IslandExile

Debt paid.
Brilliant. Well done everyone ?

Debt paid.
Brilliant. Well done everyone ?

Debt paid.
Brilliant. Well done everyone ?

Debt paid.
Brilliant. Well done everyone ?

Done. Great initiative. 
Just spotted that a Forest fan had praised the initiative and made a contribution. That’s nice to see. 

Rams fan Andy Mitchell is fundraising for St John's Ambulance to see if he/we can raise the £8,000 that Mel left them hanging for. Going well so far but if anyone can help here is the link:-
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/stjohndcfc?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socpledgemobile&utm_content=stjohndcfc&utm_campaign=post-pledge-mobile&utm_term=K6Yx7jQn6

Why would he give up the chance to build a managerial career for a mere stop gap position?
Never mind that....
The great thing in Rooney's full post match interview was when he said he didn't want the focus on himself but on Liam Thompson who was excellent on his debut.

Yeah, the abuse of all our goalkeepers and Roos, in particular, is completely out of order.
He makes mistakes....all goalkeepers do. They always have and always will; it's the nature of the position that those mistakes will be magnified. There have been far bigger howlers than those mistakes by Roos.
Roos is a better than average Championship keeper - and I think he is the best of the options that we have available.
Up front is where our priorities should lie.

It did @angieram, please do not worry.
My tearful face was also intended as a jokey reaction. Damn the impersonal nature of the written word - and emojis.
 

If we stay up this season it will be a remarkable achievement don’t  get me wrong, but for me, becoming the League Champions for the first time tops it. 
A very good Arsenal team had done an almost unprecedented double the year before and Leeds boasted a team of 11 current international players every week at the time, much disliked, they were a formidable team and Shanks was getting close to making Liverpool a force to be reckoned with.
So topping the table with those illustrious teams behind us was a big deal indeed. If we weren’t skint I think it would have been a nice gesture of the club to give the surviving players some kind of memento to celebrate that achievement but we are where we are and times are hard, more’s the pity. 

Boro - sending us Mikkel Beck?
Wycombe - making us watch their horrendously ugly football for 180 minutes?

Oh no..and they are rarely wrong...

The Sun apparently

It would be one of the greatest achievements in our clubs history when you consider the circumstances and the non-stop drama of the past couple of seasons. 
But nah not even close. Those 2 league wins were just magnificent. 

It works......a couple of minutes later and we have the ball in and around the centre circle.

I agree totally, I get abuse on twitter all the time for backing Roos because I don't think he's a bad keeper. Saw a tweet last night saying he's the worst keeper in our history and people we agreeing with it. If that was the case, why do our last 3 managers keep playing Roos after signing other keepers too?
Our fans expect too much from a goalkeeper, we're in the championship and our fans are expecting our keepers to be good at every aspect of goalkeeping. Even keepers in the prem aren't good at everything. 

You're not helping.

Lawrence - deserved headlines.
Excellent from Thompson and Ebosele.
Non stop from Knight.
But, my oh my, unsung heroes in Davies and Shinnie.

not caught up on comments on here... dashed home, dashed out, just got back and logged in...
I'm normally the first out, dashing from my aisle seat as soon as the whistle goes.
Today, every single player deserved that ovation, and I was more than happy to stay back, and applaud them off... and I got the impression quite a few more hung back for a little longer than normal.  And rightly so!
At half time, I mentioned that I was enjoying the players' attitude.  By full time, I was immensely impressed, and exceedingly proud, of each and every one of them.  We all know that collectively at least, they lack the quality to match today's achievement week in, week out, but today, they busted a gut, and got exactly what they deserved... a bloody fantastic 3 points!
If truth be told, as that last rendition of "We'll fight to the end" rang out... long after the final whistle... it brought a lump to my throat, and a tear to my eye.
For quite a while now, I've been kidding myself that in the grand scheme of things, DCFC come a fair way down the list of priorities in my life these days.  Today has taught me that they do still matter.  I do still care.  And that I really will be Derby 'til I die.
Today was a good day... nay, a great day.  One down, 28 to go!
UTFR ?

So so proud of the lads today. Loved the energy and intensity. Clearly a team that hasn’t given up and I hope this causes people to re-evaluate our chances instead of just saying we’re down. It isn’t over until mathematically impossible, we will know in January whether we have a chance when ownership is sorted and we know what squad we have. Everyone knows we’re 15 points adrift, everyone knows it’s unlikely but without hope what else is there this season.
 
As for the game,  Really good first 15-20 minutes, got the goal and despite Bournemouth possession we looked comfortable. Then Kelle, I saw it at half time, just sloppy first touch fine then next just kicked it too far ahead of himself. Redeemed himself slightly with the a couple of good takes late on and that save/take where we wiped out 3 players. We know we need a better keeper for the long term. Bournemouth second goal was pure class, created by their embarrassment of riches (thank you parachute payments!)
It looked ominous but the way they dug in to turn it around was awe inspiring. A piece of brilliance from Lawrence put the game back in our favour and then heart and desire from Shinnie won the penalty (with some help from the officials it seems - it is definitely about bloody time) 
Curtis was outstanding some unbelievable tackles. Bird Shinnie excellent. Knight was incredible (my MOM) need to change the chant to he’s here he’s there he’s every ducking where Jason Knight!! Which then leaves Liam Thompson. Saw him preseason for first time and really impressed. First half he was tidy but for me was taking the safe option too often - don’t think he passed the the ball forward once - but second half showed what a talent he is. Definitely has a part to play between now and the end of the season.
Keep believing. The players and staff deserve that from us as a minimum.
COYR!!! ????????
 

Good points. Also worth mentioning our record against top 6 teams is not unlike last season but we've already dropped a lot of points to bottom half teams (like last season).
Infuriatingly, if we'd have beaten Barnsley we'd now only be 5 points behind them even with a 21 point penalty. Its those games we need to improve in.
As a general point, long way to go before we can start to think about a great escape. The gap to 4th bottom is currently 15 points...halve that by Christmas & I'll start to dream of the biggest 'up yours' in English football history.