BondJovi
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12 minutes ago, leamram said:
It can be, but you never know who out of that 50 watching who could become a massive fan or lead to other gigs or opportunities.
Also, there's always a decent gig around the corner, it's all the joy of being in a originals band
I also did a podcast about our music a few weeks ago if anyone is interested.
Once did a gig at The Vic Inn in Derby to the soundman and his dog. Was absolutely soul destroying. Finished us as a band. Which is a shame as we were doing the sort of things The Darkness did just before they hit the big time. Done plenty of gigs where we may as well have not been there due to the audience not giving a fig. Some you win, some you lose. But even if one person turns up, you still got to give it your best as you never know!
Played some gigs I will never forget, plenty I would love to forget!
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Recently, certainly in the premier league, players have been initiating contact, rather than being fouled. You only have to see it once to know that it is a totally unnatural movement, but for a while the refs would buy it. Not quite so much now thankfully. Whilst it is cheating, at least you can see some art to it. The Plymouth player did none of that, he was going to go down before the boot even came close to his. A completely unnatural fall and reaction. Not even clever cheating.
In womens game recently, a Man U player was sent off for violent conduct. It was later reviewed and the ban reversed and the opposing player banned for trying to deceive officials. The only way we will rid this problem is with more of that.
The ref reviews the game, sees no contact. Player gets a ban for deceit. It doesn't help at the time, but in the long run it would go some way to help. Look at Bruno Fernandes, his antics are embarrassing. His attempts to cheat are long overdue a punishment.
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16 minutes ago, Wolfie said:
A couple more changes to the Dahl stories:
References to colours have also been changed - the BFG's coat is no longer black; while Mary in The BFG now goes "still as a statue" instead of "white as a sheet"
WTF.
I don't really understand what a lot of these changes are for. Well, I do. It is in the hope that the books can still sell by the millions and stand no chance of offending anyone. We are sanitising above and beyond what is sane.
I read my 3 year old the Funnybones pet shop book the other week. Throughout that book the parrot throws out insults, "big bum, baldy, four eyes" and such. My son thought these were hilarious. But he also knows it isn't nice to go around insulting people.
And when the time comes and we read the Dahl stories,in their original form, I am of no doubt he would also find it hilarious. But he would easily understand that some of that is not kind to say.
There is a thread in the football side of this forum about swearing in a family stand. The common sense answer seems to be, you can't stop it, but you can explain and teach children that the language they may hear isn't appropriate and not to be repeated.
How many children of an age that could read these stories are gaming online with strangers and encounting completely unfiltered conversations. How many play games such as Call of Duty or GTA? How many listen to music that is far more offensive than Dahl could ever be.
On the most part, children love the gruesome stories, they love the descriptions. Most today are influenced by youtubers or other online people, not stories from books, so I am sure making stories even more safe and sterile is going to change that...
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8 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:
Heinous writing that would have warped children's minds forever.
"In previous editions of James and the Giant Peach, the Centipede sings: “Aunt Sponge was terrifically fat / And tremendously flabby at that,” and, “Aunt Spiker was thin as a wire / And dry as a bone, only drier.”
Both verses have been removed, and in their place are the rhymes: “Aunt Sponge was a nasty old brute / And deserved to be squashed by the fruit,” and, “Aunt Spiker was much of the same / And deserves half of the blame.”
How long until enormous becomes deemed offensive? Unless we decide we scrap adjectives for people.
As someone rather gangly, I don't like being referred to as thin! Thin as a wire is too much.
Why not just leave these as they are, encourage some actual parenting and use the books as a discussion point if you feel it needs it.
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Just to bump this back up.
I see Waterstones released their top 20 childrens book for this year.
One of the books, "My trans teen misadventures " is about a teenage girl going through puberty. From what I have seen online, there is a page from the book that is a naked drawing in which the character describes their breasts as fatty lumps that can be removed.
Perhaps I am missing something but isn't this entirely the wrong idea to promote? We should be championing the books that encourage you to see the positive.
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4 minutes ago, Tamworthram said:
He is a class act and we're very lucky to have him. The one thing I would say though, don't forget he is playing in League one. I don't think we ever saw Rooney play against the likes of Fleetwood, Forest Green, Morecambe, Accrington Stanley etc. It's therefore difficult to make a comparison.
Rooney was younger and also had a vastly superior level to come down from. If Rooney had even played to half the level McGoldrick currently is when we resumed after the covid break, we would never have been close to relegation.
I wonder how Warne would have managed Rooney.
Never expected this much quality from McGoldrick though. Ridiculous.
