Caerphilly Ram

I was impressed with his all round play today, looks to have a bit of pace and also good physicality for a young lad, he wasn’t phased playing against their more experienced centre backs. Would like to see us persist with him and Stretton along with CKR, maybe time to say “thank you for your efforts” and let Baldock go. Save the wages or use them to bring in another freebie to bolster the squad. 

They spelt duck wrong!

I was impressed with his all round play today, looks to have a bit of pace and also good physicality for a young lad, he wasn’t phased playing against their more experienced centre backs. Would like to see us persist with him and Stretton along with CKR, maybe time to say “thank you for your efforts” and let Baldock go. Save the wages or use them to bring in another freebie to bolster the squad. 

Sound team performance always looked like a single goal would settle it. Special mention though to Joswiak who looked like he belonged and Alsop who is much better with the ball at his feat. Also another good crowd and atmosphere great support astonishing given the apparent hopelessness of our situation. Credit too to the Blackpool fans for there support ?

Jozwiak I think, seems to be him and Knight down the right hand side. Though he’s roaming around a bit too. I like the formation at the mo, need to make more of the forward momentum. Ref seems poor with his decision making for both sides, not in control of things at all

Good result considering the circumstances and nice to see a system that makes better use of the players available.
It may not have been by design but hopefully the management take this onboard.

Good win for us in a scrappy game.
Both teams looked very toothless in attack, very happy with the win ?

so much better passing and movement this half..much slicker great tempo

The Polish International version of Kamil has woken up ? Much better form him last few minutes.

If we could move the ball quicker, we could take these easily. All first half we were so predictable and weren't moving enough.

Jozwiak I think, seems to be him and Knight down the right hand side. Though he’s roaming around a bit too. I like the formation at the mo, need to make more of the forward momentum. Ref seems poor with his decision making for both sides, not in control of things at all

If the EFL could give everyone a full explanation of what those rules are and why they have been applied it would be helpful but the basics are you will play every game with both hands tied behind your back whilst wearing a potato sack around your feet on your way to the relegation we so desired.

After 8 weeks of silence, DET are today reporting that Mel Morris can be heard on Desert Island Discs this coming Sunday on BBC Radio 4
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/mel-morris-Derby-county-desert-island-discs-6322992
In a revealing insight, Mel talks about himself loads, his favourite book (Accounting for Dummies) and what he considers gives him most pleasure (having his ego massaged). Interspersed during an hour of denial, Mel also shares his favourite music, an eclectic mix of sounds from his past, totally oblivious at all times to the irony of his choices:
1) Money, Money, Money - Abba
2) The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
3) Money too tight to mention - Simply Red
4) Sorry seems to be the hardest word - Elton John
5) Taxman - Beatles
6) Liquidator - Harry J All Stars
7) It wasn't me - Shaggy
8) Don't look back in anger - Oasis

As heartbreaking as it is to lose all this young talent, we have to do anything we can to secure the one and only goal at the moment....
Survival of the club.
Whether you trust Rooney, the Administrators, Kirchner, Rammie or anyone else, we are powerless to do anything about it. So, as difficult as it is - and believe me, I'm struggling - we just have to sit patiently by and hope that those who do have some say in the matter secure the best possible deal for the football club to exist, in the first instance, and then to move forward.
Derby County is what matters here. ?

Right?! I’ve no idea the figures that could be generated of course, I plucked the £5m figure out as that’s the bare minimum I would want to see Knight sold for.
Hopefully we’d be able to sell him for much more, however given the club is currently over a barrel and also with a storied history of underselling our talent compared to other clubs I can’t see it being massive money ? 

Right?! I’ve no idea the figures that could be generated of course, I plucked the £5m figure out as that’s the bare minimum I would want to see Knight sold for.
Hopefully we’d be able to sell him for much more, however given the club is currently over a barrel and also with a storied history of underselling our talent compared to other clubs I can’t see it being massive money ? 

Latest statement from the club:
"After the recent defeat away to Bristol City, it is looking ever more likely that DCFC will be relegated to League 1 by the end of the season, and ever more likely that @Ramley Apple will be crowned the dcfcfans poster of the season, due to his extended knowledge, wisdom, and unceasing realism.  We would like to go on record to thank @Ramley Apple for his continued and questionable support throughout this difficult time, and only wish that more of our fans had the same realistic outlook, if only to put to bed these ridiculous dreams of survival that has poisoned the club thus far this season.  Perhaps now, those fans will sit quietly and despondently for the remainder of this season's games, and let us just get on with confirming our relegation at the very earliest opportunity".
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Still mathematically possible for us to stay up, feels less and less probable with each game that passes. If we carry on this way it will then become mathematically impossible for us to stay up and you can smugly say “I told you so” for whatever strange reason it is you seem so keen to spite the same fan base you allegedly form a part of.

What has Lawrence got to do to show some people he is our best attacking threat? 4 goals and 3 assists in our last few games, but not considered a goal threat…

Roos
Byrne  Davies  Jags  Williams
   Thomson  Bird  Knight
Ebosele                Lawrence
                 CKR
Harsh on Shinnie as I’m a big fan of his but I feel we need a focal point in attack, forward drive from the midfield  and Ebosele if fit enough needs to start. I’d like to see us go at them from the start, actually try to build a 2 or 3 goal lead then bring on Shinnie, Ravel, Fozzy to see the game out. Yes I’m a fantasist ? 

Not fully sure what the protocol is, but noticed no one else started a new matchday thread after the QPR loss. So I thought I'd start my first one and see if I can be a lucky charm.
I hope I can go on a long run creating these threads, starting with a trip down to Bristol to play the City's second team.
3pm on Saturday (a kick off time that should please all the ones who moan about matches getting moved for the telly).
Will Lawrence continue his fine form? Will that guy who knows more about Derby's accounting policy than anyone else in the entire world be fizzing by full time? Will we still be in with a shout of survival at 5pm on Saturday?
COYR.

No idea why it's important for fans to be 'pragmatic' in accepting relegation. We don't run the club. When fans talk of 'believing' in incredibly unlikely things, they are often expressing hope rather than _literally_ claiming they think the unlikely thing will happen. And sometimes that hope is important to them, and it doesn't affect me, and it doesn't affect the club - unless we think the administrators (we are in administration, by the way) set their strategy according to this message board? That they are swayed by emotion? 
Do I think we will be relegated? Of course; I'm pretty much certain of it. But it's not my business to go round stamping out tiny flames of hope. 

I think many people saw these 3 games and thought we would be blown away and would be sat still on -ve points.
4 points from 9 against 2/3 teams laden with cash and Premier league quality is a very good achievement. Yet we still are further away from surviving than we were 3 games ago.
We need to show the same intensity and belief against the so called 'lesser' teams in the league now. That's the hardest part no more results like the Barnsley one.
If we can get a new owner confirmed before Xmas and realistically in by mid/end Jan we may stand a chance with a few extra bodies who want to prove themselves.
We just need to stay within throwing distance until then.