Kathcairns

Rooney appears to have created a siege mentality within the team.  i applaud it, it is the only way we can pull off the near impossible, staying in the division.

I saw him look at his watch at 94:35 when Reading had the ball in a safe area. And he still didn't blow. Just carried right on. 
He tried, bless him. 

Well played Derby - good performance that against a decent opponent.
Nice mix of game management tonight. First 25 mins played some great stuff, pinging the ball around & they struggled to squeeze the space - Forsyth particularly prominent & fitting that he got the goal. Thereafter Reading had a good spell as they did for 15 mins around the hour mark but we dug in, were well organised & defended well. Really pleased for Allsop too - couple of shaky performances in the League Cup but he was excellent tonight. Two fantastic saves (one in each half), some routine saves & good with the ball at his feet also.
Elsewhere, thought Knight right side was a lot better than I thought he'd be - he & Byrne combined well particularly first half & his running into space was a feature of our counter attacks - just disappointed he didn't put Stretton in just before he came off. Shout out for Stearman also who was very solid deputising for Jagielka.
Obviously they had a lot of late pressure but thought we looked reasonably comfortable & wasn't too concerned we'd throw it away. Important psychologically now that we've got back into positive points - if we can follow this up with another victory v Swansea on Saturday (who have just chased Fulham around the park all night) then we can start to think about reeling in Hull. All small steps.
Last word for the fans - magnificent all night & looked like a decent turnout in the end from the tellybox. I had a ticket for tonight but unfortunately tested positive for Covid on Monday so couldn't go - don't think I've ever been as disappointed to miss a match, really wanted to be there to roar on the lads. The team will have fed off that support tonight though & there were plenty of compliments on Sky about the backing we got. 
COYR

Come away from the ground bursting with pride. Son came all the way from Reading with a few mates, he’s staying over a night so we can have a beer and boy will we celebrate and toast Wayne Rooney.
Rooney is the best thing for us right now, he’s pulling us together and everyone is going the extra mile. So ducking proud we are fighting and not going down with a whimper feeling sorry for ourselves.
Up the Rams ? 

Absolutely love this football club. Slowly but surely we will become great again. 

Wayne ducking Rooney and all the players, take a bow lads. It's times like this when boys become men and men stand up and are counted. Against all odds, we're showing huge pride in the shirt and a steely will to win and doing it with a certain amount of style and panache too. 
So ducking proud of them all tonight, each and every one.
COYR

Subject to additional deductions ? 
(Which will be applied next season if we don't look like making up the gap)

Great credit due to Stearman and Allsop.
Well played ?

I think those boys at the EFL might have to up their game. That ref was decent opposition but I think they could send better
The poor guy at their HQ that has to explain what went wrong to Gibson. Oof

The ref was superb ....
 
As a defensive mid breaking up our counter right at the end.. 

Cracking win and superb team performance against an in form 12 man team. How was that not a penalty ? A typical small man referee in the mould of Captain Mainwaring, Macron , I hope he’s embarrassed later when he sees the replay.
UTR Knight outstanding.

Absolute masterclass tonight, especially Shinnie, won every ball, put his heart on the line. Still a beautiful footballer to have at the heart of every team.

I loved hearing him say in his interview after the game that he intends to bring those made redundant back to the club when the new owners are here. 

I’ve been critical of Rooney in the past on here so in the interest of balance I have to say he’s winning me over.  10 games in and you can see a style and pattern of play taking shape.  He’s trying to get us to play decent football, build from the back but with pace on the counter attack.
The last couple of weeks have also shown how tough his job has really been and highlighted some of the difficulties and problems he’s had that we haven’t always seen.  To find out about administration on TV must be tough but he’s handled himself well.  I also admire his honesty such as saying if he knew how bad it really was he wouldn’t have taken the job but following it with what sort of person would I be if I walked away.  It would be so easy to trot out the usual lines of it’s a big club, honoured to be here, etc.
He’s clearly building a great team spirit too.  The players clearly want to work for him.  We’re in for some tough weeks and months ahead but I’m starting to think he can bring us out of this in better shape.  Whatever happens this season, he deserves a chance to manage us in “normal” circumstances.

If he could pass on 10% of the skills he had to our team we might survive even a 21 point robbery!

Several good saves and never looked anything but assured coming for crosses. Tonight’s performance ensures great competition for the shirt. Expect Roos will get the nod again, but worthy of starting anytime in the future should Roos falter.

Fair play to Allsop tonight, had a great game, came up big when we needed him ??

Forget all this, what a team tonight.

Forget all this, what a team tonight.

I wish you had too and I wouldn't have to bother writing this post.

I don't give a damn if you're Derby fan, if you think it's ok to abuse other people and mock them over the death of a 2-day-old baby then I seriously do not like you as a person. And I am not saying you do think that, I'm merely saying I don't care about people like that. I'd rather have a Forest fan who was a decent person.

Just because you decided by luck or birth to support the same football team as me means nothing more about you as a person than if you prefer the Beatles to the Stones. 

And fwiw, I agree that we're no better or no worse. I had that conversation with a Sheff Utd fan yesterday when I told him I got sucker punched leaving a Derby game at Bramall Lane.

This isn't just about Billy Sharp, other Derby fans are getting upset and stressed at away games. @angieram mentioned this. So to take your all sticking together vibe, well we should be doing that with everybody and not letting some people dictate things.
A friend of mine got thrown out of a Derby game because the guy in front wouldn't sit down at an away game even though there were two OAPs behind him who couldn't stand and couldn't see and a fight broke out.


 

You could have been referring to me, sorry if you wasnt.

Don't care about everyone loving us, but surely we have a bit of self respect to not want the whole football community hating us? Like it or not, these doorknobs chanting vile crap and giving it the big one on social media are representing the fan base, and I don't like how we're coming across.

Very funny, i dont mind most songs but not 6 innocent children dying

Shaun Lowry summed this up best when talking about the abuse his wife received at the Ryder Cup last weekend:
"Nobody turns into a genius with drinking and taking drugs."