MadAmster
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I'll be hotfooting it to a) check into my hotel and then b) running to get back in the Neppy before it's full and they're not letting anybody back in.
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Regarding flanges... do they allow them to be placed on the black "fencing" around the perimeter of the pitch? It wouldn't block any advertising "hoardings" (no idea what these new electronic ones are called)
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early/mid 70s, Thursday night/Friday morning, sessions at the Dog & Partridge in Tutbury. Often half a dozen of the squad in there.
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Scaver and flange already packed for tomorrow's flight. Ewe Rams.
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21 hours ago, Animal is a Ram said:
Interesting on the first bit, have you marked Ward lower than Elder by virtue of his lack of availability? I thought the same, but Ward's had the more obvious contributions IMO, plus he's a little younger.
Couldn't agree more with the second part. Suspect it's a lot to do with still having to rummage in the clearance bin, but still place a little bit of blame on Warne's head for the selections. That said, he deserves a lot of credit for still getting us to 2nd with all that disruption to key players.
Ward lower due to defensive blunders. Elder hasn't made them. If both were fully fit I'd think Ward might edge it IF he's played in a more forward role
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Leave Schiphol at 0615 UK time, arrive Brum 0730. 0803 tom New Street. 0830 to Derby arriving at 0904. Straight to hotel, drop my case off and straight to the Neppy for 0930. Pace myself nicely to finish #4 or thereabouts in time to get the Neppy bus at 1200ish.
I will not be seeing double or even hazily during the game but can't vouch I'll be able to say the same, or much at all, come midnight...
Anybody intoxicated after a mere 4 or 5 beers shouldn't drink. Especially of they're going to the football.
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Summer window:
Curtis Nelson 8 solid as a rock
Callum Elder 6 sick note so far. Done OK when fit
Joe Ward 5.5 injured too often far better going forward than defending
Sonny Bradley 6 poor start but has been a rock of late barring that stupid sending off
Josh Vickers 6 solid #2
Kane Wilson 7 Mr twinkle toes. Better defender than Ward and at least as good going forward
Martyn Waghorn 5.5 good start to the season then injured for a long time. Average since his return
Conor Washington 5.5 Another whose season has been blighted by injury
Tyrese Fornah 5 promising start but faded
Elliot Embleton 2 Just the 1 appearance before a serious injury ended his season
Ryan Nyambe 7 excellent until injured
Tyreece John-Jules 4 another with a season ruined by injuries. When fit he looks very good. I'd only gamble on him getting an offer for next season provided he got a very low basic wage, extra if fit but not selected, extra on the bench, extra if subbed on, extra if he starts. One season with options.Winter:
Ebou Adams 8 The MF rock we were missing
Dwight Gayle 7 6 appearances 3 goals..... then injured.
Corey Blackett-Taylor 5 injured when he arrived. has shown flashes of why we bought him We''ll see the best if him next season.
Max Bird 5 was a 6.5 to 7 but then out injuredExtensions:
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing 6.5 was playing brilliantly but been off it for a few weeks now. That seems to have coincided with playing up top in a 2 rather than out wide where he was excellent, IMO.
Eiran Cashin 8 A rock.Frightening how many players of ours have had their season either disrupted or ruined by injury. Most weren't "right" when they came and stayed that way. Hopefully the new crop this summer won't be recovering crocks. Shouldn't be as we will see income go up from around £20M to around the £30M mark and we should be able to get players in the 24 to 29 age range that Warne so desperately wants to replace the wrinklies in the squad.
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1 hour ago, McMuffin said:
Well we are doing ok playing the way we are not the max Bird way. We can monitor him next season when we are soaring above Bristol and he’s warming there bench hopefully.
In L1, yes. Max playing the more advanced MF role in the SBC would be a great help, IMO. We'll need to play more "proper football" next season in the SBC, if/when we get there (we aint up till the rotund bint warbles)
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12 hours ago, Sandman said:
I was tempted to wager £100 pounds on Bolton getting the automatic promotion slot at the odds of of 100-1, but I've resisted temptation. I'd rather Derby were promoted than have ten thousand pounds in my bank account. That's the heart ruling the head.
Bolton now an average of 6/4 to go up. Not worth the bet. If it was still 100/1 it would be worth a bet. We go up, you're deliriously happy and don't give a damn about the lost bet. Bolton go up, you're totally deflated but at least you've got the wherewithall to fund the next 2 to 3 season's football if you do home and away.
My choice would be to lose the bet..
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20 hours ago, Wignall12 said:
Confucious say, Man who feel cocky must have hole in pocket !!
Confucius also say "Man with hole in both pockets not feel too cocky" 🙂
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1st of July.. when the commentary got to that bit, I welled up. Not ashamed of it. Just shows how much a part of me DCFC has been since my first game back in 1961. I don't think I'll be the only one to feel that emotion.
