CBRammette

if he’s available on a free I hope he’s called Willy

100% proudest moment as a Rams fan

Charlie George - by a long way the best footballer I’ve seen in our shirt. Vision, pace, skill and an attitude. Could pass like few others I’ve ever seen including the modern era.
Can’t remember where we were going - we’d started early - but 9 of us in the back of a works transit with no seats. There were even more coming back. Broken down train with no heating coming back from Brighton midweek comes a close second 
Any time the ref falls over. Always makes me laugh.
Accrington Stanley - proper ground, warm welcome before, during and after, proper fans with plenty of access to other clubs higher up but stick with their local team
The obvious ones are the trophies - 2nd division, 1st division, Texaco,Charity Shield - but winning v Rotherham to go up was fantastic, so was Stuart Webb saving us even though it lead to Maxwell (we didn’t know what was to come). Clowes taking over just about tops it though. I cried when I heard the news, rang my son, we both cried - relief and pure joy in equal measure. The reflected pride comes in one of our own having the resources and the courage to take us on at our lowest moment.
 

Roy Mac life long legend at the club, player then manager and still frequenting PP for various events
Flew home from a skiing holiday one new years eve, only to find the house freezing cold because the boiler had packed up. left my wife and one son with a fan heater, jumped straight in the car to get to the match with my other 2 lads.
I seem to remember John Gregory getting clattered by the half way line at the BBG, nearly ending up in the dugout, he picked up the trainer's bucket which was next to him and emptied to contents over the player who had fouled him. He earned himself a booking for retaliation.
Favourite current ground is MK with the spacious comfortable seating and the massive number of away fans allowed. Back in the day I used to like the Hawthorns with seats along both sides and home terracing one end and away terracing the opposite end.
Proudest moment was being at PP when it was opened by our late Queen, the first ground to have that honour.

- Kevin Hector. The king.
- Bristol City away in a dangerously clapped out Triumph Spitfire that nearly killed me on the way home from a 2-0 defeat in the cup.
- Forest fan Paul Scarrott being ejected from the ground for the third time - at a testimonial.
- Notts County, in amongst the old men of that parish, funny football banter
- wish I'd been there (couldn't 'cos I'm exiled on an island) but the march

Bit bored of same discussions and its a while to the next match so to try and distract (or ignore as you wish and go back to the moaning) and remind us why we're all on here can we share some positives:
- favourite Rams player(s) (dont have to have seen play) and why?
- stupidest journey to see Rams play?
- funniest match moment?
- favourite away ground visited and why?
- proudest moment as Rams fan?
Feel free to add Qs or totally ignore or try and start other topics please before we all go bonkers. 

Bit bored of same discussions and its a while to the next match so to try and distract (or ignore as you wish and go back to the moaning) and remind us why we're all on here can we share some positives:
- favourite Rams player(s) (dont have to have seen play) and why?
- stupidest journey to see Rams play?
- funniest match moment?
- favourite away ground visited and why?
- proudest moment as Rams fan?
Feel free to add Qs or totally ignore or try and start other topics please before we all go bonkers. 

Bit bored of same discussions and its a while to the next match so to try and distract (or ignore as you wish and go back to the moaning) and remind us why we're all on here can we share some positives:
- favourite Rams player(s) (dont have to have seen play) and why?
- stupidest journey to see Rams play?
- funniest match moment?
- favourite away ground visited and why?
- proudest moment as Rams fan?
Feel free to add Qs or totally ignore or try and start other topics please before we all go bonkers. 

Agreed - anyone heard any update on Jake as yet?

Agreed - anyone heard any update on Jake as yet?

I understand your points but the truth is that while we are in the third tier, any manager would have people slagging them off after 6 games where we've won 3  and lost 3. Its the expectation of being a Derby fan. Us older ones are probably a bit more patient because we've seen it all before and are prepared to see what unfolds before panicking. Also, we are old enough and mentally strong enough to not give a flying fck what other fans say about us.
Its far too early to criticise in my opinion. Give the players time to gel and the manager to find his best options with his squad.
 
 

A deeply unpleasant thread so far off topic its in a distant galaxy. I clicked on it hoping for some update on Jake
Does this forum still have Moderators to keep the egos in check?

I believe in @Big Trav. 
 

Welcome to the DCFC fans Scapegoat club Big Trav

If it did that's NOT a handball, same as when it bounces up off a player's thigh onto the arm. 
I didn't see any unsporting behaviour from Joe in this game. Anything like that should be completely irrelevant anyway. 
Although this was the bloke who referreed us at Plymouth, so who knows what goes on in his mind?

Yes agree but did it then bounce off chest to arm? Would like to see from that angle at normal speed. Also could Wildsmith's previous "sporting" behaviour have influenced his thought process? 

