richinspain

1 hour ago, MadAmster said:

I maybe missed his post but the advice to restart or delete cache came from DCFC IT in an email.

Read the forum issues thread. It's @Boycie's go to solution to all issues. Apparently it does work 😂

20 hours ago, angieram said:

Blimey, you've been busy @loweman2! 

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Either David Clowes has cleared out his loft, or @loweman2 has had his internet reconnected!

9 hours ago, ram59 said:

The big problem for us was that we were put into administration by MM, which made us vulnerable to blackmail by the likes of the Efl and Gibson, they were able to take their actions by threatening the very existence of the club by holding up the sale.

To be fair regarding the amortisation charge, it would have eventually caught up with us in later years anyway, unless they coincided with the relaxations because of covid.

It's obvious that we would have got to the point where amortisation was a problem, however the actual amount would not have been the same. We weren't given the chance to sell off players. Obviously it would have had to have been players who had come through the academy in order to be a positive on the accounts. The team would probably have looked something like the one that Rooney was putting out. Old men getting one last chance at a big club and kids of 16-18 starting out in the game. Mel Morris, or more likely Stephen Pearce, surely had a plan to at least reduce any points deductions that were coming if we failed to get promoted. Unfortunately we hit the perfect storm before we were able to reach at least a small inlet that provided some form of protection.

5 hours ago, MadAmster said:

With regard to the "glitch" showing Events Not Found when using the "Tickets & Hospitality" button, the issue has been solved. DCFC IT suggesting restarting my laptop and if that didn't work, delete cookies/cache. Restart didn't help but deleting cookies/cache did and the button now works.

When did @Boycie become DCFC IT?

1 hour ago, admira said:

38.

Place of birth: South Shields

Signed for Derby: 1988

First club: Sunderland

Last club: Burnley

Position: MF

Full caps: 1

Fun fact: Has an FA Cup winners medal

Nick Pickering. What a player. Or should that be "what, a player?"?

7 minutes ago, admira said:

37.

Place of birth: Dorchester

Signed for Derby: 1987

First club: Oxford United

Last club: Liverpool

Position: DF

Full caps: 45

Fun fact: Twice Rams Player of the Year

Mark Wright?

24 minutes ago, MadAmster said:

I hope this one is live on RamsTV for us expats

@Owen87ITK, any possibility?

14 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said:

I think it is Barker's call

I think it's coincidence. The only thing is he gets lucky with his guess every single game 🥷

24 minutes ago, BaaLocks said:

Well done, I thought you were going to start talking about the bit with the werewolf ripping out both their throats - that would have spoiled it for everyone.

Oooooh, at last something happens.

15 hours ago, David said:

Just to be clear, and to avoid any more nominations sarcastic or not. I have absolutely no interest in the role.

None whatsoever. Zero. Zilch. 

Whoever takes it on, good luck, be prepared for all kinds of abuse and repeatedly told “you don’t represent me”.

I’ll just stay over here in this little corner of the internet and keep this place online for you all. I’m happy doing that.

14 hours ago, David said:

Ha, it was a face of I’d rather massage my dangly bits with nettles every morning than take that on.

1 hour ago, TigerTedd said:

United are crap. And yet this is the umpteenth time this seeing I’ve heard pundits at the end of a United game say ‘it doesn’t matter how you win, as long as you win, move into the next game.’ United have a decent amount of points on the board in the prem, and it’s got them to 5th, but almost every win has been on the back of a terrible performance and a last minute goal against what should be vastly inferior opposition. You count their good performances on one hand. Whenever they’re up against a decent side, they don’t just lose, they get battered, as reflected by their terrible goal difference. Has any team ever been in 5th with a 0 goal difference?

snd yet pundits still blow smoke up them that they’re grinding out results. They’ve been so lucky to get the points they have. Starting with their first result against wolves I think in the first match. If I cared enough, I’d have a look through all their results, but they’re are so many where 3 points could’ve been 1, and 1 point could’ve been 0, off the back of a poor performance. But they’re good luck and table position masks all that. Their true position should be around 12th with Chelsea. Then imagine the delight in Manchester but melt down in the rest of the country where their supporters live.

FTFY

So many threads about players or coaching staff who aren't performing well, so I thought I'd bump this one. Although he's not infallible he's still doing tremendously well, especially for someone of his age. Well done Cash!

18 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said:

Perhaps someone should start a new thread?

51 minutes ago, sage said:

Exactly. People who do this kind of thing must surely have an exit strategy. False identity and a caravan somewhere exotic like Cleethorpes.

 

 

I made all my money from a football forum, honest.

1 hour ago, admira said:

31.

