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So harsh! So True! So wanted to add a laughing reaction! 😁 I hope to God our friend and leader knows we are laughing with him, and not at him! xxx

Duck The EFL...

So... The 38th minute of applause sounds great. I'm in! 🐏 But how about following it with a song... a song with meaning, and yet almost no meaning at all. A silly song, if you will! Upbeat, as it should be, that will make absolutely no sense to outsiders... but we know! How B4 is that! 😉😁 Quite by chance, one of the silliest songs in living memory (For a few of us! 🤯 ) fits the bill... simple lyrics and catchy tempo... AND gives reference to his hated Rams shirt colour! I'd hope he sees loving banter, rather than all out wind-uppery! 👀 🤍 So, who's up for starting this little ditty, as we enter the 39th minute? (*Tune... for you youngsters out there... in the video below.) Let’s have a drink, a drink, a drink, Whilst wearing the pink, the pink, the pink, And raise a glaaaass, for our best mate, B4. For he invented, The scraver and flanges, And ballions too, so hear us roar! Now our mate Daniel, he wasn’t a spaniel, He weren’t a cat, or even butterfly, He was a true Ram, He was a great man, And now he’s gone, it makes us sigh. He wasn’t a reader, but he was our leader, He’d stand and cheeeeer The Rams to victory So we’ll remember, in every November To sing for Dan, for history. Let’s have a drink, a drink, a drink, Whilst wearing the pink, the pink, the pink, And raise a glaaaass, for our best mate, B4. For he invented, The scraver and flanges, And ballions too, so hear us roar! Perhaps we could finish off with a rendition of this, to the tune of "Two-Nil To The Derby Boys" Be more like the great B4, Be more like the great B4, Be more like the great B4, Be More Like the great before… etc, etc… And hey... there's always the option to completely ignore the longer one, and go with the short and simple second option... or no option at all, even! Let's face it, the Sombreros worra roaring success, but I haven't let that go to my head! 🤣 Tune, for reference... #tongue in cheek #love yer, buddy #Top man, Top Ram. 🍻 xxx

The only down side to this thread is the number of folk who have mentioned spirit... and not one of you has mis-spelled it! We all loved flanges and scravers of course, but "Spirt" was a personal favourite of mine. I'm gonna miss that! 😢 Anyway... Lots of usernames on here that I simply don't recognise. A couple of dozen previous posts here, a few hundred there. Countless claims of "Don't post very often but..." Numerous lurkers clicking away on their keyboard. Even a few new sign-ups for the sole purpose of passing on their condolences. And a list as long as your arm, of posters who never met the lad... me included... "But felt like we knew him"! I've also very briefly touched on my own PM's shared with B4... all at his behest I hasten to add... and I'll not add to that, as those conversations remain private, suffice to say, I shouldn't have been as surprised as I was (shame on me!) to now learn that he pretty much contacted anyone and everyone that had posted of the merest hint of troubles in their own lives... whilst the lad himself arguably suffered more than most. Every word in this thread points to someone special. Of that, there is no doubt. Unique. Caring to the core. One of a kind, amongst many of a kindred spirt! (😉) Arguably, the clearest evidence of that eons old adage "You don't know what you have until it's gone". I hope to God that if he didn't know then, he knows now! It's clear how his being... and now his parting soul... has touched so many of us. He truly will be forever remembered. xxx

A stranger we had yet to meet. Our paths had never crossed. And yet, it seems, we knew him well, A dear friend we have lost. A heart of gold, a Kindly soul, A friendly word to each. A clumsy gaff may oft appear, But ne’er offence be reached. A call to arms, a plea for fight, A positive embrace. Defiant stance, a pumping fist, A smile on his face. Hatred of pink, and all things red, More strangers for him to meet. “A sea of black and white” he’d call, “Let’s all stand at our seat”! A disregard for marriage, for relationships of two, “Never, ever” he would wail, “That would never do”! Yet he loved all, and we loved him. His quirks always forgiven, His stubbornness frustrated, But missed, now he’s in Heaven. The truest Ram, amongst us all, Now gone for evermore. For Daniel, for DCFC Let’s all be more B4 xxx 🐏🤍

So, it seems it wasn’t just me he was looking out for when posting about my own troubles on here. It appears he’s PM’d pretty much every one of us in our hours of need, and offered his unique advise to us all… and all in private! B4 the agony aunt! Who knew! 😁❤️

Just come on to catch up on the afternoon's "Great day at the office", and was immediately hit with this thunderbolt! Utterly gutted! 😢 Yes, he's wound me up in the past, on occasion. Sometimes I've had a nibble at him. Sometimes I've bit my tongue and said nowt. But oh so much more than that, his total and utter positivity was never disregarded, and his loyalty to, and passion for, DCFC was never... ever... doubted. I'm not ashamed to say, He's been... and will remain for eternity... more of a Ram than I'll ever be. 🐏 Such devastating news does indeed put everything into perspective. Today's game comes a distant second behind this... even to the point that I'm really not in the mood any more, for a catch up on the matchday thread... but do you know what... today was precisely the sort of performance and result that would have delighted him... and just what he would normally have predicted with his blind, unwavering faith. Despite my mood, I'm gonna read the lot... and read every single word in his memory... with a raised glass in hand! 🍻 I hope you were watching from above, B4, (Of course you were... silly me!) and I hope it put a massive grin on your face... and a spring in your step, now you are finally free at last, from your physical pains. Feel free to bellow through the clouds "I told you so"! 😁 I'm sure many of us will mark your gut-wrenching passing in any number of ways in the coming matches... be that privately and/or publicly, and it is no less than you deserve. I won't hesitate to twirl my scraver in your honour at future games, and my DCFC flange will forever be at half mast. Sleep well, dear Buddy. Up The Rams. See you at the promotion party. xxx 😢🍻🐏

That was one of my first thoughts, in all honesty. 👍 If we do get them, I'd be very tempted to "slip on them", and put in a claim! The only thing putting me off is that I'd be suing my Beloved Derby County. Not sure my principles run that strongly! Had it been Sainsburys, B&M, Tesco, or any other similar place, I wouldn't be so put off! 👀

Happy to report that both my wife and big sister arrived home safe and unharmed from their voluntary stint on the Poppy Stall in Derbion on Tuesday! What is the world coming to? Alleged attacks on a 78 year old volunteer in Edinburgh. Poppy sellers "feeling nervous" being surrounded by mobs of "Protesters" at Charring Cross. The Rochdale Cenotaph being daubed with "Political Graffiti". The sanctity of The London Cenotaph at high risk for this coming weekend. I get some don't agree with what The Poppy symbolises and represents. I get that. Each to their own. But to actively go out of their way to threaten Poppy Sellers (All of whom are volunteers, and many of whom are "elderly") and/or wearers, is the scummiest of the scum in my book. I'll be adding extra pride to my stance at 11am at The NMA on Sunday, after doing similar at The Camp Bastion Wall Memorial, as we mark our remembrance and respect to one known fallen hero in particular, on our son's behalf (as he's away clearing landmines in Ukraine, so can't attend in person). I'll be arriving earlier than usual for the match tomorrow, to join in the (assumed?) pre-KO remembrance. And I'll be wearing my nice new shiny 2023 lapel poppy alongside a few older ones over the coming days... f*** em, I say! Lest we forget xxx