were congratulating Bennett for getting his opponent sent off, almost as if that was his intention all along - hence making a meal of the offence for the first booking.
And to the match: despite the claims of lack of quality, there was a large amount of great passing, with very few occasions of being sloppy with the ball. Some of our link up play was really good, and with just a bit of luck we could have got the second goal we needed so much. I though "Here we go again" with Baldock in the first 15 minutes when, although running around a lot, wasted several good moves. He got better, and managed a number of shots on target, a huge improvement. A bit of confidence and he will find the net. However, as Roy Mac5 said, Stretton is scoring for fun, yet he didn't even make the squad - somewhat curious when we are struggling to score goals. 
Yet again Max Bird excelled, and has regained that ability to step into space to receive the ball, and always wants to go forwards - such a contrast to earlier in the season, and to much of last season as well. Brilliant, Max. I was thinking of him for man of the match, but that has to go to Ebosele, for his bets performance to date The only thing he did wrong was during that end to end run in the second half, when he ended up running the ball out of play. He should have bent his run in front of the defender to draw the foul, and timed right it would have happened inside the box, then we would have got our blatant penalty shout turned down! We have got standards to maintain, after all! And he went to left back after Byrne went off, and did well there as well. A superb performance. Jason Night put a hefty shift in as well, and again, only one thing wrong really - he shot when through on goal should have been a couple of feet higher so the keeper's leg couldn't block the shot.
Sadly, something I mentioned before struck again - our total inability to mark wide players, so they are always in acres of space, and we then have to race across the pitch to try and close them down, by which time the damage is done. I don't think it is zonal marking  because nobody is marking the zone that the winger is in. It simply that we seem to pull our fullbacks in towards the middle of the park to condense things there. But it leaves to door wide open for wingers and full backs to exploit.
After Wednesday night this performance was a tremendous reaction, and to be the team threatening to score after going down to ten men was a terrific sight for the fans. We need some luck, and although people say that you make your own luck, we are busting a gut but the shelves are empty at the luck shop. It is also said that when you are under the cosh, Lady Luck smiles but turns away. The number of times we block a shot and the ball falls to the feet of another striker for a simple tap in, yet for us several times today we'd have a shot blocked and the ball just would fall near a Rams player.
There is still hope because these players are capable of more, and we are due some decisions going our way, and a few luck bounces as well. Watch out, whoever it happens against!

Roy there's no rhyme or reason why...they just have, They think they have a gripe against another religion...stop asking WHY ffs.

That we have morons that can't spell?

Just to confirm it was from millwall fans and not our own?
Some of our equally moronic lot have hardly covered themselves in glory have they 

Coming from a club who have a significant number of fans regularly chant about someone being a sex offender, I think maybe we would probably do better to accept that all clubs has its idiots...

Not all of Millwalls fans are knuckle Draggers.
 
Comment posted by SingleWhiteLion, today at 18:30SingleWhiteLion
18:30
"Just got back from the game and disappointed that we didn't beat 10 men but fair play to Derby, their players showed bottle and no lack of skill. Also a decent turn out from their supporters who support a club that due to the circumstances are going to have a difficult season so respect to them too. Hope Derby stay up because the Championship will be more the poorer without them"