The Practice Relegation Battle Thread


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hehe still game on !


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LFC. - 12 May 2021 9:23 AM
yep sure has been, look forward to next season yes ! with Derbyfc kicking off on the back foot from the get go that I'm sure you have seen.
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/derby-county-efl-simon-jordan-5400290

This would be funnier



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yep sure has been, look forward to next season yes ! with Derbyfc kicking off on the back foot from the get go that I'm sure you have seen.
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/derby-county-efl-simon-jordan-5400290


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LFC. - 11 May 2021 10:23 AM
amazing last games.....
Thats P/R for us all invested in the game no matter which league you follow.
Derby by the skin of their teeth.......
Great updates mate.

Bit of fun eh !

Back next year .................

      

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amazing last games.....
Thats P/R for us all invested in the game no matter which league you follow.
Derby by the skin of their teeth.......
Great updates mate.


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So Derby survive despite getting only 1 point out of the last 24



Derby owner has spent $300 million in the last 6 years and nearly ended up in League 1 for the price

Rotherham had their chances and blew it



Wycombe finished strongly after it was too late, a hopeless goal difference always worth a point

      

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88th Minute



Cardiff Equalise

Rotherham have had to play 12 games in 35 days and they've fallen with 2 minutes to go of the last game



Cardiff 1 Rotherham 1, and Derby have somehow escaped being relegated


      

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Sheffield throwing everything forward have been caught out at the back

Rooneys Delighted !




      

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78th Minute

Penalty to Derby



Waghorn again to take the kick



Derby 3 - Sheffield 3, Rotherham still in pole position

Derby still have to win this to be sure, Sheffield now need 2 again and pray




      

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69th Minute

Offside ref ?



No VAR here

A Derby flick on to help, and a bit of ping-pong from the corner has Sheffield in Front

Derby 2 - Sheffield 3 and Rooneys mob are overtaken again, Rotherham still up 

      

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62nd Minute

Derby player lays it up for .............the opposition striker



Derby 2 - Sheffield 2 and now Rotherham are back in the safe spot

      

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52nd Minute

3 minutes later

Absolute cracker



Derby 2 - Sheffield 1 and Derby now staying up

      

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49th Minute

Waghorn hits the Ball with his head instead of the Post



Derby 1 Sheffield 1, but Rotherham winning 1-0 are still staying up

      

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Derby Struggling, and just on half time



Derby 0 Sheffield 1

Sheffield now above Derby, and if Cardiff can equalise they stay up

      

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Derby decide to wreck the synchronised kickoff by the old fake injury trick



Waghorn Down !

8 minutes added on 




      

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8th Minute

WALLOP



Rotherham stun Cardiff and Leapfrog Derby on Goal Difference

      

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Starting Survival Saturday

SYNCHRONIZED KICKOFF

if its 0-0 finish for both games then it has Derby staying up







      

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So, here it is







      

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If things weren't Bad Enough # 3 - Rotherham

Back in October , Millers Manager Paul Warne ended up in Isolation trying to manage the club over Wifi

In December their first COVID postponement came 90 minutes before kickoff against Derby, followed by the Middlesbro game

In March when only 1 club in 72  EFL had positive cases, all 25 were at ...yep, Rotherham.  Brentford, Luton and Coventry games got postponed 



So , on Saturday Rotherham travel to in-form Cardiff needing a Win and Derby to drop points,

It'll be their 12th game in 35 days,

Over a quarter of the Season played in 5 weeks







      

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If things weren't Bad Enough # 2 - Sheffield Wednesday

Dodgy previous accounting trying to avoid the Loss making rules meant Wednesday started the Season on -12 points. 

If it had been applied the Season before, Wednesday would already be in League 1, but that's another story (sorry Charlton)

It got halved to - 6 points in November, but they've still spent the whole season in the drop zone.

PFA were called in at Christmas when players weren't paid.

4 Managers later, they're unable to do much in the Transfer market or pay high wages. 



Now the 4th Manager has contracted Pneumonia whilst recovering from COVID-19



Blood clots on his Lungs means he hasn't yet returned 

So now they're effectively under their 5th Manger in Assistant Jamie Davies for the Big Game








      

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If things weren't Bad Enough # 1 - Derby County

Derby have lost 6 in a row, and if they lose tomorrow they are Down

But just to Ice the Cake, now their Dodgy Sale is looking less likely again

Having called off the Sale to an Arab mob in March now they're trying to be bought by a 29 year old ex-boxer 



Erik Alonso is Spanish but works as an Asian Player Agent and makes all sorts of claims of contacts at Real Madrid and wants a piece of Indonesian Football.

Still to pass the "fit and proper" owners test, he comes from a recent highly myserious involvement with Sheffield Wednesday and a very short lived takeover attempt there.

Ironic if Wednesday send Derby down this weekend and he bales out on buying a League 1 club





      

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LFC. - 6 May 2021 3:30 PM
great last game summary - I will lol IF Derby lose or draw.

Haven't picked up a point in the last 6, and Rotherham unfortunately haven't won any of their last 7

Wednesday however have come from an impossible situation, to a chance and being in every game

They have the momentum so to my mind they look better odds than the bookies




      

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great last game summary - I will lol IF Derby lose or draw.


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Championship Squeaky Bum Time



Derby County
Win - Up
Lose - Down
Draw -  Down if Rotherham wins

Rotherham
Win - Up if Derby don't win
Lose - Down
Draw - Down



Sheffield Wednesday
Win - Up if Rotherham don't win
Lose - Down
Draw - Down


and, to be fair

Wycombe Wanderers
Lose - Down
Draw - Down
Win - Up if
  1. Sheffield Win by 1 and
  2. Rotherham don't win and
  3. beat Middlesborough away 14-0





      

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Rotherham sneak another point



Boring game !





      

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what a schedule.


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Championship Watch : Rotherham Chase # 10

Derbys arch rivals Forest just happened to have let Wednesday get a point, so they're still in the mix







Rotherhams last catch up game tonight, can they do it ?

With their Goal difference, 2 wins will keep them up, and maybe just 1

Tonight they will have played 11 games in 32 days






      

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Buggalugs the Third - 30 Apr 2021 11:46 AM
Rochdale , in theory, look least likely to lose, but again really need to win

Unless Wigan can score a major upset away to the Leaders, they look like the 2 who'll be fighting for the last dropspot next weekend



So Wimbledon and Wigan finally back to losing



but it was too late to let the rest catchup

the other 2 losing left them too far short and it's all over with a game left














      

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LFC. - 30 Apr 2021 2:04 PM
good updates mate.
I was with my Derby mate this morn, was having good banter with him.
Saying losing 9 injured start up players nothing more you can do.
He has strong hopes they will survive.

I had strong hopes Rovers would survive.

I reckon he's buggered, Wednesday staying up by beating them on the last day has fairytale written all over it 

Rotherham are cactus

      

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good updates mate.
I was with my Derby mate this morn, was having good banter with him.
Saying losing 9 injured start up players nothing more you can do.
He has strong hopes they will survive.


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