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If we lose it on a points deduction I think we should sue the club in question for cheating their way to the record.

Endless crosses don't work, Paul Warne's made it worse, we're winning but I'm falling asleep again

Or of my inability to remember I've done this one before.

As a songwriter, pure and simple, I'd argue he's up there with Paul Simon, John Lennon and Bob Marley as someone who has a pantheon of songs that will be sung long after anyone reading this will have passed also. As a person he was a bit of an enigma, much about him was quite unlikeable but that is somehow the curse of the genius and the joy he has brought to so many was his gift. "Sad to say I must be on my way So buy me beer and whiskey 'cause I'm going far away (far away) I'd like to think of me returning when I can To the greatest little boozer and to Sally MacLennane"

Give me a T

Bit like when we were at the top end of the Championship (yes, it did happen) and every year it was "we need to get up this season as the teams coming down are so strong".

No it isn't. Poor recruiting in the summer, lack of effort from many players (100% agree with the comment on Hourihane from @Gee SCREAMER !! - he is stealing a living at the moment), often bewildering team selection and lack of tactical ability to break down teams who come to defend. All of these have led us to get pretty much what we've deserved, indeed it could be said (I won't claim it as a concensus) that had NML not had a bit of a purple patch we'd be showing a position that is probably a fairer reflection of the standard of football we have returned.

I don't understand why someone would watch a clip where they know someone dies.

Not sure I would call the Taylor era a debacle. Probably not the place to debate it but still.

Katie Taylor has some balls (pun intended). What a fighter, and capable of taking herself to the point of utter exhaustion. A great war!

So wanted to hate this but it's very good

That Barry Powell miss in the game against Luton tells you everything you ever needed to know.

Wasn't Sturridge set to go to Arsenal for £8m but they signed Bergkamp instead. We then sold him to Leicester for £300k.

Little late to this so apologies. What I think was brilliant, and it was, about B4 was that on an internet forum where we can argue for fifteen pages about whether or not Chris Martin should come back (he shouldn't btw) he managed to bring out the best in us. He had an ability to allow us to come together for the very reason we joined this forum - Derby County. Genuinely, that is no small feat and I say with certainty that this forum, and most likely the lives of those who knew him, will be a poorer place with him not amongst them.

Could have been worse

I think I meant horse

That definitely happened at Darlington, in their old Feethams ground. Charged by a police house that game as well. Blimey it was all a bit lively back in those days.

Nice one against Leeds, they had Yeboah, we had Gabbiadini. Think they won't 4-2 and were a strong side a division above us. But we have a good showing even if, ultimately, they were the better side

Away at Hartlepool in 1984, first time in my lifetime we'd been in the first round of the cup. I got a train down from Newcastle, where I was living at the time. It was proper tasty, just a wire fence between us and the home fans. Every few minutes a group would jump over the small perimeter wall, run the sideline and jump into our fans for a bit of action. We lost 2-1, seem to remember John Robertson being utterly useless but not much besides We got ran back to the station with a police escort of about two officers who frankly didn't want to get involved. Back in the station all the Derby fans are on one platform and all the locals are on the other, baiting each other. I'm with the locals as I am going north, back to Newcastle, on my own and keeping very quiet. Till someone recognizes me and starts shouting at me across the platform "hey up", "what you doing over there" and all that. I just turned to the lad next to me and said "do you know that lad?". Got out alive, but only just. Seem to remember we drew them again in either the FA or league cup the next season, I gave that one a swerve.

This weekend marks the earliest date that St Clods Day has ever fallen on. Even if the Blunts get maximum points from their next four games they can't get there till 2nd Dec. Still got four months to beat their own record of the latest date it has ever fallen in 2021.

Not related to the above but I see you are trending on Twitter @DarkFruitsRam7

You had to go say George Thorne didn't you?

Saw him play a couple of times for QPR and he was beyond poor. But his record at this level (Posh, Charlton, Rotherham) is decent so let's hope he can get a run of form going. His goal on Tue was very good, though I'm still not sure if the drag back / dummy was intentional or just him getting the ball trapped under this foot. Either way, back of the onion sack and all that.

I agree with all but the last sentence, we really weren't. And we made so much of our bad luck as well which did, as you say, manifest a perfect storm of ineptitude. But, in many ways, it was one of the more memorable seasons of my football supporting life.

Hoped him to be the Dave Mackay / Robbie Van Der Laan / John Gregory (icon not position) of our resurgence, well I was wrong on that one. Been bang average for the most part, with occassional moments of skill (the third goal last night) but all too far and between to make me think of shedding any tears if this were true.