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5 minutes ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

Unchanged, who needs defensive subs anyway?! Let’s go 🐏 

@Millenniumram

 

How about these sanita.....no wait, ice creams.

 

Just now, ariotofmyown said:

I would usually agree with all that, but all those posts from Cricket Lover shows how they know exactly what content you consume, even if you pretend that is not the case!

Funny thing is, go look at the account, barely anything about cricket. 

And look at the impressions these are getting, they have 635 followers yet 17k views one of them, his latest one over 4k in 25 minutes.

Probably getting paid for all that s**** as well.

5 minutes ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

The baby oil 🤣 

The browser tab 👀

6 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

Who thought there was more than one Roy McFarland? 😄 

I think we all gathered you wasn't the real one 😂

When Iran attempted to bomb Israel, I went on X, clicked on the trending topic and after 30 seconds I just gave up.

All it was is a bunch of copy and pasted tweets from different accounts.

RT if you support Israel, like if you support Iran. Literal copy and pastes.

Then, no Sanatani will scroll past this without liking, with some gif of an Indian woman.

No news outlets, no journalists, nothing but these tweets after each other. I tried blocking keywords, they only work in your home feed. I started blocking accounts, yet refreshing it was populated with more of the same.

I don't care what the Musk fanboys say about his stats and revenue claims, the platform is a shadow of its former self, it's utter s*** is what it is. 

Had he just followed his free speech dream and left everything alone, not touched a thing then it wouldn't be an issue. 

Every single change he's made is a backwards step, the latest one paying users to post has created this viral copy and paste nonsense which is damaged the ability to follow events in real time. 

I hate there has been no group of developers financially backed to bring a real alternative to this shitshow.

Fun fact, not sure if posted elsewhere but Paul Warne's first game in charge of Derby was a 0-2 away win against Cambridge, be a great little story for his grandkids to gain promotion at Cambridge where it all started.

And of course, Warne's biggest fan @RoyMac5 *former club as well.

 

 

*THE Roy McFarland

37 minutes ago, Crewton said:

It's this bit that concerns me most. Maybe the early KO will help, but some people seem to regard a few lines as part of the matchday experience these days and that can blur their judgement and fire up the aggression.

If you can't celebrate promotion without fuelling up, that's pretty sad.

For me, if your behaviour has a negative impact on others, that's where I have a problem.

If you want to stick a few lines of coke cut down with aerial non bio up your nose, risk a stadium ban, arrest and all the consequences that come with that, go for it, just don't be a knob to others whilst your ego has been artificially inflated for a brief period of time.

If you want to go punch someone after the game because they are from a different city and wear a different shirt, go for it, just find likeminded individuals and do it away from others where women and young fans are innocently just trying to get home after the football match.

Install big cages, load it with weapons and have fans sign waivers before entering, no use of medical services allowed and the coroner will come collect any bodies in the morning.

It's when that behaviour impacts others, reading situations from fans on this forum, especially older fans that have had dealings with other fans at away games really annoys me. 

Be it alcohol or drugs, if you can't control yourself then you should be in therapy, not a football stadium.

20 minutes ago, Crewton said:

Tempted to go to cricket today

1 hour ago, NottsRam77 said:

Bitcoin has come a stupidly long way in 15/16 years from geeky internet magic money to a traded global asset that’ll soon be appearing in every pension fund on the planet.

It's still a bit geeky though.

If I was to ask my family and close knit friends group to go and open a savings account and deposit £100 in, without fail, every single of them would be able to do so with no problems.

If I was to as the same people to go and open a stocks and ISA account, deposit £100 and buy Share's in Love Honey or something, without fail, every single one of them would be able to do so with no problems.

Now if I was to ask the same people, go and get yourself a digital wallet and purchase £100 worth of Bitcoin, I don't think one would be able to without asking how, and I couldn't even answer that myself. 

I'm sure you could provide me with YouTube videos and a ton of links how to, yet that's the problem, all the research you have to take to get into it. Which makes it geeky.

And cult like.

I don't mean to disrespect or insult by calling it a cult, however that's exactly what it is. Like the veganism thing, how do you know someone's a vegan? Don't worry, they will tell you. 

Feels like they are all on individual missions to recruit, build their cult following.

You know what? That's a huge turn off for many, including myself. If I'm down the pub with mates and one says I'm trying this vegan diet, explains they have concerns over animal welfare and it stops there, or that they have heard there is a company called Bobs Toys who's share price is going to rocket in the next week or two, and stops there. 

