Sweetness34

I think the top 2 will be Bolton and us, with Peterbourough just missing out and pompey 6 or 7 points adrift. I've always thought there was not much difference between winning the league and coming second but I've changed my mind this year and would like to see us be champions. Optimistic? maybe but I feel like we can do it!

Based on nothing other than the experience of being a Derby fan my whole life, I can just see us dropping points on Saturday, struggling but winning against Exeter, either 4 or 3 points from those two games and everyone (myself included) going into meltdown even though it's not that bad before convincingly thrashing Stevenidge and finding oursevels in 2nd because the teams around us also drop points that they don't think they should 0-0 Saturday is my gut feeling, like I say, based on nothing other than that's what happens we're in this position!

How could I forget to mention that! memories!

Seriously though, what on earth is that Ram? I’ve honestly never seen that before. The ‘72 ram looked just like today’s beautiful creature so where did this one 4 or 5 years come from?

It’s my favourite childhood memory too mate. I was 10 but remember it as clearly as any other memory in my whole life! later that year me and my brother got a PlayStation for Christmas and the genuine surprise at unwrapping that is my second favourite childhood memory. 1996 was my favourite year

These stories are mad! I've always thoughht my dad embellished his stories but the 70s really were crazy!

I’m just learning it now 😂

Jacob Laarson was player of the season

I'm amazed at how strongly some people cling on to their oppinions. Is it pride? Because I don't mind admitting I wanted Warne out earlier in the season, peaking after the defeat at Stevenidge and then come December 29th thought he's going to take us up as champions. Being a football fan is way more fun when you over react in both directions.

I sadly do know a few 😞 and they can be ridiculous. They'll make sheep noises like it's some diss and I'm like "oh thanks for that mate, I didn't know a Ram was a sheep, you've really cut me deep there". Some claim to actually hate sheep because of Derby County and I'm not making that up My sister is married to a Forest fan and I had the misfortune on going on his stag do with an awful lot of Forest fans to Benidorm and being the only Derby fan. It was dreadful but at least it was during the years where we were the better team. I can't imagine being in that same situation now

Without thinking, I very nearly instinctively replied saying "well as a young man myself, I have fond memories of the Baseball Ground" before thinking a little harder and realising I'm on the eve of 38 years of age and although I had a season ticket for the last 2 seasons at the Baseball Ground, I was only 11 when we left! My brother who is 2 years younger than me barely remembers it so it's actually quite mad to think that you're quite right, there really are people well into their 30s who either didn't go or don't remember the Baseball Ground. How depressing

Yes, their fans

Im so excited for this one. Ive also become very confident (which scares me)

What an overreaction to something very basic. Typical of this day and age though. So the club have introduced safe standing but need to make it very clear to everybody that it isn't a general admision and doesn't mean you can go stand where you want like we used to on the popside. It appears to me that in order to get that message across, they introduced more rigerous ticket checks before the very first match after the rails were installed. And that gets the message across. A 5 second check to make sure you're not going to stand in another block to be with your mates, nothing more and nothing less. Give it a few matches and they probably won't be as vigerous (if they are, then perhaps it might be time to start moaning) It seams to me that a tempory slight diruption is a small price to pay for gettting what you've been wanting for a decade or two

spot on for me

I really don't want us to draw Forest U23s. If we lose, I can't imagine anything much more depressing than my girlfriend's Dad or my sister's husband (both forest fans) making snarky comments about their under 23s beating our first team. If we win, it'll be "so what, it was just our reserves" Hopefully someone else knocks them out (whilst we lose at home to Stockport no doubt)