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Daniel's dad reads the Forum and will see your messages of support.
 
 

I was sat with him before the match on Sunday and he was telling me how ill he had been recently but when I received the news last night it was a total shock.
Daniel was always a positive cheerleader at away games, the very definition of a supporter that was always there through the good times and more importantly the bad, encouraging the team.
Angie introduced me to him as a fellow forum member a few years ago and I’m glad she did, it was good to get to know him as part of the football family, he will be greatly missed.
My condolences to his family especially his dad who was always there for him.
Rest in peace dear friend. 🐏😢

Such tragic news.  Stand tall, and pain free, in afterlife. You Ram.

Stunned and saddened in equal measures. 
RIP Daniel, you've touched more lives than you'll ever know.

First and foremost, my thoughts are with Daniel's friends and family, I cannot imagine what they are going through right now.
I heard the news last night and it came as a huge shock, B4 as we knew him so fondly by will be a huge loss to the forum.
He was Mr Positivity, Derby County's biggest cheerleader, even during the bad times his positivity would shine through.
I know his Dad was at the game today with a scarf on his seat, whilst we haven't closed the gap on Portsmouth in Daniel's final rallying call on this forum, I'm sure he will be over the moon with the 3 goals and 3 points today.
DCFC Fans will be honouring Daniel in time to ensure he remains in our memories, we will also be contacting the club in due course to see what can be done during a game.
Suggestions are welcomed as we all come to terms with the loss.
Rest in peace Daniel. ❤️🐏

I have some very sad news this evening.  Daniel (B4) died earlier this week. He was just 38.
As you know, he has been battling numerous health conditions for a long time, but always remained cheerful  and was the most loyal supporter of his beloved Rams, home and away.
He was at the match at Crewe and gave his full support as always. 
Daniel leaves behind a grieving dad, mum and sister. Our thoughts go out to them and we only hope they get a little comfort from knowing how well loved Daniel is by all who know him. 
Here are a couple of photos that his dad agreed could be shared. I'm sure many of you have others, as Daniel loved a selfie at the game.
David is hoping to arrange a more fitting tribute in time, but for now please raise a glass in his memory and a good Derby win today. I am sure that's what Daniel would have been doing tonight.
 

A 3-0 win. Nothing to moan about. Going to be a quiet evening. May as well close the thread now.

What is impressing me is that we are 3-0 up and still attacking 🙂

The match is Derby’s closest home match in advance of Remembrance Sunday, which this year falls on 12th November, while the game itself falls on Armistice Day.
Ahead of kick-off on Saturday, those in attendance will be asked to observe the playing of the Last Post while wreaths will also be laid on the Pride Park pitch in the lead-up to the match getting underway by club officials.
Earlier in the day, a small service will be held by Club Chaplain Tony Luke at 11am at the War Memorial Plaque outside the Lionel Pickering Entrance and supporters are welcome to attend if they wish. This will include a two-minute silence to show respect and gratitude to the armed forces past and present who have lost their lives fighting for their country.
A collection will also be staged both outside and inside the ground should supporters wish to make a donation to the Royal British Legion.
All of Derby’s players will wear poppy armbands for the fixture, as well as members of the coaching staff.
The annual Remembrance Fixture is one of the key dates in the club’s calendar and in 2014 the specially commissioned War Memorial Plaque was erected next to the Lionel Pickering Entrance at Pride Park Stadium.
The Plaque bears the names of six former players of the club who sadly died in the First World War, whilst also remembering the many others with Derby County connections who answered the call to serve King and Country in two World Wars.
As part of the Remembrance activities in 2018, trees were planted at the club’s Moor Farm Training Centre to serve as living legacies to the hundreds of footballers who served and fell in the First World War.
We Will Remember Them.
But yeah, we all know the real reason.
Football fans can be thick as f*** sometimes.
Editing for clarity, I mean those on twatter who think this is some kind of agenda. The club are doing plenty.
Perhaps allowing everyone to quietly remember and pay respect in their own way is going out of fashion. Maybe I'm just getting old.

Not another blooming lockdown?

It's not easy to stay switched on for 80+ minutes and then make your first save of the match.
A well deserved win to finish off a fantastic week for the academy lads. 5 of tonights squad played for thr first team in midweek, and 7 from those who featured tonight are still only 1st year scholars.

For heavens sake, why don’t some of our so called fans show some positivity and back the team and manager rather than trying to create an atmosphere of negativity. Like him or not, Paul Warne is going nowhere soon so for Christ’s sake, back him!

