DesertRam

Will if your mum puts your red pants in with it.
Ive got nothing red me. 

Wildsmith
Knight      Stearman     Cashin       Forsyth
                  Rooney        Smith
   NML              Hourihane           Barkhuizen
                           Collins
Loach, Oduroh, Roberts, Bird, Dobbin, Sibley, (Sheff Utd lad)

sibley is still a baby in football terms but is massively experienced for his age now. 
 
it will serve him well long term, it is why the make or break comment on this thread are quite silly really. he could linger for another 5 years and still have time on his side.

Just read that Louie Sibley has passed his driving test, its easy to forget how young some of these players are
when you are watching them week in and out for years. 
Makes you realize just how well they have progressed into the first team!
Congrats,  keep up the good work 
 

Just read that Louie Sibley has passed his driving test, its easy to forget how young some of these players are
when you are watching them week in and out for years. 
Makes you realize just how well they have progressed into the first team!
Congrats,  keep up the good work 
 

Just read that Louie Sibley has passed his driving test, its easy to forget how young some of these players are
when you are watching them week in and out for years. 
Makes you realize just how well they have progressed into the first team!
Congrats,  keep up the good work 
 

Just read that Louie Sibley has passed his driving test, its easy to forget how young some of these players are
when you are watching them week in and out for years. 
Makes you realize just how well they have progressed into the first team!
Congrats,  keep up the good work 
 

Just read that Louie Sibley has passed his driving test, its easy to forget how young some of these players are
when you are watching them week in and out for years. 
Makes you realize just how well they have progressed into the first team!
Congrats,  keep up the good work 
 

Just read that Louie Sibley has passed his driving test, its easy to forget how young some of these players are
when you are watching them week in and out for years. 
Makes you realize just how well they have progressed into the first team!
Congrats,  keep up the good work 
 

After watching this several times, my conclusion is that Barks has genuinely gone down due to
Thompson putting his boot flat on the ground in front of his right foot leaving Barks with no way
to move it forward, hence the immediate fall  -  a foul

So, if I’ve got my maths right, the 8th game of the 22/23 season will be our 5,000th league game, wow, that’s really something. Wonder if the marketing men will create a special souvenir shirt for that game...I’d buy one. ? 

After watching this several times, my conclusion is that Barks has genuinely gone down due to
Thompson putting his boot flat on the ground in front of his right foot leaving Barks with no way
to move it forward, hence the immediate fall  -  a foul

After watching this several times, my conclusion is that Barks has genuinely gone down due to
Thompson putting his boot flat on the ground in front of his right foot leaving Barks with no way
to move it forward, hence the immediate fall  -  a foul

Derby County v Peterborough Utd
 
5pts
NONE
3pts
BarrowRam    5
Brammie Steve    7
BucksRam    5
Carnero    8
Chris_Martin    9
DCFC1388    7
DesertRam    9
Dordogne-Ram    4
FlyBritishMidland    9
Grimbeard    6
HedgeEnder    7
HonitonRam    3
jono    7
Kenavo    4
Kinder    4
Malty    3
Mckram    9
OohMartWright    6
Ramifications    5
Ramslad1992    7
RodleyRam    5
TF Ram    9
TheHospitalier    6
TimRam    7
True Ram    5
Wolfie    4
 
2pts
Jase116    8
 
1pt
Addingham Ram    5
Alan Ramage 4 EVA    1
AndyB    12
AndyinLiverpool    1
archram    7
B4ev6is    1
BathRam72    3
BramcoteRam84    3
BriggRam    3
BrudeRAM    7
CBRammette    2
dabber    9
DCFC Kicks    6
dcfc the 1 4me    2
Dean (hick) Saunders    6
Dethorn    2
DCFC4LIFE    5
Elgin_Ram    3
FindernRam    5
Fla Ram    2
Foreveram    3
Foxy Ram    1
86 Hair Islands    2
hintonsboots    2
hydraulic ram    5
ilsonram12    9
Johnnyoj    2
Kernow    3
LERam    2
leroyoftherovers    5
MickD    2
MidWalesRam    3
Miggins    3
minesahartington    2
mozza    3
Mucker1884    3
papa_lazarou    3
Parsnip    2
RadioactiveWaste    4
Ram-a-lama fa fa fa    2
RamDotFi    1
rammieib    3
Ramsamwidge    3
REDCAR    9
richinspain    3
San Fran Van Rams    2
sheeponacid    7
Simmo's left foot    2
Simon Bradley    3
Sparkle    5
StevenageRam    5
StrawHillRam    2
Sussex Ram    9
Ted McMinn Football Genius    1
TexasRam    7
Van der MoodHoover    3
WharfedaleRam    3
Yani P    3
 

Derby County 2 Peterborough Utd 1,  Knight = FRGS.
 