Place of birth: Leeds

Signed for Derby: 1978

First club: Hull City

Last club: Tranmere Rovers

Position: Winger

Full caps: 0

Fun fact: Rams crowd nicknamed him 'Reggie'

Roy Greenwood. Famous for be named Reggie. Just about sums him up.

Brown is considered one of the closest to being ready for our first team, yet can't get into Gateshead's starting team. I confess, I'm a Warne in'er, but because he has the team in second place in the table. I don't "enjoy" many of the games, not for the style of football, I don't think it's that far from Arthur Cox's style. He always said that the team had to earn the right to play to their style. I believe that Warne still hasn't been able to put out a team completely as he sees how it should be. However the thing that really gets my goat is using the very limited game time for the youngsters as a stick to beat him with. They really don't look "ready" to me. Playing for a team lower in the pyramid has to be the way to do it. Have them watched. Let the experts see what they are capable of. Even if they don't pull up any trees in their loan spell it doesn't mean that they won't make it in football. They will learn from the experience. Any way, I've gone off on a verbal ramble. Basically, I don't see any of our current youngsters as being ready just yet. If they're not ready then they're not ready. More importantly the manager doesn't see them as being ready. Yes, Klopp played several youngsters in the cup final, but ONLY because he felt that they were ready. He wouldn't have risked losing a cup final just to give them a taste of it all. Coco played a very young team against Forest, and was never forgiven for it. If there is a player that rips it up whilst on loan then we should be screaming for his inclusion, but we haven't got one yet.

6 hours ago, Boycie said:

I assume every team has the same problem with playing youngsters, it’s the risk of losing.  Maybe they’ve not had the luxury of a large lead going into the final period of matches where they can bring him on?

Its the same here too, but in the meantime he’d be playing for the stiffs.

The under 21s were allowed to play for the under 21s even though they were out on loan a few years back. Is that rule no longer in effect?

On 22/02/2024 at 09:13, Grumpy Git said:

After walking from the station/town centre to the ground last season (and back), it's not somewhere I'm in any rush to return to, so there's one extra ticket up for grabs.

Not so much the distance, more the general dilapidation en-route and horrendous pub (note the singular) near the ground.

I've heard that they've got a really nice car park though!

Is that only players who have made their debuts FOR Derby? What if they made their league debut for a league club whilst on loan from us?

30 minutes ago, admira said:

27.

Place of birth: Bridgend

Signed for Derby: 1963

First club: Cardiff City

Last club: Shrewsbury Town

Position: MF / F

Full caps: 27

Fun fact: As a manager, once told a journalist, "This is soccer. If you want entertainment go and watch a bunch of clowns"

My guess would be Alan Durban?

15 minutes ago, valakari said:

While Warne is here, good technical footballers will be offsky..eg, Knight & Bird.

Hourihane has already said he is off, and i wouldn't be surprised if Sibley and Thompson don't leave too.

Warne likes speedsters, athletes & hard men...technical players just get by passed on the whole.

Shame, but this is why we play awful football and worry more about the opposition.

That said, if he gets us up, fair play, but i won't watch his style of football in the championship...because it won't work!

Are you seriously saying that if we get promoted and Warne is still manager, then you will no longer watch? You won't even give it 10 minutes to see if it's working?

22 hours ago, May Contain Nuts said:

 

When this elicits an angry response you have to wonder whether this forum is worth the effort.

Hopefully @Ewe Ram hit the wrong emoji?

1 hour ago, Ram-Alf said:

I'm not sure your age rich, But there was a time in the 70s when we'd paint the outside of the rubber sole, I did my cherry red Docs in yellow paint, That night I put them on and I looked the bees knees, Walked across Chadd Park to my local...got to the bar and It looked like I'd gone trekking in the Amazon, Paint was still tacky and the Council had cut the grass on the Park...fcuk me 😬

Turps and a rag did the job but had to keep them outside near the coal shed to get rid of the turps smell 😮

I'll be 61 in June.

I had my first Docs (tan boots) when I was about 14. Polished them every day with dark tan polish and buffed them up with a cloth for at least 15 minutes each. They ended up a lovely conker colour that you could almost see your reflection in. Never did paint them, no 😂😂

8 hours ago, Gaspode said:

You’ll hate Docs when they’re brand new - they’ll rip your heels to pieces until they’re broken in - then they’ll be super comfy for years to come…

You're spot on. My latest pair destroyed my heels and under the ancle bone for ages, but they're now super comfortable. I forgot to use my dad's trick. A hammer and a well carpeted staircase. Beat the hell out of the back and sides around the boarder and it's like a few weeks of wearing them in.

Why wouldn't he be fit, he's been playing paddle every week. If I played paddle once I'd treat myself to a cream cake for having exercised, even if it was for only half an hour and I'd hit the ball a couple of times.