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Yeah, but he was in the Birmingham end and started the chant

Yeah, but he was in the Birmingham end and started the chant

Yeah, but he was in the Birmingham end and started the chant

Let's be careful to not write off the whole club just because a few WUMs saw it as a perfect chance to go back 20 years in time. I genuinely believe most football fans, at least the real ones, appreciate that the Derby situation (or maybe it was the Bury situation, the Newport situation or the Maidstone situation) is the tip of the iceberg. You only have to look around the leagues and see there are many, many clubs thinking they are two or three bad transfers (or ten or eleven in Everton's case) away from being in our position. I'm not going to write off a whole club - even Boro or Forest - just because one or two morons (one in the case of Boro) get the wrong end of the stick. 
Sadly, it really is time when all clubs need to realise this is not just happening to Derby, this is happening to every club outside the top five. Everyone, the EFL included, need to realise we are not fighting for Derby County, we are fighting for local, community based football clubs everywhere.

First they came for Maidstone
And I did not speak out
Because I was not an Maidstone fan
Then they came for Newport
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Newport fan
Then they came for Bury
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Bury fan
Then they came for Derby
And they did not speak out
Because they were not Derby fans
Then they came for your club
And there was no one left
To speak out for you
All poetry, and stolen stanzas, aside the key point is not to make this about 'Derby vs EFL' or 'Derby vs Boro' or 'Fans vs Mel' and that is - without contradicting myself - where the EFL have completely missed the point here. This is about the governance of how football clubs are run, how the lure of the Premier League is completely irresistible to many and to how the polarization of the game is increasingly moving it away from being a community based sport to a franchise run system akin to what we see in NFL etc. British football is more than that and it should be our key point that this is not so much about saving one club - all that does is kick the can down the road - but more about saving the game for the communities that it exists within.

First they came for Maidstone
And I did not speak out
Because I was not an Maidstone fan
Then they came for Newport
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Newport fan
Then they came for Bury
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Bury fan
Then they came for Derby
And they did not speak out
Because they were not Derby fans
Then they came for your club
And there was no one left
To speak out for you
All poetry, and stolen stanzas, aside the key point is not to make this about 'Derby vs EFL' or 'Derby vs Boro' or 'Fans vs Mel' and that is - without contradicting myself - where the EFL have completely missed the point here. This is about the governance of how football clubs are run, how the lure of the Premier League is completely irresistible to many and to how the polarization of the game is increasingly moving it away from being a community based sport to a franchise run system akin to what we see in NFL etc. British football is more than that and it should be our key point that this is not so much about saving one club - all that does is kick the can down the road - but more about saving the game for the communities that it exists within.

Let's be careful to not write off the whole club just because a few WUMs saw it as a perfect chance to go back 20 years in time. I genuinely believe most football fans, at least the real ones, appreciate that the Derby situation (or maybe it was the Bury situation, the Newport situation or the Maidstone situation) is the tip of the iceberg. You only have to look around the leagues and see there are many, many clubs thinking they are two or three bad transfers (or ten or eleven in Everton's case) away from being in our position. I'm not going to write off a whole club - even Boro or Forest - just because one or two morons (one in the case of Boro) get the wrong end of the stick. 
Sadly, it really is time when all clubs need to realise this is not just happening to Derby, this is happening to every club outside the top five. Everyone, the EFL included, need to realise we are not fighting for Derby County, we are fighting for local, community based football clubs everywhere.

I'm not quite sure what you are suggesting as an 'unpopular opinion'? Do you want less media coverage, some fans to stay away from the game, not cheer when we score? Maybe we should ask to play a couple of games behind closed doors to give them chance to relax a bit? Just what is it that you would change in the current environment to get where you think you need to?
From my side, I can't see how knowing you have every supporter who has ever supported the club behind you can be anything other than positive. Who knows how 'mentally leggy' (weird image: is it like having a low physical IQ?) they would be anyway, let's not forget this is a relegation battle and many players are in their first couple (or even last couple) of seasons so it's hard to expect them to be on it for 46 games, 90+6 minutes each week. They are playing out of their skins and - on a points per game ratio - we will finish above Reading if we carry on at this rate (they will finish on 36 points, we will finish on 38) so it seems it is all moving in the right direction, no matter how young, or old, they are.

