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Today was the second time I’ve been to Accrington and I know we’ve won both times but it’s a fantastic away day.

@Stanleyhouseis a credit to his club and to the role of SLO. Wish there were many more like him. Parking is easy and The Wham Stadium is a proper old ground with an excellent pitch. The pies are fantastic and the stewards and staff friendly and helpful. I wish that other grounds large and small could follow their example in all of the above, including perhaps our own.

the only minor criticism is that it’s almost impossible to get a programme and no way of knowing where to go. A minor inconvenience.

Thank you for hosting a great day out ASFC

38 minutes ago, hintonsboots said:

I see Gibbo is renaming the Riverside as the Community utility national trust stadium.

Better than one of his first thoughts - Teeside workers association theatre 

On 09/10/2022 at 21:30, PistoldPete said:

Well I would have to factor in depreciation which I think is the main cost. Cost of two bikes at the top end is more than I paid for my second hand car. And could you really do 10 miles a year like I do with my car?

How long will these things last? The risk of them being nicked is quite  high I think so if you don't have insurance you would probably need to replace at some stage due to theft. 

I think @Mucker1884 and muckerette could probably do 10 miles a year, according to what he’s said. Though whether it’s wise to believe everything you read on t’internet is a good point.  Well done on the low mileage though. You might want to think about getting a bike.

6 minutes ago, Bob The Badger said:

A question for you good people.

When you're evaluating something do you consider what it cost you, or what it will cost you to replace?

I bought a load of ready to burn logs about a year ago just before wood shot up (cue some Kenneth Williams memes).

Each log worked out at about 40p, but if I had to buy it now it would be more than double that.

Soooo, when Mrs Badger is tossing my wood on the stove (more memes please) without a care in the world, should I be thinking that's another 80p up in smoke, that's 40p up in smoke, or should I just get a life and relax?

If Mrs @Bob The Badger is hot then you should just take pleasure in that and hang the expense

What we’ve long needed is one of those rarities in modern football - a belligerent, aggressive little scouser - Sir Brian’s description of Willie Carlin.

For all Dave Mackay’s brilliance and impact I still think it was Willie that made that 2nd division team the force it was. He didn’t last too long in the 1st division, replaced by the even better Archie Gemmill who was probably even more belligerent.  Find an Archie and we could rule the world.

3 hours ago, angieram said:

I agree, Saffy. 

The interview and all the media around it has made me feel uncomfortable,  it's all overkill at this stage.

It went on too long - very complicated answers, thought Warne was trying too hard. My comment about the coffee was only partly in jest, he really needs to calm down a bit! Maybe the club could do the same. We've hardly signed up Fergie - and if we have he's more Darren than Alex! 

From where I sit, the fans were enjoying the fact we were trying to play football, weren't calling for the manager's head, so there's that bit of unease around the way Liam has been treated. He failed his target - so what was that? We were seventh after the start to the season we had, hardly dismissal material.

As for Warne, I didn't like him before, he's very aggressive on the touchline, a bit of a bully with the officials, I sit above the away dug out so see it every game. Seems to encourage his players in the dark arts, Crooks springs to mind as an example. A good footballer, but playing on the edge of legitimacy all the time - more bullying.

I think some players will respond well to him, but others? I don't know. I know I wouldn't want my boss texting me all hours with snippets - there needs to be boundaries, imo.

So, all that touchy feely stuff left me feeling a bit underwhelmed. 

However, what I did like, was when he started talking tactics. He suddenly grabbed my attention and I liked what I was hearing. My fears about the sort of football we're going to see have subsided somewhat, especially as we've not got those sorts of players available to him (currently).

If he can deliver what he says, and if he can tone it down a bit, I'll be happy. But I'm not in the fanclub yet! 

 

Fair points @angieram but it would be very odd if on day 2 both he and all those now working for and alongside him weren’t working hard, or even too hard, to impress. Like any new employee (and colleagues) in any new role you do want to make a positive impression - Warne on us and the staff at MF, and vice versa. Shaun Barker talks positively about him and that’s a good referee in my book (excuse the pun)

 I liked Liam, the honesty of his public utterances post match, his loyalty and the style of play he wanted us to play. I enjoyed the moments of high tension at the back. I enjoyed a lot of the football we played. I liked his recruitment. I would have been happy for him to stay and I hope he does well elsewhere. He’s left well. But my view counts for nothing in David Clowes eyes and he thought differently. And I like the look of the guy he’s chosen to replace him. So far. Results will be all, as ever.

What I hope above all is that Warne has at least two years and preferably 3 and more. The club desperately needs stability of management, in my view, over a medium/long period. Too much change in that role has had a bad effect.

