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    Duracell got a reaction from Asanovic70 in Players Derby have ruined, and why are there so many?   
    As well as paying overly-inflated transfer fees and putting square pegs in round holes, we spent half a decade buying players during the best form of their entire life. We weren't paying for the talent, we were paying for the form they were in. No surprise that with many of them, their Derby career simply saw a regression to the mean.
    Some of our best signings in the modern era at Pride Park have been cheap-as-chips transfers with players who had a point to prove and - and I really cannot stress this enough - were signed with a specific role in mind. A fairly average Championship player can become indispensable to a playoff side if the system is correct.
    In this bracket, we have Inigo Idiazek, Morten Bisgaard, Steve Howard, Christ Martin, Jamie Ward, Craig Bryson, Jake Buxton, Darren Moore, John Brayford...the list is long, but they were almost exclusively signed by George Burley, Nigel Clough and the early, sane version of Billy Davies. Those managers had a way of playing and signed players that fit the system and/or changing room, and none of them needed buckets of cash to do it.
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    Duracell reacted to cstand in WBA Away   
    My first away game since Hull away in play offs. COYR
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    Duracell reacted to Tyler Durden in Players Derby have ruined, and why are there so many?   
    I think that you're apportioning the blame in the wrong area, the majority of the players on the list were never worth the exorbitant transfer fees we paid for them and were judged accordingly against this inflated metric.
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    Duracell got a reaction from Robert Earnshaws Workrate in Melvyn Morris fan club   
    Is Mel Morris living in Pride Park now? Christ, things are even ropier than I thought
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    Duracell got a reaction from atherstoneram in Melvyn Morris fan club   
    Is Mel Morris living in Pride Park now? Christ, things are even ropier than I thought
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    Duracell got a reaction from derbydaz22 in Melvyn Morris fan club   
    Is Mel Morris living in Pride Park now? Christ, things are even ropier than I thought
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    Duracell got a reaction from GB SPORTS in Melvyn Morris fan club   
    Is Mel Morris living in Pride Park now? Christ, things are even ropier than I thought
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    Duracell got a reaction from Ramarena in Melvyn Morris fan club   
    Is Mel Morris living in Pride Park now? Christ, things are even ropier than I thought
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    Duracell got a reaction from Tyler Durden in Melvyn Morris fan club   
    Is Mel Morris living in Pride Park now? Christ, things are even ropier than I thought
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    Duracell reacted to Maestro in 2021/22 Kit Thread   
    "I want the Liverpool kit"
    "We have the Liverpool kit at home"
    Liverpool kit at home:
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    Duracell got a reaction from Mostyn6 in 3rd Kit - Thursday 8:30am   
    Looks like what's been churned out by putting all our Mel Morris-era away and third kits into an AI algorithm.
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    Duracell got a reaction from Ellafella in And Kenny Davenport scores....   
    And our back line hasn't ever recovered from it! 
    I think I remember reading that it was the first goal scored as all the games kicked off concurrently, and this was the earliest goal scored,  as well as a few other ridiculous Victorian instances delaying kick off (flat balls, corset blown on the pitch etc). 
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    Duracell got a reaction from Jubbs in F1 2021   
    It will be Russell. No one knows the exact details, but I suspect Mercedes were already paying part of Russell's salary. Merc have been plotting his moment for years.
    De Vries will most likely replace Russell. Then I'd say it's between Danny Ric and De Vries to replace Hamilton when he retires, depending on how Russell establishes himself at Mercedes and how De Vries gets on at Williams.
    Albon will be unlucky not to find a way back in. Alfa Romeo is extremely unlikely, as Ferrari would replace Giovanazzi with another Ferrari junior if he doesn't stay, or at Haas if they move Schumacher sideways. It leaves him hoping that Tsunoda has a torrid run of form which sees him out, or that Williams decide they can do without Latifi.
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    Duracell got a reaction from RadioactiveWaste in F1 2021   
    It will be Russell. No one knows the exact details, but I suspect Mercedes were already paying part of Russell's salary. Merc have been plotting his moment for years.
