If nobody objects, I'll start the matchday thread for next Saturday. Derby County also known as 'The Rams' were one of the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888. They were founded in 1884 by William Morley as an offshoot of Derbyshire County Cricket Club. Their glory years came in the 1970s when under the stewardship of Peter Taylor and a sozzled clown they won the old First Division twice and reached the semi finals of the European Cup semi-finals.
Derby were managed by Fatso Frank Lampard, he who has an IQ of 150, but couldn't stop Biesla's secret intelligence agents from taking photographs of practice matches from across the road.
Derby players play in black and white as this gets them a discount on their Television Licence. Their mascot is called Rammie and in 2005. Rammie released his first DVD, in which he reads from the Greek bodice-ripper, Aesop's Fables, in the Derbyshire countryside, and in doing so killed the goose that laid the golden eggs.
Famous Celebrities From Derby include:
Sir Alan Bates
Vivienne Westwood
Jack O'Connell
Various convicted psychopaths
Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader, CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, DL, FRAeS
In terms of football, Leeds are currently third and Derby are 15th. The only Derby player I've ever heard of is Connor Washington. On current form, their last results were L, W, D, D, L, L.
I predict our boys will pick themselves up after the Battle of Blackburn and achieve a healthy 3-0 victory, with goals from Joseph, Gnonto and Dan 'the man' James.
Good win, but I suspect that the game against Boro will not be another stroll in the park. Need to ensure we have better decisions made in the last 3rd if we are to claim another 3 points.
I thought it was the wrong decision to replace Firpo with Wober after seeing the pattern of play with yet another team putting 10 behind the ball and just sporadically attacking on the counter....he could have put Gnonto on and attacked more rather than the safe option.
I know Wober scored but we just don't need 4 defenders and 2 holding midfielders against these teams.... manager's make the safe option replacing like for like instead of being pro active.
Put the points for a win up to 4/5 and teams will attack making for a more entertaining game!
Only a fkn idiot would be stupid enough to criticise our table topping manager....
Well a good win that to go with the excellent MDT
Solid performance though forwards were a bit out of sorts. Wober and Rodon put in a great shift, maybe we should move to TC's favoured Back 3.
3 well deserved points in the bag, with 2 goals from unexpected goalscorers.
Need just to be a bit sharper and clinical against the Boro.
Expect the boys to be at full throttle tomorrow and put them to the sword from the off. Think Aaronson needs a rest, or at least be on the bench. Hopefully we will not play as compact as we did against Blackburn and spread the ball wide, there is absolutely no point in our wingers coming in field to collect the ball. Rothwell could play in the Aaronson role as he does go forward, Tanaka + 1 other can cover the midfield.
Leeds 2 Derby 0
Good luck Smurf
Soopa thinks I penned the MDT and Lord Drizzlybum thinks Mouseman did it ... couldn't make it up!
Poor Smurf does a quality MDT and everyone else gets the credit....!🙈🤣
Cracking MDT STM, far better than mine, I've lost my fizz, my MDT was so weak that we lost to Blackburn.
I think you will be safe for this game, I can't see them doing much. We will do our bit of flat track bullying and carry on our good home run.
3-0 us.
Well done mate
Take us up Smurf!
Best of luck for a prolonged run TC.
I think we'll be back in the saddle big time for this.
Leeds 3 - 0 Derby
Well stepped up Smurf, quality MDT and good luck for a prolonged run....
Derby are crap but then so were Millscum and Blackbum....
I'm going for a positive 1-0 victory with Joseph notching....
Always best to get a MDT out 5 days before the game.... unlike Lord Drizzlybum who gets his weather forecast out the day after and still gets it wrong.