First they came for Maidstone
And I did not speak out
Because I was not an Maidstone fan
Then they came for Newport
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Newport fan
Then they came for Bury
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Bury fan
Then they came for Derby
And they did not speak out
Because they were not Derby fans
Then they came for your club
And there was no one left
To speak out for you
All poetry, and stolen stanzas, aside the key point is not to make this about 'Derby vs EFL' or 'Derby vs Boro' or 'Fans vs Mel' and that is - without contradicting myself - where the EFL have completely missed the point here. This is about the governance of how football clubs are run, how the lure of the Premier League is completely irresistible to many and to how the polarization of the game is increasingly moving it away from being a community based sport to a franchise run system akin to what we see in NFL etc. British football is more than that and it should be our key point that this is not so much about saving one club - all that does is kick the can down the road - but more about saving the game for the communities that it exists within.

First they came for Maidstone
And I did not speak out
Because I was not an Maidstone fan
Then they came for Newport
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Newport fan
Then they came for Bury
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Bury fan
Then they came for Derby
And they did not speak out
Because they were not Derby fans
Then they came for your club
And there was no one left
To speak out for you
All poetry, and stolen stanzas, aside the key point is not to make this about 'Derby vs EFL' or 'Derby vs Boro' or 'Fans vs Mel' and that is - without contradicting myself - where the EFL have completely missed the point here. This is about the governance of how football clubs are run, how the lure of the Premier League is completely irresistible to many and to how the polarization of the game is increasingly moving it away from being a community based sport to a franchise run system akin to what we see in NFL etc. British football is more than that and it should be our key point that this is not so much about saving one club - all that does is kick the can down the road - but more about saving the game for the communities that it exists within.

First they came for Maidstone
And I did not speak out
Because I was not an Maidstone fan
Then they came for Newport
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Newport fan
Then they came for Bury
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Bury fan
Then they came for Derby
And they did not speak out
Because they were not Derby fans
Then they came for your club
And there was no one left
To speak out for you
All poetry, and stolen stanzas, aside the key point is not to make this about 'Derby vs EFL' or 'Derby vs Boro' or 'Fans vs Mel' and that is - without contradicting myself - where the EFL have completely missed the point here. This is about the governance of how football clubs are run, how the lure of the Premier League is completely irresistible to many and to how the polarization of the game is increasingly moving it away from being a community based sport to a franchise run system akin to what we see in NFL etc. British football is more than that and it should be our key point that this is not so much about saving one club - all that does is kick the can down the road - but more about saving the game for the communities that it exists within.

First they came for Maidstone
And I did not speak out
Because I was not an Maidstone fan
Then they came for Newport
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Newport fan
Then they came for Bury
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Bury fan
Then they came for Derby
And they did not speak out
Because they were not Derby fans
Then they came for your club
And there was no one left
To speak out for you
All poetry, and stolen stanzas, aside the key point is not to make this about 'Derby vs EFL' or 'Derby vs Boro' or 'Fans vs Mel' and that is - without contradicting myself - where the EFL have completely missed the point here. This is about the governance of how football clubs are run, how the lure of the Premier League is completely irresistible to many and to how the polarization of the game is increasingly moving it away from being a community based sport to a franchise run system akin to what we see in NFL etc. British football is more than that and it should be our key point that this is not so much about saving one club - all that does is kick the can down the road - but more about saving the game for the communities that it exists within.

