IslandExile

Not that the others are any less unrealistic...

Macintosh 5 minutes before starting this thread… 

Reduce the dosage

The first game I ever went to was Aston Villa at home. I don’t remember much about the game apart from this giant of a Centre back who, during the first half took a mid air ball under control, proceeded to do kick ups with it then took on the onrushing attacker and played and inch perfect 30 yard pass. 
Open mouthed I asked my dad, “who’s that dad?? He’s amazing!” 
He replied “Igor Stimac son, watch him as much as you can because it’s rare you get to see a true world class player playing for Derby and he won’t be here for long” 
He’s been my all time favourite Derby player ever since, my god that side with Stimac, Eranio, Baiano was frightening 

There must be some empathy from other clubs with the situation Derby are in, the history of our club and how helpless we are with our situation. If there were five or six loans of top players they could help the club, those not getting a first-team chance, some players that fancy making history, then why not? Wayne has such respect in the game, maybe he could beg PL teams to loan players to us, with the likelihood we need to win every game next year to stay up. What about Newcastle letting us borrow Dwight Gayle, West Ham's Andriy Yarmolenko, Leicester's Marc Albrighton, United's Juan Mata and Matic etc. assemble a team that could win every game and the eyes of the football world would be on them.

The number one priority is to get a new owner.
Then we can worry about what to do next.

No worries - I agree its totally nerve-wracking and feels fragile until a new owner actually signs those papers. Fingers crossed

Why pick on me! Obviously that is number 1 priority - I sort of assumed the thread was assuming that had happened by then and perhaps the original poster was bored by the other round in circles threads

The number one priority is to get a new owner.
Then we can worry about what to do next.

Don't we play Bournemouth first?
One problem at a time please.

Finally managed to catch up with Mr Rioch after many many years, got him to sign the 1974/75 championship winners and Charity Shield winners shirt,
?The Villa fans will never mock when they remember Bruce Rioch ! Rioch..Rioch !?
what a shot he had ! Powerhouse !

Well done on your perseverance @loweman2.  ? He looks a nice older man in that photograph, you’d never think he was a very tough cookie looking at him, certainly not one to take liberties with.
You’ll have to tell us how you got him to change mind after his initial reluctance to your requests sometime.

Finally ! Mr Rioch !
?The villa fans will never mock when they remember Bruce Rioch…Rioch…Rioch !?

He was another casualty due to administration, unfortunately.

A good read that was Reg, But not for those who believe in Fairy Tales, Football for me lost it's Soul years ago, I can't put a date/time on it, The passion I had for football has got me into bother with Away fans, Home fans, Family, The Law, The Courts, All because of a team called Derby County, They could have been aliens from another planet who ate their children and i've still walked on broken glass barefooted to watch them.
Football is a Corrupt Sport, FIFA, UEFA, CONCACAF and others are even today in it for the Money, Fans like B4 who posts on here, He and his Dad go home and away, Spend their hard earned, Are treated when going away as an inconvenience, He's where I and many many 1000s were back in the day.
In todays World of Football...it's run by those who have NO! affinity to the club they own, Players who cheat, Refs who are incompetent have taken the game to another World, Yesterday England Vs Albania...2mins of injury time in the 1st half, When there were 4 stopages from Albanian players going down injuered amounting to close on 8mins, The fans are still being cheated, The price fans pay for this division is £30+ for an away game...and people still pay it...and fare play to them.
Sorry for the rant all unfortunately it's the World we live in...driven by £££££££££££££££££££££.

Matchday 17 – Saturday 13th November 1971 & a trip to Molineux, Wolverhampton
Wolves started the day in a modest 14th place but that was misleading given they’d finished 4th the previous season & were to finish this season as UEFA Cup finalists. They were also unbeaten at home still & so the trip looked a tough one for Derby….
 

 
Programme at Wolves primarily concerned with excitement at facing East German opposition in the UEFA Cup…

 
Despite their defeat, Derby managed to hang onto 2nd place by dint of a superior goal average over Man City & Sheffield Utd, both of whom won. Man Utd also won, beating Spurs 3-1 to go 3 points clear of the Rams;

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