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    Hanny reacted to angieram in B4 - for ever a Ram 🐏   
    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.
     


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    Hanny got a reaction from SillyBilly in Port Vale (A) Tues 24th Jan   
    This has nothing to do with Warne-Ball. This has to do with the poor quality of the players on the pitch. Derby should easily have two or three goals at this point. They are simply not finishing. This one is purely on the player's shoulders.
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    Hanny got a reaction from RIMBAUD in Port Vale (A) Tues 24th Jan   
    This has nothing to do with Warne-Ball. This has to do with the poor quality of the players on the pitch. Derby should easily have two or three goals at this point. They are simply not finishing. This one is purely on the player's shoulders.
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    Hanny reacted to David in Jordan Hugill - joined Rotherham   
    How has a Jordan Hugil topic ended up as a Chris Martin v Theo Robinson discussion by page 3. Only you lot. ?
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    Hanny reacted to Yani P in Matchday Thread - Derby County vs Plymouth Argyle (03/09 15:00)   
    They have been the better side 2nd half by a long way but we are just getting back on it..this ref is a disaster..
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    Hanny reacted to SillyBilly in Matchday Thread - Derby County vs Plymouth Argyle (03/09 15:00)   
    Plymouth look very good to be fair, incisive and smart passing. Do well to see this out.
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    Hanny reacted to DanS1992 in Matchday Thread - Derby County vs Plymouth Argyle (03/09 15:00)   
    Plymouth are a really good side, I would say the best to visit PP so far. they actually play football and stick to their slick style rather than hoof it. Second half they have been the better team.
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    Hanny reacted to Caerphilly Ram in Matchday Thread - Derby County vs Plymouth Argyle (03/09 15:00)   
    Calling it a “despicable” decision when we don’t have the facts behind said decision, or haven’t yet seen how the match plays out seems odd. I seem to recall engaging you on this before and appreciate how much you rate Sibley, he’s doing well and contributing to the team. For me it is about recognising exactly that, the team, we have a squad of players who will all be used at different times and have contributions to make throughout the season. Rosenior as the manager has to make decisions and knows his rationale, if it backfires today then it makes sense to me to pile in on that decision, once we have more info.
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    Hanny got a reaction from ariotofmyown in Matchday Thread - Fleetwood Town v Derby County (20/08 15:00)   
    Can’t believe only 123 points left up for grabs! 
     
    A wee bit of calm will do us all good these early days. Team will get sorted, more goals will come!
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    Hanny got a reaction from LeedsCityRam in Matchday Thread - Fleetwood Town v Derby County (20/08 15:00)   
    Can’t believe only 123 points left up for grabs! 
     
    A wee bit of calm will do us all good these early days. Team will get sorted, more goals will come!
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    Hanny got a reaction from Zag zig in Matchday Thread - Fleetwood Town v Derby County (20/08 15:00)   
    Can’t believe only 123 points left up for grabs! 
     
    A wee bit of calm will do us all good these early days. Team will get sorted, more goals will come!
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    Hanny got a reaction from Caerphilly Ram in Matchday Thread - Fleetwood Town v Derby County (20/08 15:00)   
    Can’t believe only 123 points left up for grabs! 
     
    A wee bit of calm will do us all good these early days. Team will get sorted, more goals will come!
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    Hanny got a reaction from r_wilcockson in Matchday Thread - Fleetwood Town v Derby County (20/08 15:00)   
    Can’t believe only 123 points left up for grabs! 
     
    A wee bit of calm will do us all good these early days. Team will get sorted, more goals will come!
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    Hanny got a reaction from Kathcairns in Matchday Thread - Fleetwood Town v Derby County (20/08 15:00)   
    Can’t believe only 123 points left up for grabs! 
     
    A wee bit of calm will do us all good these early days. Team will get sorted, more goals will come!
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    Hanny got a reaction from Jortat in Matchday Thread - Fleetwood Town v Derby County (20/08 15:00)   
    Can’t believe only 123 points left up for grabs! 
     
    A wee bit of calm will do us all good these early days. Team will get sorted, more goals will come!
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    Hanny got a reaction from FlyBritishMidland in Matchday Thread - Fleetwood Town v Derby County (20/08 15:00)   
    Can’t believe only 123 points left up for grabs! 
     
