Bris Vegas Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Anyone who played football as a kid would have had that one game. That one game where you played beyond your natural ability and you could seemingly do no wrong, such as a goalkeeper pulling off countless saves or a striker who just couldn't miss. I'm convinced this happens to professionals too. So, can anyone think of any standout performances from current or past Derby players which just went beyond their natural ability or which is very unlikely to be repeated again? I'll start with a couple to kick us off: Tom Lawrence vs Huddersfield Town (A). I'm convinced Lawrence will never play a better 45 minutes again in his life. It wasn't just his two goals. He actually made the right decision almost every time he got the ball as Huddersfield couldn't handle him, while defensively he was brilliant too. Many people will question why Lawrence can't match this type of performance on a regular basis. But that's the point of this thread. This was his one game. Bob Malcolm vs Wolves (A). Who else thought we'd signed the Scottish Claude Makelele after this performance? Malcolm made his debut in the 1-0 win at Wolves and he just mopped up everything infront of the back four. Sublime. Every other time he put a Derby shirt on he wasn't even half as good as what he was that night. TigerTedd, jono, LeedsCityRam and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GboroRam Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 1 minute ago, Bris Vegas said: Bob Malcolm vs Wolves (A). Who else thought we'd signed the Scottish Claude Makelele after this performance? Later we realised we'd signed the Scottish Claude Davis. G STAR RAM, EtoileSportiveDeDerby, Chris_Martin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Alan harper v Liverpool. Headed one in, crossed for wanchope and was then never seen again... Anon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 A recent example I think is Martyn Waghorn v Sheffield Wednesday last season. The man was possessed jono, Rammy03, IslandExile and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted August 31, 2021 Author Share Posted August 31, 2021 Might be a controversial one afer his hattrick against Forest, but I don't remember Craig Bryson having such an influential game as he did in that 5-1 win at Millwall. As a midfielder you'd expect to score maybe one screamer from outside the area a season. He scored two in one game and then topped it off with another superb strike for his third. RadioactiveWaste and ariotofmyown 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Hughes Hair Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, GboroRam said: Later we realised we'd signed the Scottish Claude Davis. I’ve told the story before but I met his best mate (in a pub in north Kent) just after he’d signed. Friendly enough chap but the fact he was offering me coke within twenty minutes of meeting me did set off some alarm bells ? Bris Vegas, RadioactiveWaste, GboroRam and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFruitsRam7 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 (edited) Julian De Sart vs West Brom. Edited August 31, 2021 by DarkFruitsRam7 Sidd10, bristolram, sage and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScamRam Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Chris Porter, two great goals against Swansea in 2009 and I finally thought 'we have found a striker'!! Hip injury curtailed his career RadioactiveWaste and Ramarena 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve How Hard? Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, Will Hughes Hair said: I’ve told the story before but I met his best mate (in a pub in north Kent) just after he’d signed. Friendly enough chap but the fact he was offering me coke within twenty minutes of meeting me did set off some alarm bells ? Is he the same bloke that ended up as a tramp at the bottom of your garden? Will Hughes Hair and Patrick Rams 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Hughes Hair Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Any game George Thorne played in the 13-14 season. DavesaRam and RadioactiveWaste 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poynton ram Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Matt Carbon in the 3.0 win over Arsenal at PP. Think he played as first choice was injured. Brilliant ariotofmyown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Kenny Miller when he scored that screamer against Newcastle at PP in our one and only league victory, I was sat right behind the goal when that went in. Apart from that can't remember anything else he did of note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-Ram Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 7 minutes ago, Will Hughes Hair said: I’ve told the story before but I met his best mate (in a pub in north Kent) just after he’d signed. Friendly enough chap but the fact he was offering me coke within twenty minutes of meeting me did set off some alarm bells ? You a Pepsi kind of guy? Mick Brolly, Steve How Hard?, Will Hughes Hair and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIMBAUD Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Stephen Pearson for about five seconds at Wembley. RAM1966, TigerTedd, RadioactiveWaste and 1 other 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Hughes Hair Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 1 minute ago, Steve How Hard? said: Is he the same bloke that ended up as a tramp at the bottom of your garden? You can’t imagine how disconsolate old trampie has been this summer. Very little transfer market action for him to proffer an opinion on. Just tales of financial mismanagement that remind him of his own fall from grace. DarkFruitsRam7, Steve How Hard? and Ramarena 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Roger Davis, Scoring all 5 goals against Luton Town and 2 goals disallowed https://www.facebook.com/DerbyCountyOfficial/videos/roger-davies-on-his-five-goals-vs-luton-town/241948376855993/ chezzyram, Bris Vegas, RoyMac5 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Hughes Hair Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, i-Ram said: You a Pepsi kind of guy? More Shirley really ? i-Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ram59 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Andy Todd's scoring on his debut in the opening game of 'that' season. RadioactiveWaste and TigerTedd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EraniosSocks Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Lupoli hat trick Colchester What a player he was that night. Genuinely thought we had discovered a gem that miserable evening. i-Ram and TigerTedd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 21 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said: Alan harper v Liverpool. Headed one in, crossed for wanchope and was then never seen again... Kevin Harper I think you mean VdM. Ramarena and Van der MoodHoover 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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