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Badge kissers, I had always respected Stuart Pearce  for saying he would never sign for us out of respect for florist fans and then I watched him in Ted McMimms testimonial kissing the Derby badge right in front of me ?

On the flip side I remember Charlie George sticking two fingers up to the pop side when scoring for Arsenal after getting dogs abuse and then signing for us and becoming a hero. Who said football fans are fickle.

Badge kissers, I had always respected Stuart Pearce  for saying he would never sign for us out of respect for florist fans and then I watched him in Ted McMimms testimonial kissing the Derby badge right in front of me ?

See you there your round?

I agree with you about “ull” I think most of the people who have a down on it probably haven’t visited the area. We regularly stay at the holiday inn on the marina and love the pubs and restaurants in that area and we will stay when we play there this season.
 
 
 
 

It will happen in the future. We have to be more optimistic with our football club. And as a collective, as a team, us fans play a massive part to our football club. We have a loyal fanbase in Derby and all over the world, with potential of growth, and if our team becomes successful on the pitch.
Our history is an indication of what we have achieved, we can still achieve a lot more. Unfortunately many of our fans on here, have already written off our chances before a ball has been kicked for next season. I believe we are going to achieve again. We are still a Championship football club with international football players with a fantastic football ground and facilities and our club has dropped to the lower leagues in the past and fought it's way back to the highest league.
I know right now financially the club is not in a good place, but like the football, bad can be turned into good, just like the bad times we all have in life.
The fans that turned up at Pride Park in the pouring rain against Sheffield Wednesday, some of them probably watched their team win at Wembley against WBA and watched their team under Jim Smith destroy teams in the Premiership and some might have been lucky enough to enjoy our team be Champions of England Two times, whereas some might have only seen us lose at Wembley, or not even that, some might have only seen us lose lots of games this season, but the stories that their friends, their mothers and fathers, their grandma's and grandad's might have shared with them, that have created the loyalty, the love, the connection with this football club matter to them, and they matter to all of us Derby County supporters.
Whatever happens in the future, we will support Derby County Football Club and we all hope that someone or a collective of somebody's will invest and believe in Derby County and bring the good times to this football club so we all collectively enjoy supporting and believing in our football club, and we have additional facilities including a Museum, which will educate and attract many more people to our wonderful football club.
Enjoy Derby County Football Club and believe in it.
 
 

Some on here will say we are only level on points with the bottom three☹️

I’m not here to try and change your opinion, ultimately none of us know what it’s like to work under Mel behind the scenes so we can only build our own opinions from what we see and hear. 
One thing though, Keogh, we might not have acted by the letter of employment law but I back the decision 100%.
He was the club captain, those responsibilities apply both on and off the pitch, Lawrence going through a tough time with the loss of his mum, Bennett a young lad still, Keogh should have known better, he let this club down big time.
Even had the offer to take a pay cut, whilst rehabilitation took place at Moor Farm, which the club would have covered as they did his surgery.
For me, completely tainted his time at Derby, hope he enjoys the money, I have no time for him now at all.

I think you’re way off personally. That’s the figure the media have portrayed.
I believe he has standards that he expects and not someone you want to cross, knows what he wants, has his vision but never got the impression he’s closed minded to others opinions.
Would you want a weak minded owner with no vision that is easily swayed by any other voice? 
There’s a topic somewhere in the Football forum, Frank Lampard still full of praise for Mel, his character and human side.
Scorned managers will probably tell a different tale but that’s natural when you’ve been given the sack.
I’ve met him several times and spoke with him even more, take my opinion as you want it I guess.
Tend to avoid these type of conversations now as it’s just a pile on which I find a tad unfair despite the situation we find ourselves in.

Jim Smith appointed Derby County manager, that’s a fantastic signing, said practically nobody 

See you there your round?

Absolutely! If you can see the sea, that's good enough for me. I live 100 miles from the coast so any glimpse is precious.
Also  I love the area around Waterside and the marina in Hull. I can't understand why everyone has such a down on the place.

And Hull ?

there will always been moronic keyboard trolls. when you call them out they hide. if they were highlighted and named by companies names put in local press banned from games made to clean local streets as punishment. i wonder how many would reoffend. what's the difference if your skin is black white yellow green blue your still human. and we sold him end of story.

Show a player respect when he's with us and they'll show respect back.
Unfortunately there are a noisy minority (both on social media and at matches) who want to pick a fight.
Tom Ince at Stoke - looked petrified when he came onto the pitch first match against us but the majority clapping him soon drowned out the few haters and he clapped us back.
Can't understand people who abuse our own players myself, especially those who've come through the ranks with us. 

Jim Smith appointed Derby County manager, that’s a fantastic signing, said practically nobody 

And Swansea

Jim Smith appointed Derby County manager, that’s a fantastic signing, said practically nobody 

On the flip side I remember Charlie George sticking two fingers up to the pop side when scoring for Arsenal after getting dogs abuse and then signing for us and becoming a hero. Who said football fans are fickle.

Jim Smith appointed Derby County manager, that’s a fantastic signing, said practically nobody 

Jim Smith appointed Derby County manager, that’s a fantastic signing, said practically nobody 

On the flip side I remember Charlie George sticking two fingers up to the pop side when scoring for Arsenal after getting dogs abuse and then signing for us and becoming a hero. Who said football fans are fickle.

Keogh for his role in the Joiners incident.
As captain, you’re the leader on and off the pitch. 
To then refuse a pay cut whilst injured due to his own stupidity, takes the club to tribunal. Sorry but for me that’s unforgivable. He was the club captain. 
As for Morgan Whittaker, think it’s a classic case of fans can give it, but not take it.
He wasn’t shown the love the likes of Sibley and Knight have, maybe he won’t ever be good enough but as a local lad, that must have hurt him.
To then score against us, a game which looked to be a further nail in our coffin as he was off to the play offs, I don’t blame him for his celebration.
It’s laughable that he and his girlfriend have now closed their Twitter accounts over tweets from Derby fans following the final whistle.
He’s still a kid, trying to break through into the game. Actually did a lot of work with food banks whilst here, helping families in need and we’ve turned on one of our own, all because we thought he wasn’t good enough.
It’s sad to see tbh, scores against us again I expect even more of a celebration, not sure our fans could handle that. 

I’m astonished that you’re astonished ?

And his name must be frank wignall