Matchday thread: Rams v Stoke, May 3rd 2025

[swaledale]

That's good luck to THEM next season!

Feeling a bit 🥴 now, perhaps a few 🍻too many but who cares, after weeks of DCFC stress it's 🎉🎉🫤🥳🥳🥳💥💥💥 party time!

Stress? What stress, always the case that derby would stay up.......in hindsight

[Geoff Parkstone]

Stress? What stress, always the case that derby would stay up.......in hindsight

Do Luton still get a second year of premiership parachute payments even if in 3rd division? If so they should walk it?

[macstheman]

Do Luton still get a second year of premiership parachute payments even if in 3rd division? If so they should walk it?

My son and I queried that yesterday but we assume so on the basis that to say 'oops you've gone down again so up yours, no more cash' would risk financial disaster to clubs with contracted players on PL wages!
Just an opinion not fully sure!

[MadAmster]

Great 3 days back in sunny Derbados. 7 of us helped boost the local economy at a variety of local establishments serving both solid and liquid refreshments. A great time was had by all. We arrived in 2 parties. Me, my lads and the youngest's GF with Easyjet and the other 3 on KLM. Outward KLM journey was delayed and they got in just shy of the 3 hours late to get compo. KLM return journey idem ditto. EasyJet left on time and landed early in both instances. Cheapskates rule it seems

Great atmosphere helped by a lively potters lot. Highlight was the 2nd half when both sets of fans joined in with "just bounce if you're staying up"

Statistically we had the better of the game, almost no difference in possession but we had 12 shots to their 4 with 4 on target to their 1 plus we hit the bar twice inside 2 frantic seconds... Pretty much a festive occasion from start to finish.

I went into the game hoping Bonnie Langford would make amends for those 2 Norwich goals but knowing he wouldn't. He's simply incompetent. One occasion, Clarke's got the ball, gets a nudge in the back, goes down gets up then loses the ball to another Stoke player, tries to get it back, there's about 1/10 of the contact he'd just been subject to, Stokie goes down and gets a free kick. The bloke's about on a par with Tw@well in my book.