People who spell Mucker with an H. 

Idiots. 

16 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

With you there. Bloody hell it doesn't give you much confidence in the recruiting process! ?

The source of that information may well have been Darren Ferguson of course. Isn’t he out of work at the moment and might want to remind chairmen of his availability 

6 minutes ago, BramcoteRam84 said:

Budget related?

I thought that wasn't until Friday

1 hour ago, rammieib said:

So given my original serious question, I'll take the kids to Marketing and hope all is good there.

Markeaton? 

11 minutes ago, SamUltraRam said:

Nice of Rick Parry to say how fantastic this achievement is and how the Founder Member clubs are so important

We nearly didn't make it to 5,000 though did we Rick ?

https://www.efl.com/news/2022/september/rams-milestone-game-is-an-incredible-landmark-says-efl-chair/

 

And Rick shows his true knowledge of football by suggesting in his statement that Brian Clough got us two league championships in the 70s. One Rick, one, you rick. Dave MacKay’s was the other one. 

40 minutes ago, BramcoteRam84 said:

b******* and this is the one I hoped would be called off as can’t make it due to a kids birthday party which my wife has very kindly left with me while she sods off to Ireland this weekend with the girls ?

Would seem ridiculous to call it off though in all seriousness especially with the Funeral now on Monday, although there could be riots given the intense rivalry with Wycombe brought about by their owner’s actions, like a powder keg waiting to go off….not. 

Aren't you a bit old to go to a kids birthday party?

On 10/09/2022 at 22:03, 86 Hair Islands said:

I'm not a fan of the monarchy, nor am I staunchly averse to them. Indifferent, I suppose. That may change now though, as Elizabeth carried that family and all of the pressures that responsibility entailed from the moment she became our monarch, to the day of her death. Some may be surprised to know that amongst my social group, even the staunchest republicans deeply admired her for that, at very least. Politics be damned, her passing is a loss to the nation and the Commonwealth, as in her wake, we are left with a rabble unfit and unready for the job at hand. Her passing is a watershed, make no mistake.

For my part, I absolutely loved the Queen. I really did. I've never felt that such a notion was in conflict with my essentially socialist worldview and I'd have gone to watch a game today, no bother at all. I'd have belted out the Royal Anthem along with pretty much every other fan there, drowning out any attention-seeking morons in the process, maybe waived a Union Jack or two, or chanted Queenie, Queenie, start the bounce'. It would have been a unique occasion and a truly fitting way for the game of the working classes to show their respect in a joyous and positive fashion, devoid of the sackcloth and ashes routine and faux piety some fools favour. Alas, some feel they know us better than ourselves and thanks to these pompous, self-appointed moral compasses, the opportunity is now lost forever. Shame on them.

The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen. 

Though I completely agree with your comments about football matches (perhaps we’ll get some opportunity at Lincoln on Tuesday night if it’s still on. Or maybe on saturday too.) I’m obviously broadly out of kilter with the views of the majority on here but, hey, as many have said in other contexts, what’s the point of a forum if we all have the same views.

I am unashamedly a royalist.  I like the idea of an unelected head of state in the middle of elected politicians with short term pressures (Trump was elected and may yet be elected again; name the politician that hasn’t had their detractors); I like the way in which the last few days have shown how power and position transfers smoothly – no revolution, rioting in the streets, civil disturbance – and quickly; I like their role and what they do and what they represent – everything from the royal patronages of charities, events and small businesses to an honours system that says an official ‘well done’ on behalf of the state, to a symbol of our country, home and abroad.  I like and enjoy the pomp and circumstance.  I’m self-confident enough that I don’t feel any level of inferiority – they are what they are and I’m quite sure that their apparently privileged life brings with it its share of negatives.  I wouldn’t like their life for one – far too exposed; far too boring in the most part; far too regimented.  I’m quite happy to accept that things might be done better and differently, not so happy with the idea of ‘cheaper’ – look where that argument gets us in so many other areas of life.

The Queen’s death is a significant moment in history without doubt, but I don’t think for a minute that she’s handed on to a rabble unfit and unready for the job in hand. She will have expended considerable time and effort making sure that she didn’t.  I suspect that for the next 20 years or so that our new King, who has had a 50 year apprenticeship, will quietly and effectively change the way in which the Royal family operates nationally and internationally, publicly and privately.  Given a chance he will be a modern King maintaining traditions and developing new ones, and he will represent us well.  He might have had an interesting first marriage (I’ve had three and the first two don’t define me any more than his to Diana) but his second looks to be pretty successful; he was an environmentalist way before the word was invented or popular; his Prince’s Trust has done immeasurable good for thousands of people; he’s managed these last few days with a sure hand.  Perhaps experience counts for something overall?