I'm more inclined to look in to it.

Yet if they bang on and on and on and on, as I say it's a huge turn off.

I'm not specifically talking about you "banging on", however the Crypto cult do bang on and the only reason can be is they are recruiting to help boost the value of their investments.

Reddit went though it with the GameStop shares a few years back, diamond hands this and that, people were sharing screenshots proudly showing off their dwindling investments, some in debt, but diamond hodl.

I really do hope you're one of the lucky ones that gets the huge profits to achieve your goals, I honestly do, when you sell though, just keep it quiet as you were meant to hodl!

Pitch encroachment is a criminal offence.

With that, the club are duty bound to remind fans prior to the game, you cannot criticise them for that.

The same message is repeated at the end of every season, regardless of what we have or don't have to celebrate.

It's a hey, we did ask the fans not to, we also had sufficient low paid staff in high viz jackets around the perimeter of the ground to the governing body. What can they actually do more to prevent it other than bringing back cages? 

Prosecuting thousands of fans is never going to happen, so it will be the club that will pay the price with a possible fine if the EFL see fit. 

Do or do not, my opinion matters not, I think we all know it will happen regardless of what is said on here and by the club.

I just hope we don't have any numb nuts that have been on the Carling and marching powder taking it too far attacking staff, players or opposition fans, should be a time to celebrate, not use it as an excuse to be a thug.

And on the what have we got to celebrate topic, yeah we're "just" going back to the Championship, however it wasn't a normal relegation by any standards and returning after 2 seasons given where the club was, is very much a reason to celebrate with our sanctions also being lifted next season.

This does feel like a fresh start moment for the club, I will be having a drink or two or three or more tonight if Warne and the boys get the 3 points this afternoon. 

Disagree? That's not illegal, just don't piss on the parade, especially with the anti Warne stuff when the bloke will have completed the first stage in his objectives. 

We're on our way, we're on our way, to the Championship, we're on our way, how we get there, I don't know, how we get there, I don't care, all I know that Derby's on their way...🎵🐏

Just now, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

Seriously, anyone got any ideas, otherwise I’m stuck on the bus all game🤣

Tesco

If you have a clubcard some of the prices are lower for you.

It’s only across the road from the ground so you should be able to hear the fans.

Also open till 10pm.

 

6 hours ago, Duracell said:

Hi everyone,

My Dad, a life-long Derby fan and season ticket holder, recently suffered from a stroke which left the right side of his body paralysed. Up until it struck, he had made the 200-mile round trip from Aylsebury to Derby 

His progress has been remarkable since - he can how walk short distances and has gained a lot of mobility. 

I would love to take him to the final game of the season with Carlisle to see out the journey. I would be devastated for him if, having supported us through thick and thin all his life right up until the stroke, he missed out on us winning promotion. This is where some of you could potentially help.

Our season tickets are about as difficult as it could be for someone with mobility issues: East Stand Upper, on the half-way line, half-way between stair wells. I'm just not sure I can safely get him up there with a capacity crowd.

I am only asking having tried to arrange disabled viewing with the club, who cannot help as the game is sold out. Does anyone sit in a lower block, close to a stairwell, who would be willing to swap seats just for this game? I'm only asking as this is a final plea!

Sorry to hear this bunny, can see you've got an offer there on the table to switch seats, hope that helps and you manage to get your Dad to the game 🐏

More Puma horror shows.

Too late now, but probably wise not to advertise the fact there is a number of away fans in the home end with a week to go before the game.

Doesn't take much for the opposition club to catch wind and look into the ticket sales, one person reporting it, most clubs offer a no refund policy as well if you buy in the wrong end so they have nothing to lose by cancelling your ticket.

11 minutes ago, Seaside Ram said:

Strikes again with another ludicrous last kick penalty at Bristol City.

When will this box ticking madness end ?? 😩

Trying to figure out why her gender is relevant here, that is the box you are referring as being ticked?

You are aware that all other referees are male and have been making bad decisions week in week out since the dawn of the game, yet their gender is never relevant in the aftermath. 

It's those poor decisions which has led to the introduction of VAR, which again has made some terrible decisions even with all this technology by a bunch of men sat in a room together.

I haven't seen what happened yesterday, assuming you are correct and it was a ludicrous decision, it won't be her first nor her last, likewise with every referee in the game.

