Kathcairns

Sorry for you and your wifes loss Mucker.

Everyone who pays for a seat should have the right to watch the match without someone standing up in front of them. A lot of people cannot stand, and children have got no chance of seeing the game. To me the people that block views are very selfish.

I don’t think Bolton were miles better than us. The football they play is a lot easier on the eye and is nice to watch as they move it around waiting for space to exploit but I think we were solid and had it not been for the odd poor touch here and there we’d have done a lot more on the counter attack. 
 
Anyway players need to forget it and focus straight on to the next match. Only Derby playing on Saturday out of the mini league of 5 at the top. Psychologically could be massive heading into the busy Easter period 7 points ahead of second and 2 points off top with superior goal difference. It turns the heat up on everybody around us when they’re cramming more games into a shorter time frame. We have to back yesterday up with a result at Northampton. 

The only time a league is “easy” is when there are 2 runaway leaders and you are one of them. That has not happened this year. Only 1 in Pompey. 
This league isn’t easy, it’s highly competitive. Until yesterday there were 5 teams in with a chance of the automatics and probably 9 or 10 with hopes of the play offs. 

I actually don’t agree. I think without 3 standout teams outplaying the majority of the rest of the league it’s actually proving to be a more competitive league this season, sides are more closely matched at the top end of the table illustrated by the smaller gap between the sides. Last season it was almost always between 3 sides for automatic promotion, this season it’s been less clear with us, Barnsley, Bolton, Posh, Portsmouth and Oxford all competing at various points. 
I’ve never signed up to this idea that the league is somehow “easier”, it is what it is, 24 teams competing for points across a 46 game season and relative to that we’re currently the second placed side.

If you can't enjoy days like today then you should probably consider just not bothering.

Too right, next season is not on the agenda yet, get promoted then worry about that! Regards going up, I’ve never felt so confident as now, it’s not just today’s result (of which we didn’t play very well and rode our luck) it’s more the togetherness of the team and how they are fighting and pulling together, today the players new it wasn’t there best performance, but no way were they going to concede a goal. I think it’s this togetherness that’s going to get us over the line, who really cares how well we play at this stage of the season, just win games!!

On the evidence of yesterday, with seats not often occupied more likely to be filled for the remainder of the season, there's an issue brewing with persistent and sometimes bellicose standing at the top of the south end of the West Stand Upper. Fans who didn't want someone standing infront of them had to face down fans who thought they could bully others into accepting their ignorant behaviour. A couple of stewards came up to take a look, but did sweet FA to force the belligerents to comply with the stadium rules. In fairness, they were severely outnumbered. If these fans persist, I can see the club being forced to bar match by match sales up there.

Let's make every home match a black and white day till the end of the season, lovely to see all the kids with their flags again.

Oops, good spot. Got to give them a chance though to keep it interesting. 😀

Well, Barnsley are pretty much guaranteed to win one of those! 

If we win all of our remaining games, we are not going to Wembley. Fact.

It's a thread started by a young, Derby mad fan known to us as @B4ev6is, B4, or Daniel. He passed away recently which broke many a heart among us Rams as he was as sweet a lad as you could wish to meet and the most fervent and loyal supporter of any club, not just Derby, that I've ever met. His spelling however was shocking, but as a result of learning difficulties, hence the jokes about 'scraves and ballions' you'll find all over the forum. We bumped the thread as part of an effort to keep him close to our hearts and the title was left as was out of respect to Dan and his family. In its own way, it kind of sums up who he was and why he such a favourite among us Rams faithful. No disrespect is intended.

That’s if for me the way he just slotted back in like he’s never been out for 6 weeks and now he’s getting older I actually think playing CB in a 3 is his best position. 🐑🐑🐑🐑 What a Guy.

I like that he's a clever footballer yet he's also worked his way back from several career threatening injuries.
Just does everything sensibly and without any drama. Ģood in the air, fast enough,  can cross really well, will play any position.
Yesterday he just covered the line and smashed into tackles, all without any fuss. 
 

Fozzy put a great shift in yesterday , his experience could be crucial in the run in , I bless the day Tim Ward signed him 

He was superb. Won every header, crunched a superb tackle first half, kept the defence together. Top bloke. Derby legend.

In 100 years time, I’m fairly sure Fozzy’s ghost will still be haunting the left back areas of Pride Park, and he’ll still be the best crosser of the ball at the club.
I think people do overlook how good he’s actually been for us. He’s been one of the best left backs in the championship for almost a decade. It’s no surprise at all he’s still very good at League One level.

I’ll shed an actual tear (or two) when he finally leaves us. He is still a link to that amazing second half of the 13/14 season, which was as enjoyable as anything I can remember (going back to early 80s). But he has also been that reassuring presence throughout the dark times, ten(?) managers and countless left backs, all inferior. Still quality, still a Ram.

I’ve got a lot more confidence in Fozzy than Sonny 👍

At this level with his experience and quality with Nelson and Cash either side I had no worries about him replacing Sonny. Solid as a rock

If there’s one person who deserves a promotion it’s fozzy be great if he scores the goal that takes us up

Over ten years of service, never a problem in the entire time he's been here, seen off every left back we've signed since he arrived, flexible enough to cover multiple positions.
A club legend. No doubt about it. 

My mum was a wheelchair user. The amount of times she had to sit not only away from the Derby fans, but also away from the rest of the family was rubbish. I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir though!
Good on Pompey for letting you sit where you should be.

I have a lot of respect for Pompey and Bolton and hopefully both will be with the Rams in the Championship next season.  Proper historic football clubs with a great fan base that have been grossly mismanaged over recent years.