And in 20 or so years time he will handover to his son who will then in turn be in his late 50’s or early 60’s and experienced in life.  The world will continue to turn and the monarchy will continue to change and adapt, just as it has done over the last 70 years. 

The Queen is dead, long live the King. And likely neither of us will be around to say ‘I told you so’, whichever way it goes! 

If they’re going back to work then work, like everyone else who’s working tomorrow. And well done to the union for the mark of respect 

If/when she does die then there might be arrangements in place to cancel all football and other sporting events, possibly until after the funeral.  Unless the family asks that it doesn't.

2 hours ago, JoetheRam said:

Flashers.

No not that kind.

The kind who flash you in and out of junctions going completely against the highway code and causing more hold ups than if they had just proceded per the regular flow of traffic.

I take great delight in ignoring them and watching their faces scrunch up in anger as they eventually get the message.

Or alternatively, polite fellow motorists who understand that sometimes it is very hard to exit or enter junctions onto/from busy main roads and who therefore signal that they are offering help, and a degree of protection, from other motorists too impatient to allow others to enter the highway.

It may be against the HC to 'flash' your lights to others in a positive manner but, equally, if you don't do that other drivers are often uncertain if you are offering a gap or not.  Try not signalling when cars are filtering ahead of you into a single lane for example and watch how the uncertainty leads to hesitation and therefore danger.

I would agree that grinding to a sudden, unexpected halt in a flow of traffic to let someone out can be dangerous but shouldn't we all be helping each other out? Using a quick, positive headlight flash to signal intention/permission is no bad thing.

2 hours ago, FindernRam said:

Is that why I barely understand a word my wife says anymore!

Underneath your words I had an advert - FATJOE Outsourced SEO, with a picture of a dog wearing antlers being given a red rose by a pretty, young lady. They're also shaking paws.  The words underneath that say: Deliver better SEO with Done - for - you Links and Content Services.

Apart from being offended by all the gratuitous and incorrect use of mid-sentence capital letters I'm also baffled.  I understand what every single individual word means (except not a clue what SEO stands for) but what on God's green earth are they trying to sell me?  The advert so irritates me that I will not on principle press the Open button 

10 for me. We have got a right back - two in fact.  Knighty is doing really well in that position (and who would we drop if he went into midfield?) and I really like what I've seen of Kwaku so far - he's inexperienced but if he continues to develop he'll do really well if called upon.  Good balance between the two of them.

And the quality of what we've been able to bring in is fantastic, even more so considering the financial limitations.  I've enjoyed watching them all play and seeing their characters.  Even better though is what we've kept - we knew the likes of Ebiowe and festy were going to go, but to have persuaded Cashin and co to stay given the off field problems and the time it took to do the deal, plus Rooney going in the middle of it, has been nothing short of miraculous. I don't think we should underestimate our own role in that, as well as praising all the recruiters.

I'm not sure that one window is enough - we probably need at least another one to grow tougher and better still and unfortunately our better players will come under pressure in January from bigger chequebooks elsewhere - but this one has been as good as it possibly could have been and therefore scores top marks

13 hours ago, Brailsford Ram said:

Unlike the EFL divisions, the Premier League is not an English competition anymore; it is an international competition.

The PL clubs are overwhelmingly in the hands of foreign owners. Among the PL players, the English are a minority group. The EFL has to largely rely too much on its income derived from people living in the land that is now Brexit. In contrast the overwhelming majority of the PL income comes from 'fans' that live outside these shores by way of the PL world rights TV income. It's only claim now to be an English league is by the fact that the games that make up this competition are played, for now at least, in England; but you may remember the ludicrous proposal of some years ago to create the 39th game where ten fixtures would be played at stadiums dotted all over the world. That attempt was defeated within the corridors of FIFA, normally noted for its corrupt practices but on this case recognising that the corrupt PL proposal was just a step too far. Wimbledon of course, sought to move their franchise to Dublin but that was too much for even the Premier League.

By contrast, the EFL is much more of a home competition, played out on a much more level playing field. But even that competition is corrupted by the greed of the PL barons by the payment of parachute money to its relegated clubs, which gives those clubs an unfair advantage in terms of financial fair play. It has created an elite group of yo-yo clubs that move regularly up and down at the expense of the other clubs who aspire to reach the top tier. The system starves the grassroots clubs further down the pyramid of the previous much-needed downward investment which assisted their struggle to survive.