    De Vries will most likely replace Russell. Then I'd say it's between Danny Ric and De Vries to replace Hamilton when he retires, depending on how Russell establishes himself at Mercedes and how De Vries gets on at Williams.
    Albon will be unlucky not to find a way back in. Alfa Romeo is extremely unlikely, as Ferrari would replace Giovanazzi with another Ferrari junior if he doesn't stay, or at Haas if they move Schumacher sideways. It leaves him hoping that Tsunoda has a torrid run of form which sees him out, or that Williams decide they can do without Latifi.
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    Duracell got a reaction from DarkFruitsRam7 in Jamie Ward   
    Kelle Roos too, which seems a bit bizarre.
    Did you know that Cleopatra's reign is closer to the present day than it was to the formation of the pyramids? It's a bit like that fact, only much more interesting.
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    Duracell reacted to Mick Brolly in The end   
    In 48hrs 
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    Duracell got a reaction from i-Ram in Forsyth   
    If you have to slow the camera down to work out intent, you are essentially implying that Forsyth's brain works quicker than any other human being on the planet.
    Careless? Perhaps. But how can you look at that and say there was intent there? He doesn't even look, and would have to guess where the player has landed. Unless the suggestion is that Forsyth has been blindly stamping the pitch his entire career, and that finally, he got one.
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    Duracell got a reaction from Carl Sagan in Forsyth   
    If you have to slow the camera down to work out intent, you are essentially implying that Forsyth's brain works quicker than any other human being on the planet.
    Careless? Perhaps. But how can you look at that and say there was intent there? He doesn't even look, and would have to guess where the player has landed. Unless the suggestion is that Forsyth has been blindly stamping the pitch his entire career, and that finally, he got one.
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    Duracell got a reaction from uttoxram75 in Forsyth   
    If you have to slow the camera down to work out intent, you are essentially implying that Forsyth's brain works quicker than any other human being on the planet.
    Careless? Perhaps. But how can you look at that and say there was intent there? He doesn't even look, and would have to guess where the player has landed. Unless the suggestion is that Forsyth has been blindly stamping the pitch his entire career, and that finally, he got one.
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    Duracell got a reaction from Foreveram in Forsyth   
    If you have to slow the camera down to work out intent, you are essentially implying that Forsyth's brain works quicker than any other human being on the planet.
    Careless? Perhaps. But how can you look at that and say there was intent there? He doesn't even look, and would have to guess where the player has landed. Unless the suggestion is that Forsyth has been blindly stamping the pitch his entire career, and that finally, he got one.
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    Duracell reacted to brady1993 in Forsyth   
    Also with that his momentum is carrying him forwards and he's clearly off balance. I just don't see how you can attribute intent to that because ultimately that's what the red would be for right ? Clear intent ?
    It's not worth appealing mind purely because if they've decided retroactively that it was a red it's very unlikely they will be able to convinced otherwise.
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    Duracell got a reaction from sage in Forsyth   
    If you have to slow the camera down to work out intent, you are essentially implying that Forsyth's brain works quicker than any other human being on the planet.
    Careless? Perhaps. But how can you look at that and say there was intent there? He doesn't even look, and would have to guess where the player has landed. Unless the suggestion is that Forsyth has been blindly stamping the pitch his entire career, and that finally, he got one.
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    Duracell got a reaction from Carnero in Forsyth   
    If you have to slow the camera down to work out intent, you are essentially implying that Forsyth's brain works quicker than any other human being on the planet.
    Careless? Perhaps. But how can you look at that and say there was intent there? He doesn't even look, and would have to guess where the player has landed. Unless the suggestion is that Forsyth has been blindly stamping the pitch his entire career, and that finally, he got one.
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    Duracell got a reaction from angieram in Forsyth   
    If you have to slow the camera down to work out intent, you are essentially implying that Forsyth's brain works quicker than any other human being on the planet.
    Careless? Perhaps. But how can you look at that and say there was intent there? He doesn't even look, and would have to guess where the player has landed. Unless the suggestion is that Forsyth has been blindly stamping the pitch his entire career, and that finally, he got one.
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