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Tomchope

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    Tomchope reacted to Archied in Match Thread: vs Blackpool (h)   
    Would that make him hourhane?
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    Tomchope reacted to Crewton in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    Good observation there, and that might explain his substitution.
    As fans we don't always know the reasons behind early substitutions at the time.
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    Tomchope reacted to Kernow in Summer transfer suggestion thread   
    Moor Farm on the 1st of July.

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    Tomchope reacted to Caerphilly Ram in Match Thread: vs Port Vale (H)   
    I do see what everyone’s saying, that’s my point, there can’t even be a calm objective chat about how we might like to see the side line up before the game tomorrow without people making their thoughts on Warne repeatedly known.
    I have long since accepted Warne is the manager, posters who can’t accept that repeatedly and REPEATEDLY shouting about him and his approach across every thread isn’t changing that fact, it just makes the forum pretty much unreadable. There can’t be any dialogue without people jumping in with digs about Warne, it’s pretty much an echo chamber of the same comments on here at the moment regardless of what the thread is supposed to be about. 

    Also my earlier post says I want us set up to have a go and win comfortably. I don’t think it’s how Warne will set us up but it’s sometimes just nice trying to discuss the team and the prospects for tomorrow without the negativity. 
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    Tomchope reacted to Ilkestonian in Away tickets 23/24   
    And I for one really appreciate your away ticket updates, I find them very helpful and being in the 5+ bracket this season they prepare me for how quick I'm going to have to be when tickets go on sale to my category so thanks from me (and I'm sure many others) for all your efforts and updates. 👍🙂
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    Tomchope reacted to Mucker1884 in Dwight Gayle - Signed until the end of the season   
    If I may be so bold, I'd like to poo-poo on your opinion.
     
    North Stand...

     
    East Stand...

     
    South Stand...

     
    And mentioning no names... West Stand...

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    Tomchope reacted to Ram-Alf in James Collins   
    Who are all these ITK people, 4 weeks, 8-10 weeks, Out until play offs, Minimum of 2 months? 
     
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    Tomchope reacted to Crewton in Notts Forest Playtime   
    They had to send Worrall to a country where eating donkey meat is frowned upon, for his own protection.
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    Tomchope reacted to MaltRam in Max Bird - flew the coop to Bristol City, loaned to us to end of season   
    Best midfielder at the club. Leaving as won't sign a new contract. Good fee. Keep the player for the rest of the season.
    He came through the ranks, stood by us when we were on our arse, does his best, good egg arond the place, getting a bigger wage in a higher division, club doesn't lose out.
    Max Bird comes out well, Derby County come out well. 
    Moaners, please shush. I'm embarrassed by you.
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    Tomchope reacted to MACKWORTHRAM in Lee Gregory (again)   
    Lee Gregory would be fine if there is nothing else we can get in. He's experienced, will be a handful and I'd fancy him to chip in with a few goals.
    What annoys me is I am reading some fans on twitter using this as a stick to beat Warne with. "I'm worried about Warne and our transfer policy if this is what we're doing"
    Do you think if we sat Paul Warne in a room he'd say that Lee Gregory was his number one target and one he has always wanted?
    No he wouldn't. Ideally he'd want a 24-27 year old proven league one striker who's ready to go and good enough to step up to the championship but if there are any available then 1. They aren't going to be sold and 2. If they were, we can't afford them. At all.
    It's like our fans have seen that we have next to nothing, had to dip into a loan pot for CBT and are just ignoring that. 
    If Gregory comes in he'll get my support, he's a stop gap for the season. Gives us an option. Is he what I want? No. He's not. But he might be the best we can get given our budget.
    I've seen people say they'll be livid if we sign Gregory and we should have kept Brown. Livid? If be more livid if we didn't bring someone in.
    Brown is nowhere near ready yet. Thrusting a young player in early can ruin them. 
    I remember when we got linked with Jordan Rhodes and people were kicking off then. He's second top goalscorer now.
    But alas, it's all Warnes fault. Warnes fault we've got no money, Warnes fault our midfield is poor when half of them are out injured. 
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    Tomchope reacted to Mucker1884 in Reading v Derby match day thread.   
    I appreciate Warne get's a lot of stick... and at times like this it's difficult to argue against... But there's a particular trait I like... have always liked... in a player.  And that's passion!
    Not for the shirt, per sé.  Not for the badge specifically.  But for their craft.
    There's a distinct lack of that right now, and it seemed to be massively magnified last night.
    Masses of mistakes last night, and yet I don't recall one single hint of a player reacting in a frustrated "must do better" kind of way.  No kicking hoardings.  No thumping the ground.  No heavenwards screaming out in frustration.  No bollockings from team mates.  No fist pumping encouragement.
    Even young Cashin was doing this a few weeks back... and it was truly wonderful to witness... but that seems to have gone now (And no, I'm not singling him out intentionally.  No effing way!)  
    All we got last night was meek acknowledgements of apology.  Lots of stooped shoulders! A half-raised hand of patheticism. (*Looks like I just made that word up, but it's staying in!  Fuckem!) 
    If I was the cynical sort (I'm not!), I'd be wondering if they actually cared!
     