Of course I still aspire to Derby County returning to the PL for one simple reason; the step up would recognise us again for being a top club in the EFL. The step up to the international league would be taken with some trepidation because we know full well just how difficult it will be from our last time up there. What we get to watch is likely to be much less comfortable than what we were used to in the Championship.

But for all that, I will be quite happy to see out my final seasons of watching the Rams within the comfort zone of the Championship. I will die a happy fan because like the other posters on here of my generation, we saw the only two teams to bring home the Football League Division One trophy to sit in our clubs boardroom, in 1972 and 1975. I know it pisses off a minority of the younger posters when we Uncle Alberts mention that.

But you may have overlooked a fact that should be central to your aspirations for Derby County this season. If our team finishes this season as champions of this league, the Uncle Alberts will never again be able to make the exclusive claim that I mention above. For it will mean that at the end of the season you will see Curtis Davies lift the very same trophy, that Archie Gemmill and Roy McFarland lifted before him (actually both were presented to Gemmill because on the first occasion McFarland was travelling back from England duty when the trophy was handed over).

So we will all have seen it done. But if that triumph awaits us, don't you young 'uns get too cocky. Just remember it will be a hat-trick for the Uncle Alberts ?

COYR

If we win the league this season I don’t think Curtis will receive the same trophy that Archie and co got back in the 70s. That trophy goes to the winners of the Championship. Our league has a modern identikit style trophy. We Uncle Alberts can continue to make our claims therefore, for at least another season after this one. And hopefully not thereafter.

Cameras. The wonderful days of no speed cameras, no cctv, no anpr cameras, no ring door bells, no cameras in cars snitching on other drivers, no charges for driving through cities or in bus lanes. Better days

On 22/08/2022 at 10:46, Reggie Greenwood said:

The Dad of a mate of mine won this in the mid 70’s bought a laundrette and repair garage as I recall. My mate was still running the garage a few years ago 

The Sun introduced a Spot the ball competition that was very successful. Maxwell owned the Mirror at the time and introduced his own competition with a prize of £1m and then made sure no one won it until eventually they had to fix it that someone did, just to prove it could happen. I seem to remember that a few years ago someone showed that the Sun’s version wasn’t won in about 10 years of people trying 

2 hours ago, Grumpy Git said:

Anyone know why the gap between 5+ and 'ordinary' away members is only 24 hours (but all others remain at 48 hrs)?

Guessing but a mix between there (probably) going to be fewer tickets left to sell and amount of time between then and match day

1 hour ago, 86 Hair Islands said:

I'll just leave this here....

Carles Puyol (5ft10) · Fabio Cannavaro (5ft9) · Franco Baresi (5ft9) · Ronald Koeman (5ft11) · Franz Beckenbauer (5ft11) · Frank de Boer (5ft11)

Jake Buxton (5ft11)

14 hours ago, Old Spalding Ram said:

Hope we do a bit more research than Saturdays opponents Barnsley who have this morning scrapped their new sponsors crypto currency company Hex after just 2 league games.

https://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/news/2022/august/club-statement2/

Ponzi scheme, homophobic tweets………allegedly. 
 

https://www.barnsleychronicle.com/article/23499/reds-investigate-offensive-tweets

 

 

I wonder how long it is since two unsponsored (on the shirt) professional football teams played each other

2 hours ago, David said:

I'm 40 myself. Used to record the top 40 on a Sunday pausing it after each song. 

Not someone that hasn't grown up with radio services, I just find them more dated.

As for care homes, the ones I have seen have televisions now which are far more interactive with vast amount of content that can be consumed.

There is a reason why the BBC are looking to cut services and merge channels, the listener base just isn't at the same levels anymore.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/two-bbcs-flagship-radio-stations-27656329

The reason that the BBC are doing it is because they are continuing their strategy of trying to appeal to younger people - younger than you @David and certainly younger than me who they are not bothered about in any way. They believe that they have to attract a young audience at all costs. The fact that I, in my mid 60s and with a history and habit of listening to the radio all day every day, might like the concept of Sports Report, the classic signature tune and someone reading the classified football results from all 6 leagues in England and Scotland is anathema to the modern BBC. It’s why Radio 5 is like it is - full of young people with no experience, with their nicknames and in jokes, largely incapable of stringing two sentences together never mind analysing a football match, and a fixation on the PL as being all that football is about. It’s why I’ve largely stopped listening, not that they care, to anything that the radio station produces and why I’ve long since stopped watching BBC tv.

There was a time when I would have gone to the barricades to defend a free to air public broadcaster like the BBC. Not any more.