Sufferingfool

Sadly can’t make the March as cannot get away till 12.30 but looking forward to a raucous supportive atmosphere. Hopefully chants will focus on supporting the team, we will be in the spotlight more than usual and need to reinforce the good impression we have been making. COYR

Sadly can’t make the March as cannot get away till 12.30 but looking forward to a raucous supportive atmosphere. Hopefully chants will focus on supporting the team, we will be in the spotlight more than usual and need to reinforce the good impression we have been making. COYR

I’m not going to make it tomorrow,  long story, mother in law died, then we got Covid ( very mild, negative now ) Mrs Jono needed to escape so right now on the Isle of Skye but Sky Go plumbed in. Big breakfast followed by walk on beach then the big game .. this is huge as are the next 2 or 3 .. if we can roll on and the results go with us we could end February out of the bottom 3. What that would say about Rooney and this team and the spirit of DCFC is immeasurable 

Wayne Rooney you are class! You could have walked away from this mess and you didn’t! You could have given up on this season and you haven’t! You could have gone for the job with your boyhood team and you bloody didn’t!!! You have shown true integrity and built this into a Derby team all the fans have grown to love for their commitment and passion. You have turned a season of despair into one of hope  Thank you Wayne you are a true Ram and deserve to be a Legend.

The man is just class. I can't think of anyone who would have turned down an interview at their boyhood club, a Premiership club, to stay at this total car crash of a football club. It is an unbelievable decision, it defies logic but it proves that he was telling the truth when he said he wanted to restore pride to this club. 
Whilst Rooney deserves every single platitude coming his way, I think we should all remember loyalty cuts both ways. This club will get back on its feet one day & at that point, expectations will rise. Don't want to see any kneejerk 'we've lost 3 games in a row, he has to go' nonsense - he deserves more leeway than any manager we've ever had. Because at our lowest ebb, he stuck with us & he didn't have to ?
p.s. @RoyMac5 you called it - Chapeau

The Leadership that Rooney oozes is simply world class, whatever industry he is in.  The fact that he is in football and leading our beloved Derby County is just unbelievable.  It should be a full house Sunday - fantastic in the circumstances - but we should make sure it’s a full house for every game we play from now until, hopefully, the end of the season.  It’s our turn to show the same commitment as our Wayne!! ???

I was born whilst Roy McFarland was manager, and in my conscious time supporting this Club, I think I can now say that Wayne Rooney is my favourite manager we've ever had.
I was too young to fully appreciate Jim Smith. I started going to watch Derby regularly when he was manager, and some his squads will be players I always remember (Mart Poom was my first football idol), but I was still too young to think deep enough in to football to see the influence of managers and the impact they have on squads.
Wayne Rooney isn't a manager who has produced the best results I've seen like Davies or McClaren, or produced the most eye-catching football (McClaren), but doesn't stop him coming out on top for me.
I think when all of this is done and we emerge on the other side, those who stood by us and supported us will never be forgotten, likewise with those who did the opposite. No matter what happens, I won't forget the loyalty that Rooney has shown us, when it would be so easy for him to do walk. I don't have enough fingers to count the number of times where he could've turned his back on us and you'd only be able to say, "yeah, fair enough."
But here he is inspiring younger players, breathing new life in to veterans and getting this Club pulling together as one to get results and performances we really have no right to get in our situation. Then when the opportunity comes to possibly manage his boyhood side, he doesn't think twice because he's fully invested in the project and the battle we have here.
How inspiring must that be for those at the Club? I couldn't think of much worse than having someone preach to you week in, week out, only for the same person to just jump ship at the first opportunity. The fact he hasn't done that makes me confident that this squad and the supporters will be invigorated even more. If we do manage to retain our Championship status, he'll become a legend. But if not, I don't think I'll ever underappreciate what he's done, and what he's doing for us. I wanted him gone towards the end of last season, even after we scraped survival. Thank god I'm not in charge hey? And mostly, thanks Wayne.

Well he did tell us all he was going to bring the pride back to our Club. #COYR

Wayne Rooney you are class! You could have walked away from this mess and you didn’t! You could have given up on this season and you haven’t! You could have gone for the job with your boyhood team and you bloody didn’t!!! You have shown true integrity and built this into a Derby team all the fans have grown to love for their commitment and passion. You have turned a season of despair into one of hope  Thank you Wayne you are a true Ram and deserve to be a Legend.