First they came for Maidstone
And I did not speak out
Because I was not an Maidstone fan
Then they came for Newport
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Newport fan
Then they came for Bury
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Bury fan
Then they came for Derby
And they did not speak out
Because they were not Derby fans
Then they came for your club
And there was no one left
To speak out for you
All poetry, and stolen stanzas, aside the key point is not to make this about 'Derby vs EFL' or 'Derby vs Boro' or 'Fans vs Mel' and that is - without contradicting myself - where the EFL have completely missed the point here. This is about the governance of how football clubs are run, how the lure of the Premier League is completely irresistible to many and to how the polarization of the game is increasingly moving it away from being a community based sport to a franchise run system akin to what we see in NFL etc. British football is more than that and it should be our key point that this is not so much about saving one club - all that does is kick the can down the road - but more about saving the game for the communities that it exists within.

First they came for Maidstone
And I did not speak out
Because I was not an Maidstone fan
Then they came for Newport
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Newport fan
Then they came for Bury
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Bury fan
Then they came for Derby
And they did not speak out
Because they were not Derby fans
Then they came for your club
And there was no one left
To speak out for you
All poetry, and stolen stanzas, aside the key point is not to make this about 'Derby vs EFL' or 'Derby vs Boro' or 'Fans vs Mel' and that is - without contradicting myself - where the EFL have completely missed the point here. This is about the governance of how football clubs are run, how the lure of the Premier League is completely irresistible to many and to how the polarization of the game is increasingly moving it away from being a community based sport to a franchise run system akin to what we see in NFL etc. British football is more than that and it should be our key point that this is not so much about saving one club - all that does is kick the can down the road - but more about saving the game for the communities that it exists within.

First they came for Maidstone
And I did not speak out
Because I was not an Maidstone fan
Then they came for Newport
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Newport fan
Then they came for Bury
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Bury fan
Then they came for Derby
And they did not speak out
Because they were not Derby fans
Then they came for your club
And there was no one left
To speak out for you
All poetry, and stolen stanzas, aside the key point is not to make this about 'Derby vs EFL' or 'Derby vs Boro' or 'Fans vs Mel' and that is - without contradicting myself - where the EFL have completely missed the point here. This is about the governance of how football clubs are run, how the lure of the Premier League is completely irresistible to many and to how the polarization of the game is increasingly moving it away from being a community based sport to a franchise run system akin to what we see in NFL etc. British football is more than that and it should be our key point that this is not so much about saving one club - all that does is kick the can down the road - but more about saving the game for the communities that it exists within.

First they came for Maidstone
And I did not speak out
Because I was not an Maidstone fan
Then they came for Newport
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Newport fan
Then they came for Bury
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Bury fan
Then they came for Derby
And they did not speak out
Because they were not Derby fans
Then they came for your club
And there was no one left
To speak out for you
All poetry, and stolen stanzas, aside the key point is not to make this about 'Derby vs EFL' or 'Derby vs Boro' or 'Fans vs Mel' and that is - without contradicting myself - where the EFL have completely missed the point here. This is about the governance of how football clubs are run, how the lure of the Premier League is completely irresistible to many and to how the polarization of the game is increasingly moving it away from being a community based sport to a franchise run system akin to what we see in NFL etc. British football is more than that and it should be our key point that this is not so much about saving one club - all that does is kick the can down the road - but more about saving the game for the communities that it exists within.

Let's be careful to not write off the whole club just because a few WUMs saw it as a perfect chance to go back 20 years in time. I genuinely believe most football fans, at least the real ones, appreciate that the Derby situation (or maybe it was the Bury situation, the Newport situation or the Maidstone situation) is the tip of the iceberg. You only have to look around the leagues and see there are many, many clubs thinking they are two or three bad transfers (or ten or eleven in Everton's case) away from being in our position. I'm not going to write off a whole club - even Boro or Forest - just because one or two morons (one in the case of Boro) get the wrong end of the stick. 
Sadly, it really is time when all clubs need to realise this is not just happening to Derby, this is happening to every club outside the top five. Everyone, the EFL included, need to realise we are not fighting for Derby County, we are fighting for local, community based football clubs everywhere.

