Reggie Greenwood

Wrong thread but tenuous link….celebrating last night….. Derby Brewery got The Pig in Lichfield. Give them your custom Rams great ales 

Spurs away in the Cup 1973 wasn’t half bad either ?

Spurs away in the Cup 1973 wasn’t half bad either ?

1Wildsmith 7.5 Made several reliable saves and always looked composed. Not at fault for the goal although unlucky to parry into the path for their chap to slot home. Got an extra ½ for sprinting 80 yards in 4.3 seconds to join the celebratory scrum. 
12Smith 7.5 Faultless defending and a regular provider of service down the right to M-L and Knight. 
33Davies 6.0 Retreated from their chap who advanced to score what became the goal when he should have faced him up; otherwise moments of pure class including a steam train of a block/tackle on their front man.  
3Forsyth 8.0 That pass through the eye of a needle to Dobbin that produced the 1v1 was George Thorn-esque. Also had a good right-foot shot saved and looked every bit the consummate professional footballer. 
15Roberts 6.5 Vale got lots of joy down their right hand side relating to our formation but Roberts kept chugging away.
22 Springett 7.5 The guy is a greyhound who devours yardage in split seconds; sometimes the most seemingly innocuous thing you do on a football pitch creates the "butterfly effect" - Springett prevents the ball from going out with a slide and hook of grace, and 5 seconds later 4,000 Rams in pandemonium. Not for the want of keeping the ball in was this game lost.   
4Hourihane 7 Great skill and deft touch early doors to set McDick up; visibly waned on a heavy,energy-draining pitch.    
18 Dobbin 9 MoTM A game of 2 halves Brian - came on and from one perspective should/could have had 4 goals; poked 2 wide, hit the bar and thwarted by their keeper on the other; from the other perspective 2 match-winning assists by streaking past groups of defenders and put across 2 inch-precise low crosses for the goals. Phenomenal balance at speed and superb application and head-uppery when others would have been crest-fallen. 
8Bird  8 The shiny, stainless steel cog at the heart of the machine turning all the other cogs and making the machine run to time.
11Mendez-Laing 8 That finish. The speed of movement. The blur of brilliance. 
38Knight 8 The Irish thoroughbred with no off switch; Got through the work of 2 players on a life-sapping puddin' of a pitch. 
7Barkhuizen 7 Great early craft creating opportunity early doors.  
Collins 7.5 Late-ish sub and lots of pulling their defenders out of shape and physical box-presence to re-kindle the team's final push. 
10McGoldrick Oh-So sweet feet stroking home & a little grin and word for the grounded centre-half was a nice little back-story to behold.
Rooney 6 2 minutes to muddy his boots. 
Superb night; cup-tie style; a never-forgettable explosion of joy with all the ingredients that make football so very special and 4,000 fellow Rams united in voluminous rapture. 
 

Spurs away in the Cup 1973 wasn’t half bad either ?

Spurs away in the Cup 1973 wasn’t half bad either ?

hi all
1 down, 6 to go!
I know that the word 'journeyman' isn't entirely fair to some of the current squad, but the fact that they were available to us under the severe restrictions we were under at the time suggests that for whatever reason they were actively looking for clubs rather than being fought over.  That is not to diminish in any way the mostly excellent performances of late by all concerned.
Agree with the comments regarding LR, who should indeed be praised for the recruitment aspect.  I'm sure he could have got us up given time, but I also agree that in the circumstances the appointment of PW was the correct one.
I think that what has happened is that PW has applied the methods he used with less talented players (aka the Rotherham lot) but has also adapted to the fact that we do have some players here with a skill set a level or two higher.  So we now have a squad that is probably fitter and probably runs more than most L1 teams and is also more skilful than most of them.
LR2
 
 

it's still my favourite Derby game of all time, I always knew Bobby Davison was better than Keegan

"It was a mistake by the appropriately named Haddock..." ?
That was a great game.
 

Well, I never expected a Tuesday evening trip to Burslem to turn into one of THE great away games. Decent pubs beforehand, 80-odd minutes of amazing support and a feeling that it was going to be one of those nights when we just weren't going to score and then.... WOW! 
There's something about that word "limbs" which irritates me, but there's no other way to describe what happened after NML banged in the winner. Bodies everywhere ? 
Port Vale were so up for the game, the ending must have been traumatic for them. We've been there too many times and know exactly how it feels. But this team is unrelenting, somehow they found that bit extra to go even harder at a stage when PV were out on their feet. 
NML, Didsy, Dobbin, Springett and the metronome that is Jason Knight in particular pulled it out of the bag, but it's unfair to pick out individuals really because this group is, above all, the very definition of a TEAM. 
Finally, the message chalked on the slate outside the boarded-up Red Lion pub said it all : Welcome Home Robbie Williams.
I hope he enjoyed it as much as I did. 

A great come back but my indelible memory of this game stood on the Popside is Keegan ( not long after Steve Powell nutted him ) coming to the touch line when Newcastle had a throw in. screaming at someone to give him the ball and some guy did a gob that went straight in Keegan’s  mouth ?. 

Pretty good thanks 

Chris Palmer ? Don’t think he made a 1st team appearance ? 

Chris Palmer ? Don’t think he made a 1st team appearance ? 

Didzy is an absolute top guy. Saw him as he was leaving the ground tonight. Few people asking for pictures and autographs and a young lad asked him for an interview for his YouTube. He said no problem, but let him finish with everyone else first. Sure enough, told the kid to go over to the side out the way and answered all his questions and gave him several minutes of his time. Kid wasn’t a Derby fan either. 

Got in from work at 22.15.
Showered and relaxing with a Bunnahabrain Single Islay malt at 22.45.
Watching highlights and some fantastic Twitter videos of the Rams fans.
Its happening, its going to be a King Arthur/Bald Eagle type promotion.
Gird those loins boys and girls and hold on tight for another chapter of the DCFC roller coaster.

Skinned shins, no voice, leaping onto the guy next to me, I am 55 years old for Christ's sake, but what a night!

f****** love our kids, f****** love our oldies, f****** love the inbetweeners too. Keep saying it, but this season and last will stay firmly with me until I shuffle off this mortal coil. Special group of players, a special group of fans and a wonderful, wonderful football club. I've run the gamut of emotions tonight so I'm now going to unwind by cracking open a 30 year old McCallan I was saving for the boys 25th.
I'll buy another in the morning. 
COYR
DTID

And Robbie of course … Robbie van der Laan

I have decided not to claim my RAMSTV fee back, and DCFC can thank Lewes Dobbin for that as he, despite a very poor miss, lifted me out of my seat 4 times with his runs and efforts. So good to see a wide player skinning a full back, and getting a great cross over. Bloody annoying though that I spilt some beer on my blanket.

Lewis Dobbin, take a bow. Absolutely transformed us tonight. Quick, direct and positive on the ball. A shame for him he didn't get the goal his performance deserved, but he was phenomenal. 

Post of the evening!

Re: Dobbin. People have to be realistic (I know - ridiculous). If he were some kind of superstar wonder kid and/or ‘the finished article’ he wouldn’t have been sent to League 1. What he lacks in finishing he more than makes up for in overall contribution.  He’s doing well. He’s developing. Give the kid a break (I know, another ridiculous comment).

No one beats the Rams. No one

With the wrong player being sent off, (mistaken identity by the ref)