Fla Ram

He’s been round the ground, and was one of the three players Warne spoke to. He wants to be local and be close to family. It’s a strong possibility 

While it's easy to look at the negative side of things regarding the size of our budget in comparison to other clubs, there are benefits to having a smaller budget.
1 - Focus on developing youth. Clubs with lower budgets tend to have to look to invest heavily in their youth set ups. With our track record of providing first team opportunities to younger players, the club could be an attractive prospect for talented young players in the area. As well as this, young players who develop in-house tend to have stronger loyalties towards the club that developed them. This can help create a stronger sense of togetherness, just look at the impact we've seen in previous years from out younger players.
2 - Effective scouting. As we can't just go out and handpick players, the scouting system is forced to find innovative and smarter ways of identifying talent, perhaps looking to find undervalued markets to exploit. As it will be harder for the scouts they will need to improve their way of doing things, which could help them develop in the long term as well.
3 - Financial stability. As we aren't close to getting promotion from the championship, the club doesn't necessarily need to overspend on trying to get the final piece of the puzzle so to say. We've all heard and seen how DC wants to run the club sustainably, which may have some short term pain on the way to success in the long term. We may not be ready to challenge for promotion from the championship for 5 seasons or more, but when we are back we will be in a better place to succeed.
4 - Player development pathways. This is similar to my first point. A number of teams who have gone up through the leagues have focused on developing players then selling them on for profit. They then invest this profit in more players to develop then sell them on for more profit and continue doing this. We've all seen how many young players have come though our system and now we are in the championship we could demand higher fees. Didn't Bournemouth bid £9 million for Cashin a number of years ago? We have a number of good players to develop in the club, who we could potentially sell on for big money in the future, and then we can invest this in numerous players to develop further.

Pinched from the Gateshead Facebook thingy.
…………………….seems fair comment to me. 👍🏁

Post from a northeast reporter keen for Sunderland to sign and play Dajaune next season. Shows his assist, goal and penalty. 
When other teams have hugely promising youth players in a position they need (and the hardest position of all to fill), don't they actually play those youths? Our only other contracted striker is Washington. If you're a defender, you'd far rather defend against CW than an explosive young striker with pace, power and oodles of skill.
I hope Dajaune is given the opportunity to set the Championship alight with us next season. 

Granddaughter on the pitch , 10 games travelling over , 9 wins 1 draw , she won international fan of year, and seen Derby promoted..
It can't get better than this. .. can it? 
 

What an experience for an 18 year old kid playing men's football and becoming their Wembley hero.
Well done Daj!!

My dad loves this pic 🤩

This is why I love rtv , match commo by people who are invested in the club rather than sky with a commo team that struggle to even get the simplest of facts about the club, players , form ect right ,
you do a great job Owen , thank you 🐏👍

Nice to see us trying to look abroad 

Comment on BBC Sports website, Birmingham hired Rooney to get them out of the Championship and he was successful.

Got to love the 2,000 Norwich fans baiting the home crowd with 
"Que sera sera
Whatever will be will be
You're going to Shrewsbury 
Que sera sera"
🤣

They're not in Administration and they've got hugely wealthy owners. They'll survive. When they took the piss out of us, we were on the brink of oblivion and their taunts must have made some of our more vulnerable fans even lousier, so I think we're allowed a bit of schadenfreude at their expense.

Been told the budget for the summer is good from recent sales and that there is no need to sell any players to buy. I’m quite hopeful 🙂 

Fans & players together. 

Derby 3 Eusebio's Benfica 0
I remember someone, maybe Graham Richards or Gerald Mortimer, on the radio saying something like he saw Kevin Hector walking down the corridor, injured, in the afternoon and thought there's no way he could play in the game. But he did play, and he was brilliant 🐏

Final placings of the 23/24 Prediction (Promotion Winning) season.
 