Sheff wed go 1-3 up with 90 seconds remaining 
 

Two ways of looking at it really.
No, I’m not enjoying us being in League One. It’s grim to be two divisions below all our rivals, unable to spend a penny whilst they’re splashing tens of millions on players. It’s a long way back and it’s depressing to think about really. A club like Derby County, with our fan base and history, shouldn’t be in this league with all these tinpoint salty clubs. But we are, thanks to our t*** of a former owner.
However, what I enjoy more than anything is watching Derby win football matches - whatever the competition or level. So in that regard, it’s nice to actually be battling at the right end of the table (so far anyway) after scrapping in a relegation fight for the last few years. After all, that’s what footballs about - that feeling when the final whistle goes and you’ve got 3 points in the bag. I’d much prefer it if we were scoring more goals to be fair - we’ve been starved in that regard for years, and it’s not started too well this season either. But if we get promoted this season, I’ll be getting just as drunk as I would if we got promoted to the Premier League, believe me!

I think it's been enjoyable but we've had the bigger league 1 teams at home and are just beginning our away travels. Oxford, Peterborough and Barnsley are all clubs that will be up and around the top whilst arguably having a better fan-base than average for this division so are bringing a few fans with them. Plymouth will be the same next week. Six months in we may not like this- playing Cheltenham on a saturday where they bring 150 might not be quite as much fun as we expect especially if we're struggling to grind out a result. 

The football is fine but you can see a difference in quality in the key areas such as finishing and keeping concentration in the defence. I think if we're plotting a way back to the second division this season we need to keep that in mind. 

I guess finally as well this does seem to be a league with a generally 'mardy' set of fans. Already encountered a few fans with chips on their shoulders because we're the 'massive derby county' and daring to celebrate a late winner against their 'tiny outfit'. Hopefully that dissipates too as it's quite unbecoming and unnecessary. 

Stadium full, some skill on display, missing a few goals but I think they will come. Interesting that you see great passages of play with good skill that is at least equal to the championship but then the increased frequency of unforced errors in shots and passing is noticeable … but hardly matters to me. Referees are a lot less fussy and more ready to let play continue which is an improvement in my mind. 

Saturday games at 3PM ?

It doesn't feel much different to the Championship to me, so far, but the club is secure and that's a major plus. 

I hate League one. Horrendous officiating, no goal line technology, salty small clubs, and I can’t lie as much as I deny it it makes it a damn sight worse with the scum in the premier league spending £150m+, unless Maranakis’ impulsiveness and impatience leads to a spectacular implosion and destruction it will be years until we’re at their level. 
 
However, the only positive is that where Leicester have long reached (surpassed) their ceiling and are now on the slide, Notts Forest are close to their ceiling and don’t have much to be excited about once they get past the euphoria of this season and possibly next they’ll be on the slide again, Derby are on the floor which means we have an incredible journey like those witnessed in the 80s to get back to our ceiling which is mid-table premier league (same as Forest’s), if we can get autos and the pizza trophy in the next couple of years  it will give me amazing memories and maybe even followed by a championship playoff final win in a few seasons which would be incredible. With some of the players we have, while it’s tough with the business plan restrictions we could build some momentum which means should we get up this season we could well be competitive in the championship. We have at least two players who would walk into top 6 championship teams (Bird and Knight)   with two others very capable of joining them (Cashin and Sibley) 
Being on the floor means there’s only one way to go and that’s up so I’m going to enjoy the ride.

“La la la, la la, la” ?

COS WE ARE DERBY COUNTY,
mumble mumble mumble.
 

My kid's 23, I'm not that offended.

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