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@DarkFruitsRam7is your wife!

How many have you had?

@DarkFruitsRam7is your wife!

Took receipt of this little fella and I'm bloody well chuffed with it. 

You know how it is...
You come home from war... your thoughts, nightmares, mental torture, and guilt over not keeping your mate alive, despite them only being feet apart when the Afghan sniper hit... all firmly bottled away for 4 years in an army issue camo travel-flask... before finally coming clean (read "failed to hide it any longer"!) to your superiors, army doctors, shrinks, and... eventually... family!
A further 5 years pass by (on Civvy Street) with mainly ineffective help, advice and treatment (not for the lack of trying!), whilst the meds, the waking nightmares, the endless sleepless nights, the guilt, and the suicidal tendencies continue apace... until finally, along comes a seemingly successful (fingers crossed!) bout of EMDR therapies, slowly but surely making for a massive upturn in all things mood related.  (Still early days, mind!  Taking nothing for granted, here!)
And then... with almost perfect timing... the chance of a new start.  A new focus.  A new purpose in life. 
As of this very morning... confirmed!
 
Some folk... particularly parents, I would imagine... may see the fact that their son is about to head off clearing the planet of landmines (starting with 6 months in Cambodia in the new year) as a bit of a bummer!
But with what we have all been through for the last five years (Plus the secret four, for him!) and with the smile finally back on his face, and a renewed zest for the future, I'm putting today down as being one of the best... despite the natural parental trepidation... because quite simply, it's what he wants... what he needs... and what he deserves.
 
Just need to get through this coming Sunday, as we'll be with him when he heads homeward from his Cornish Hideaway, and goes for a long awaited* chat and a catch-up with the aforementioned mate's name-on-the-Camp Bastion Wall, at The National Memorial Arboretum, then it really is time to move onwards, upwards, and forwards!
(*It was an annual thing, until Covid scuppered last year's visit)
 
I may delete this any time soon... for obvious reasons... but right now, with tears in my eyes... I just want to scream out in unashamed relief!
I think he... and we... might just have turned a very long, slow corner.  Who knows... we may even have made it out through the other side!
Good day?  Hell yeah!
 
For The Fallen.
For Matt.
And for those still with us.
xxx
#LWF
 
 

 
 
 

Woman’s drink innit ?

@DarkFruitsRam7is your wife!

@DarkFruitsRam7is your wife!

I appreciate this is a joke, but the Bamford nearly took us to the wall. He's forced the sale of our brightest stars and the reason Ebosele and Lawrence could leave for free. And could be the man who forces us down to the third tier. 
Buy nothing. The bloke is a Bamford 

Gibson is still a Banker. He stretched this out as long as he could.
He could have settled this months ago.  Think of the damage he has done to DCFC and players we have lost 
during that time. No forgiveness from me. Never will be any.

Was meant to pick the kids up after school, but they can bloody well walk back!

Still would not buy anything in the concourse.
If Boro fans think Derby fans will forgive Gibson they are deluded.

Is Anya still here?

Too far!
Stopped reading!  
 
Sicko!  

I haven't got time to mop up sexist comments,  I am too busy making cups of tea for the other mods! 

Being hard and inside a football stadium, it's amazing how a story can stay in your mind for isn't it @DarkFruitsRam7?

Its brave of you to come on. We all know the issues under MM's tenure - he conned us all too but the problem is we as a club have been punished so very very much by the EFL in various ways. Only Derby fans know the detail of everything that has been done.  So Unfortunately the "Derby are all cheats" line pedalled by your chairman and others saying we still need to punished more via these claims is why we have such a totally negative view of your chairman. We have no funds to settle a claim and having to do so will lead to liquidation - other creditors wont agree to a proposal where they get less. So SG's actions and soundbites do not reflect just how much we have been punished already by the EFL and how perilously close to extinction we are. You seem certain he will withdraw the claim when we get to the wire. We are across the wire in no-mans land in broad daylight wearing a fluorescent jacket and still he persists. So that explains our hostility to him 

Just tagging @BoroWillso it’s another thing he has to read. 
 
yes I’m childish, get your owner to sue me.

@BoroWillI appreciate you coming on here; your position is noted and I acknowledge your partisanship and civility.
But you must accept this has never really been a Derby v Boro matter. It is Morris v Gibson. Morris clearly did Gibson over, it seems regarding Waghorn, who I can assure you girlfriend was really not worth it. Gibson subsequently was determined to create just as much mayhem as he could for Morris, and that served him well (although even without his intervention I have no doubt Morris would have crashed our club into the rocks - something I will never forgive him for). But even with our Club dealt with by the EFL, Morris binned out with £150m+ personal losses, and Administrators fighting to keep us alive, Gibson still persists in nuisance claims, and do you know why, because he is upset Morris still has some control of the football stadium (which annoys me to hell too). Gibson's two open letters seeking information regarding the Stadium and security/loan arrangements are such childlike actions it is beyond me, other than reinforcing my thoughts that Gibson just wants to keep his battle with Morris going just as long as he can (and duck Derby County and their fans if they are collateral damage). It really is that pathetic. You keep supporting your man if you like, but I'm telling you it is not a good look.

I know that the atmosphere will be very charged on Saturday, but I really hope that our fans can act vociferously but also within the law. It would be so much more of a statement if we can demonstrate our disdain for Gibson and at the same time be seen to be exemplary (expletives however are definitely in order)

What Gibson did was not explicitly against the rules at the time, but was obviously against the spirit of the rules. The EFL subsequently closed the loophole by adjusting their rules. What Morris did was not explicitly against the rules at the time, but was obviously against the spirit of the rules. The EFL retroactively changed the rules (because of pressure from Gibson) and charged us, which led to where we are now. Spot the difference?

Isn't the ball now firmly in EFL's court?
Isn't it up to them to approach Boro and Wycome over Mel's offer and determine how they now want it settled? Even if that is to flatly refuse to switch their claim to Mel, the person, from Derby County.
Please somebody get the ball rolling.

I know that the atmosphere will be very charged on Saturday, but I really hope that our fans can act vociferously but also within the law. It would be so much more of a statement if we can demonstrate our disdain for Gibson and at the same time be seen to be exemplary (expletives however are definitely in order)

I know that the atmosphere will be very charged on Saturday, but I really hope that our fans can act vociferously but also within the law. It would be so much more of a statement if we can demonstrate our disdain for Gibson and at the same time be seen to be exemplary (expletives however are definitely in order)