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"Good" is somewhat of an understatement Id say as he went on to prove with Everton. Well past his best as a player by the time he joined us but still decent. Imperious at his peak, again with Everton. Would he go down as the best player never to win an England cap?

Was there an executive decision taken not to protest so as not to detract from the anniversary today? If there was I wouldnt disagree with that but hope protests in general havent gone by the wayside?

Many home fans decided to stay on for it?

But the football was shite and results were worse than Eustace. How can you like one and not the other? Both or neither surely?

Apart from that it was okay though?

Must just be me, I thought Hedges was abysmal at Bristol and whilst he didnt make any major errors today he looked exactly what he was - someone playing completely out of position. Why can't we play the young lad Atcheson, an ACTUAL centre back in that position?

Probably well before your time but you definitely wouldn't have liked Howard Kendall who was goal difference away from leading us from the equivalent of League 1 to the Premier League in successive seasons then. You wouldnt have liked it under Allardyce by the same token either? Edit: I loved it under Howard Kendall because after a very poor start it was winning football, didnt particularly like it under Sam as it was "just doing enough to survive" football.

Yep. Yet by way of comparison Mowbray who was happy to sit there and "play the game" and just sit there feathering his own nest without any pretensions of trying to succeed is generally revered. Ismael is obviously another one who's happy to play the game and at this stage he isn't popular either.

Probably got one eye on the ACN.

Sort of summed him up. The way he shimmied inside between 2 Derby players was absolutely brilliant but then he couldnt even get a shot off when within sight of goal.

Can't for the life of me understand anyone disliking Eustace. a) He was a bloody good manager for us and b) He attempted to go in to bat for the players and the good of the Club in general against the 3 stooges.

Exactly this. Always the same when we have a bit of a special occasion and/or a bigger crowd in for any reason. We generally fluff our lines giving the floating fan no reason whatsoever to come back.

If I had a pound for every time we gave the ball away from a Miller long throw....... Id have a lot of pounds. Lol. It's over. Really poor performance given a veneer of respectability by the penalty which was totally unnecessary from Derby's point of view.

Mowbray ignored him for the first 18 months he was here, he came in during Covid and did ok, then the 20 goals before Christmas, then in his final season he was singled out for criticism at a time when the whole team absolutely tanked because it was known he was leaving. All imo of course.

So apart from the 20 goals before Christmas then........ "What have the Romans ever done for us?"

There seems to be a perception with some he hid away in his last few months here. Not a view I subscribe to, he was no worse than anyone else. Warning "Big man"on! Warning "Big man" on! If he scores a couple Eustace might buy him for £10m in January.

Plastic snake brigade no doubt.

Alebiosu strangely out of sorts. Wonder if he's had his head turned by the prospect of playing in the ACN? Brereton off - had forgotten he was on the pitch tbh.

Nice of our former player Sanderson to gift us a penalty on our anniversary.

Allegedly been shelved until after Christmas. Hopefully permanently

Yes, he needs to try something radical, it's like ping pong balls bouncing off a rock at the moment. Have we had an effort on target? Can't recall one.

Not going to disagree but it's not his fault if the defence in front of him make individual errors.

Nonsense. Neither goal was down to the keeper.

We're seeing how good the often maligned Scott Wharton is imo now he's out.

Yeah let's blame Pears for everything - I heard he was responsible for the Great Fire of London and the release of the Covid virus as well. For the avoidance of doubt Im not his biggest fan but he hasnt done anything wrong today.