Premiership
leroyoftherovers    58
Dordogne-Ram    52
RadioactiveWaste    52
europia    51
True Ram    50
Brammie Steve    49
Foreveram    49
Kernow    49
rynny    49
Miggins    48
HedgeEnder    47
Cardiogram    46
mozza    46
Osbaldwick    45
OohMartWright    44
timlondinium    44
dcfc the 1 4me    43
RodleyRam    43
BucksRam    42
Fla Ram    42
 
Championship

StevenageRam    42
taffyram    42
Carnero    41
Addingham Ram    40
Grimbeard    40
hydraulic ram    40
Mucker1884    40
Puffin    40
Ramifications    40
Malty    39
archram    38
Chris_Martin    38
MarsdenRam    38
WharfedaleRam    38
Comrade 86    37
EssendonRam    37
rammieib    37
Ramsamwidge    37
Bessie1    36
FlyBritishMidland    36
harwich ram    36
Ted McMinn Football Genius    36
BodminRam    35
DCFC Kicks    35
 
Div1

DiggerB    35
Kenavo    35
TheHospitalier    35
angieram    34
BathRam72    34
Blondest Goat    34
ilsonram12    34
MidWalesRam    34
ramant62    34
Wolfie    34
Wolfie20    34
BramcoteRam84    33
SKRam    33
FindernRam    32
hintonsboots    32
Jourdan    32
Premier ram    32
TimRam    32
AndyB    31
Jase116    31
Mckram    30
Rich84    30
Simmo's left foot    30
Topram    30
 
Div2

InstaRam    28
LeedsCityRam    28
Elgin_Ram    26
SKHunter    26
Curtains    25
DCFC1388    25
gccrowdpleaser    25
ColonelBlimp    24
cstand    24
Eoghan1884    24
Jimbo Ram    24
jimtastic56    24
DesertRam    23
REDCAR    23
Amberram    22
Steve How Hard?    20
Van der MoodHoover    19
PendineRam    18
1967Ram    18
BriggRam    17
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta    17
r4derby    17
BarrowRam    16
BOB BIGGS    16
 
Div3

Jortat    16
JMC    15
MadAmster    15
Scott129    15
oodledoodle    14
TomTom92    14
Animal is a Ram    13
DCFC4LIFE    10
DerbyAleMan    10
Mick Brolly    10
NegativeCreep    10
PrideParkhead    10
CBRammette    9
DE56Ram    9
Elwood P Dowd    9
Magicman    9
TF Ram    9
Chopper    8
MaltRam    8
uttoxram75    8
Will Hughes Hair    8
Alan Ramage 4 EVA    7
Brailsford Ram    7
21CSchizoidRam    7
 
Div4

Foxy Ram    7
Gladys_was_the_Greatest    7
Sheff Ram    7
Wistaston Ram    7
dantheram    6
Keepyuppy    6
Rampant    6
Top Lino    6
Dean (hick) Saunders    5
one_chop    5
sheeponacid    5
bucktwo    4
EnigmaRam    4
Gabby'sThighs    4
MackworthRamisGod    4
Ram-a-lama fa fa fa    4
S8TY    4
Turk Thrust    4
Woodley Ram    4
Abu Derby    3
BaianoPOTY98    3
Biley66    3
HonitonRam    3
Idiakez    3
 
Div5

ivo_knoflicek    3
Jram    3
Justa    3
JustOneBiblicalKazim    3
kevinhectoring    3
LittleEatonRam    3
Matchday Fred    3
Mrso    3
Needlesh    3
NottmRAM    3
oohmarkwright    3
Old Spalding Ram    3
SinceIWasntSoYoung    3
Slaapwekkend P    3
strawhillram    3
B4's Sister    2
De22Ram    2
dabber    2
Dava75    2
EraniosSocks    2
glyn1957    2
Hoppo    2
Johnnyoj    2
8Leeds    2
 
Div6

Makedoh    2
Marriot Ram99    2
minesahartington    2
OUTSIDER    2
Paultheram    2
plymouthram    2
Ramaldo    2
Ram_in_Cumbria    2
simmoram1995    2
Skin em Ted    2
trappatoni    2
ziggazagga    2
Anag Ram    1
Archie    1
CapeTownRams    1
CBX1985    1
Charliegeorge1962    1
chewbacca    1
CodnorRam    1
DavesaRam    1
DCFCmaz    1
deanoakram4life    1
Donegal Ram    1
England Ram    1
 
Div7

Electric Ram    1
Ghost of Clough    1
jameso    1
lagavulinram    1
littleover ram    1
lrm14    1
lukedcfc    1
MACKWORTHRAM     1
McMuffin    1
MickD    1
NG2Ram    1
old tray boy    1
Raich Carter    1
Ram a lamb a ding dong    1
ramboy63    1
RamDotFi    1
Ramrob    1
RoyMac5    1
sage    1
Seth's left foot    1
Smon Bradley    1
Tamworthram    1
TheRamOfSwad    1
The_Sheriff    1
 