Was at the game last night , really enjoyed it, youngsters getting a go, some good football and some well taken goals, I’d like to join in with the plaudits for Weston and Fapetu who both did very well , I’d also like to give a big shout out for Collo and Callum Elder who both led by example, well done lads

Possibly only involved when PW met Clowes just over a week ago. 
 
The hunger shown from the academy last night is what we’ve been missing in a lot of games. 
 
Players who want to excel and prove they are professional wannabe’s. Not some player who nearly past it who probably doesn’t give two hoots about DCFC. 
 
The excitement around the supporter base after seeing some of the younger lads is what being a supporter should be like. 

Looks like you're trying take offence on behalf of the players without even knowing what's going on in there head.
Without knowing Bird or McGoldrick personally, you are making some wild assumptions and connecting dots to suit this narrative where Paul Warne is this useless turnip that couldn't manage a piss up in a brewery.
The Bird one is ridiculous, The McGoldrick one.....well he scored an awful lot of goals for someone that didn't like the manager.
Yeah he left for Notts County, the club where he started his career at and spoke about wanting to finish his career there.
Using him as a stick to beat Warne with, you're basically calling him a liar for his motivations in moving to Notts County.
Which makes you no better than Warne and this accusation of fake injuries.
The last line in your post is spot on though.
"The best managers know how to use the microphone to motivate their men"
Absolutely.
Every player is different, some need criticism to start that fire in their belly, others need a cuddle and words of affirmation.
I couldn't sit here and tell you what any of the players need, 1) I have never managed a team of footballers and 2) I don't know any of the players personally.
I would imagine that would apply to most on here as well.
It's ok to not like Warne's football, his tactics, the way he talks, the way he walks and the bobble hats, but come on, all this is scraping the barrel of hate for a guy based on....well nothing really.

It was ace to see there is some potential in the academy.
Weston looked a real prospect, as did Fapetu. 
 

I think most were mate, or as pleased as one is ever allowed to be on this forum these days without wizened heads informing us we have to downgrade assessments because (insert some vague waffle here). We could have won 6 or 7 nil with the chances created and their goal being one of the only worthwhile attacks they had and going wide in any case, before Cash's touch.  They were poor but we absolutely battered them and that with 8 academy products involved across the game. I mean seriously, what's not to like?
Maybe we'll be back down to earth on Saturday. There's no doubt that Barnsley will provide a far sterner examination of any progress made than the Wolves nippers did last night, but why can't folk be allowed to enjoy the good times without the all the sneery cynicism? A lot of us didn't want Warne in the first place, yet have to listen to some of those who rammed him down our throats prattle on about why it's actually us who got it wrong. Selective memories or what!  
COYR

All this about “it was only the under-21s” - remember last season we played Manchester City’s under-21s and they tore us a new one. Just saying!
Maybe Wolves played like they did because that is all we let them play like. Its not as though that hasn’t happened at Pride Park before. Northampton were a high scoring team that hardly conceded, but last week looked like they’d only just been told what that white round thing was for.

The Wolves U21s were a team of young players still learning their trade, so not getting over excited from beating them. But still came away from the game happy after seeing so many plus points for us. Elder getting a full 90 minutes under his belt. Collins showing he's capable of scoring the goals we need, he just requires our midfield to supply him the chances. Solid performances from Wilson and Robinson, hopefully they'll both be given more minutes in the team. And finally the most pleasing thing from tonight, seeing how well all our youngsters played.
After having our academy ripped apart during administration. The young players we now have at our academy looked much better tonight than those playing for Wolverhampton.
Shame all those so excited by the EFL Trophy, that they travelled to Notts County for the previous Trophy game  couldn't manage to find their way to Pride Park for tonight's Trophy game. They missed seeing all these plus points, along with some well taken goals.
 

Derby fans after Collins scores a hattrick: "the opposition was poor, it means nothing."
Also Derby Fans: "The youngsters played amazing in that game, they should start on Saturday!"
 
If only we could be happy for everyone doing well this game.

The goalkeeper he scored three against is 30 years old.

Only nobody is doing that so yeah, the constant and inevitable, "oh they're the worst ever (insert the timeframe)" is unnecessary and tedious. It's every single time we win without fail, so whether it has every even been true or not gets lost in the rush for some Warne detractors scrambling to piss on folks' chips. 

Can’t we just enjoy (in moderation of course) a comfortable win regardless of the opposition?

If we keep this topic going, we're only a page or two away from accusing Paul Warne of the JFK assassination, creating Covid and responsible for the price increase of Freddo bars.

McGoldrick did not have his arm twisted to say he enjoyed working with Warne and his staff, in the comments shared earlier in the thread. He could have just not mentioned them had he wanted to.