    A wee bit of calm will do us all good these early days. Team will get sorted, more goals will come!
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    Hanny reacted to IslandExile in New signings, who will be first...and next?   
    Or use the Bielik money to get a right back then play Knight in midfield.
    Sorted.
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    Hanny got a reaction from DanskRam in Starting 11 v Oxford   
    While I do believe finding another RB would be ideal. Seems odd you don’t even have Oduroh on your sheet there. Since he (even being young) will likely (and should) be seeing a fair amount of starts at RB this year…I’d imagine. 
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    Hanny got a reaction from Crewton in Starting 11 v Oxford   
    While I do believe finding another RB would be ideal. Seems odd you don’t even have Oduroh on your sheet there. Since he (even being young) will likely (and should) be seeing a fair amount of starts at RB this year…I’d imagine. 
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    Hanny reacted to Bris Vegas in Wiil you be disappointed if we finish outside the top 2???   
    The fact that Rotherham and Peterborough seem to find a way out of League One but struggle in the Championship tells us something.
    Would our current side survive in the Championship? If the answer is yes, we have to be looking at top two.
    Let’s not forget the side last season amassed 55 points and would have stayed up in any other circumstance.
    Since then we have lost our better wide players and fullbacks.
    But we have improved our CB options, improved our midfield options and we arguably have a better striker.
     
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    Hanny got a reaction from ariotofmyown in Where our young stars end up   
    I was always taught it is players not plays. That has generally been applied to game day chats (tactics vs talent/etc). But I think that model applies to the idea of Academy strength as well. 
    In my opinion, any Academy can never 'expect' to produce a top talent. Because Top Talents are not made, they are born. However, you can 'expect' to produce useful footballers. 
    As far as producing useful footballers, I think Derby are doing a great job, with the position they are in. I think Derby do have one of the top 15-20 Academies (facilities/etc) in the country (maybe top 10-15). But they are also far less able to fund nation wide talent search like the bigger clubs. The likes of ManCity/Chelsea/etc. have eyes on the entire country at all ages. Derby do not. That means for a truly unique talent to find its way in Derby's Academy, 15 plus other recruitment teams have already seen and decided to pass on that youth player. 
    All recruitment teams can make mistakes, and miss something in regard to a youth player (they are looking at kids after-all). Those top clubs have the resources and head start on the best talent in the country, so it can appear they are producing these stars, when in reality its just statistics...the bigger clubs have many more shakes of the dice, and statistically will find higher quality talent because of it. 
    If Derby were to go back and establish themselves as a low end Prem team (and all the financial resources that position comes with), Derby would start "producing" those top-talents because they are in a better position to find those young lads.
    If you look at the recent crops of talent that have been scooped from Derby. They were all produced/found/etc. while Derby had been fighting at the top of the Champ, and looking within a shout to crack in to the Prem. That along with the fantastic facilities/ and the larger scouting budget they certainly had, would have been very attractive to a youth. 
    I am excited for the Academy going forward, and think we will see plenty of good talent come through. And, yes, fingers-crossed we can discover one of those top-talents that others may be questioning. We love our club! But as a youth looking to make a go at the very high-risk proposition of being a footballer, will statistically have their young head turned by the likes of ManCity/Chelsea/etc, over Derby County. 
    Of course, there might be a young top talent born and raised in Derbyshire, with the one dream of playing for the Black and White, eager, and waiting for their chance. That would be nice ? 
     
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    Hanny reacted to maxjam in New signings, who will be first...and next?   
    Haha yeah, I ran with the black/white training tops and had some fun with the squares.
    They have been fun, its been good to get back to talking about football again and have players coming into the club rather than the other crap weve had to put up with in the past few years and players leaving on a regular basis.
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    Hanny got a reaction from maxjam in New signings, who will be first...and next?   
    Perhaps the comms team are just basic after all.  Not the wizards of foreshadowing we thought them to be ?
    Side note: I think these reveals have been pretty fun. 
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    Hanny got a reaction from Comrade 86 in New signings, who will be first...and next?   
    I've seen others comment similar. Curtis did drop hints at "further" with Derby. I take that to be coaching. We can't expect that man to keep suiting up for the pitch every match of the season ? But it seems (to me) he is excited about the possibility of being a ram for years to come. Hope I am reading that sense correctly. Regardless, delighted to have him back for another year in the dressing room and on the squad! 
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    Hanny reacted to maxjam in New signings, who will be first...and next?   
    And the squares were getting bigger, I was expecting meh, oooh, WOAH!!!
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