If your first thought however is to come here and moan about a woman making one bad decision out of how many correct decisions over a 90 minute game of football, does come across as a bit Joey Barton like. 

 

4 hours ago, Millenniumram said:

That lineup is a sackable offence.

You’re going to get pelters for this, ignore the haters.

Be yourself, never change.

You are carrying this team to promotion, same again Saturday please.

If I could vote you for the Jackie Stamps trophy, I would. 🐏

Great memories of the team playing in Puma kits.

However the quality of those shirts were awful, more pulls and ladders than a lady of the nights stockings.

I hated the black collar which turned grey after a couple of washes and said D rb  ou ty on the back as the writing fell off.

I also hated the yellow accent colour, how it was installed as the seat colour on the top and bottom rows at Pride Park.

I also hated the scarf under the Ram and it being trapped in the diamond.

I hated the fuzzy feel that attracted all kinds of fluff on the badge and puma sponsor which made it look dirty.

Most of all I hated and still hate that maroon kit which so many appear to love, every time I see it makes me ill in the eyes.

Saying that, some of the modern funky training gear they’ve done for Arsenal in particular and Man City has been alright. 

Great memories though like I say, although I’ll be sad to see Umbro go, they have created some of the best designed kits around for us. 

Pull up a chair, this will be a long one.

Me and my wife Leanne have been together 8 years and 5 months, we have been trying for a baby for around 6/7 years. Nothing happened. Leanne has been desperate for our own little baby and seeing friends around us start families has been hard for her.

It’s been hard for myself as I later found out it was probably my fault following a sperm test.

Just before Covid we went to explore IVF options where I was given a sperm test, the results were basically I have swimmers, just not enough to put me in the “normal” range. Not impossible I could get Leanne pregnant, just harder than it would be for others.

Covid landed, lockdown, all non essential treatment and hospital appointments were cancelled, so our doctors asked us to come back once life returned to normal.

Fast forward to August 2023, we returned to the doctors knowing the clock was ticking, Leanne turns 40 this year and would already be classified as a “geriatric”, whilst myself a slightly younger Des O’Connor.

Anyway, they started testing Leanne, she was all clear, I was given another tube to fill and arrange an appointment with the hospital. Contacting them I was told there is such a backlog, we would be waiting until the new year, side note, we’re almost April and I’m still yet to receive a call back.

As I have mentioned elsewhere, October 27th our great nephews moved in with us under an emergency kinship fostering placement, since then we have been undergoing various assessments and training.

We go to the fostering panel to be confirmed foster parents on April 11th.

We was also willing to go down the SGO (Special guardianship order) route which would see them stay with us until they were 18.

Now, this is an important bit. We live in a small 2 bedroom house, me and Leanne looked at it and said maybe this is our calling, maybe we just weren’t meant to have our own and threw ourselves into the boys creating a special bond.

Monday 12th February, 2024, Leanne woke me up in tears saying we need to talk. My eyes had barely adjusted to the daylight before a positive pregnancy test was thrust into my face.

What. The. f***.

We quickly went to Morrison’s to buy another one, just to double check, this time a digital one. Both ClearBlue so super accurate.

The pregnancy was confirmed, 2-3 weeks it said.

We hadn’t bothered to be “careful” as we figured it was never going to happen naturally, but it had so now we was left with a huge dilemma. The boys were meant to be our future now. But it’s a 2 bedroom house.

It completely took the shine off what should have been the happiest time of our lives, Leanne’s family were also not fully invested into the joy with concern over what would happen to the boys.

After a few emotional discussions into the early mornings, exploring all possibilities, we ultimately decided to let social services know that we cannot be considered as long term placement if needed.

At this point and to this day, their mum is still waiting on her assessment to see if they can ever be returned.

We could not abort, we could not move as we have a small amount of debt that would prevent us getting a new mortgage for a much larger house.

March 9th, we visited the midwife who dated the pregnancy from Leanne’s last recorded period December 18th. A 12 week scan was booked for 21st March however she was told that she would be 13 weeks by then.

Sickness, tender breasts, the lot, this was all very real.

The wait for the 21st March seemed like forever.

The weekend prior, Leanne had very very light spotting and discharge which freaked us both out, quick call to the midwife and told not to worry, just come in if it’s heavy bleeding and she’s in pain.

On the 20th, I had a tattoo appointment, super excited and determined to bring some positivity to a stressed out wife, I get “Daddy” inked on my neck, at the neckline of a t shirt.  I was uncontrollably excited by this point.

