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Took this as I rode my bike over from Switzerland, a solitary jogger times the time he kills...if you know, you know eh @Inverurie Ram

It’s did ruin everyone in the villages of North and South Ferriby though for obvious reasons. They never recovered 

I remember sitting in traffic on the A63 because a lorry had overturned despite the bridge being closed to high sided vehicles 
He was then in further trouble as it turned he had not paid to cross
Its these little stories that really make the Humber Bridge great 

I can’t actually believe that we’re in a position where the one silver lining might be that academy players will get more of a chance in the first team and we can’t use academy players for some bureaucratic reason 
Hilarious 

It’s did ruin everyone in the villages of North and South Ferriby though for obvious reasons. They never recovered 

Isn't it magnificent?

It’sa brilliant bridge. I think it deserves its own thread. Especially since they brought  in those automatic fee paying electronic things in your car so you can just drive straight through 

Daft to let him go. Not getting a player of his quality in our situation and despite the fans generally not liking him, he is capable of 10+ goals and assists if he stays fit. 
 
As said, he gets a lot of stick, but at least he has the balls to go at players, try and beat players and shoot at goal which very few of our squad will do. Players like him out wide will go missing at times, sometimes for whole games. But if he had the consistency of performing as we know he can 7-8/10 games, he certainly wouldn’t be at Derby. 

Anyone advocating getting rid of Tom Lawrence while we're in our current situation is a complete fool, in my humble opinion.

I think he gets unfairly called out & is one of our better players.
im not on the wind up 
We looked better with him in the side than without him. He can be inconsistant which is frustrating But if he wasn't he wouldn't be playing for us. 
There isnt anyone better than him in his position at the club. Im not sure why people want rid of him. To get rid would weaken us. Makes no sense  

Actually disagree there, Buxton was a pretty good distributor of the ball. 

Sure. Morrison, Stearman, Allsop & Davies all on 12 month contracts under £4.5k with Jags and Baldock to come vs Blackman, Butterfield, Anya, Marriott, Shackell MK II, Jozefzoon, Camara etc etc etc ?

This gets better…..making a profit on Joswiak and getting Grosiki in on a free capped until the end of the season and restricted wages meaning we don’t get stuck with a large contract. I’m loving our EFL imposed restrictions…..it’s making us so much better in the transfer market ???

Sorry but Sibley was the most threatening of our front five and only played for forty minutes.
He needs to start as he’s the most likely one to score and/or create for me.

Do we set up to score goals or to not concede goals? The Euros saw Gareth Southgate pick 8 or 9 defensive players every game and it worked for a while but couldn't get him over the line, with an incredible array of attacking talent on his bench. Rooney has far fewer options but a very similar mindset.
Asked in today's Radio Derby interview why Louie Sibley doesn't start Rooney effectively said he doesn't trust him defensively. Sibbo is to Rooney what Jack Grealish is to Southgate. Rooney said he didn't play Sibbo specifically because his number one priority was not to fall behind in the match.
Here's the interview https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09pv3hb with the best version of the interview at 46:30.
Derby's problem is not scoring goals. Louie Sibley is the biggest goal threat our team has. Aston Villa built their team around Grealish until selling him for £100m. If Derby are going to survive (and maybe thrive) this season we need to build our team around Sibbo, not give him a cameo in which to try to make the difference. How best to do this?
I have long argued that the 4-2-3-1 does not work for us and we should be playing 4-3-3 (set up as 4-1-2-3). With the players available at the moment we should have Shinnie shielding the defence and then we can have Morrison and Sibley as the two more forward midfielders, which gives a forward line of Kazim-Richards central and Jozwiak and Thomas wide. So much more threatening than what we have at the moment.
With a team desperate for goals, having your 5 most dangerous attacking players in the line-up seems a no brainer. Rooney needs to learn to trust Sibley, and I am certain that trust would be rewarded.

We can only afford one and that's on a six month loan from Man United.

Great result for us last night, both Bournmouth and the baggies drop points.........I will start a relegation watch thread when I see what Cov and the dogs do.

Well I am feeling quite confident that we can make a good start to the season Derby are the under dogs this season but i think this will play into our hands and yes i feel for roony not got the backing he had hoped for but Derby do have decent young players I know many are worried but I am not but other hand about ownership I am concerned.

I would imagine so. They’d become players of professional standing meaning, depending how many we play, we’d increase our squad, leaving less space for trialists
No doubt the club are “having discussions” about this issue with EFL but that phrase has lost all meaning as the club seem to trot it out for everything 

Oh Kamil ye faithful, joyful and triumphant 

Kamil Kamil Kamil Kamil Chameleon da da da daaaa 
I’ll get my coat ?
 

David did actually say "the morning" for his written report.........just thought I'd put that out there, to be helpful.

+ Emil Riis Jakobsen 

Mel’s comments re the academy are contradictory to what has gone on during his tenure.
We sold Hughes for a pittance to fund a Dad’s Army brigade under Rowett.
Max Lowe was breaking through under Mac 2 then fell completely out of favour under Rowett and Lampard.
If Mel wasn’t happy, why did he back those two to bring in a bunch of ageing players on high wages?
And when he finally looked to go back to square one with Phillip Cocu, he immediately saddled him with Wayne Rooney and pulled the rug from underneath him.
I struggle to understand how somebody acting in the best interests of Derby could do such an appalling job given where we were in 2013-14, 2014-15 and the funds that were at his disposal. There is no malice on Mel’s part, just sheer incompetence and lack of planning/organization throughout his tenure.

Yeah we can’t sell Lawrence, he’s the only one who’s likely to hit double figures goals and assists 
Agreed that it’s gutting that he will probably leave for nothing next year when he could be a 5 plus million pound asset but, if we get relegated to League 1 because we sell him now, we will lose far more