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[andyram]

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All this could be yours for only £89 million.

But for the price tag it could well be a Nigel Pearson signing for Derby County

[kevinlms]

Should Mourinho buy an apartment in/near Manchester or just not bother?

 

http://www.espnfc.com.au/manchester-united/story/2981495/jose-mourinho-admits-life-in-manchester-is-a-bit-of-a-disaster

[kevinlms]

Saw a car today, with the plates

 

Pele 10

 

Obviously a serious Brazil fan.

[cary hill]

Surprised to see our very own Riyad Mahrez heading France Football's "public vote" for the Ballon d'Or with 39% of total votes of 1.8 million votes cast, and Messi (26%) and Ronaldo (20%) trailing in his wake.

 

I can only only assume the poll has been hacked, or Mahrez and Messi being next to one another alphabetically in the voting list has led to miscast votes

 

Still in won't matter in the end, since I understand the final award will be based on the opinions of a select group of journalists who support either Barcelona or Madrid.......(not really).......

Edited October 27, 2016 by cary hill

[andyram]

I hear rumours that a certain Mr Pearson is talking to Wolves. It could make next week's trip to Molineux interesting. For today we got some of the luck that had deserted us all season. Definitely second best in the early stages, should have conceded an early penalty and possibly gone down to ten men. However we created more chances than in several games under Pearson and won the game 2-0. The "Derby Way" is starting to resurface in patches. All we need now is Stevie Mac to realise that Tom Ince is a waste of space and we can make real progress. For now, I will be happy with a run of one defeat in six and the fact we have gone above Nottingham Florest in the table.

[Dave47549]

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[peanuts]

deserved 12 game ban only cantona has had longer 

 

 Dirty Rochdale thug !

 

https://youtu.be/8kaSOHIWoN0

[andyram]

I had this strange dream today. Derby scored THREE goals in a game and Tom Ince played very well, even doing an impression of Tom Daley at one point!

[Dave47549]

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[Ohmisterporter]

Dare I say it but Gary Bowyer seems to be turning things round at Blackpool, five games unbeaten and now in the top half of the table with a long way still to go in the season. Yesterday's win over Notts County included possibly the worst miss of the season: Matt took the ball round the keeper and with the goal gaping he sidefooted the ball across the face of the goal towards the corner flag.He made up for it with a goal later on though. The chairman has gone on record as saying he now regrets suing the supporters who were abusive to him on various forums. Bit late I think. Most fans still want the Oyston family to sell the club and are boycotting the home games in protest. I think this is a wrong move; my view is that with a team struggling in the Conference they will be offered a lower price than if the team is successful in a higher division, so they will not sell up. Therefore we need the team to do well.

 

 

 

PS. I still think of the fifth division as the Conference regardless of name changes.

Edited November 13, 2016 by Ohmisterporter

[Horsetan]

..... I still think of the fifth division as the Conference regardless of name changes.

Funny, I think of it as just non-League.

[Rivercider]

 

 

 

 

PS. I still think of the fifth division as the Conference regardless of name changes.

I also still think of it as the Conference, it is also something of an Emergency Ward for ailing ex league clubs,

there are currently 13 former league clubs there (albeit some from many years ago, and others are reborn).

 

Having watched five seasons of Conference football I would say that most of the top half of the division is quite as strong as

most of the bottom half of league 2, and I think all but about four or five sides are full time outfits,

and several have larger playing budgets than much of league 2.

 

cheers 

Edited November 13, 2016 by Rivercider

[cary hill]

Good to see Jamie Vardy back on form at last, just a pity that his teammates still don't know how to close a game out. Vardy just needs to start performing in a blue shirt again.and I'll be happy.

[Horsetan]

...just a pity that his teammates still don't know how to close a game out....

Arguably it's what England do best.

[BoD]

........ that and arranging to have an embarrassing number of empty debenture seats directly opposite the cameras.

[Joseph_Pestell]

........ that and arranging to have an embarrassing number of empty debenture seats directly opposite the cameras.

 

I was amazed by the number of empty seats all round the stadium for Friday's much-hyped match with Scotland - supposedly a sell-out.

[Horsetan]

.... - supposedly a sell-out.

You could say they have "sold out" in other ways.

[Steve K]

I had this strange dream today. Derby scored THREE goals in a game and Tom Ince played very well, even doing an impression of Tom Daley at one point!

 

Hilarious! You'll be telling us next that Darren Bent scored. Wake up!

[Horsetan]

Didn't know they'd played this match all those years ago. Go back in time on BBC2, Sunday 27th November, 9pm. Edited November 19, 2016 by Horsetan

[cary hill]

Little old Leicester City won their Champions League Group with a game to spare last night.

 

It's not our fault that the "Big Clubs" were all in a coma last season and we won the Premiership by 10 clear points and got a top seeding and an "easier" group as a result.

 

You still have to beat the other teams in the group, even if Bruges and Copenhagen might struggle in the EFL Championship based on what I've seen of them at the Leicester City (King Power) Stadium.

 

The only worry is that Leicester now have 13 points from 5 Champions League games but only 12 points from 12 Premiership games and we don't want to be only the second relegated reigning Champions in history..........although some people seem to like the idea.....

Edited November 23, 2016 by cary hill

[Jongudmund]

I don't think Leicester will go down this year. I think Hull, Swansea, Sunderland and Crystal Palace will all be below them at the end of the year.

[2750Papyrus]

Little old Leicester City won their Champions League Group with a game to spare last night.

 

It's not our fault that the "Big Clubs" were all in a coma last season and we won the Premiership by 10 clear points and got a top seeding and an "easier" group as a result.

 

You still have to beat the other teams in the group, even if Bruges and Copenhagen might struggle in the EFL Championship based on what I've seen of them at the Leicester City (King Power) Stadium.

 

The only worry is that Leicester now have 13 points from 5 Champions League games but only 12 points from 12 Premiership games and we don't want to be only the second relegated reigning Champions in history..........although some people seem to like the idea.....

 

Interesting precedent - in 1969 Leicester reached the FA Cup Final but were relegated from the 1st Division.......

[Horsetan]

Interesting precedent - in 1969 Leicester reached the FA Cup Final but were relegated from the 1st Division.......

 

More recently, Wigan achieved a similar feat, winning the Cup and managing to get relegated.

[peanuts]

sad news http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk//news/article/2016-17/r.i.p.-paul-futcher-3433627.aspx?site=desktop 

 

class player  to watch 

Edited November 24, 2016 by peanuts

[andyram]

Paul Futcher also donned the black and white of Derby County during his career. Such a sad loss.

 

As for the Rams it seems that Stevie Mac is working his DCFC magic again. A hard fought win against a decent, but out of form, Norwich City side. Suddenly only two points off the play offs. I somehow doubt if Mr Pearson had remained we would have been anywhere near the top six.