Dean (hick) Saunders

Crazy that if we had converted a few of the easy chances we have had (this season) we would be clear at the top without hitting second gear..
Promising signs.. A couple more quality loans and season should be something to savour.. ?

Well our attacking options look great so if we are going to be a bit fragile at the back we need to take our chances.
We can mitigate Davies being out by banging a load of goals in. 

Decent enough draw to make for an interesting cup tie. Hopefully we will develop a bit of form which will entice a good home contingent.

Decent enough draw to make for an interesting cup tie. Hopefully we will develop a bit of form which will entice a good home contingent.

You'd expect both of those to field a weakened side against us. A good draw for us.

I read today that Bristol Chity’s owner has put the club up for sale, they are also facing a points deduction under FFP, I see that Onanists tw@s in Bristol (OTIB) have started to focus on their own problems and have lost their pseudo sexual obsession with the Rams especially their chief onanist Miss P.
Shall we hold a party for them?

Certainly should - they can hardly claim that they’ve signed him for the youth team now he’s played for them in the Prem….

Was just wondering if him making a prem appearance at the first opportunity would benefit us in the rumoured tribunal

I am calling all derby fans to get behind the lads I will be cheering them on but I wont able to do the bounce but I am 55 to 60 percent at best because of my injury I spoke to my big boss and he is fine with me going and not be jumping around I wont be but I will have my walking stick on me I cleared with charlton and there fine with it. But let's all be loud and pround let's be so loud and pround and keep reminding the efl were still here and were not gone and on our back to champership and beyond. 
 

0 - 2 Rams
FRGS Hairyhands

This but with Fozzy in for Roberts who I thought was poor vs Oxford.

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If Derby come and try and out football us and try and win, we will probably win.  If they come for a point and s******** us they will probably get all 3. Think we'll play some nice stuff in the first half again but lose our way and ultimately lack the edge required to get anything from the game.  Just hope we don't have too much negativity in the crowd towards the passing game and slow build up 

Luckily for us he only needs to play better than Craig Forsyth, not Roberto Carlos.

Game of opinions and all that but yours is wrong. Sorry to have to let you know

This but with Fozzy in for Roberts who I thought was poor vs Oxford.

This but with Fozzy in for Roberts who I thought was poor vs Oxford.

If Jack Stretton can stay fit he will prove himself some player. Hope it works out for him.

He looked pretty ineffective on Saturday because the supply was cut off to him. Notably when the midfield got fixed he started to do alright on the left.  

Why would we waste a loan for him to play in our U23s? 
Its pretty obvious that any loan signing we make will be either to play or to cover first team positions. 

Over 2,800 tickets sold for this now. Fantastic support!

Thoughts from yesterday.
Felt incredibly tense before the game and that took away a little from the delight at being back.
I thought the team played with a similar spirit to last year, even though the personnel was hugely different. It was obvious that we were a bit clunky as players get used to each other and playing in different positions but I could see what they were trying to do and there wasn’t anyone yesterday that I thought played poorly or that wouldn’t contribute to the cause this season.
Knight and NML terrorised Oxford in the first half but were largely blunted as a pair in the second. Mendez Laing was my MOM.
Knight played well but is wasted at FB. We need him in midfield where we were overpowered. We put in very few telling tackles and we can’t afford to do that this year. I can see why we’re looking at another CM and would love Dale Stephens here. We will struggle away from home unless we have more defensive CM options.
 I thought Collins battled well and ran his socks off but he badly needs a goal and a bit more central support. When Sibley came on he got that. Thought LS played okay (not so keen on the shenanigans after the final whistle) and he showed the importance of a central player who runs at the opposition. This is another area where we need strengthening. A quicker forward.
 I can see why we play the sideways, backwards Chuckle Brothers routine to draw the opposition but this looks too robotic and overdone. We have two exciting wide players and poor Barkhuisen had little to work with in the first half. In the second he showed how valuable he can be.
Looking at the squad, I’m still struggling to see where a lot of goals are coming from but I can also see a strong squad emerging and there’s a lot of quality.
And finally, when the ball came to Hourihane on that left foot I just knew where it would end up. That was glorious!

 

Probably doesnt deserve its own thread but seeing as I'm not breaking any rules, who cares. And I'm sure I won't be alone in starting threads like this either.
 
First and foremost Derby have just won the first game of the season and I am buzzing! The excitement is back! With that in mind I've took some notes based on the game and thought I'd share them.
 
The Good:
We have a real sleeping giant of a team. I feel like we barely got out of first gear and bar 1 or 2 moments we were very comfortable against a league 1 side that love to play football. 
James Collins (amongst others) will be our new cult hero this year. Plays with his heart on his sleeve, gets about, gets stuck in and seems to have a bit about him in the box aswel. Genuinely feel like he'll motivate those around him just by his tenacity and drive (Think Steve Howard)
Mendez Laing - real force in this league. I feel like he'll have that Wanchope feel to him, frustrating occasionally but overall a quality player, especially for this league.
I could go on but above all, what a feeling to have our club back, the excitement and hearing the fans singing with pride. I've almost forgot the last 18 months even happened I'm so happy. 
 
The Bad:
Lack of wing backs. 
The only thing I see us truly lacking at the moment in comparison to last season and the previous 8-10 seasons is our marauding wing backs.
At the moment we've got Knight who even tho can play there, is not a rb, and most certainly isn't someone who naturally has blistering pace to over lap and stretch the game out wide, same with Roberts at left back. They do solid jobs, but its not the attacking wing backs that are needed for the 1 striker up front formation.
I feel like if we can address 1 of these positions with a replacement for Byrne/Buchannan - this will give us the edge for how we want to play. We won today, yes, but I think this will help cut teams open and allow our wingers to drop inside and support our CF more, whoever that is.
 
The Beautifully Ugly:
I'm not talking about a Haydon Roberts mug shot, I'm talking about our grit! We look like a team that is going to dig in physically when it's needed, which will be often. Yeah the game was scrappy at times but it was good to see us not get thrown off our game and give as good as we got in the battles. 
 
Thank you for today Derby, you've made a ram down in Cornwall very happy.
 
COYR
 
❤❤

Rosenior saying some exciting signings are really close and hopefully done next week

Swopping one crock for another sounds like Derby Way