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Shakira Graham: 30, Female
Chattanooga, United States

In which country do you live?: USA

On what football website do you spend the most time?: www.derbycountynews.com/?gclid=CJPV3_HdwI0CFR8TOAodFHfuLQ

Favourite Player, All-Time: Eric Cantona

Favourite Player, Current: Kenny Miller

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What games are you looking forward to this weekend? (Mar 1/2)

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Looking forward to seeing Derby v Scumderland, not that Derby will win or anything. Its to see one fine manager in Keano on touchline, yuuuumy. :D Read More »

Give me the Prem Top 4, in order

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Sweet you have Derby finishing first in the CCC next season and winning promotion again, thanks for the vote of confidence there Trav! :D Read More »

Give me the Prem Top 4, in order

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I would agree with the top three but fourth is a little tricky. It is either going to be Everton or Villa there I think. The difference will be who can get hot and have a really god run at the end ... Read More »

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Shakira Graham is going to be pissed at The Boro if they sign Boddie. (more) Jun 30

Shakira Graham Fulham put together a nice tribute for Brian McBride. (more) Jun 19

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Shakira Graham has updated her Derby blog (finally) and has all things Derby. (more) Jun 16

Shakira Graham marks down 1 November and 21 February on her calendar. (more) Jun 16

Shakira Graham is likewise still in shock over the Turkey-Czech match. (more) Jun 15

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How crap are Derby let me count the ways Part II

Here is my second installment of how total and utter shit my club is, you'll see very few changes from the first installment sadly.

1.) 52 Goals against

2.) 13 Goals scored

3.) 9 Entire Points

4.) 1 Win ( Newcastle)

5.) Less then 5 million spent in the January window

6.) Davies sacked (thank God)

7.) Record signing still having trouble getting a game

8.) Still 0 wins on the road, altho we have picked up three points on the road

9.…

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Posted by Shakira Graham on February 2nd, 2008 at 6:55pm — 1 Comment (Add)

My best of 2007 + My Top 5 moments

My best of 2007 around the world (or leagues that I watch)
Best Game: Yeovil Town v Notts Florist (5-4) League One playoffs Leg 2
Most Improved Team: Portsmouth
Best Uniform: Hibernian Away Kit (all black with neat deep green trim)
Best Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson
Most Passionate Fans: Derby County
Best Stadium: Fratton Park (Portsmouth)
Outstanding Striker: Didier Drogba(Chelsea) hands down
Outstanding Midfielder: Christiano Ronaldo (Manchester Un…

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Posted by Shakira Graham on December 27th, 2007 at 12:16pm — No Comments (Add)

Leeds out of the FA Cup

I swear I can never type that too many times, really I can't. To come home and see that League One (cant type that enough either) Leeds was knocked out of the FA Cup was priceless. Then it got better as if seeing them knocked out of the FA Cup wasnt good enough, the winning goal came from a Derby County academy product who only joined Hereford this season. So let me say it again, Leeds are out of the FA Cup...brings a warm, warm fuzzy to my heart. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Posted by Shakira Graham on November 20th, 2007 at 3:15pm — No Comments (Add)

Scotland Robbed, Russia Crumble and I'm not happy.

After getting throughly blized last night, I crawl out of bed in time for the Scotland-Italy match and am rooting for the Tartan Army to pull off one of there biggest results ever. Italy get a go ahead goal on some horrible defending and bam its 1-0 Italy, this was an omen to my day. Scotland equalize and while celebrating I almost tip my Smirnoff Ice over..almost. As it looks like Scotland will live to fight another day, the ref for some apparent reason give Italy a free kick that leads to t…

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Posted by Shakira Graham on November 17th, 2007 at 4:01pm — No Comments (Add)

For the love of God, relegate us now.

I am still trying to find words to deal with the 5-0 thrashing at home by a woefully understrength West Ham side. I was rather optimistic about this match, I didn't think we would win it but I thought we would at least score a goal. Nice to see I was right on at least on occasion. As the horror show went on and my meltdown continued, not as massive as it can be, after the 4th goal I was kinda numb to the 5th. I came up with a solution to ensure I don't fling myself off the Market Street Bridge a…

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Posted by Shakira Graham on November 11th, 2007 at 10:22am — 5 Comments (Add)

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At 12:03pm on June 19th, 2008, Trav said…: Ahh, you're thinking of Durk Kuyt, the man who's always sweatiest at the end of a game without having done anything. I'd like to see him on his way out, but the goateed one really loves the guy for some reason. He blames his poor form last season on the death of his father, but I don't know. He tries really hard for little result.

