Leicester Ram

RD’s not been worth listening to ever since the woke mob got rid of Craig Ramage’s valuable insights

I like it when he used to turn into the Alvaston Bob Dylan during the Mac 1 days

“There’s something special ‘appenin ‘ere”

(He’d say this after we’d just beaten Cardiff 1-0 on a Tuesday night or something equally innocuous)

15 hours ago, SKRam said:

Don’t forget Monty Pythons Yorkshiremen. 
I know this is Mr Creosote, gif wouldn’t show me sketch 😖

One fit striker? Luxury

When I were lad, we played Dean Moxey up front and that were if you were lucky 

47 minutes ago, David said:

Am I right in saying it was submitted to the EFL on Friday, and it's only Monday dinner time now?

No, because it’s Monday lunch time mate

39 minutes ago, Steve Buckley’s Dog said:

My cat has just inexplicably done a runny s*** in the bath. Whilst I realise this isn’t totally related, it has certainly ruined my transfer deadline day. Could be worse though if you think about it. I suggest you all take this philosophical outlook on events today. 

Shows you right for taking a bath with your cat mate

Really enjoy the Chiefs in the playoffs every year, I always find myself rooting for Mahomes. Such a pleasure to watch.

They’re starting to resemble these inevitable, Diet Patriot Villians but I’m getting to watch it happen this time - by the time I got into the NFL, Brady and the Pats were already the evil empire

And if I squint, they look like the Cardinals which helps 

2 hours ago, Nuwtfly said:

Some of the football Warne serves up is topped only by the likes of Jewell and Phil Brown for me. And Warne is managing it in League One. All the others have had tougher opposition to deal with.

Hopefully you have interacted with me over the years enough times to know I don't say stuff like that about managers flippantly. 

We are in the worst division we have been in for decades and have been outplayed at times by the likes of Cheltenham and Shrewsbury. I have seen some of the most clueless, ineffective hoofball I've ever seen from a Rams team. 

1 hour ago, Nuwtfly said:

All the managers that you are so keen to have us compare Warne to were all managing a club in either the Premier League or the Championship.

Warne is the only one on that, other than Rosenior, who has managed us in League One.

On that basis the only fair comparison is between those two managers and I would take Rosenior back over Warne in a heartbeat, with hindsight. 

If you’re going to hold the quality of opposition against him, then you have to admit he also doesn’t have the same quality of players at his disposal that managers in the league above had

If you *really* want to play that game, Paul Warne has a better win percentage at Derby than Brian Clough and Dave Mackay

And he doesn’t have Roy McFarland and Kevin Hector available for selection 🤷🏻‍♂️

Say what you want about your ideal style of play but your argument here doesn’t hold water, the same way me pointing out he has a better win % than Brian Clough doesn’t hold water either

f*** me we needed that goal

1 hour ago, Dimmu said:

               Vickero

Wilso Nelso Casho Eldero

NML  Houriho Birdo  CBT

           Sibbo    Collo

NML should be LMNo

The Manager of the Month curse and the day to day poor fortunes of Derby County are a very potent mix

You’d think it would be in Wednesday’s best interest to help us get promoted so they don’t have to play us in League One next season tbh

Oh I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve waiting to unwrap a new toy

But instead of Lego it’s a grown man that I can send abuse to on social media 

15 minutes ago, SKRam said:

Thoughts on Will Grigg? Always liked him and he looks like my nephew . 

Couldn’t comment, never seen your nephew 

Did enough to win that after letting them back into the game. So much room in midfield, I do think Warne should have put an extra midfielder on at 2-1 for John-Jules but these players have a history getting too comfortable and switching off

But after the equaliser, we created 3/4 good chances and were worthy of winning it

Said it before, say what you like about Hourihane defensively but he’s a match winner. When the ball drops at the edge of the box, no one in our squad can do what he does. 

The way we play, we could do with a number ten. Someone who can control the game, put their foot on the ball I those wobbly moments and calm everything down.

