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Against Wigan it seemed that the two wide CD’s were often too wide due to the wing backs playing high up the pitch. This left SB as the lone CD. Playing a back 4 may have prevented Wigan’s 1st goal with a covering CB, in my head I have Cashin stepping in to whip the ball of their attacker.A little later on in the game a big hole again appeared in the centre of our defence, giving Wigan a great 1v1 opportunity from which they should have scored.
My take on it is that 3 at the back is quite a difficult system to play and we actually looked much more comfortable later on when we reverted to a back four. Just my opinion…
 

A sad end to a local man that did his best, Those that know are aware what a family member did when Lionel lost his money, DC will better take note, If/when DCFC get promoted he'd better sell as fans will expect something that DCs money can not buy...success.
Coventry splurged their EFL money on one player at £7.7million, Fans are impatient and if promoted will expect the same.
Enjoy the game folks 👍 

Amazed at how Jeremy Keith and Murdo MacLeod of the 3 amigos seem to have been overlooked for ownership and DoF..... 
How they took over, what they did, the state they left us in everything about their reign, zero redeeming factors.
Up until covid MM was universally loved, big names PO finals and most importantly the legacy of yhe academy.
Manager has to be Phil Brown for getting jobs for his mates and generally being out his depth and with the above ownership, not as a man, if you doubt the choice, it culminated in what happened at Colchester after they beat us in FAC.
And GK, Camp was ok for us, but his dad's rant was funny,but correct, picking Poole over him and Grant really? So Poole as GK for me as every fan also agreed tbf

To be fair, if you dug him up and put him in the dug out he couldn’t do any worse than he did first time 🤣

How many would Mikel Beck get in L1, a couple?

One of my favourite Rams games ever , got crushed on the Pop Side 

Born in ‘71 so whilst our glory years were in my lifetime I have no memory whatsoever.  By the time I really started supporting the Rams in the late ‘70s it was all downhill.  The best football was probably the first 3 years of Jim Smith.  But in my mind the best period was under Arthur Cox from ‘84 - ‘89.  Total rebuild, much like now, successive promotions and finishing 5th in the top flight only being denied European football due to the ban on English clubs.
I’m under no illusion that we will ever with the top division again but I live in hope we can get there again and hold our own.  Which, unfortunately, is probably the best a club our size can hop for.

1966 was my 1st game at the age of 10, Football was different back then and has now moved into an age where money rules the game, I've seen the best times, Clough Snr, Mackay, Cox, Smith, I can not see us reaching those heights again, It was a time of utter joy and a time of utter hopelessness, Trophies and relegations, Wealthy and bankrupt we still went, We travelled the Country far and wide just to see our Derby County, The mantle has been passed to my Son and Grandsons where the Grandsons have to compete with the City's, United's, Spurs, Arsenal's and Chelsea's of this world.
I've seen the best alright and those memories make me smile as time moves on 
 

Almost word for word, what I was going to write. 
There is one longing that I have and that is to see us play in the FA Cup final at Wembley. That can be still possible with a bit of luck, with the draw and playing top teams on an off day and good refereeing decisions, whereas winning the League is no longer possible.

"Have you already seen the best Derby County?"
Yes, 75-76 before Charlie George's shoulder injury. Even better than the two championship winning teams IMHO though I saw more matches that season so it may have skewed my view.
But Charlie George and Kevin Hector....wow.
Throw in McFarland, Todd, Gemmill, Rioch, Lee, Nish, Newton.... You won't beat that.

Apparently someone in Derby bought a phone so all season tickets were free that season, or so I am led to believe.

I am too young to remember the League Winning sides so I would say my best years following the Rams was under Arthur's leadership.  We had some phenomenal away support back then, which this last season has rekindle a little.  Seemed to be all fighting the same cause. 
A very humble quote below from Arthur taken from the link Ilson Ram kindly posted.  Would really like to see more of a tribute to him somewhere around the ground.  
“Alongside many other people my contribution to football has been negligible but whatever I have done and whichever club I have been at I have always done everything in their best interest"
Arthur Arthur, gissa wave,  Maaaacfarland,  One Gordon Guthrie.  Great days.
Gangway D from the Terrace 

If we are talking relatively, when we signed this man, we were in the second division but made him the highest paid player in the football league.

The stuff of nightmares alright. Bloody tragic

Viv Reeves pub singer is on and it seems he can play piano with a cat on his head.

How about the F****t  manager’s gleeful comment in 1967….
”We’ve just sold Alan Hinton to Clough at Derby for 30 grand!”
 

If this was your first game, then I'm surprised that you ever wanted to watch another. This remains the most tedious game that I've ever witnessed.
We were already champions and they were already relegated. It was a hot day and all 22 players had downed tools for the season.  Absolutely nothing happed for 90 minutes.

I have a vague recollection that my very, very, very first attendance was for Derby v Carlisle for the season finale.
Be nice to see it end the same way... 0-0... and one of these...

I was brought up on white/blue/red numbers.
I was gutted when we changed to black shorts.  It took eons to get over it... but get over it I did! 🦾
As romantic as those blue shorts were, I couldn't face another change of colour scheme so soon after the last one! (👀)
 
I just have to vote for "No More Change".
 
Socks?  Meh... not so fussed, mesen.  Preferably not holey, though!  👀
 

Bar an ageing Dorigos 15 game cameo they've all been absolute dross.  Giving Jones the benefit as he had a lot going on and probably wasn't the wisest loan signing. Know nothing about this guy but lets hope he's better than the others.

I know it's likely we'll lose him but I'd genuinely be sad to see him go. I'd rather lose Sibs than Knighty. He's 1 of the only players that you know week in and week out will put in a shift and give us an option pretty much everywhere on the pitch. He might not score as many goals or have the tricks of some, but he does all that dirty work to allow the technical players to work their magic. 
He will be a big loss imo. But I guess my sentiment is down to him being 1 of a few here that deserve to see good times with us after all the drama of the last couple years. Proper good kid and an absolute credit to himself, his family, us as a club and what we stand for.
 
If he does go, he will be a great model employee for any football club. Never complains, just does what he's told for the team, and always does it 100%. 
 
❤️🐏

Derby's 4 goals against against Newcastle are the best four in a game you will see. The 4th is my favourite goal of all time for Derby

Derby 2 Leeds 0- 1971/72 
Derby 4 Newcastle 2- 1975/76 Quarter-Finals FA Cup
Arsenal 1 Derby 2- 198/89
All classic matches and great wins by the Rams. 

I've always renewed the week of the deadline and I suspect most people do. I'd be suprised if there is any drop off in support this season

He’s just saying he supports Oxford. I know from his kids at school that he’s actually a massive Cambridge fan.