Ilkestonian

Don't be ridiculous. Are you twelve? They aren't even the worst derby team this century

It’s a disgusting result. An absolute shambles, but this isn’t a great football team so it isn’t a surprise.
This is the worst Derby County side in the club’s 138 history. We need to acknowledge that and adjust our expectations. 

I notice this has brought out the wrist-slashers in force. How long do you reckon it will be until they've burnt themselves out and it'll be safe to come back on the forum? ? 

all the pensioners in the country could stay warm forever with the money you spunked on Gibbs  White , you muppet

Shouldn't this be in the ex rams section....
Partly because I'm not really that bothered where Liam has gone,he's gone.

Just got home...
So, let's just re-cap on this afternoons game...
 
 
 
WTF just happened?  ?‍♂️
Collins:  Best performance thus far.
DMcG:  Same, but with the added bonus of being absolutely clinical.  BOOM (x 3).
NML:  A Beast.
Fozzie:  Best of the rest.
For once, all eyes were not on the defence, so I concede I couldn't name anyone else for being great or poor.
All Rams goals at my end.
Best 45 mins for what seems like an age... and the second half wasn't too shabby, all things considered.
Just a game-in-hand win away from a PO spot.
Even the ref was the best we've seen this season.  (Not perfect of course, but none of them are!)
Pleasantly mild (Why on earth did I take my coat! ?) And surprisingly dry, considering this morning's washout.
A stunningly beautiful woman waiting for me when I walked in.  Film night, sofa-cuddles,  and a celebratory tipple or two in store for later.
Oh... and an extra hour in bed... not that I'll need a full hour!  ?
 
What the heck... I'm putting today down as a good 'un!
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Daftest post of the week.....and that's saying something!

So you've decided the new owner and new manger are going to be useless, on behalf of the club I would like to thank you for your patience and support during this new era. 

I think his time should be up. I was never a fan of the appointment, I think it was and remains a massive mistake, and the sooner that mistake is rectified, the sooner we can start recovering from it.  He very clearly has no intention of changing anything about his approach, and if this kind of form continues, I don’t see how we will be in any kind of touch with the playoffs to mount a challenge post-January.  If it’s clear we’re not going up this season, I suspect we lose all the good youngsters - why on earth are Knight, Cashin, Bird etc going to stay here when they will get plenty of offers at Championship level or higher.  And you can count on attendances declining if we’re still playing dreadful football in League 1, which is whittling away the big advantage we have over most other clubs in this league.
There are other factors too. If we persist in this style of play, we’re rendering the academy pointless. What’s the point of developing players like Darren Robinson, if they’re never going to fit into the managers style? There’s years of effort gone into developing technical ball-playing footballers that’s entirely wasted. And if you break that path into the first team, you’re damaging the academy in years to come, because having that in place is a key selling point when recruiting youngsters. Again, that’s just trashing another of the big advantages we should have at this level.
It’s not being a whiney baby, the club does not have an unconditional right to my support, it’s a 2-way transaction. If the club is telling me they are actively choosing to play dreadful football, that the club is going to be in a mess for years entirely because of decisions that they have made, then I don’t see why I should bother turning up. If the club is trying to play decent entertaining football, trying to do things right, then I will give them all the time in the world. But under Warne, I just don’t believe that.  I do not believe there is any justification to allowing a man with a track record of getting relegated from the Championship, to trash every facet of the club, in the hope that we might win some games in a couple of years time.

You must have won a game recently ! Hello again - yep dreadful officials, players that are too old and slow and youngsters who can’t think and run at the same time plus some of the worst time wasting I have seen in the last 40 years it’s a crap league overall but at least we still have a club - be careful about your own club 

Really suprising turnout fbh for a night game. Yes your fans were good and supported your team very well. Fair play that most of them will not see their beds until 2 or 3pm. You have a few talented players who kept us at bay. The referee and linesmen were Sunday league standard at best. It is such a shame these officials get a game every week. Thought our attendance was pretty good considering it was half term etc. but atmosphere was way down on what it normally is. Thanks for your kind words about your experience. We are proud of PP and how our fans still turn up. Good luck for the rest of the season (except when we come down there). UTR!

