IslandExile

Great days 😁
 

Not forgetting the Franny Lee Norman Hunter match where we won 3-2.
And Leeds 2 Derby 4 
 

Not here.

I'm glad Mr Plopalot has moved on. Please pass on our heartfelt wishes to him....
 
 

Since 1970, players of 43 countries have represented the Rams - 273 from England and 186 from elsewhere.
Here is the complete list of countries and non-English players, roughly in order of when they first played for us.
Info gleaned from one particular website so feel free to point out any discrepancies. The likes of Timi Max Elsnik are excluded since he never made an appearance.
More from Jamaica than Northern Ireland and only ever one from Germany are both surprising.

 
Scotland:

Ireland:

Wales:

Jamaica:

Northern Ireland:

Poland:

 
Spain:

 
 
 
 
 
 

Used to run Southampton’s academy…impressive move 

New Academy Manager Matt Hale signed from Southampton’s academy. This is a duplicate post on my part but made sense to pop it in the Academy Thread too. Hopefully this goes some way to reassuring people the academy is still a priority and to me seems like an exciting and forward thinking appointment as Saint’s academy has produced decent talent over the years, hasn’t it?
 

Jack Wilshere and Nani played well.

Oxymorons.

Or wisteria for short....

....and that's the colour of our 3rd kit sorted for next season.

Or wisteria for short....

Or wisteria for short....

Or wisteria for short....

You’ve spelt champions league wrong.

Yeah, we just need another James Collins.
Oh, wait...

I am very sorry to see McGoldrick go in some ways. It was an honour to watch his play, he had a great season (his most productive ever) and we fans loved him.
I have to respect his decision to return to his boyhood club and I hope he does as well for them as he did for us.
There was no guarantee that he would repeat his scoring exploits if he had stayed here, and I'd hate if he'd had a poor season by comparison and our fans started to turn on him. I think it's his general ability to read the game we'll find the hardest to replace.
However, there were also times last season when we were a little too reliant on McGoldrick for my liking. Not his fault, but players would pass to him when others might have been better placed. Now they've got to come up with alternative solutions,  like stepping up and scoring more themselves. It's a challenge, but I think we'll rise to it.
 

I genuinely don't understand why I've just seen "League two is a bigger pull than Warne"
It's not league two. It's Notts County. It's his club. He wants to retire there. Fair play. Could have stayed here for more money. He's literally just said himself that no other club he would have gone for. 
Internally they would have known about this for ages. I would imagine that Mcgoldrick has said "Look if Notts go up there's a chance I could go back there and I'd want to"
I wish him nothing but the best. Was unbelievable for us last season and without him we'd have been nowhere.
But that was the season of his life and we cannot be relying on him to do that again. We need 3-4 strikers chipping in with 8-15 goals each. We need wide players chipping in with 5-10. 
It's not just about replacing Mcgoldricks goals with an individual it needs to be spread. 
Other than Hourihane and NML. Goals from other areas of the team were pitiful.
But fans using this as a stick to beat Warne or the club with are a joke.

Quote from the article; 
McGoldrick said: “It has been a difficult decision for me to leave Derby County, but it has been a huge ambition of mine to play for Notts County again before the end of my career.
“I’ve been honest and open with both Paul Warne and the club about it in recent weeks and they’ve been supportive and understanding.
“If it wasn’t for the fact that I had the chance to return to Notts, it would have been a no-brainer to stay at Derby - regardless of interest from any other club. I really enjoyed working under the gaffer and his staff, playing alongside the lads and, of course, performing in front of the brilliant fans at Pride Park. I want to thank everyone for making me feel so welcome in the last year.
“I had a wonderful season with Derby and to score 25 goals and three hat-tricks made it such an enjoyable time, the best in terms of goals for me personally in the season, and actually made the decision such a difficult one. 
“I’ve had many conversations with the gaffer over the last few weeks and he really did do everything he could to keep me at Derby but, in the end, I have decided to go with my heart and return to Notts.”
He added: “I wish the club the very best of luck moving forward and I’ll be willing Derby on next season. They’re in good hands both on the pitch with the gaffer, Richie Barker, Matt Hamshaw and Andy Warrington, as well as off it too.”

I’ve seen a lot more bees this week 👍🏻 

In the hole. Fist pump.

Centre forward who hugs the left touchline and hardly ever scores, so not a lot of thought given to goal celebrations.
I would like to think I'd go with Bobby Charlton handshakes on the way back to the halfway line.

Derby are massive !!
End of....

And the season after that we’ll be in the Premier League and then we can spend spend spend yoo hoo …. Sorry 🥺