Grimbeard

Ed and Mally are a good team, with Eric adding a dash of extra wisdom.
Never going to match Graham Richards superb tone and turn of phrase, with Colin Gibson holding the show together and Ian Hall grumping through with the joie de vivre of a man with severe haemorrhoids and and a toothache. Magic.

Release Fozzy? You cold hearted gits.

Are you the one who's gone from hanging over the fencing at the BBG to hanging over your jeans? 🥷

Swear I've never seen @leroyoftherovers post anywhere but in the prediction threads.
I respect it. They were fully committed to winning the league - no time for this chit-chat nonsense - and it showed. Congratulations.

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..
 🙂

Scoring one of the greatest Derby goals of all time in the process....
I have a fondness for the 4-0 win over Southampton in the PL under TBE. 0-0 with about 15 minutes left and then the floodgates opened. Eranio, Baiano, Wanchope and Carsley netting. The football we played in that spell was simply sublime.

1-0 Sheff U away 1987, Phil Gee nutmegging John Burridge 10000 Derby fans rammed in the away end. 

Rwanda it is.

Release Fozzy? You cold hearted gits.

Also called Paul Warne to  ask if it was ok for him to stop by at Moor Farm.

Frank did an incredible job with those three.
There aren't many managers who could have failed to get promoted with them in his squad.

Graham Richards had a vocabulary to die for and a great turn of phrase.
Ed Dawes and RD do an excellent job for local radio and don’t deserve the vile abuse they get.
Turn the radio off if you have a problem.

I remember him just as much for his emotion and disgust during the bad times tbh.

I think the answer to that is "no" then! 😂

Some interesting points but Paul Warne will only recruit “good” people who will fit in the squad. Admittedly we have had a few problems with injuries (Embleton & JJ) but Adams is the supreme loan who more tha counterbalances the negatives.

Also called Paul Warne to  ask if it was ok for him to stop by at Moor Farm.

Can tell this is a chat gpt effort; spoken by a computer without football fan context.
frees aren’t the barrel scrapings they once were since covid made the financial bubble burst in the EFL, as we’ve seen. And loans, done well, can make the difference at an affordable rate (hello ebou Adams). Just can’t be too solely reliant else you end up like a forest team rebuilding scenario.

Ok, forget sentiment for a minute, how about room for a robust and industrious option who looks after himself physically, sets and maintains standards, and showed this season by scoring 19 goals (14 in the league) and 3 assists (2 in the league) that he’s still a good finisher from open play, set pieces and the penalty spot. His game has never been about pace, but he’s shown this season how hard working he is for the team, I think he’d be a good option for one more season.
Collins and Washington as options 3 and 4 up front alongside two new younger options makes a lot of sense to me. 

It’s finding gems like Wilson. I am happy for us to keep some old stagers, Barks still has some pace, Collo may end up being a back up striker and Fozzy can stand in anywhere for another season. That said we need legs, skill, hunger, youth but importantly it’s the character that PW so rightly wants. 
I wonder how it will pan out, can we get another great loanee ? So much is possible now, Derby has to be a draw with scenes like yesterday. 🐏 I am going to enjoy the transfer gossip over the next few weeks. It’s an adventure now, rather than the desperation it has seemed like for the last I don’t know how long 

No, no, no, no, no.
I don't like Warne's football, but I do like how he goes about his transfers. And I'd like to think all those ageing players on expensive wages, and no motivation to play for Derby, aren't on any list we compile. Obviously there is the exceptions in that list, like Burrows etc.
Sign Ebou, extend Sibley and Thompsons deals and then start targetting hungry players on low wages.

I have this image of Louis Sibley with a face tattoo and missing tooth in my mind!

I'm going full Nigel Clough and will be happy with 50 points. Anything else is a bonus!
(Although I've a sneaky feeling we will do quite a bit better than that.) 

I maybe old school, but no way would i want a mega rich foreign owner, but im probably in the minority. If that happened to all the so called big clubs in the championship and league 1 what happens to all the small clubs, prob go out of buisness like we nearly did.

Ftfy 

https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2024/04/a-message-from-derby-county-owner-david-clowes