Indy

Looks like Mel is back on the forum. 😀

Not a red in a million ducking years 🤬

Lovely day for it. 😬

Lovely day for it. 😬

Lovely day for it. 😬

I once met Johnny Marr at a party!

2nd leg is home game for the team that finishes higher up, I think. As it gives the higher placed team the advantage of extra time and penalties at home if it goes that far. 

Hi all,
Thanks for all the kind words. They are always massively appreciated, and I will pass them on to the team.
Regards the 21s coverage, we’ve been extremely limited by the number of games we can show this season by Premier League scheduling conflicts & home team consent, and unfortunately the RamsTV team is smaller than ever, which all combined has meant it hasn’t been possible to broadcast many fixtures. Hopefully we’ll be able to show more next season.
Happy to answer any questions, as always. 

Cheers! 
 

I think the EFL rules preventing DCFC from extending the contracts of Academy professionals on low wages and offering professional contracts to players turning 17 robbed DCFC of sufficient players to run functioning teams below 1st team level, put additional strain on those youngsters left behind, presented bargains to clubs that we owed nothing to, and potentially robbed unsecured creditors from receiving further funds over and above what any prospective owner was willing to pay (eg : if DCFC had been able to extend Ebosele's  contract on the proviso that any profit from a future transfer was split in an agreed proportion between the club and unsecured creditors, it would at least have meant potentially more money for creditors and no unearned bargain for Udineseford. It would also have meant that, in the event that the club was liquidated, the EFL would have been able to claim higher compensation from any club wishing to acquire their registrations). Their short-sighted rule also, in the case of Ebosele, meant that his Irish club missed out on a healthy sell-on fee. 
 

Meh!  What's so special about 1184 anyway?
Apart from King Henry II encouraging his youngest (and favorite) son John to seize Aquitaine from his brother Richard, and that serious fire damaging Glastonbury Abbey, it was pretty much a rather drab year!  ?
 
 
 
*Thanks, Google. 

I think she was just saying the Cheltenham game would be rearranged (ie not next month) if we beat West Ham. That’s all, mate.
:)

Sandy Ryan. Won again yesterday. Big Derby fan. 

Sandy Ryan. Won again yesterday. Big Derby fan. 

Sandy Ryan. Won again yesterday. Big Derby fan. 

Sandy Ryan. Won again yesterday. Big Derby fan. 

Sandy Ryan. Won again yesterday. Big Derby fan. 

Blow for blow game next week…….

Keeping stuff open for an hour after is a good idea. When we went to the play-off semi at Brighton, it was good to have a relaxed drink after and let the crowds go down a bit. Make sure the screens have post-match coverage on, get some more revenue. 

Keeping stuff open for an hour after is a good idea. When we went to the play-off semi at Brighton, it was good to have a relaxed drink after and let the crowds go down a bit. Make sure the screens have post-match coverage on, get some more revenue. 

Keeping stuff open for an hour after is a good idea. When we went to the play-off semi at Brighton, it was good to have a relaxed drink after and let the crowds go down a bit. Make sure the screens have post-match coverage on, get some more revenue. 

Keeping stuff open for an hour after is a good idea. When we went to the play-off semi at Brighton, it was good to have a relaxed drink after and let the crowds go down a bit. Make sure the screens have post-match coverage on, get some more revenue. 

Keeping stuff open for an hour after is a good idea. When we went to the play-off semi at Brighton, it was good to have a relaxed drink after and let the crowds go down a bit. Make sure the screens have post-match coverage on, get some more revenue. 

new manager bounce

I really like LR and think that he did really well recruitment wise, considering the restrictions, but his continued use of the slow ponderous possession football from the ridiculous goal kicks and passing across the back line, has been driving me crazy during his and Rooney's tenure. I can remember only 1 goal against Fulham that could be attributed to this tactic, whereas many goals and even more chances have been conceded using this tactic. I see this tactic being used at the top level with similar success levels, even though those players are more talented, but so are the opposition. It seems to me that some big wig in UEFA coaching has decided that this is the way to play football and every coach getting his pro license has to go down this route.
Oh, for the old days before UEFA told everyone else how to play football and we had the likes of Clough, Shankly, Revie etc, who all had different ideas on how to play football, when football was far more entertaining than it is today. If every team plays to the same coaching manual, then they become predictable and teams cancel each other out, unless you can spend megabucks on the very best players. Back in the old days, good managers/coaches could surprise the bigger established teams. Look what Cloughie achieved with relatively unknown group of players, could you imagine Cloughie or Shanks going on a UEFA pro license course?
It reminds of a time, many years ago, when I had many great games of squash with a friend of mine. He used to receive coaching from the local 6th form college and used to get annoyed when I would win a point by playing the 'wrong' shot, the coaching manual said that I should have played the shot that he had then anticipated and not the random one that I had played. My point is that there is still and always has been a place in sport for being unpredictable.
To be honest our football under Cocu, Rooney and LR has become boring, slow and pedestrian for large parts of each game. How I long for a bit of variety and getting some pace into our play.