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Caught the local bus down to Portsmouth harbour this morning and asked the bus driver if he'd accept my gold card. He said, "From God's own county - definitely!" He was wearing a Derby County lanyard and turns out he is from Allestree! Got to be a good omen, that. 

Just setting off for Portsmouth, feel very calm about tonight , the lads always tend to pull a performance and dare I say a win out of the bag when we need one , good luck to the staff and players tonight and a safe trip down to all travelling Rams fans, let’s roar the lads on COYR

Bolton still have Portsmouth to play at home and Peterborough away, whilst Peterborough have to go to Oxford when they should still be very much fighting for 6th place. Barnsley go to Portsmouth, Stevenage, Charlton and Blackpool. After tomorrow, we have mid-table Wycombe a few days after they play a Wembley final, Orient and Carlisle at home, neither of whom will have anything but pride to play for, and Cambridge away who could well be safe by then.
A point tomorrow would be very useful, but there's still some tricky games for each of our rivals to play.

Credit to the Derbyshire motorcycle police - that's a slick operation
 

Poor bloke only asked for a few tips on places to go in Derby! 

Champions would be nice icing on the cake but certainly not essential. The reality is that it might be better if Pompey beat Bolton and Barnsley.

I am positive that if they removed the music. There would be a thread asking to bring it back.  I for one am too bust celebrating and only notice extra noise in the background 

I love that he’s owning that Mbappe celebration. Love to see the confidence growing in the lad and can’t wait for him to be celebrating like that in front of the Derby fans 20/30 times a season 🤩

Another angle of the goal.
 

A win was everything yesterday and it was warne and the players job to get that win ,,, bugger all else mattered, it was a tight first half where we edged it and got the lead ,
second half started and boy was I frustrated for a while , said to my wife that we seemed to want to play like we are 3-0 up and game over , we gave them space to play and like everyone else I was shouting at them to wake up and press on to them but soon got the nagging feeling we were happy to let them play and have space in areas they wernt hurting us , get in our shape and not chase everything, dive in and get played round then hit them on the break , we may not like it at times , we may wrongly feel we are being massively outplayed at times but by god it was a mature performance, free from the naivety that has plagued us at times ,
paul warne ? ,,,,like him or not ( i really like him and want him to be given the chance to see how much more he’s got) those who come on here and call him a clown , a kick and rush merchant without a clue or even a thought on tactics are very very wide of the mark ,
warne and his team may not always get it right ( who does ) but make no mistake, there’s a lot of hard work and thought going into how to beat each team we come up against , they are not clueless kick and rush merchants, you can’t and don’t have to get it right every time , you have to get it right more often than not and enough times over a season to do well and even get promoted,
at the end of games Paul warne is the one I have a main eye on going round the ground to applaud fans and hope he’s really enjoying it , I want to see him start the bounce if and or when we are promoted with the biggest smile on his face as I’m pretty sure he will when he feels he’s achieved something, the target promotion not a fleeting moment of a good win , that’s for us fans and the players ,he’s got a job to finish ,, you can bet he isn’t taking the players out for a wallet busting pxss up when the job is nowhere near done yet ,,, that’s what I see and like in warne and his team,
oh and another day I really enjoyed in a season im really enjoying,,,, live in the now folks is my advise🤷🏻‍♂️

Very important result and what sounds like sensible management of players to avoid aggravating injuries/recovery.
Performance good enough - now time for a masterclass in poohousery to see if we can nick a scruffy and undeserved result at Pompey.
Just caught up last couple of months with the Promotion Rivals thread. It looks like we've managed to be steady whilst others have wobbled.
So let's keep the pressure on, Rams!

Just crawled into my pit. Great to see old friends and banter at the Exeter Arms pre match. We were behind the shot which was something special and deserved  to win any match . Will rate players when I’m  sober as for now I’m  a very content and drunk Ram . 
Goodnight Rams wherever you are. Lots to do still but hey we’re sitting pretty and content yes?!! 🐏

That was a nail biting, glorious, low rent league 1 scrap. I loved it, and after April I never ever want to watch anything like it again.

I presume he'd just taken an inswinging corner. On the radio in the bit I was able to listen to, they were saying Sibbo's corners were very good (as I think they always are).

I'm not letting my nan out the cage until he signs permanently 

Loving your work for DCFC Ebou , 10 days of Ramadan to go , your discipline is awesome , COYRs

Just massive, massive respect to this guy. I hope to goodness we can sign him up, what a difference he has made.

Bearing in mind I  missed the Bolton game due to "Other stuff", I've gotta say, I thoroughly enjoyed this afternoon!
The walk in the sunshine to get there.  The queues at the turnstiles at 14:48.  The grit, determination and effort on the pitch.  The atmosphere from all points of the compass stands.  The cracking view of a cracking goal.  The relief at the final whistle.  The post-whistle celebrations on and off the pitch.  Heck, even the drenching from the 5 minute hailstorm on the way home!
No.  It wasn't a classic.  But it was bloody enjoyable, and I think every single one of us deserved that, after last week's all round poor output.
By jove... I do believe we're on our way... To the Championship, we're on our way...

So, hang on. Are you saying you left her in A&E and came to the game without her?

We need to channel the spirit of 85/86 and 96/97, when we didn't fall at the last hurdle in the final few games. The atmosphere at the home games helped get us through in the end. Maybe it can do it again.

Scored the only goal in a 1 nil win 😍 keep him on loan there it's working 

He wasn't 'mentally' ready for first team football prior to this loan to be fair. It was obvious he had the physicality to cope, and his goal record at youth level showed he had that killer instinct. However, when given his brief chances in the first team, he looked lost.
The only way for him to overcome it was from game time, and I think it was reasonable to give him starts in Cup competitions. Unfortunately, he never got those chances. 
It still took him a few sub apps to get over that mental block when at Gateshead. His first goal was just what he needed to get going. Is it 8 goals and 2 or 3 assists in his last 7 games?

How inconsiderate of her. Doesn't she know that the Rams need everyone behind them?