Sign in to follow this This is where we discuss anything Derby County. Articles, opinions, analysis on tactics, players, off the field issues and beards. 11,647 topics in this forum Page 1 of 466 Rab a dab doo Animal is a Ram Sign in to follow thisOn 9th February a debate will take place in Parliament on the subject of how football is run and we need football fans to persuade as many MPs as possible to attend and support the motion. Please take part here: Time and time again, the FA has failed to reform itself and this debate offers a major opportunity to make that happen. Most of all, we believe that supporters should have a much stronger voice when decisions are made about the game. At the moment there is just one supporter representative on the FA Council of more than 100 people and the FA is too weak to regulate greedy or exploitative club owners. In order to put pressure on the Government we need as many MPs as possible to attend the debate on 9th Feb.

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The event is open to the general public, but you need to book a place, more details available http://foxestrust.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Stuart-Clarke-Feb-9-event.pdfmade to measure curtains surbiton CITY 0 MAN UTD 3mgl curtains singapore Report by Eddie Blountikea wilma curtains green The unthinkable moved a step closer today as the game against Manchester United finished at the par score of 0-3 but could easily have been worse. City never looked like scoring but United turned the second half into a training session and mercifully contented themselves with the three goals they had in the bag before the second half had been going for more than a few minutes. On a cold day this was a cross to bear and the muted response of the fans told the players that they had no belief in their ability to turn the match round.

City were simply uncompetitive. The good sides are finding us easy meat and the less good sides dominate us physically so it's hard to see any other way that this can end other than in tears. Given that the other relegation sides have emerged from the transfer window re-enervated and are picking up points we are facing not only relegation but the wooden spoon. For thirty minutes hope sprang almost eternal but the second that Rashford thumped an easy chance from a right-wing cross into the crowd rather than the net we were on the back foot. This was the warning shot across our bows preceding the broadside which effectively sank us just prior to the interval when United scored two goals in next to no time. The opening goal epitomised all that has gone wrong this season. A quick ball down the inside right channel found Huth lacking for pace against Mkhitaryan whose eventual  shot deflected off keeper Schmeichel into the corner of the net. City’s dismay was tangible and they were still reeling when Mata’s right wing cross found Ibrahimovic unmarked on the penalty spot to drive home.

City had numerous defenders in the box, all ball-watching, so a top striker had enough space to develop a garden for the Chelsea Flower show and he took full advantage of the gift. A serious case of one goal produces another! Ranieri made two changes at half time replacing the ineffective Musa and the typically industrious Okazaki, who had effectively man-marked the play-maker Pogba, with crowd favourite Gray and the long serving King. Within a few minutes it was all over as any chance of a fight-back ended with an action replay of Pedro’s third goal for Chelsea a short time ago – just slot the ball between Huth and Fuchs and you are in on goal. The crowd were subdued, unbloody but bowed. Derisive chants from United supporters went unanswered. The spirit of the crowd as well as that of the team had been broken. We feared, almost expected that it would get worse but somehow it didn’t. A team that could not score at home against Hull a few days ago had scored three in no time against a by now pitiful City but thankfully their appetite was sated.

A fourth would have been scored by most of the crowd but somehow United managed to walk the ball into Schmeichel’s arms when virtually everyone had given up and accepted the seemingly inevitable. Oh for a chance like that! In fact City had one shot on target in the whole game and that was from Ndidi who along with Morgan, Schmeichel and Gray can take some credit for the way they played. As for the rest…… Is there any hope? I had previously consoled myself with the prospect that there were worse teams than City and that this would save us but on present form we are doomed. Swansea will eat us alive next Sunday unless Ranieri, World Manager of the Year 2016, can work a miracle – and soon! I have heard the bookies are offering 5000-1 against City winning the Champions League and FA Cup whilst being relegated. Don’t waste your money, you’ll never win a bet like that! City: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Huth, Fuchs, Ndidi, Drinkwater, Mahrez, Okazaki (King 45), Musa (Gray 45), Vardy

United: De Gea, Valencia, Bailly, Smalling, Rojo (Blind 45), Mata (Fellaini 77), Herrera, Pogba, Mkhitaryan, Rashford (Young 83), Ibrahimovic The views expressed in this report are the opinions of the Trust member nominated to file the report only and do not represent the views of the Foxes Trust organisation The Foxes Trust AGM is being held at the King Power Stadium on Monday February 6th. The formal proceedings will start at 7.30pm, however from 6.45pm members will have an opportunity to have their photo with the Premier League Trophy (board member Di Statham's photo was taken at the last Fans Consultative Committee meeting) From around 8.15pm, our guest speaker this year is club historian, John Hutchinson, who will share some of the clubs archives. The AGM is members only event, but there will be an opportunity to sign up on the night (membership rates are detailed on the Join Us page) Burnley 1 City 0 Report by Kate Thompson This match has to be another low in a deeply disappointing season. 

Despite leaving in plenty of time, we had an awful journey and actually missed the first five minutes.  And it poured with rain all the way up, throughout the match and most of the way home – a thoroughly dispiriting evening all round! What is really concerning is that the players seem to have forgotten how to pass the ball to each other.  They strung barely two passes together all night and the only tactic seemed to be to punt the ball upfield and hope Vardy would run onto it; I could accept this in the lower leagues but for the current Premier League champions it was inexcusable. It looked as if we might get another away point – but not the three points we wanted and badly needed – until Vokes scored in the 87th minute.  It is clear that he handled the ball before he scored but credit where credit is due, Burnley deserved it.  They peppered the City goal constantly and it took some last-ditch defending the keep the game goal-less for as long as it was. We also got the rub of the green on at least two occasions when another referee would have awarded a penalty or a free kick in a dangerous position. 

Apparently Burnley had the lion’s share of possession, which they don’t do normally, and that in itself is a worrying statistic. Sadly I would be hard pressed to name a single City player who impressed me, apart from perhaps Schmeichel.  The defenders were frequently at sixes and sevens and the midfield of Drinkwater and Ndidi battled for little reward.  Mahrez showed glimpses of his mercurial best but still tries to take the ball one step too far. Gray, who I criticised for being greedy against Southampton, was again wasteful – it is good to have pace to burn but he should remember that it is a team game and be less selfish.  The normally reliable Albrighton had a shocker, especially in the first half and he was one of the worst culprits for giving the ball away. For the record, Musa replaced Gray in the 67th minute and Okazaki replaced Albrighton in the 76th.  Neither sub did much and some fans behind me were taking bets on how long it would be before Okazaki was on the deck!