First they came for Maidstone
And I did not speak out
Because I was not an Maidstone fan
Then they came for Newport
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Newport fan
Then they came for Bury
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Bury fan
Then they came for Derby
And they did not speak out
Because they were not Derby fans
Then they came for your club
And there was no one left
To speak out for you
All poetry, and stolen stanzas, aside the key point is not to make this about 'Derby vs EFL' or 'Derby vs Boro' or 'Fans vs Mel' and that is - without contradicting myself - where the EFL have completely missed the point here. This is about the governance of how football clubs are run, how the lure of the Premier League is completely irresistible to many and to how the polarization of the game is increasingly moving it away from being a community based sport to a franchise run system akin to what we see in NFL etc. British football is more than that and it should be our key point that this is not so much about saving one club - all that does is kick the can down the road - but more about saving the game for the communities that it exists within.

Let's be careful to not write off the whole club just because a few WUMs saw it as a perfect chance to go back 20 years in time. I genuinely believe most football fans, at least the real ones, appreciate that the Derby situation (or maybe it was the Bury situation, the Newport situation or the Maidstone situation) is the tip of the iceberg. You only have to look around the leagues and see there are many, many clubs thinking they are two or three bad transfers (or ten or eleven in Everton's case) away from being in our position. I'm not going to write off a whole club - even Boro or Forest - just because one or two morons (one in the case of Boro) get the wrong end of the stick. 
Sadly, it really is time when all clubs need to realise this is not just happening to Derby, this is happening to every club outside the top five. Everyone, the EFL included, need to realise we are not fighting for Derby County, we are fighting for local, community based football clubs everywhere.

Let's be careful to not write off the whole club just because a few WUMs saw it as a perfect chance to go back 20 years in time. I genuinely believe most football fans, at least the real ones, appreciate that the Derby situation (or maybe it was the Bury situation, the Newport situation or the Maidstone situation) is the tip of the iceberg. You only have to look around the leagues and see there are many, many clubs thinking they are two or three bad transfers (or ten or eleven in Everton's case) away from being in our position. I'm not going to write off a whole club - even Boro or Forest - just because one or two morons (one in the case of Boro) get the wrong end of the stick. 
Sadly, it really is time when all clubs need to realise this is not just happening to Derby, this is happening to every club outside the top five. Everyone, the EFL included, need to realise we are not fighting for Derby County, we are fighting for local, community based football clubs everywhere.

I've also got a single spare ticket for Sunday - SW Corner. I don't need any money for it but I am sure they will be collecting on Sunday, either for the club or other good causes, so put something in the bucket then and we'll call it quits.

And the precedent that is set should a claim be paid - every club in the division could claim based on whether or not they weren't promoted, didn't make the play offs, got relegated, finished below us in the league, lost attendances because we were above them so less people came to the game because they thought we would beat them. Clubs that we knocked out of the cups, players who didn't get win bonuses, clubs who claimed they would have been on Sky instead of us, fans who felt cheated and are left with PTSD over it all (tbf - I think a couple are still getting over the announcement of the team sheet at Wembley).
Back to some sort of sensibility, there is no direct reason why Boro's claim is any more valid than one that could be made by any other club in the division and any award of a claim would open up the floodgates, not just for us but against Aston Villa, Birmingham, QPR and others.

I've also got a single spare ticket for Sunday - SW Corner. I don't need any money for it but I am sure they will be collecting on Sunday, either for the club or other good causes, so put something in the bucket then and we'll call it quits.

I've also got a single spare ticket for Sunday - SW Corner. I don't need any money for it but I am sure they will be collecting on Sunday, either for the club or other good causes, so put something in the bucket then and we'll call it quits.

I was convinced it was Nacer Bazarite but it isn't. What I will say is that Google makes this game a lot easier - I just got the answer but as it was a cheat I won't post.