Quick word on Elder. He looks rusty to me, not played much football this season and you can tell - reluctant to put a cross in first half and defensively frail. In the middle of an promotion push, you can’t afford to carry him.

I don’t understand where this idea of overpaying is coming from

I understand everyone’s very keen to avoid the mistakes of the past but surely what we’re actually trying to avoid is the Nick Blackman signing. A so-so player bought off the back of a purple patch, with years left on his deal and to satisfy a manager who knew him personally (only to be sacked almost immediately after, which won’t be happening to Warne)

He’s a talented player in his prime, at 26 he will have resale value, and only has six months left on his contract so will cost less than what he would do with e.g. three years left on his contract

Surely Blackett-Taylor won’t be overpriced because you’d hypothetically be able to sell him for more money this summer? Once you sign him, he’s immediately worth more than what you paid for him

By all accounts, he’s a player who has championship clubs interested so could be worth much more in the best case scenario where he helps us get promoted and gets a season in the championship with Derby under his belt

We also have one standout winger available in NML and no one fully claiming the other spot. Without factoring money into it, this looks like a sure fire way to improve the starting XI for a team chasing the automatics. It also lessens the catastrophic NML injury scenario that, IMO, is currently our most worrying “what if”

I’m unfortunately getting my hopes up on this one, seems like a doozy if we can pull it off and the sort of smart business we’ve rarely seen this past decade. Now I’ve said that, we’ll probably see him grinning next to a Huddersfield Town shirt this time next week

1 minute ago, Boycie said:

Pink?

Get out

51 minutes ago, roboto said:

Why would you take Ebosele out? He's a first team regular in Serie A now. Mainly playing as right mid/wing back in a 3-5-2. I'd think he's be one of the most valuable on current market value.

f****** hell Roboto, I’m not actually managing them 😂

2 hours ago, Ghost of Clough said:

Based only on Transfermarkt values, the best XI would be:

Ravas
Bogle   Cashin   Buchanan   ABrown
Whittaker   Knight   Hughes   Ebosele
Riis Jacobsen   Delap

Still leaving the following as subs/reserve: TGrant, Lowe, Bird, Elsnik, Sibley, Kellyman, Ebiowei, Gordon, Plange

More likely

Ravas

Bogle Cash Buchanan Lowe

Bird Knight Hughes

Whittaker Delap Ebiowei

Admittedly you’d invest in a keeper and a CB, with that I think they’d finish somewhere in mid-table 

Would also add our very own Thommo to the list and Dylan Williams as our fifth left back

Find it unbelievably sickening thinking about all of the quality academy players of ours around the country

I think you could make a decent enough Championship starting XI out of them all

I’ve made a start on my humble pie

I’ve only had a few bites so far but I hope I’m going to be hoovering up the crumbs by the end of the season

Would still much prefer to skip the main course of Collins Pie and tuck into the John-Jules ice cream sundae though. Everything tells me that will be tastier.

5 weeks later…

Made me chuckle

The goal before half time felt like quite a promotiony goal to score

The third felt very promotiony, very f****** promotiony indeed

Not often I’ll sit down and watch the PL

I’m quite detached from it, it’s basically the same as the NFL or NBA for me at this point - I don’t hate or dislike any of the top teams no more than I hate/dislike the Dallas Cowboys or New York Knicks

And I think the online “banter” culture is embarrassing these days, just a bunch of teenagers and grown men with the brains of teenagers going round in circles, s*** memes about McTominay having more goals than the Chelsea forward line or something boring like that 

But I have to say watching Man United is actually very funny, I’m quite enjoying how bad they are

Garnacho and Hojlund couldn’t finish their dinners 

Nelson and Cashin are a joy to watch, both today were solid as usual but looked so, so confident on the ball. Whatever else is going on the pitch, they seem to never lose their composure

They are the bedrock of our promotion push

Appreciate what Collins does for us these days but find myself praying every game that Warne gives John-Jules 30 minutes to actually prove himself