If I can join in on the post match chat and give an away fan’s perspective…..
I enjoyed the game, but only in the way I enjoyed our 0-0 at Accrington earlier this season, I enjoyed watching two teams battle it out with loads of endeavour, even if there wasn’t much creativity on show. I enjoyed watching my beloved little old Exeter playing in a proper stadium against a proper club with proper fans. And I enjoyed singing my heart out for the lads until I now sound like Barry White.
As for the game, if I was a Derby fan I would be disappointed. You were the better side and the referee was poor for you, amazing for us. I didn’t think our keeper should have been sent off due to the ball going left and our covering defenders, but he certainly should have been booked and a free kick given. Amazing decision - as were lots of goal kicks / throw ins, especially the one in the last minute which was just in front of us. Hilarious.
I thought you looked a solid side, you just couldn’t create much in the last third, so although I thought you were the better side you didn’t really trouble our keeper, apart from the free kick which drew an excellent save from him. 
The reason we celebrated the final whistle so much was not only that we’d come to the home of a genuine footballing ‘big club’ and got a point, but we’ve had horrendous defensive injury problems in recent weeks, two of our players are staring down the barrel of a court appearance after their actions on Saturday night (I’m on their side by the way), we’ve had a new manager for 24 hours and we’ve got a team full of academy graduates. 
Finally (thanks for humouring me), what did you make of our support? I’m always interested in the other team’s view of us - did our numbers surprise you? Could you hear us? Can never tell with stadium acoustics. I thought your support was great considering how low you are in the football league compared to your history and also considering it wasn’t the most exciting game to watch.
Anyway, thanks for letting me join in. I might pop back when we play you at home next Spring. Good luck for the rest of the season. COYR (works for Reds and Rams).

I hope most of you was drunk writing this last night and have woke up with the feeling of “what have I wrote on the forum now” 
 
Embarrassing. We played the best team in the league last night, heavily invested and play wonderful football. We have a new manager and a new style of football that’s going to take getting use to. Get a grip people and get behind the team 

Very early days yet so let’s calm down ffs!

Think they won 0-0 the other day at Brighton

According to their fans they've been getting worse every game, so I was hoping they'd keep him on at least to the World Cup so they would be further adrift. If they keep losing he will be fired, so this is good as presumably they will have to pay out additional compensation. It's an easy gig being a Premier League manager as you're in a win-win situation when it comes to the money.
Come on the Villa!

Agreed.   Lets stop pretending its a nicey nicey rivalry, it isn't end of.  I want Forest to lose EVERY week, always have.

Well I for one hope you're banned again and sooner the better as I've had enough of the tedious crap you post - living in ilson I have many good friends that are Forest fans and I'm pleased to say they are decent enough people to be able to have sensible football conversations with irrespective of how results have gone - come on mods, improve this cracking forum even more and get this halfwit banned ?

Wild celebrations across Nottingham tonight as anther saturday without a humiliating defeat for notts forest. In fact it's been a staggering 15 days since the gumen hoards had to face the bitter tears of loss. 
Hot talk in nottingham is that they're hopeful of extending that run to 17 days.

I just want to say how lucky you are to have Paul Warne as manager. I've supported the millers for 69 years. Obviously, I've seen managers come and go during that period. As far as I'm concerned, and many other fans Warne is the best manager we've had.
Like Derby fans we went through some dark times. Administration points deducted, lost our ground, forced to play in Sheffield in an athletic stadium. No atmosphere, 4 years in the 4th division.
Paul has many qualities. Excellent staff management, a workaholic. He's articulate, honest and will live and breathe Derby County.
I thank him for all the memories, 3 Wembley wins 3 promotions and I wish him well and as a consequence wish the Rams well. I've never had a second team, but for the first time Derby County will be my second team. I look forward to seeing Paul succeed. 
Hopefully Derby will be promoted and we survive in the championship and look forward to see you at the New York stadium.
All the best.
 
 

Well I for one hope you're banned again and sooner the better as I've had enough of the tedious crap you post - living in ilson I have many good friends that are Forest fans and I'm pleased to say they are decent enough people to be able to have sensible football conversations with irrespective of how results have gone - come on mods, improve this cracking forum even more and get this halfwit banned ?

Well I for one hope you're banned again and sooner the better as I've had enough of the tedious crap you post - living in ilson I have many good friends that are Forest fans and I'm pleased to say they are decent enough people to be able to have sensible football conversations with irrespective of how results have gone - come on mods, improve this cracking forum even more and get this halfwit banned ?

Well I for one hope you're banned again and sooner the better as I've had enough of the tedious crap you post - living in ilson I have many good friends that are Forest fans and I'm pleased to say they are decent enough people to be able to have sensible football conversations with irrespective of how results have gone - come on mods, improve this cracking forum even more and get this halfwit banned ?