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2 minutes ago, TuffLuff said:
If I’m being critical, based on tonight I’m not sure ‘Warneball’ suits playing higher league opposition because you aren’t positionally disciplined enough. Not that I don’t like his ideas and how he sees football, I’m just not sure it works against a better opposition
Not sure you can judge anything based on tonight. I think our players approached it the same way the manager did, give it a go but the league is our focus.
It was flat. I never sensed we believed we would win, total contrast to the league. We didn't disgrace ourselves, just didn't do ourselves justice.
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2 minutes ago, Derbados said:
Interesting to hear Joe Cole’s take on that first half. I thought he summarised that really well, also wonder if that’s why Warne struggles at anything above League one level.
To summarise cole - trying to play champagne football with a league one standard team against a grizzled premier league team, however bad they have been in the league and being picked off and punished.
he summed it up as “naive”
You can't do that if you have a striker who wins no headers and can't hold the ball up!
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As a parent of a 3y boy and 11 month old girl, I do have concerns about what we are expecting young minds to handle. As a society we seem to be rushing our way through life and we expect kids to be grown up far younger than my generation.
At primary school age they are impressionable, do we really need to be giving potential to 10-11 year olds questioning their own sexuality? They love to give the impression that they are grown up and there is a huge variation in maturity levels. It concerns me the state of our nations mental health. Pretty sure yo yos were in trend again when I was in y6! I never really liked them so I felt a bit left out. On the flip side, young children are far more accepting of differences and maybe in the long run it is what needs to be done.
When I started secondary school in 99, we didn't have a uniform. The way you dressed was part of your identity. But these were all things that could easily change. Me spending my school years in various band t-shirts, didn't say anything other than the music I liked. Would I have felt a different pressure if I felt I needed to identify as something other than the shirt on my back? When I started that school, the perceived gay in school was a figure of fun. By my last year in 6th form, no one cared about that anymore, several openly.
Social media promotes this notion of ideals. How you must look, how you should feel. A view of how much fun everyone else is having. And the vast majority is a facade.
Maybe I am just out of touch believing that we should be encouraging our children to embrace what they do have. See the good in who you are. You only get so many years to be a child, it shouldn't be spent with pressures.
And all that before we get to these kids are growing up with the planet fecked and the country in shambles.
I have probably phrased my thoughts badly, but I feel we are making life very tough and confusing for the children of today, when really it should be the time you treasure most.
I guess we will only know if it is the right path when they reach our age!
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What these stats can never take into consideration is the human nature of it all. Has that chance fallen to an inform or out of form striker? Does this chance go up if playing against a former club? If you miss many chances, the pressure can build as the game goes on. Does that chance later on get the same rating, even though it is more pressured?
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10 minutes ago, David said:
The bold highlights what football is though, teams waste chances, you go on runs, come up against in form out of form.
How many games have you watched where the team with less possession, shots go on an win, Gary Rowett has made a career out of it.
xG would have him overperforming, yet it's just his style working.
It's a deeply flawed statistic that is being given too much weight imo.
What I love about football is the opinions, talking with mates after a game without bringing up stats.
I can understand clubs using all kinds of data to monitor performances, yet fans?
Forest got promoted that way! Looked the worse team in most games I saw last season...
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11 hours ago, norwichram said:
Our kryptonite previously was those teams a la Rotherham that played hoofball which leads me to think that if as the song says we “come straight back up” then we are well equipped now to beat theses teams as we battle for everything now. exciting times
We are now a team not afraid of the fight. Something that has alluded us for a long time.
I felt and believed there was an arrogance about our club under Mel. It translated in to how we played, almost felt we believed the ugly stuff was beneath us.
Anyway, back to Hourihane. Knight has freed him. An excellent midfield combo. All of our midfield are too good for this league but the great thing is, you don't see an arrogance. You see a determination to win.
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20 minutes ago, Alpha said:
Yeah. As a gamer it's probably my favourite piece of media ever.
If you're not a gamer then you probably think Pac Man and Mario. This show will let people see how games now are capable of stirring emotions.
The Last Of Us Part I is covered by this series. They stay pretty faithful too according to all sources.
The Last Of Us Part II is brilliant but also one of the most depressing miserable games of all time. To the point where you wonder if it's actually "fun" to play.
I hope everyone enjoys the series though. Can't wait to tune in tonight.
From the man who brought us Chernobyl (the show, not the nuclear meltdown) I think the franchise will attract lots of new fans and maybe inspire a few to pick up a game!
