Grimbeard

Challenge accepted. 

Best bit of the Florist/Spurs game was this pitch side humour.

I mean I'd love to see this. But would your fans really want a helping hand from your dearest rivals? 

Derby 2-0 Litigious Gits
FRGS: Barks

Nah. Gibson, like the EFL, had us in his cross-hairs and was waiting for his chance. He kicked off about our stadium sale, conveniently forgetting that he had done similar with the Riverside stadium, only it wasn’t the actual stadium, it was a load if debt that the club had run up that he sold to one if his companies.  He was no different than Mel in that respect, but used a much more dodgy solution than a straight stadium sale. And his claim that our “cheating” (you know - that rule we broke that didn’t actually exist) cost Middlesbrough promotion was even more vacuous than the ambulance chaser’s claim. The main reason they weren’t promoted was them losing 7 of their last ten matches. 
 
He claimed his solicitor wasn’t available, deferring the hearings into the next season, and had a hand in the debate as to whether our alleged “debts” were football or non-football related, dumping us on the wring side of the transfer window, the prime reason we lost Phil Jagielka, and that sealed our fate. Then dial into the equation that suing another EFL club was against EFL rules - yes he actually broke a real rule, not a figment of the imagination applied retrospectively to get their own back. 
 
He allegedly has connections in high places, including Downing Street, making him someone who shouldn't be crossed.
But apart from that he is a thoroughly decent chap.

Nah, that was Henry Cooper and he was a boxer 

Couldn't resist could you....pretty ironic in a thread about tiresome oneupmanship don't you think?
Why don't you offer the OP some constructive advice instead?
Shouldn't have really expected anything less.

I'm a reasonably diplomatic, boring, steady middle aged bloke.
I'm reasonably well educated and can write reasonably well so try to choose words on this forum that express an opinion that may be different to others, without deliberately causing offence. I certainly don't have 'poor writing' or 'poor vocabulary' as anything like an excuse if I were to cause offence.........but, without being patronising, I do understand not all so-called offensive posts are intended to be offensive.
However, it's apparent that I'm not alone in finding it tiresome that almost every single thread deteriorates into a game of point scoring, oneupmanship and, increasingly, forum archeology, in order to be unpleasant to one another.
There seems to be, in equal measure, deliberate attempts to cause offence and seek offence and it's just not great reading. I'm not in the slightest bit supportive of closing down debates or censoring differences of opinion but the number of personal spats with unpleasant language is getting beyond a joke.
I can't blame the mods because, individually, most of these posts fall below the threshold of complaint but, collectively, they make this forum so much worse than it could be.
I came to this forum for camaraderie when we nearly went under as a club - and it was a source of great comfort, information and humour.
It's got to the point where I'm considering signing off and and using the Telegraph and Radio Derby as my main non-matchday links - they have limitations but they are civil.
Any ideas what we can do?

I think one was supposed to say man city?
Unless that's how they're getting around ffp now? If only Mel had thought of having multi-dimensional football clubs instead of a fantasy roof.....

I would happily have taken the position we are in a week before christmas, 3 points off automatic promotion back in August.
Plenty of room for improvement but winning is a nice habit and confidence will give us an extra boost going into the next few games.
We won't win them all, we will lose one or two soon enough but thats when you need to go on another run. The other teams wont win every game either.
Its all to play for, enjoy it! Look forward to a proper scrap for those top 2 positions over the coming weeks and months.
COYR
 

and Tyrone of course. Anyone spot him

Didn't Jim Smith mislay Taribo West a couple of times?

I have plenty of ire for the EFL and FA as well, don’t you worry about that. I want to watch football on a Saturday afternoon not a Monday or a Thursday. I am aware that football sold its soul a long time ago but it still irritates me! 

No …. The players are now doing what is asked of them. “Aerial bombardment” “Warne goofball” never did exist except in the fantasy of some fans.

Sometimes we all just need to say less and be happy 😊 
C.O.Y.R’s

Taking the high ground, are we?😅
Trolls gonna troll

My neighbour has already done that. On wait, that's the hedge of contention.
TRIM YOUR DAMN HEDGE PAUL
 

The edge of contention - now there’s a great movie title!

Grudgingly taking my Rams hat off for a moment, I think in many ways this for me illustrates what is wrong in the power balance with players vs managers/coaches these days. That was by any reckoning a pretty shambolic effort and for that 90 minutes alone they should hang their heads in shame, but how often do we see the old 'dead man walking' scenario for a manager because the precious players have thrown the toys out of the pram because maybe they were asked to play an unfamiliar role or implement a tactic which isn't like what they used to do at <insert random club name here>
Many of that lot last night should just be bloody grateful that they are plying their trade in the top flight of English football, but even so, they have shown that they can make a better fist of it than last nights absolute s*** show against bang-average lower mid-table Fulham. For the likes of Forest, a drubbing or two in the PL is in inevitability because that is the nature of the power imbalance, but that was pure spinelessness. The manager's fate will be sealed by their actions (or lack of actions) though. I await the inevitable bounce when a new manager is dropped in and the players suddenly (briefly) remember how to play football again while at the same time texting their agent to see if they can shake out something more lucrative elsewhere.

Getting a team marooned to the bottom of the championship, 1 point in 7, to the playoff (and almost top 2) has never been achieved before. No-one has even come close.
Obviously the playoffs are a lottery, but again, getting a side who've historically been bottlers in that competition to win? First Forest manager in 23 years to return us to the top flight. 
And then to get that ramshackle side to stay in the league, with all the ridiculous numbers of signings and media circus that followed, again a miracle job.
You lot might downplay it, naturally, but he worked an absolute miracle getting us up and keeping us there. He'll get another great job after us, no doubt. 

I'm sure DC will be very grateful for your advice.
How have you calculated our likelihood of us staying in this league at 60%?

Do you mean as a Matchday Steward? Not sure there are any other vacancies

The only logical conclusion I can reach here is that the panel don't have access to the following stats:-
Number of 'Warneball' passes per match
Number of crosses per match
Number of minutes given to players under the age of 21
xG per match
Likelihood of remaining in the Championship if we get promoted.
It really is like a trip back to the dark ages where people think scoring goals at one end and keeping them out at the other end are the things that win you matches.
 

Must be a mix up. 
Paul Warne is a crap manager, read it on here so many times.
I'm sure something will be announced later with an apology for the error.

This where we miss dear old B4. He would have given you good advice on how to get out of your Wedding Anniversary trip to Venice in order to watch the Rams.
❤️