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It's good to see that the vast majority of people on here understand football. In my opinion Collins WILL get goals for Derby and WILL create goals for others, without a doubt.
I think that anybody who is prepared to write off a centre forward because he hasn't scored for three games is either on a wind up or needs an alternative hobby other than watching football.

Just had a quick check on nyderby’s last posts. There is nothing positive to say about the team at all. Just consistent moaning about quality of finishing and missed chances.
Nothing to consider how well the team have started playing together despite so many new faces with a short pre-season under their belts, or to congratulate the team on winning 2 of their first 3 matches this season.

This is only a guess but I think if we really get behind Collins, that could give him the confidence to go and do good things for the club. 
 
Get in his back and it’s only going one way. 
 
How’s about “there’s only one James Collins” before the game kicks off Saturday. 

Are you pissed?

He’s had chances, yes plural, cleared off the line, hit the post and now had one disallowed for off-side.  That’s nothing to do with bottling it.  Howard, Hulse, Martin all had slow starts.
If you’re referring to Jamie Ward on RD I think you might find he was saying it in jest and bemoaning his luck rather than serious criticism.

There’s a guy who sits near me in an 1884 shirt. Every time a player tries something and it doesn’t quite come off .. out comes the “rubbish” or “useless” 
if we play cautiously its “attack you idiot” if we go for it its “no patience, stop rushing” 
don’t apologise, we are what we are, but your idea of support doesn’t follow the same parameters as mine.
Oh and “bottle it” tends to mean lack of courage or even cowardice. Perhaps you might consider the sort of terminology you use towards players, who are after all, are on your own team. ??‍♂️

Quadruple is still on ?

We won! Let’s all argue about our opinions on players that have only played a handful of matches for us!
Yay! I’ve missed football.
For context, both Charlton and Oxford have gone to penalties against championship opposition so we can hopefully understand a bit more of the level of opposition we’ve faced so far.

Collins has been good in every game I've seen him. The goal is just eluding him. The more pressure we put on him, the harder it'll be. Just go on performance and results. If we play well and score goals when he's in the team, then that's how it is. Everything else will work itself out

Not as rubbish as your spelling.

Don't know who scored. Watching through Bet365's 2D visualisation.
It's like watching battleships, circa 1970.

Most complete player at the club, currently. He appears to have taken another big step forward yet he still retains plenty of potential upside and that's a really exciting prospect for the Rams faithful. I honestly think this lad is ready to boss games now, he's that good. Another fullback, another winger and a rapid striker and we could do some real damage this season. 

I always thought he was promising and better than average. Rooney saw something particular  and clearly mentored him in a subtly different way than some of the others; making him his sidekick DM partner. 
 
There was a time when I wasn’t fond of the 2 DM’s thing. Thought it was a bit back foot / retrograde. I thought he was better higher up, more influential. I might have been right but circumstances possibly made us do what we did - so perhaps I was wrong too. 
Either way, seeing him in the last 2 friendlies against quality opponents  .. he stood out, he is class, a real maestro. The ball to Hourihan, that’s vision and skill all in one. Time and again he has picked a pass with huge intelligence. I’d love it if he sees us back to the championship and Curtiss hands him the armband for an assault on the prem.  

We’re not in the championship. 

Sensible decision. Probably a sign that he'll be captaining us to the Championship title next season.

Named vice-captain today by LR, Curtis club captain.
"He represents the future of this football club..."
 

It was just a wow day , had to choke back a tear at points ( silly old sod) 
we are derby and up there with the biggest and best clubs in the land no matter what division we are playing in

What a day. Shocking traffic to and from Derby but totally worth it. Felt emotional when Steve Bloomer's watching came on which is odd as not that mad on it! 
Team played far better together than expected. Few teething issues but generally seems better balance and bit tougher on the ball. NML and Knight linked brilliantly (and just love NML's shoulders!), Bird was given a tough game but played well but most pleased for Louie Sibley who was a result changer today. 
Finally was really watching Liam on the touchline and very impressed with how he was trying to get them to play forwards with energy and positive runs. Good energy from him. Nice touch going right round the pitch at the end too to thank all fans

There's 3 or 4 different versions all  being sung at once  ?  I don't know why people haven't just changed the "staying up" to "going up" and the chant is otherwise exactly what it already was?! ?‍♂️

I’m with you on that. The ref missed stuff from both sides, was at times inconsistent but he was equally inconsistent with both teams. The only one that really got me was the GBH on Collins.
Anyway, what a day ! Canal street packed, ended up on some double yellows but got away with it. Queue to get in, some of the concourse vendors ran out of plastic Carling. PPS loud and proud. 
 
Adrenaline fuelled first 15 mins the NML burning rubber, looked like we could run riot until we got close to goal. A couple of high crosses that well positioned Collins just couldn’t quite reach. Then Knighty and NML doing wonderful overlaps and interplay. Oxford rode the storm and were getting in to it at times. They came out in the second half with their own up and at em spirit but we kept to our plan, kept playing football, class will out. The invisible for 65 mins Hourihan dropped a shoulder and buried it. Sibley started the rot with some driving runs and played provider. Cashin who was under the cosh occasionally in the first half, became imperious. Deep in to injury time, class control rather than lump, then a 1 yard pass to a white shirt. Sweet. Knight can play anywhere, know it’s not long term but my lasting memory is him and NML doing aggressive tippy tappy and quite simply looking a cut above.
Need a no 10 / AM to give runners and Collins at bit more to feed off and all will be well. 
 
Cracking competitive match, which wasn’t a walkover but we deserved to win. 

Lifted my mood no end to see us win again in a new season, in a new era. Think today is what we ought to get used to. I don't think the likes of Hourihane will be afforded the chance to boss games, it'll be a scrap and we'll need them to produce that one piece of quality in the 90 mins to make the difference. We have some good quality for this league, as long as we show as much fight as the teams playing us and don't get bullied, we should be confident our quality will win us a lot of games. Delighted for Clowes today too.

Rosenior wasn’t slow in mentioning Sibley’s contribution either, the runs in behind, stretching the opposition in the first few minutes after coming on.
He did exactly what was required and battled well, let’s hope this is his year. It was noticeable he didn’t panic either and picked Hourihane out with the pass. 

I felt proud to be there today. It wasn’t about the players on the pitch that have been at the club for five minutes. 
it was about the fans that ARE the club and whose ancestors have been there since the beginning. 
Great start. 

Hard fought, told us allot about what to expect in this league, including the even poorer standard of officials. I'm sure there'll be disappointments to come, but it's great to see a solid performance and a win infront of a bigger home crowd than Forest will manage this season ?