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Dambuster

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    Dambuster got a reaction from kevinhectoring in Match Thread: vs Bolton Wanderers (H)   
    Hypocritical comments after your home game against us with the same ref.
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    Dambuster got a reaction from jimtastic56 in Match Thread: vs Bolton Wanderers (H)   
    Not seen any news about Bradley being fit to play, I’m hoping there’s not a sickness bug going at this vital time.
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    Dambuster got a reaction from Eddie in Match Thread: vs Reading (H)   
    I think Tofiq Bakhramov also officiated in the DCFC v Real Madrid game.
     
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    Dambuster got a reaction from Stockport Ram in Match Thread: vs Reading (H)   
    I think Tofiq Bakhramov also officiated in the DCFC v Real Madrid game.
     
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    Dambuster reacted to G STAR RAM in January Reinforcements   
    Not to be different, just because I respect that a local businessman has rescued us from the mire and, despite losing millions in the first 9 months, on top of his £50m + original outlay, already has some fans screaming for more.
    Yes, the same fans that in hindsight lambasted MM for his reckless spending.
    Yes, the same fans that have spent most of the season saying how great our squad is and are being held back by our poor manager.
    So, yes, if going against is standing up against these spoilt brats who want everything I'm happy to do that. 
    If we can't afford someone within our business plan, then we don't buy, its a simple as that. 
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    Dambuster reacted to Stockport Ram in Lincoln v Derby match day thread.   
    Apologies if this has already been covered on this thread, or elsewhere, but it seems clear to me.
    If you lose two integral parts of your back four at the same time, you are bound to struggle. Nyambe is by far our best right back, and Foz our best left back, and the only decent left back who understands the set up and moves forward with confidence at the right times. 
    We will dip a bit until Ryan and Foz return. 
    It’s no one’s fault - Warne will know this too. Not seen The Full 90 yet but hope that Elder (and Vickers) had better games and are settling in, as I’ve no idea how long Foz will be out. Who’d have thought a midfield player filling in at left back 10 years ago would become so integral to our plans in 2024? 
    The Nyambe miss is also a bit of a double whammy, as Wilson is better further forward with less fundamental defensive duties - he covers better from right mid than others too.
    We’ve lost key players at key times before - Martin’s injury in the 2-2 at Bournemouth being the most glaring, but Bird’s loss last Jan/Feb ultimately proved as costly but wasn’t so obvious - so it’s down to the group, and more importantly the management team to find a way to get us through this.
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    Dambuster got a reaction from Elwood P Dowd in Colourful / Drab   
    I just watch what’s happening on the grass.
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    Dambuster reacted to CongletonRam in Steve bloomers washing errrrr I mean watching   
    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.
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    Dambuster reacted to VulcanRam in Steve bloomers washing errrrr I mean watching   
    Keep it. Yes it's a bit twee but not nearly as bad as some other club songs (Everton take a bow). It's the only thing that gets the whole ground clapping and engaged before kick off. Get the timing right (and don't ambush us with a third verse) and it creates a huge "Derby" right around the ground. 
    @CongletonRam wumming that Bloomer is "some dead footballer who no one really knows" shows two things: his/her idiocy and the importance of keeping the song, something that celebrates not only our leading goalscorer of all time, but one of the greatest footballers of his generation. He remains the most successful Derby County player ever.
    No-one wants to live in the past, but we should always treasure our heritage, especially a player like him. 
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    Dambuster reacted to Carl Sagan in Steve bloomers washing errrrr I mean watching   
    As someone who used to watch The Killers when there were only 50 of us in the audience, I was thrilled to hear we'd started using this. Then I turned up at the ground full of expectation, only to discover it was the weirdest "mashup" of Mr Brightside and Sweet Child of Mine. How to absolutely massacre two great songs. Whoever did that should be ashamed of themselves and never allowed back at Pride Park.
    I love how you're like someone from an internet message board from twenty years ago, putting "FACT" on your posts as if that makes it true.
    This was exactly what I was going to suggest. Or the other way around. Two songs connected to Derby. Treasure what is ours.
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    Dambuster reacted to IslandExile in Steve bloomers washing errrrr I mean watching   
    FWIW I say keep it.
    And follow it with Dambusters.
    A few verses of "we all effing hate reds" should rev everyone up.
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    Dambuster reacted to LeedsCityRam in Steve bloomers washing errrrr I mean watching   
    'That dead footballer' happens to be our record goalscorer. And I don't think it was just that remark that has aroused suspicion - you seem to hate everything about the Derby fan experience whilst making up some irrelevant nonsense about a club down the road. When they were rotting in League One, they certainly weren't booming out anything - in fact, a lot of them abandoned the club & the place was like a morgue. Their support is an embarrassment & so are your comments.
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    Dambuster reacted to Mucker1884 in Steve bloomers washing errrrr I mean watching   
    I must admit, I never met the guy, never saw him play, and have never knowingly met any of his descendants.  We do however share the same birthday... which is nice!
    Anyway, the following comments relate to the aforementioned... and titular... Mr Steve Bloomer...
     