Div8

TomG    1
WhiteHorseRam    1
Alty_Ram    0
AlvoRam    0
Ambitious    0
Andrew1    0
Barney1991    0
bcnram    0
bimmerman    0
BLB    0
Chellaston Ram    0
Chesterfield_Ram    0
CrapSince99    0
Davec2203    0
Dethorn    0
devonram1980    0
Diego    0
Eargasm    0
eddy779h34    0
Ellafella    0
et arietem    0
Franks Tanked    0
Gee SCREAMER !!    0
GeneralRam    0
 
Div9

Gritstone Ram    0
Guest    0
Hustler    0
Ian Buxton's Bat    0
Inverurie Ram    0
Jayram    0
Jubbs    0
kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong    0
Kinder    0
Kokosnuss    0
Kooklaram    0
Lac291884    0
LazloW    0
LeedsRam1999    0
Mikeyboy1963    0
MK-Ram    0
Oldben    0
oldtimeram    0
Parsnip    0
1977 Ram Raider    0
Ramism    0
ramit    0
Rample    0
Ramslad1992    0
 
Non-League

Ratpackram    0
Reggie Greenwood    0
richinspain    0
S6 boy    0
Saturn5    0
secretsquirrel    0
Sparkle    0
Srg    0
SSD    0
StarterForTen    0
Stommo    0
SWRam    0
Sussex Ram    0
swadieram    0
Sweetness34    0
TaahnRam    0
ThePrisoner    0
TINMANTED    0
Toadbelly    0
valakari    0
VulcanRam    0
WestStandStartTheBounce    0
 
 
FINAL PLACINGS.
 
 
Congratulations to winner @leroyoftherovers ,  Well done to joint runners up @Dordogne-Ram  and @RadioactiveWaste , many thanks to all who have taken part in an eventful, promotion winning season.
 
ENJOY YOUR SUMMER RESPONSIBLY..
 🙂

We don’t know the reason for it but Daniel just stopped breathing in his sleep. The ambulance crew got a very faint heartbeat, so he went onto life support in ICU but he died two days later. Nothing showed up on hospital tests or the digital autopsy, so the coroner stated natural causes. He had a cold prior to it but had said he was feeling better. It seems that he would felt very little if anything when he stopped breathing, which is some comfort. The night before he had been at the Crewe away match and had fish and chips for his dinner. I’m glad he was doing something he loved on his last evening. Today is very tough 💔

Hi all,
I just wanted to pop on and say congrats on a successful season and well deserved promotion. I know there's been some ill feeling between fans, mostly on the toxic social media platforms (not helped by a large number of idiots of which we at Bolton have f****** loads). I've scanned through your forum and a few others to regularly to check in on the thoughts of some of our promotion rivals over the season and as forums go, this one is generally positive and full of good and honest opinions. We have another fan called Wanderlust who often peruses the various forums and I feel he is a good fan for honest opinions too. I hope we can join you, I'm sure there's plenty of you hoping we stumble and end up stuck in L1 for at least another year, mainly for the fans who've been making stupid excuses for us not winning points this season. Reality is, you and Pompey were the most consistent teams over the season and thoroughly deserve your promotion, so well done and good luck in the championship next year. With your stadium and fanbase and what your fans have been through (trust me, I know what it feels like too), you deserve some good times now!
 
All the best gents (and ladies)

How’s everyone feeling today? It was real high at the beginning of the match and the second half. I did have walk around the pitch where I found some of my new DCFC friends. I shed a tear for B4 and sprinkled a few more ashes on the centre spot with my dad. We had several people come up to us to say hello and pass on condolences and congratulations for B4, which was lovely. 
I don’t want to sound like a party pooper but I’m feeling really flat today. Watching the football and the excitement of the race for promotion has been a welcome distraction and a tribute to Dan. It might just be my body and emotions telling me I need a breather over the summer. 
Maybe we need a thread with our highlights of the season and celebration pics? You all amazing at picking me up. I saw a post on another thread earlier that said ‘when are we signing Mbappe?’ 😂 That made me smile 

Can’t figure out which one is better

Given how important our history is to us, and given our penchant for displaying that visually throughout the ground, this really needs licensing and putting somewhere:

Honestly can't think of a better representation of the bond forged between the supporters and the players this season.