Always have been, always will be... Derby Till I Die
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Posh's selection antics will concentrate minds and bodies and the players will need zero motivation to do the job required.
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3-0 Sibley
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I look at it this way. The club is 90 + injury time minutes away from promotion. The players won't need motivating by anybody. They will be ultra professional and totally concentrated on the job in hand. They will have 30K fans on their side plus 2K Carlisle here for a day out and expecting nowt from the game. We're going up and Satdeh afternoon, evening and night is going to get very messy in Derby.
See you all there... even if it will all be a blur come Sunday morning 🙂
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Pompey beat Lincoln and the glove is JW's as he's played less games than Jensen. Add in Satdeh's clean sheet and he wins it any road up.
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With any luck and a following wind, aided and abetted by a sterling performance from the lads, Posh v Trotters result will be totally irrelevant to where we finish in the League. We don't lose, we're up. PW never goes for the draw so we're all out for the win.
Job done. Now, let's all get to Pride Park on Saturday and have 30,000 Rams fans leaving the ground at about 15:15 totally hoarse.
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18 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said:
The bookies are offering odds of 1/500 on us going up. If we do it - am I right in saying our lads will get a trophy and medals at the end of the match ? Only a little silver -plated cup , but better than nothing .
Don't know about any presentation but... I did see odds of 1/1000 on us going up.
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Sorry but, IMO, using any song to "honour" David Clowes that is based on a song with "clown" in the title or "tears" does seem against the spirit of what any Clowes song/chant should be...
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Several topics cropping up in this thread.
Connection. 6 of us came over for the Bolton game doing hospitality. 2 of the 6 were Ram "virgins" paying their first visit to an English game ever. Great time was had by all and, on the Sunday morning over breakfast in the Babington, the 2 "virgins" were referring to DCFC as us and we. Converts to the cause after just the 1 game. They felt part of the city, the club, the fans. Attachment.
The bread related accusations? Whoever posted those obviously had a cob on and, unwittingly, started off a batch of puns. So, use your loaf and leave them alone... or you're toast.
The football? It has been rather "industrial" at times but, in the main, it's been effective. It should see us go up. Looking at PWs time at Rotherham, he was infamous for his Warneball tactics. We have seen that here, last season and this with rather more skill than he put on show at the Millers. I think, and correct me if I'm wrong, that much of the criticism is borne out of a wish to see football of the type we've been treated to for about half of the past 30 (ish) years. Those making the criticism should, IMO, think about what silky football is likely to cost, where we were just 2 years ago and that we've been fortunate to be able to put a squad together that has been very good at times, poor at others and middling for much of the season. What we have is a work ethic and a togetherness the rest don't appear to have. Based on money available, business plan and EFL sanctions last season, business plan this season, I don't believe anything other than what we've seen was on the cards. David Clowes possibly thought similar and that's why PW got 4 seasons as up in 2 was a long shot.
PWs first 2 shots at the SBC with Rotherham saw them stick to Warneball and they went straight back down. Go #3 at it saw him play more "football", a more expansive game. Not my verdict but that of Millers fans when he defected. When he left them after 9 games they were 8th, just a single point off 5th place with a game in hand on the sides above them. He left and they tumbled to 19th come the May. Personally, I'll be disappointed if we're still playing Warneball next season. I'm not expecting an immediate return to the football under Mclaren or Smith or Cox but certainly a more skilful and expansive game than these past 2 seasons. He did it in SBC attempt #3 with the Millers. I expect he'll have enough money to put a half decent footballing side together and will, IMO. One combining finesse with the kind of work rate PW likes. In short, better than this season's football as he's, hopefully learned what doesn't work in the SBC.
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47 minutes ago, Tamworthram said:
Doesn't this constitute ticket touting and isn't ticket touting illegal? If so, it doesn't sound like a very sensible thing to advertise the fact that you're doing it.
Especially when you consider that a Rams fan who had a ticket in the Cambridge home game who was going to take an 8 year old Cambridge supporting relative to their first game got ratted out and had both tickets cancelled by Cambridge without a refund.
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2 hours ago, De22Ram said:
Wonder if there will be any derby fans in the away end lol? 🤔🐏🐏
Some bloke posted on FB that he'd got 15 from Carlisle and was selling them at 30 quid a pop.
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First of all, here's hoping Dad gets a full and speedy recovery. Magic that the seat swap could be organised. That's Rams fans for you.
Here's to the ending we all want for Satdeh.
Max Bird - stay or go?
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Indeed he has and I see LWB/LB as his future. Just a shame we'll never know what might have been had he been given a run at #10 to see how he developed in his favourite position.