Riise is the Norwegian defender who scored an own goal in the first leg of the Champions' League semis and cost us a trip to the final. He's known for his rocket of a left leg, but he scored two goals against us and none for us last season. Good riddance. The picture I originally posted showed a bit of his naked ass. Google it.

At 2:47pm on June 2nd, 2008, Kartik Krishnaiyer said…: Are you going to be around for the Spain game? I'm contemplating doing a live blog!

We're going to get smoked with Donovan out and Bradley insisting on playing this "bucket" formation which effectively protects a spot for his son! I'm working on a blog about the formation now.

At 6:51am on May 30th, 2008, Kartik Krishnaiyer said…: Shakira:

The problem with your argument is that you simply assume a player improves by going to Europe. I can show you that more often than not with American players it does not work that way. Either the player is fully developed when they go over and doesn't get any better or regresses or the player that goes over there young doesn't develop unless they go to Holland. (For some reason Holland has an exceptionally good track record developing American players.)

I cannot give you an explanation as to why this happens but can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that American players typically do not improve in European leagues, especially ones between the ages of 23-27. Is it cultural? Perhaps. Americans tend to have an easier time adopting in third world countries even as businessmen than in Europe. Is it also the way we learn the game which is more latin flavored? Probably, and managers particularly in England have no clue how to use these types of players (like Feilhaber who of course is Brazilian by birth and has a latin flavored game). If I had my way their would be ZERO Americans playing in any English league. The ones in Europe would all play in Germany, Holland or Spain.

So my point is I think Donovan did the right thing. Why should he go play in Europe anyhow? IT's guys like Dempsey, Bocanegra, Noonan, E. Johnson, Jaqua, etc who were above average but far from superstar type players in MLS who went to Europe. The top players both south/latin american and american/canadian like moreno, derossario, donovan, mastroeni, Guevara, joseph, and now blanco, toja and mendoza all seem content to stay put in MLS.

So I'm not sure why Donovan must move to Europe to prove himself. He has proven to be more important to his team than David Beckham of United and Real fame, so I'm not sure what going to Europe will prove beyond that. Besides by staying in MLS he is always available to the national team and as we have seen the USA cannot even compete let alone win a match against respectable opposition(unless South Africa is considered respectable) without him.

At 12:20am on May 29th, 2008, Kartik Krishnaiyer said…: Shakira, you know better!

Simply because a guy makes a cultural decision to not move to Europe doesn't mean he is an inferior player or hasn't developed. Truthfully so many Americans that have gone to Europe have regressed in their development or flat out collapsed as players once making the move because of extraneous reasons.

The US team right now is at its worst stage in 15 years, and Donovan is substantially better than anyone else we have. I too wish he'd be more interested and motivated but running off our best player as many want to do means we'll be watching World Cup 2010 as viewers from him IMHO.

At 3:12pm on May 4th, 2008, Kartik Krishnaiyer said…: I just requested an interview with Kenny Deuchar late of Gretna who came to MLS. Hopefully Salt Lake will grant it. The guy grew up in Gretna and besides going out on loan never played for another club. I know it was very emotional for him to leave and want to get the story if he is comfortable from him. But obviously they were a few hours from being shut down and he was too expensive. He is the guy BTW, the Sky Super Saturday commentator always calls the "good doctor" because he practices medicine also. Should be interesting.

At 1:45pm on May 4th, 2008, Kartik Krishnaiyer said…: Shakira,

Check out my Canes blog www.canesrising.com

I forgot to mention that may be the best example of a team blog for you use on your derby blog. Go back into the archives to football season to see critical commentary and how to handle Derby defeats! :)

At 11:34am on March 8th, 2008, Trav said…: Shakira and Travis agreeing? Now I've seen everything!

At 11:06pm on February 16th, 2008, Jeff M said…: Ashover is quite close to Matlock. I love hiking around that area. You made your point about the match today. Fair enough; Barnsley wanted it more. That's football. Point made. Just think, that's probably the only point Derby County will make against LFC this year. And in America! See, the 39th game IS a good idea.

At 7:58pm on February 16th, 2008, Trav said…: I have no problem with friendly banter. I happen to be good friends with Chelsea, Arsenal, and Spurs fans and we talk smack about each others' clubs all the time. When you attack my club and attribute my retaliation to being a "typical Liverpool fan," I have a problem. I certainly hope you aren't referring to Hillsborough when you speak of "incidents" either.

At 7:03pm on February 16th, 2008, Trav said…: Oh, it has nothing to do with the Barnsley loss and everything to do with your sad obsession with bashing LFC. Keep in mind, I have never once started the smack-talking with you, you've instigated it every time. I guess with so few points to add up you must have a lot of extra time to rag on other, much classier, better clubs.

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