I have been playing Last of Us part2 for nearly 2 years now. It is so dark and miserable I really struggle to play it for long before I need something light! I have only just got past the half way point I think. It is incredible but so intense I do question how much I actually enjoy it yet the story and gameplay is worth the effort.
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I saw a recent opposition manager said his team were out fought by us. How often has that been said about us over the last 5 years or so?
Another plus, we are actually using Bird, Knight and Sibley in a way that seems to be getting the best out of them.
Isn't it refreshing to see us actually play in a way which isn't stuck in the same gear. I think Warne tried to force his tried and tested on the squad with his wing backs, he wasn't stubborn. An adaptable manager!
The players believe in him, the owner believes in him, about time we all did and start looking forward.
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1 hour ago, Anag Ram said:
I know it’s heresy but are there not occasions on which it might be an idea to substitute Harry Kane?
He is undoubtedly our best striker but every now and then it would be nice to see the pace and direct style of Rashford and Wilson together.
Also thought it was tailor-made for Maddison last night. Henderson put a shift in but was sucking air from the hour mark.
Shoulda, woulda, coulda. We lost.
My only real criticism of last night were the safe subs. Don't really see what benefit there was to taking Saka off, certainly not for Sterling.
I agree on Maddison. Football seems to have a knack of creating heroes in these moments. It seemed set up for such a time.
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4 minutes ago, Caerphilly Ram said:
How we’re the side with the yellow cards in this game is baffling me
Feels like that has been the case for at least 4 seasons now!
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21 minutes ago, alexxxxx said:
Am I the only person who thinks it was the right decision? The defender went into the challenge? It wasnt like the ball was kicked at him.
Where was his arm meant to go? Or should he not break the fall? When you run, you jump, you fall, you use your arms to balance. That is natural. The whole law is meant to be about making yourself bigger via unnatural position.
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Just now, Steve Buckley’s Dog said:
If that was us he would have been sent off as well. And we would have been fined. And told to play Wycombe a million pounds due to the emotional damage. Never a penalty for me.
I have a strong dislike for Bruno Fernandes. A talented footballer who cheats his way through games. There was no way that penalty should have been given and to see that twonk score makes it even worse.
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Good game. Solid point, especially given the injuries. Pleasing to see us mix it up more but still feel we look to go long more often than needed, Cashin certainly did this a few times.
McGoldrick, looks so casual and effortless yet excellent, a shame we had him isolated too often.
As for Sibley, only his second yellow in the league. Playing in a position that really doesn't suit him but he is doing what the manager asks. Again like his last match, thought he was much better second half, having been rather exposed first half. This is his longest run in the team since Cocu and he hasn't had the same position! He might not progress to the player we hoped, but he hasn't had much chance to show it. Support him!!
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5 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said:
Been waiting a while to paste? Only Sibley's 2nd yellow in the league this season.
There was a challenge on Sibley that was as bad as his but didn't get a yellow...
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23 minutes ago, roboto said:
To be fair to our tactics, we were hardly "lumping" the ball upfield.
We would pass it around and from time to time Cashin did hit a long pass that generally found its target. McGoldrick had some great cross field and diagonal passes that put us into great situations and Bird played some tasty low through balls from midfield (highlight being the pass to Didzy for the Osula goal).
Sibley also unlucky with some through balls. We tried quite a lot, most over hit but at least that is taking a risk in the right place. We didn't allow their defence to get set. Our attacking players must enjoy this approach more.
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1 minute ago, Unlucky Alf said:
Sibley is a kind of player the reason managers aren't sure where to play him, Can be sublime one game and poor the next, Fulfilling potential you have to be consistent and this is his downfall, Not cementing his own position/or play out of position can make some players a little fragile and try that bit harder which then backfires, I noticed last night he was easily knocked off the ball, Weak in some challenges and his decision making somewhat indifferent.
He needs an extended team selection, But how long do you give him if he turns in unproductive performances ?♀️
I thought he was better second half. Didn't dive into challenges, a lot more disciplined.
Ideally he should be played as the most attacking midfielder, off a striker. He does need a run in the team, a run in the same position but we don't really have that luxury in squad depth right now.
Academy thread 22/23
in Derby County Forum
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The season is grinding to a halt. I would agree entirely that with limited resources make use of the academy.
I fear there is a bit of Rowett about Warne. How can we present a one club ethos if the under 21s effectively see a closed door to the first team.
The only manager I believe we have had who actually wanted to fully use the academy since NC was Cocu, maybe too ambitious, maybe the wrong time and with that I guess we can include Rosenior.
Perhaps year 1 under Warne is to sort the first team and he make take a wider look at the club next season...maybe...