Wayne Rooney you are class! You could have walked away from this mess and you didn’t! You could have given up on this season and you haven’t! You could have gone for the job with your boyhood team and you bloody didn’t!!! You have shown true integrity and built this into a Derby team all the fans have grown to love for their commitment and passion. You have turned a season of despair into one of hope  Thank you Wayne you are a true Ram and deserve to be a Legend.

Wayne Rooney you are class! You could have walked away from this mess and you didn’t! You could have given up on this season and you haven’t! You could have gone for the job with your boyhood team and you bloody didn’t!!! You have shown true integrity and built this into a Derby team all the fans have grown to love for their commitment and passion. You have turned a season of despair into one of hope  Thank you Wayne you are a true Ram and deserve to be a Legend.

Wayne Rooney you are class! You could have walked away from this mess and you didn’t! You could have given up on this season and you haven’t! You could have gone for the job with your boyhood team and you bloody didn’t!!! You have shown true integrity and built this into a Derby team all the fans have grown to love for their commitment and passion. You have turned a season of despair into one of hope  Thank you Wayne you are a true Ram and deserve to be a Legend.

Wayne Rooney you are class! You could have walked away from this mess and you didn’t! You could have given up on this season and you haven’t! You could have gone for the job with your boyhood team and you bloody didn’t!!! You have shown true integrity and built this into a Derby team all the fans have grown to love for their commitment and passion. You have turned a season of despair into one of hope  Thank you Wayne you are a true Ram and deserve to be a Legend.

Wayne Rooney you are class! You could have walked away from this mess and you didn’t! You could have given up on this season and you haven’t! You could have gone for the job with your boyhood team and you bloody didn’t!!! You have shown true integrity and built this into a Derby team all the fans have grown to love for their commitment and passion. You have turned a season of despair into one of hope  Thank you Wayne you are a true Ram and deserve to be a Legend.

Wayne Rooney you are class! You could have walked away from this mess and you didn’t! You could have given up on this season and you haven’t! You could have gone for the job with your boyhood team and you bloody didn’t!!! You have shown true integrity and built this into a Derby team all the fans have grown to love for their commitment and passion. You have turned a season of despair into one of hope  Thank you Wayne you are a true Ram and deserve to be a Legend.

Wayne Rooney you are class! You could have walked away from this mess and you didn’t! You could have given up on this season and you haven’t! You could have gone for the job with your boyhood team and you bloody didn’t!!! You have shown true integrity and built this into a Derby team all the fans have grown to love for their commitment and passion. You have turned a season of despair into one of hope  Thank you Wayne you are a true Ram and deserve to be a Legend.

Well. I'm speechless. He's turned down his boyhood club, who themselves are in a relegation battle and desperately need help.
In fact, I'm not speechless, I'm just struggling to find the right words to pour my love out for the bloke on the internet.
Incredible show of loyalty, absolutely incredible. This guy deserves 100% backing from EVERY Derby fan now, without exception. 
What he has done this week is truly astonishing. 
A Premier League job interview.
His boyhood club.
No thanks, I have a job to do here.
Wayne Rooney, you sir are a legend and I'm stone cold sober saying this.

There was plenty of people unhappy of the process in which Rooney was appointed but this season alone, he’s not only shown his worth, his class, his leadership etc most of all this highlights his morals around work ethic are off the scale compared to many in football.
What a shame those in higher roles, do not have the same football ethics as Wayne Rooney!
Outstanding loyalty to our cause. Top bloke forevermore in my book.

What a statement from Rooney, so refreshing, simple and honest. If only our manager in early 2015 had done the same when we were top of the league... Hindsight. 

Wayne Rooney, every time you think he cannot go up any higher in our estimations he goes and absolutely smashes it. I’ve said it so many times but there is genuinely no one else I’d rather have at the club. The man oozes class and commitment. 
 
What a bloke. I bloody love him. 

Wayne Rooney you are class! You could have walked away from this mess and you didn’t! You could have given up on this season and you haven’t! You could have gone for the job with your boyhood team and you bloody didn’t!!! You have shown true integrity and built this into a Derby team all the fans have grown to love for their commitment and passion. You have turned a season of despair into one of hope  Thank you Wayne you are a true Ram and deserve to be a Legend.

First sign of loyalty in football for many many years .well done Wayne Rooney 

Wayne Rooney you are class! You could have walked away from this mess and you didn’t! You could have given up on this season and you haven’t! You could have gone for the job with your boyhood team and you bloody didn’t!!! You have shown true integrity and built this into a Derby team all the fans have grown to love for their commitment and passion. You have turned a season of despair into one of hope  Thank you Wayne you are a true Ram and deserve to be a Legend.