Well I enjoyed the day out at Bolton (well, a few miles away from Bolton), my first visit to that stadium. Good stadium, setup, home fans were very vocal. Seemed quiet in the away end. Lots of bars and restaurants in the area.
Positives from the game were that I thought we defended really well when under the cosh for long periods, and it took a fluke goal to beat us. Defenders were solid and Vickers made what looked like from the other end a couple of very good saves. I heard some criticism on the radio about players not putting a shift in - from my angle they all gave it 100%. Forsyth and Nelson had good games. Bradley did well other than his ricket. Thought Hourihane had a decent enough game. Fornah looked terrible first half out of position but much better when he was moved back. This is, of course, all in the context of the match and how were set up, if indeed we were set up in any particular way.
I was impressed with how Evatt set Bolton up, they played good football. They lacked a killer edge and looked a little ropey at the back on the odd occasion we tested them, which doesn't quite put them in the Plymouth/Ipswich bracket from last season, but they're a good side who will be up there. 
Referee: As some of you know I ref at county league level so may (or may not) be able to offer some insight. He's got the first big decision of the game wrong - he's decided Elder is fouled but given where Derby are should have waited a couple of seconds and given the goal. He's blown far too early and luckily we scored the penalty.
I think that has clearly influenced the way he managed the Wildsmith incident as this time instead of blowing up as soon as he saw the handball he has  waited to see if the Bolton players scores into an empty net. As soon as he doesn't, he blows for the foul. Having indicated a foul, he has made up his mind and the red can come out there as it's deliberate handball stopping an obvious goalscoring opportunity (DOGSO). Given that it's such a big decision, he has a word with his assistant, and he'll be asking him whether he saw anything that would change his mind. If, as it turned out, the assistant couldn't say one way or the other, the ref sticks with his decision. It was actually good refereeing.
Their penalty. Only VAR could say whether it was in or out of the box. We don't have VAR and it looked to me and everyone around me that it was a penalty, so it's hard to criticise too much. 
Derby penalty appeals in the second half: The "handball" when the player is falling over and the ball hits his hand is not handball. The rules clearly state that if a player is putting an arm out to stabilise himself and its not deliberate, then it's not handball. The potential penalty when NML tangles with their number 5 was 50/50 - it was both players fighting for the ball but the defender did have his arm at neck height on NML so maybe. But I felt the one on Bradley was an absolute stonewall. Defender not looking at the ball as it comes across and just hauls him to the ground. It was a far more blatant foul than the one we got the peno for. So poor refereeing. 
Derby - tactically shambolic. No notable shape or patters of play. Players looked like they weren't sure who was meant to be where. I get why Warne put Bradley on ahead of Cash. I was frustrated second half as we were on the ropes and both Warne and Barker were sitting down and we had no-one standing and organising/encouraging etc. Putting JJ on at the end and not putting him through the middle up against their lumbering number 5, who was always the last man in a 3 and had already been booked, was criminal.
There is a clear pattern emerging this season against teams that play football and I'm afraid there was nothing in that game, against one of the promotion front runners, that convinced me Warne is up to the task. Equally, he is being hamstrung by injuries and yesterday we didn't get the rub of the green, although we certainly could have helped ourselves with some organisation, composure and some time spent in possession of the football. Warne isn't going to suddenly change his mantra, we can only hope though it is more effective when we have a fully fit squad, if that ever happens.   
Sorry, that was a much longer post that I'd anticipated!

Disagree about the 2 weeks. If I was Warne I would welcome it to relieve the pressure. After a torrid time of injuries and transfer window the coaching staff have two weeks to work with most of the players, regroup, take a deep breath and restart.  Then we will see! 

Disagree about the 2 weeks. If I was Warne I would welcome it to relieve the pressure. After a torrid time of injuries and transfer window the coaching staff have two weeks to work with most of the players, regroup, take a deep breath and restart.  Then we will see! 

Disagree about the 2 weeks. If I was Warne I would welcome it to relieve the pressure. After a torrid time of injuries and transfer window the coaching staff have two weeks to work with most of the players, regroup, take a deep breath and restart.  Then we will see! 

Disagree about the 2 weeks. If I was Warne I would welcome it to relieve the pressure. After a torrid time of injuries and transfer window the coaching staff have two weeks to work with most of the players, regroup, take a deep breath and restart.  Then we will see! 

Think you have hit on it in how you phrased your last sentence. Many other posters have said Derby is too big a club for him but not really why but you summed it up perfectly. He still thinks he's at Rotherham setting the team up the same way. I feel sad but my view is changing on his fit for the role. I know injuries, officials, blah blah blah but we dont seem to have the fight against adversity 

It's really difficult to keep scoring good footballers down when you feel the major problem isn't them, it's the way the team is set up.
Warne 3
At the game.