CongletonRam

If I don't fu@@ing bounce, does that make me a red? I have never 'bounced' at a game and nor will I. Has anyone ever noticed the jeers from the opposing fans when the bounce starts? It's the one time when I am genuinely embarrassed to be in the crowd.

How many fans sing along to Steve Bloomers....? Hardly any. How many fans sing to Mull of Kintrye? Nearly all of them. Argue with that all you like, but those are facts.

Why are you not permitted to have an opinion that is negative about DCFC without being labelled a Forest fan? Just because I think some crap tune about some dead footballer who no one really knows isn't great at working the crowd up, particularly when compared to the tune at Forest when nearly all fans are singing. That is what we want. I mean really...who the hell is Steve Bloomer....and I really don't care if he is watching or not. It is not a tune that gets the fans going, or a tune that the fans are singing along to.

I doubt there a many fans who actually know or really care who Steve Bloomer is. Had it not been for the song, I wouldn't have heard of him and even now, the only thing I know is that he's a former payer who did quite well and who died around 100 years ago. I have never quite got the song, and as walk on music or music to work the crowd up; it's something of an embarrassment. Having said that, I find the stupid bounce an embarrassment. When I go to a game, I like to sit and watch and enjoy. I don't need the hassle or pressure of having to sing a song with my daughter containing expletives and then bouncing up and down like some deranged zombie. I find the stupid 'This is Derby' poem they play a major embarrassment. The words are actually cringeworthy. I was watching Forest v Man Utd the other day and I was thinking just how much 'Mull of Kintyre' is working for them down the road. So much better than what we have.

I'd have settled for the draw, 7 points from 9, but a win would just be a dream.

Pure class. We got what we deserved after battering them for the entire 2nd half. We are even starting to play some very watchable football. The top 2 is opening up.

Congratulations Sir. Well done to you and wish you the best in becoming a father. You will no doubt dote on your daughter and my advice would be to cram as much time with Eva as you possibly can. The bond between the mother and daughter is always different and seemingly stronger than that of the father. That's life. It's just a different bond the father has, and accepting that can sometimes be difficult. Another, slightly left-field piece of advice, a child is able to retain more language learning between the ages of 1-3 more than any other point in their lives. Mine, 10 and 12, were both born in Japan and speak Japanese and English fluently, so if you want them to develop a second language early, straight away is the time to start. And you hope she will be a a ram...My daughter claims her favourite side is Forest, though I still insist she is winding me up. I do feel than a life supporting Derby can be cruel, so many disappointed Saturdays and all that. I hope it's in Eva's blood. Good luck mate. It's a wonderful journey though I'm rather dreading the teenage years.

I have a feeling we will lose at Wigan and Peterborough but beat Oxford in between. It would very much be the Derby Way to lose the games we are expected to win and then win the game against Oxford away where the fans think it might be difficult to get a result. Both Wigan and Oxford are in poor form, so the table would suggest we'll get 4~6 points from the first 2 leaving a match-up of the two most in form sides (in our case still not from an aesthetic point of view) of League One to battle it out for 2nd place in the table. That would be v.nice. Still, the win against Lincoln has certainly added to my festive spirit and hopefully we can continue it into the New Year. 😀

He has to buy them, or so he says. My daughter made a sign saying 'Paul, can I have your hat, please" when we were at the Crewe game (sat next to the Derby bench with the Crewe fans) and he approached us and told us that he had just bought it and wasn't willing to give it away.

The daft thing is, if you stuck everyone in a pub, I'm pretty sure it'd be all smiles and everyone would get on like a house on fire. It's damn near impossible to articulate what you are trying to say exactly on an internet forum and so much gets misinterpreted and lost in translation and then arguments occur when the individuals actually likely agree.

How ironic that several posts in this thread are tiresome Oneupmanship as the OP put it. We live in a generation whereby people can talk to one another in whatever way they want to behind a keyboard, but I daresay wouldn't have the gumption to say the same thing were it face to face. I have been a member on here (in different guises) since it first began, and it's always been the same and will never change. It's the nature of the beast. If you don't like it, don't use it or take a break. I've taken plenty over the years as I have allowed various posters to get into my head.

I stand by what I said. Nitpicking semantics over his interviews and now developing victim complexes about the ''abuse' is pathetic. It's also unfair and bordering on bullying.

Couldn't agree more YR. I actually think many of them are disappointed the results have picked up as now they have no reason to want the man out. It's pathetic; but also quite funny.

Absolutely no way!! There has even been a tenth given back to what was dished out. There were threads and threads of Warne out, Warne out and anyone who dared to support our manager was royally abused on here. No 'undue smarm', as you put it, at all from what I have read through.

Anyone that doesn't quite get PW; listen to the podcast series 'Moment Of Truth' that covers the season he was managing Rotherham. I think it's refreshing to have a manager that speaks so openly about his emotions and his players. It is simply ridiculous to suggest that he was speaking about Sibley in a negative way. Only PW truly knows his players and understands the banter they can take. Even many on here have had a go about him about his choice of head-wear. Anything for a cheap shot.

I'd like to see further action for that. It's assault. Any player should receive a 6-month ban. Outside of a football pitch, you're looking at a criminal record.

I am not disputing that, and I agree with what you are saying about the squad. I made the point about our squad having average players based on the fact that many posters were of the opinion that said squad should walk this league whereas I was of the opinion that our squad wasn't necessarily as good as many thought.

If posters had been virtually ridiculing you for supporting PW, are you not entitled to have a go back when things start going well? I guess you must be one of these said PW haters. It figures...

Yes, we 'could' have won by 5 or 6 and we 'could' have won by 1.

Yawn.

Not wriggling out of anything. You're just trying to adapt what I am saying to suit your argument. I started a thread on our 'average' squad a while back based on many on here suggesting that out squad should walk this league. I said that our squad is at best average and had no divine right to be dominating this league. I stand by that, Now that the squad has had time to settle, we are starting to produce results, but if we did go up, the average make up of the squad would need improving as it wouldn't do much in a higher level but that is rather stating the obvious.

Like how you missed the 'should' part out.

The British media would have us believe that Unai Emery was a rubbish manager prior to Villa taking him on.

Yes, fully agree with that Mad though apparently we could and should have won by 5 or 6. Amazing how some see things differently.

Not in a league full of average players. If an entire league is full of average players, the team that wins out is likely the team that has the work ethic, the team that is set up the best, and the team that plays with belief. Do you seriously believe that League One is full of players that are better than average? That is why they are playing in an average league is it not? This is the reason why we are able to achieve results with average performances as that is all it takes to win games in an average league.