    He played 525 times for Derby...  And scored a clear record 332 goals for The Rams.
    After Jimmy Greaves, he is the second-highest all-time goalscorer in the top-flight of English football. 
    While at Derby he was top scorer in the First Division on five occasions in 1896, 1897, 1899, 1901 and 1904. In 1896, together with John Campbell of Aston Villa. He was also the leading "Rams" scorer for 14 consecutive seasons and scored 17 hat-tricks in the league. One of his best seasons came in 1896–97 when he scored 31 goals, including five hat-tricks, in 33 League and FA Cup games. Between 14 November 1896 and 5 April 1897 he scored 21 goals in 20 games. He also scored six goals for the club in a game against Sheffield Wednesday in January 1899.
    He helped Derby to win the Second Division title in 1911–12, and to finish second in the First Division in 1895–96; he also played on the losing side in four FA Cup semi-finals and three FA Cup finals (1898, 1899 and 1903).
    After four years at Middlesbrough he returned to the Rams in 1910 and helped them win the Second Division title in 1912. 
    He missed seven games of the 1893–94 season after Leicester Fosse half-back Peggy Lord broke his collarbone on 10 February. Bloomer recovered and claimed 19 goals from 27 appearances during the campaign.
    Bloomer's goals helped Derby finish runners-up in the First Division in 1896 and helped them reach three FA Cup finals in 1898, 1899 and 1903. He scored in the 1898 final, a 3–1 defeat to Nottingham Forest. On 3 September 1900 Bloomer scored the first-ever goal at The Hawthorns, the 1–1 draw against West Bromwich Albion being the first match played at the ground.
    He also had two spells as Rams Manager.
    He also scored 28 goals in 23 appearances for England...
    Bloomer made his England debut on 9 March 1895, scoring twice in a 9–0 win against Ireland, which helped England win the British Home Championship.
    He scored in all of his first 10 international appearances, which remains a record for number of consecutive scoring appearances. He netted 19 times during these games, including 5 goals against Wales on 16 March 1896, winning three British Home Championships.
    He became England's all-time top goalscorer on 2 April 1898, when he surpassed Tinsley Lindley's total of 14 with two goals against Scotland. On 18 March 1901, he scored four goals against Wales, becoming the first player to score two hat-tricks for England and also the first to score four goals for England twice, as England once again won the British Home Championship.
    At the end of 1901, his goal tally stood at 25 in just 14 games.
    He captained England once; against Scotland on 3 May 1902.
    He finished his international career in 1907 as England's longest serving player and England's all-time top goalscorer with 28 goals. He held the record until his tally was overhauled by Vivian Woodward in 1911.
    A plaque commemorating Bloomer's by-then demolished birthplace in Bridge Street, Cradley, was unveiled in 2000 by former Wolverhampton Wanderers and Derby player Jimmy Dunn and Bloomer's grandson Steve Richards.[53]
    On 17 January 2009, after a long and sustained period of campaigning, a bust of Bloomer was finally unveiled inside Pride Park, Derby. Bloomer's two grandsons, Steve Richards and Alan Quantrill, unveiled the bust in the presence of Bloomer's family and relations, the sculptor Andy Edwards and thousands of Derby County fans. On 17 January 2009, a bust of Bloomer was unveiled next to the home dugout at Pride Park Stadium.
    He remains a legend at Derby County
    He also had to put up with quite a bit of s*** in Germany, during The Great War... including being interned at Ruhleben, a civilian detention camp in the Spandau district of Berlin, in 1914.
     
    In January 2024, he was described by someone on the internet, claiming to be a Derby County fan, as "some dead footballer who no one really knows".
    Allow me to repeat that, to avoid any doubt... "some dead footballer who no one really knows".
    The above comment was further accompanied with "who the hell is Steve Bloomer....and I really don't care if he is watching or not."
     
    This is the one time I am genuinely embarrassed to be in the presence of a fellow Derby County fan.
     
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    Dambuster reacted to Simmo’s left foot in Steve bloomers washing errrrr I mean watching   
    Steve Bloomers watching would be fine, if the drum beat matched the tempo of the song. You end up with the cloud clapping to a different beat the the drums in song. Remix it with a different drum beat perhaps?
    Agree, do away with the cringeworthy stupid poem from a leftie poet who thinks bike clips and cloth caps.
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    Dambuster reacted to Gaspode in Steve bloomers washing errrrr I mean watching   
    A bunch of Notts numpties singing aboiut a Scottish peninsula is one of the most embarassing things in football - if you like that and know nothing about Derby's history, you may well be going to the wrong ground for your football 'entertainment'.....
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    Dambuster got a reaction from derbydaz22 in Looking abroad   
    And presidents.
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    Dambuster got a reaction from Comrade 86 in Looking abroad   
    And presidents.
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    Dambuster reacted to Jubbs in Looking abroad   
    Honestly I'd be looking in the Japanese league, there's great value there and some decent bargains. 
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    Dambuster reacted to DavesaRam in Bristol Rovers - 25 November   
    I thought it was 39 steps that were problematic!
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    Dambuster got a reaction from Archied in Bristol Rovers - 25 November   
    Another 42 here, those stairs get steeper every year.
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    Dambuster reacted to Mucker1884 in Crewe Alexandra versus Derby County - Match Day Thread ( FA Cup 1st Round )   
    “We identify as players”
    👀
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    Dambuster got a reaction from Mucker1884 in Summer Rumour Mill   
    You forgot the house.
     
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    Dambuster reacted to PrideParkhead in Summer Rumour Mill   
    It's pretty obvious Warne couldn't attract a moth to a light. We're the biggest team in this League but have been reduced to scrabbling about in the dirt for castoffs. Pathetic state of affairs 
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    Dambuster reacted to Srg in Will any of the new signings be made captain?   
    Really don’t think it matters. Leaders lead regardless of a bit of extra fabric round their arm. 
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    Dambuster got a reaction from Van der MoodHoover in The Home Kit Colour Debate   
    Then add in a bit of BBG mud!
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