Ilkestonian

Everyone who pays for a seat should have the right to watch the match without someone standing up in front of them. A lot of people cannot stand, and children have got no chance of seeing the game. To me the people that block views are very selfish.

If only we’d have had our first, second, or third choice striker available or our only fit free transfer striker hadn’t gone off injured I’m sure we’d have scored more, s*** happens suck it up.

Today's game report told through the medium of gif....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Even if that is the case, Warne has us in the automatic promotion places with 7 games to go, having won plenty of games, scored plenty of goals, and conceded less than a number of the other teams in the top 7.
Soooooo relative to the difficulty of the league this season, the team is doing well…. Don’t you think? 
 
Unreal that your only post so far today, on the back of a vital win against a promotion rival, is to scoff at the suggestion we might be doing ok. 😆 

Let's make every home match a black and white day till the end of the season, lovely to see all the kids with their flags again.

Well done. Thought we deserved more but that's football.
See how it goes from here on in, but glad I don't have to watch that every week TBH.
We'll live 🙂

@Dryhorce You appear to have more waffle than a Belgian Cafe.

This would be the logical approach to some of the recruitment in my opinion, looking at picking up some of the “top” players at this level on frees. Those who have been performing consistently for the teams at the top end of the league and are in the good age bracket of 22-28. 
A quick check on Transfermarkt suggests the likes of Devante Cole (28), Harrison Burrows (22) who is a left sided defender at Posh, Herbie Kane (25) the cm at Barnsley who could all be viable options…..alongside our influx of Scottish internationals 😜 

Docherty was Scotland manager 52 years ago and are you seriously suggesting that Scotland are currently better than England. England won at hampden 3-1 a few months ago and the scoreline flattered Scotland.
Nobody has a problem signing Scottish players we’ve had some great players in the past. We just don’t need to sign every Scottish player that’s ever laced up a pair of boots 

As has been mentioned, there are some gems to find up in Scotland who would be willing to join us. The problem here is, you're getting close to 50 suggestions on 50 different posts, followed up by "Scotty McScotface is playing tonight vs Bonnyrigg Rose. He's a quality player" for every suggestion.
Some of your suggestions wouldn't even get into Carlisle's side, never mind one which will either be opening for romotion from L1, or looking to finish lower mid-table in the Championship.
There's so many suggestions in a short space of time that people are bored of your suggestions and won't even bother looking them up to see if they are any good or not. They're now just going straight to the ignore list.
My suggestion for you is to take your time and compile your own list maybe limit it to the best 2 players in each position where we have a gap in our squad for next season. Assume we'll be promoted if you want, or state if they'd be a L1 signing, a Champ signing, or a someone we should sign no matter which league we're in. Maybe explain why they're better than someone we already have, and maybe explain how they suit Warne's style.

138 posts in 5 days, very impressive.
On for the worst like to post ratio in the entire forum 

Just been reading about this, didn’t realise the bloke had already killed off 2 clubs, one in China, another in Belgium.
Literally killed off. They now no longer exist.
He then tried to buy Hull whilst in the Prem, failed the fit and proper tests, yet the EFL just wave him on through to buy Reading.
Possibly why they have been lenient on Reading, realised what a monumental F up they’ve made.
With that as your ownership CV, how was he ever allowed to buy a club in this country is truly shocking.

Your line of posting seems ill informed or wilfully ignorant to the current make up of our squad, their contracts, the recent financial restrictions, the approach of the management towards recruitment, the apparent financial prudence of our owner.
The fact other posters are calling this out doesn’t make them or myself “happy clappers”, we all accept the squad will need strengthening in the summer, and most of us will be able to name some players we would thank and wave on as their contracts expire. 
 
But the realistic and informed Rams fans on here will know that the squad will likely include at least SOME of the following players given they are contracted beyond the summer and the fact some of them definitely can still offer an option in the championship alongside further additions;
Josh Vickers - GK
Ryan Nyambe - RB
Callum Elder - LB
Sonny Bradley - CB
Curtis Nelson - CB
Jake Rooney - CB
Eiran Cashin - CB
Kane Wilson - RWB
Joe Ward - RWB
Tyrese Fornah - CM
Corey Blackett-Taylor - WF
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing - WF
Conor Washington - CF
Clear some additions will be needed, could be that current members of the squad have their contracts extended, the likes of Sibley, Robinson, Wildsmith, Barkhuizen, Collins and others COULD extend their deals and may do a job as we transition into the next season.
There’ll no doubt be plenty of exciting new signings, and many will want loan signing Ebou Adams to join permanently, but to suggest some of the above names who have shown they can play in the championship wouldn’t be able to step up in some capacity alongside new additions seems wild to me. 
 
 

Er… Don’t think I’ve ever been referred to as a happy clapper.
And you are wrong about what I’m thinking but I’ll give you half a point as it does rhyme with sock. 

Derby fan or not, I want to be introduced to his supplier as it appears what he’s smoking is far stronger than what I’m smoking. 