Next morning we go in, soon called into the Ultrasound room, I bounce in rubbing my hands joking just the one please.

Monitor boots up, Leanne laid back with the biggest smile on her face unable to see the monitor.

I look up and the gestation sac is empty.

All life inside me just melted.

The midwife asked when we last took a pregnancy test, to which Leanne responded and was then asked if she would be happy to have an internal scan.

Whilst the midwife left the room I was in a daze, taking pictures of the screens.

Internal scan complete, we was simply told to get ourselves ready and we will be shown to the counselling room.

Both in tears, we was led away and left to sit in this room for half hour or so before another midwife appeared giving us 3 options.

Let it come out naturally.

Take medication to force it out which can be super painful.

Or surgery, which is a vacuum basically which sucks it out.

Period of silence followed and we was shown out the side door, absolutely devastated.

We sat in the car park at a complete loss. I had the announcement board ready to go, bought the little lamb rattle, we had it all planned and it was over.

After an hour we went home, packed our bags and basically ran away for the weekend leaving the boys with their Nan. We couldn’t face being “parents” surrounded by toys at this time.

Work were great, signed us both off with paid leave.

The weekend was spent crying, drinking, walking, crying.

We returned Monday, still an emotional mess but able to function at least.

The hospital rang asking if we had made a decision, on Tuesday Leanne booked the surgery for the Wednesday. That Tuesday night went to visit a friend who was questioning the dates, could they be wrong, is it earlier than we think, ask for a second scan to confirm.

On looking at the scan, the gestation sac was 1D 25mm, 2D 29mm and 3D 29mm. I’m googling sac sizes at 1am and see that is 8 weeks. 5 weeks earlier than what we was told.

Leanne’s now questioning if she forgot to record a period I said look, we’ll ask for a confirmation scan to be sure.

That morning, we go into SDEC (Same day emergency care), nurse calls us in, Leanne breaks down so I take over asking for a confirmation scan. They were great and said of course, booking us in for April 2nd.

I would have declined the 1st for obvious reasons.

We’re sat here now 99% believing we’ve lost the baby, however we need that 1% of doubt clearing away with this confirmation scan on Tuesday. Even a scan at an earlier date should have shown more than just the gestation sac and yolk sac.

I’m back to work on Monday, needing some normality back in my life, although Tuesday after the scan won’t be much fun.

This week that’s just gone, Wednesday 27th, the Boys mum had her assessment heard at panel, we’re now just waiting to hear from the social services to see how that went and would they be returned or not.

We have some difficult decisions ahead if she doesn’t, as now Leanne’s “oven has been warmed”, we’re desperate more than ever for our own little baby, yet fully aware Leanne turns 40 in a couple of months and I’m 42 myself.

It really needs to happen now, or not at all. Seeing Cameron Diaz having her second at 51 years old the other week, not sure how I feel as the old you get the more our bodies begin to tire and develop issues where running after children becomes more difficult.

All family options for the boys have been exhausted, so it’s either us, their mum or adoption. Being 2 and 3 they are the prime age to be adopted yet we would never see them again and that would f’in hurt, especially if me and Leanne are not successful in having our own.

I'm sharing this as men don't like to talk and when 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage, many men will have been in similar situations and struggle in silence. Whilst the woman will ultimately bare the most pain and need the most support, it still f'in hurts....a lot.

So yeah, coming on here reading how Paul Warne is a terrible football manager, being 2nd is pure luck and all the rest of the negative hyperbole just hasn’t been at the top of the list to absorb. 

More to life than football has never been more true.

You know the old saying though, behind every successful forum owner, behind him is a team of amazing moderators. Big thanks to them for carrying the load whilst I spend time supporting the wife.

11 minutes ago, angieram said:

beauty is in the eye of the beholder

That’s what I tell myself every morning when I look in the mirror

22 hours ago, Srg said:

Forsyth, Loach, Hourihane, Waghorn, Collins, Smith, Barkhuizen, Gayle, Wildsmith, Sibley, Robinson (I think) and Thompson all out of contract.

Wildsmith, Sibley, Gayle, Collins, Thompson, Barkhuizen, Robinson .

Renew those in that priority order for me.

It’s ok, you can boo, Warne said you can and it’s the end of my post now.

9 hours ago, MaltRam said:

Beans do not belong on a breakfast. 

On your plate or in a separate pot?