    Now... I hasten to add... My support of DCFC is currently going through a similar phase.  I can laugh it off.  I can shrug my shoulders.  I can slouch back in my NE Corner seat and not bother singing.  (I won't boo, but my silence alone should be deafening to the players!)  I can almost appear to those that don't know me as though I don't care.  That's not the case, but I certainly don't care as much nowadays as I have done in the past.  Of course I've lost SOME of my passion.  But that comes with age.  That comes with having "Been there before... numerous times".  In essence, I've "got an excuse".
    These players don't have that excuse.  They are the now.  They are as close to being in their prime as they're likely to be.  They should care.  They ought to care.  They should be taking pride in their craft.  They should feel the passion.

    They ain't clocking in at Royces at 07:40 every morning, to stare at the same old computerised CNC milling machine hour after hour.  They ain't driving the same old dirty bus around the same old dirty streets of Derby day in, day out.  They ain't staring at spreadsheets shift after shift.  Those guys and gals are (arguably) entitled to "plod on".
    These guys are craftsmen.  They are entertainers.  They are professional athletes. They have either been gifted with a talent, or indeed they have worked bloody hard to hone themselves that talent. 
    So where is their pride?  Where is their passion?  Why are they letting their peers down?  Why are they letting the supporters down?  Why are they LETTING THEMSELVES DOWN? WTF does it look like they don't care?
    I just can't get my head around that.
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    Tomchope reacted to Chester40 in Lincoln v Derby match day thread.   
    We have won 10 of 13 league games, and lost 1....and that was against a very good team who scored in the last minute.
    Hardly surprising some fans get irritated by constant negative comments. 
    Financially we are on a sound footing, we are trying to make additions and we have a decent bunch of lads working their backsides off.
    Yet at the first sign anything may be amiss the toys go out the pram.
    We have a decent stadium and a fair amount of fans. But we are a League 1 club,  recruiting on a budget for League 1 players, playing against teams all just as desperate to get out this League. We have no divine right to walk over teams so how about a bit of realism at times instead of constantly looking for things to moan about and maybe there would be a bit more harmony.
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    Tomchope reacted to Gaspode in Corey Blackett-Taylor - Signed on Loan/Permanent in Summer   
    But he's injured isn't he? - how's he going to complete his medical?

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    Tomchope reacted to oomarkwright in FANKATY DABO   
    As Troy Deeney can testify! 🤣
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    Tomchope reacted to SillyBilly in Away tickets 23/24   
    Just got my 2 tickets for Reading, I live in Reading and think we're pretty safe for 90 minutes of football, not heard of any Reading fans intending to do the same again.
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    Tomchope got a reaction from Kinder in Away tickets 23/24   
    I’m thinking the same unfortunately 😢limit my loss to just the ticket cost and not £50+ in fuel and the 6+ round trip and food. 
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    Tomchope reacted to Kinder in Away tickets 23/24   
    I’ve got every sympathy with Reading’s plight and would normally support any protest against their owner, but I’ll be extremely narked if I’ve driven down on a Tuesday night during my busiest time at work and the game’s called off. It’s making me seriously think about not going.
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    Tomchope reacted to Carnero in January Reinforcements   
    An extra couple of inches 

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    Tomchope reacted to SSD in Paul Warne, League 1 Manager of the Month   
    10pm Monday
     

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    Tomchope reacted to Chester40 in Wigan Athletic v Derby County   
    I'm not feeling massively confident about a top 2 push.
    I think it's the nature of the wins. They are slightly 'attritional'. As a one-off, game by game that's fine.  We look solid at the back,  have plenty of the ball and probe down the wing, Collins does the hard work on his own and 2nd half we have impact subs who can give us a spark.
    Nothing wrong with that. Just would like the occasional 'easy' win where we click, take the game to the opposition and win easily as the better team.  Just feels currently its more percentage football and the odds aren't that stacked in our favour. I never feel that confident we will win and every game is a tight affair. 
    I never feel like we are going to give anyone a spanking. To be top 2 I think we need a bit more. Definitely more inspiration from the midfield and a striker who can break the lines a bit. 
    Think we are looking more 4th or 5th place at the moment.  Would so like us to kick on a little more and be a bit more aggressive in our play.
    Wilson needs to start,  JJ needs more game time and get some fresh blood in the window and we could really take this league on.
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    Tomchope reacted to Caerphilly Ram in Ryan Nyambe - Signed Until Jan 2024, Extended to 2025   
    Extended until the end of 24/25, great news!!!
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    Tomchope reacted to Sweetness34 in Safe Standing Is Coming to Pride Park   
    What an overreaction to something very basic. Typical of this day and age though.
    So the club have introduced safe standing but need to make it very clear to everybody that it isn't a general admision and doesn't mean you can go stand where you want like we used to on the popside.
    It appears to me that in order to get that message across, they introduced more rigerous ticket checks before the very first match after the rails were installed. 
    And that gets the message across. A 5 second check to make sure you're not going to stand in another block to be with your mates, nothing more and nothing less.
    Give it a few matches and they probably won't be as vigerous (if they are, then perhaps it might be time to start moaning)
    It seams to me that a tempory slight diruption is a small price to pay for gettting what you've been wanting for a decade or two
     
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