This is a really weird way to spend your free time. You’re either on some very peculiar wind up or fully detached from reality. I’ll provide you with some info;
We extended the contract of Ryan Nyambe who was and has every intention of being a championship player.
We also extended the contract of Nathaniel Mendez-Laing who is having the season of his career.
We’ve got a great young prospect in Jake Rooney contracted to the summer of 2026.
Cashin is likely to be sold in the summer to a premier league side, but let’s say he isn’t, he’s contracted until 2027.
Nelson has been a rock at cb this season and has plenty of experience in the championship, is only 30 and has a contract until 2025.
Kane Wilson has a contract until 2025 and is an exciting yet raw 23 year old.
Joe Ward has a contract beyond this season and is starting to show his worth. 
There IS absolutely room for some sentiment in football AND there’s an important element of continuity that’s necessary within a squad to sustain the culture of the club and enable any new additions to settle.
 

I think you are being asked to give examples. You know, real players who currently play for Derby County.
Do you know any? Do you ever watch Derby County? 

Sibley other than that nobody 

Saturday 16th March
vs Bolton Wanderers
Pride Park   KO 1500
 
This match as a song by The Smiths: Some Games Are Bigger Than Others
Opponents Bio: I had the honour of starting the match thread for the reverse fixture so may be repeating some of these nuggets of insignificant trivia. So in the hope that the forums' collective memory is worsening here we go again.
Bolton Wanderers are, like ourselves, proud to be one of the twelve original founder members of the Football League. Not only that, the opening round of fixtures back on 8th September 1888 saw the two clubs meet for the first of 136 encounters (129 league, five FA Cup and two League Cup). Furthermore, Bolton winger Kenny Davenport has the distinction of being the first scorer in English Football League history as he netted after just two minutes of the game. The Rams did come back to win an opening day thriller 6-3 at Pikes Lane, Bolton in front of an estimated crowd of 3,000. 
Bolton can proudly boast that they have spent more seasons in the top flight of the English game than they have outside of it and have seen giants of the game like Jimmy Armfield, Nat Lofthouse and Michael Ricketts sport their colours over the years.
Bolton are commonly known as one of three nicknames; The Whites, due to the colour of their home kit, Wanderers, as it's their name, or The Trotters, chosen by their first owner who made his fortune selling laxatives.
They have former Ram Ian Evatt as manager and also had a run of three successive bosses with Derby links between 1992 and 1999 as they were led by Bruce Rioch, Roy McFarland and then Colin Todd. Players who have represented both clubs include Franny Lee, John McGovern, Jeff Chandler and Andy Todd.
Opponents Dangermen: Chief threat is 13-goal Dion Charles although he is doubtful with a knee injury. Victor Adeboyejo has ten goals but is likely out for the season which leaves Bolton with three principal goal threats; Jon Dadi Bodvarsson, ex-Ram Cameron Jerome and Aaron Collins whose five goals and ten assists make him a man to be wary of in our third. Josh Sheehan also poses a threat from midfield.
Opponents Recent Form: Wanderers will rock up at Pride Park in third place, one position and one point behind ourselves and buoyed by an impressive 5-0 demolition of playoff chasing Oxford on Tuesday night. They are, however, winless in their last four away fixtures since winning 2-1 at Cambridge. Defeats at Blackpool (1-4) and Wigan (0-1) followed that victory and their most recent away games have seen them draw 2-2 at both Barnsley and Exeter. Whilst we're looking for positives, they have conceded at least once in their last eight road games. Their overall away record for the season is decent enough with nine wins, five draws and five defeats.
Derby vs Bolton History: Derby have had by some margin the upper hand in the head-to-heads with Wanderers. In 129 meetings our record stands at W64-D23-L42. One statistic stands out in the meetings on our turf though and it is this:
Bolton have never won at Pride Park.
There, I've said it. 
Since we moved to Pride Park, Bolton have visited us ten times in the league and drew on their third, fourth and fifth visits but went back up the M6 with nil points on the other seven occasions. We are P10: W7-D3-L0 with 24 goals scored and just five conceded when the Trotters come to town. They haven't scored more than once in any game at Pride Park and, alongside two victories by a one-goal margin, we have merrily spanked their chubby Lancashire backsides 4-0 twice, 4-1 twice and 3-0 once. Now if that isn't tempting fate I don't know what is.
Expected Rams XI: Possibly same again do we think? Maybe Smith for Hourihane if the latter is still feeling the affects of Yiadom's brutal tackle in midweek.
My Tuppence Worth: I mentioned it elsewhere but we have winnable looking (I know, I know) games against Blackpool, Orient, Carlisle, Northampton, Wycombe and Cambridge to come in the run-in. If we can do the business in those then a couple of draws in the games against Bolton and Portsmouth will be enough for an automatic place. What I'm suggesting is that given the respective fixture lists of ourselves and Bolton, a draw wouldn't be such a bad result on Saturday. If it's a must win game for either side then, in my opinion, it is more so for Wanderers than it is for us.
Other Fixtures of Note: It's a significant round of matches as apart from second versus third in our match, it's fourth against first at London Road.
Peterborough vs Portsmouth
Barnsley vs Cheltenham
 
COYR
 

Well done on digging up that negativety 

Wishing all the very best to Luton Town tonight for 3pts, go catch them Red Dogs  come on you Hatters

I love centre midfield players that have the ability to be ‘there’ and he has it in an abundance. It’s a great trait and transferable at every level. 
It’s a different kettle of fish to Gorgeous George who had limitless ability and could do things I’ve never seen a Derby player do, but at the level we are at Ebou is a great alternate. Fantastic from the recruitment staff who deserve their credit on this one.

The missing piece of the jigsaw to our promotion chances. We can't afford for him to get injured in the next 8 games.

I think he’s great 👍
Exactly what we have needed for a very long time.