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It's quite a well done tattoo - very legible and clear for something that has a lot of detail.

As someone who has tattoos though, it's a bit too 'on the nose' for me. I do have a ram tattoo, but it is just that and not an obvious nod to DCFC.

I think we can safely say Wash won't start, so that leaves CBT, Waggy and NML as the front three.

Not many options to bring on upfront if things aren't working...

1 hour ago, Bob The Badger said:

I'm not sure about the TE, but who knows how Higbess will recover.

But I Love the Dotson res-signing, and all the people in the Rams On Demand message board who I respect seem to universally really like the Curl pick-up. Are you a member there?

Thanks for the heads up on the forum - I wasn't familiar with that one! 👍

I do frequent TurfShowTimes though - some good articles and stuff on there, and you can get some decent discussion in the comments sections.

17 hours ago, Bob The Badger said:

No, me neither, but if we are looking to save money by not keeping CW, then I thinks he's a solid clipboard holder. 

Other than AD, I LOVE our off season so far. 

I think we've overpaid a little for some of the players - the contract for Dotson is pretty eye-watering, although he's a good, familiar player. And the TE Parkinson seems to be an expensive pick-up.

But maybe that's just the way the market is!

That Saturday is going to be a hell of a night out if we have something to celebrate!

DCFCFans meet up in Popworld?

13 hours ago, Comrade 86 said:

Ah, the money. Well that's an unsurprising change of tack, isn't it and one that's consistently at the very root of your complaints. The sense that others of lower intellect and ability, have somehow unfairly got more than you. It's a theme that runs through almost every one of your acerbic little diatribes, which have become increasingly bitter and commonplace as the years have gone by. It's a shame, as whilst you're clearly not as clued up as you believe, you're obviously no fool either. Ah well, such is your life.

As to your question, what has he achieved, well since you ask, precisely what he set out to; that is to illustrate how vacuous a number of those who claim to understand modern art really are. Unwittingly, you've given an example yourself, though typically, your facts are rather muddled, perhaps because you rushed to make the point about the value of the painting, rather than addressing its purpose. For clarity, this painting (Love in the Bin) had already been sold when it self-shredded, but for £1 million, nowhere near the figure you cite. It was the new 'owner' who then resold it three years later for over £16 million, but it doesn't take a genius to understand that Banksy has no sell-on fee. That's not how art ownership works. As an aside, and while we're discussing money and not art, the painting Game Changer (see below), also sold for that kind of sum, but in this instance, Banksy had gifted it to the NHS, with the agreement that it could be sold to help fund NHS initiatives, the clue being in the subject matter. In other words, he didn't make a penny from it's sale. And frankly, if he had, a less green-eyed observer might think fair play for relieving fools of far greater net worth of their often not so hard-earned cash. Not you though, obviously. Perhaps if the government you so fervently supported had done a better job with your taxes, he might not have needed to, but doubtless you'll just label that as 'wokeism', or some other such trite, catch-all label of the kind you evidently favour.

For the record, and as it's no longer a secret, so I betray no confidences in saying as much, Banksy, as many folk have know for decades, is Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack fame. He's also a pal of mine and I can assure you, he's not the person you assume him to be. I could bore you with other good works he's undertaken with the monies derived from the sale of his works, but I've learned now that doing so would only elicit another sneery evaluation of someone you've never met and clearly know nothing about (as well as yours truly, no doubt!), so I shan't bother. Instead, I'll simply wish you a pleasant evening and suggest you Google 'Merde d'Artiste', which may or may not inform your understanding of what the establishment refer to as avant garde, or anti-art and it's place in modern art history.

You say it's no longer a secret, but a Google search really doesn't bring up anything conclusive or affirmative.

Is this one of those things where 'people in the industry know'?

Please move this to Football Forum - not relevant to us.

Also didn't have this on my bingo card for the year...

On 17/03/2024 at 22:01, Bob The Badger said:

Gutted to see 99 retire.

He is the best defensive player I've ever seen, he utterly dominated games on his own.

He dragged the Rams into the Super Bowl and then won it.

Having said that, it would be ironic is we finally beat the 9ers in a divisional game now he has gone.

Agreed. Aaron Donald on every play for the last 10 years...

28 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said:

After his brilliant performance on Saturday- The Sun newspaper is reporting that Wildsmith has turned down the chance to play for DCFC next season . Championship clubs are reportedly after him . Leeds ? Bristol city ? How come the likes of Bird and Wildsmith are turning down contracts with us ? Sibley next ? 

And what if we're in the Championship too?

Unless there was something in the rumours about him and Warne falling out, it wouldn't make much sense.

2 minutes ago, Sam_Brown said:

Pompy? 🤣

I wouldn't pick this up, mate. A lot of context you will have missed.

2 hours ago, Wanderlust said:

Well done. Thought we deserved more but that's football.

See how it goes from here on in, but glad I don't have to watch that every week TBH.

We'll live 🙂

Are you not sticking around for a bit, chap? 🥺

51 minutes ago, Wanderlust said:

OK - interpretation. But IMO the goalie was almost standing still with his hands ready to catch it, whereas Gayle was full pelt and extended his arm to knock it out of the goalie's hand.

And I'm struggling to see how handling the ball is a natural reaction to being worried about the contact.

What?! 🤣🤣🤣

It was a handball (so shouldn't have been a penalty), but the keeper absolutely clattered him. Clumsy and rash IMO.

2-1 Derby. Nelson FGS.

34 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said:

Well, our accounts showed a wage bill of £17.2m for 22/23 (13 months). Bolton's most recent accounts (21/22) showed they had a 10.2m wage bill

Our first team squad was only £7.2m.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/derby-county-accounts-2022-2023-9150184.amp

Bolton's footballing budget 'increased to £8m' in 21/22, but this will include other things besides first team squad (although that will be the vast majority of it).

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/23451852.bolton-wanderers-accounts-show-progress-made-off-pitch/

Can't believe opposition fans are still peddling this crap.

Yes, we have a good wage budget for the league, but 50% more than Bolton? Utter rubbish.

I'd put good money on him still being a Derby player next season, regardless of what league we're in.

25 minutes ago, Old Spalding Ram said:

Anyone you know?……………..Some happy folks on here!  👍😁

 

 

Gayle Michail Antonio-d that one in!

How did Chris Martin play? 🥺

I don't understand how his personality can be so effervescent and outgoing, and then his style of football just.. isn't.

I know they're not mutually exclusive, but it's weird how polar opposite they are.

35 minutes ago, Crewton said:

I don't even think the so-called handball was a penalty. Nelson was behind Wildsmith and two Stevenage players contesting the cross. He couldn't possibly have anticipated that all of them, particularly Wildsmith, would have missed the ball. When Wildsmith did indeed miss the ball, Nelson had insufficient time to react to get out of the way. The ball hit his forearm, which was INFRONT of his torso (therefore not making his body bigger) and rebounded towards the goal, where Bradley cleared it. It was certainly ball to arm, not vice-versa, and certainly not deliberate. Neither was the ball heading towards goal or even towards a Stevenage player. If Nelson's arm had been somewhere else, the ball would have hit his torso and quite likely not even required Bradley to make a goal-line clearance. There was no denial of a goalscoring opportunity for Stevenage either therefore.

If someone wants to speculate what VAR might have said about it, or the referee if he'd been able to review it, go ahead, but to me it didn't satisfy any of the requirements for a handball offence to be awarded.

Certainly seen them given. One thing's for sure though - I'd be absolutely screaming for it if roles were reversed!

And if it wasn't given, I'd be straight on here after the game lamenting how bad the refs are and how corrupt the EFL is 😆

His energy is infectious. I imagine it's the same on the pitch too.

1 minute ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

And the manager ended up leaving anyway after he’d pulled the plug 😫

Oh yeah - didn't even twig that!

And guess who's not been in the squad in the four games since the window closed.

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/derby-county-talking-points-stevenage-9107538

Confirms it was Harry Leonard who we were about to sign, before Blackburn's boss pulled the plug.

I'd be surprised if he went anywhere else in League One.

Guaranteed starter in a winning side for at least the next 3 or 4 weeks, with good odds for another promotion on his CV. And I bet we can pay him a good wage too.

Who else would be more attractive at this moment in time?