TomBustler1884

8 hours ago, Nuwtfly said:

Big week, Rams fans: how's your nerves?

https://tenor.com/bFEMG.gif

Just to note, any destruction of the stadium - seats, concourses, etc - will have to be paid for DCFC, so maybe just leave any protest to the verbal kind!

Pauline Latham raising a question in the HoC today apparently. Not sure what it will do, but at least it's more exposure

This needs supporting by as many people as possible. 

Also, why not encourage as many people and businesses as possible to put scarves/flags/shirts in their windows? We need to be visual too, show that the support isn't just online.

6 hours ago, Plusi_Ram said:

I think he'd be wise to leave the area permanently and never set foot within 100 miles of Derbyshire again.

He can put a stop to this. He can confront Gibson and cough up. Saves the club from the brink of extinction and may salvage some of his shattered reputation.

Exactly this. It blows my mind that he is not willing to prevent the destruction of DCFC.

I think a few years back we had a very brief chat with the club about that. Unfortunately the contracts with existing caterers and Club DCFC meant they couldnt/didn't want to have us there.

Can I just add that lots of people seem to be making major assumptions that the MPs, business leaders, etc aren't Derby fans, have no idea about what's really going on, are clueless about what the EFL are up to.

I have no idea about all of them but I know for a fact that some, including the Leader of Derby City Council and MD of Marketing Derby are season ticket holders and well into their football. As are many of the businesses tweeting their support.

As I said, they will be balancing their personal feelings with the best approach to get a resolution which will be to be measured, non-reactive and calm. The EFL and Quantuma will respond far better to this approach than an all guns blazing rant!

It might have no effect, it might resolve the issue, but we shouldn't be expecting a detailed interrogation and resolution from one meeting!

2 hours ago, duncanjwitham said:

Fair enough, but that’s hopefully already happening, given the number of local MPs that were demanding meetings etc yesterday (and obviously MPs would never lie to their constituents ?).

Everyone is doing whatever they can.

13 minutes ago, duncanjwitham said:

Awesome. Bet they start with some polite tutting, and if things get really bad, maybe even a strongly worded letter.

I can assure you that is definitely not the way John does things! My money is on him demanding a face to face meeting with the EFL where he will have them explain themselves to a group of business leaders from major Derby employers, with a prepared reply that leaves them in no doubt about the importance of the club to the people, employers and economy of the city.

Go on John!

1 hour ago, RoyMac5 said:

Thanks for that.

Sorry, I would LOVE to be wrong!

Things will get much worse before (if) they get better.

4 hours ago, ossieram said:

You have a lot of hate to give! Do you hate all fans of all clubs that sing offensive chants or do you just save it for Derby fans?

Odd comment, no, not a fan of chants like that at anyone by anyone, regardless of club.

5 hours ago, angieram said:

Tom, she has already agreed  to arrange a meeting with the Sports Minister on this.

A good way to encourage Amanda's involvement is to stress the mental health impact of all this on us as fans, she is very supportive. 

Yes, fair play to her, glad she's listening 

I hate that chant, I hate all Rams fans are associated with it. 

I'm sure when he lost his kid, we raised money for the cause and he even singled us out for our support.

Hes a player I would have loved to have signed for us, he would have been a fan favourite.

To see the state of things now with our fans accusing him of something disgusting, and him hoping the club goes bust is pretty depressing tbh.

I've emailed Derby North MP, Amanda Solloway, not that she ever replies or sticks her neck out on anything!!

8 minutes ago, Wolfie said:

 

Not what I imagined @DarkFruitsRam7 to look like

This is mine, still happy with it. Coordinates are the stadium.

@erskinetom29

I think I'm in a minority of one in quite liking Newcastle. Fantastic city, interesting club, big fanbase, incredible stadium, fans always travel in numbers. Name me a fanbase that doesn't hold some delusions of grandeur!

The Saudis? Yep, not a nice regime by our standards, several stances on human rights, LGBT, not cutting people up into pieces don't sit well with me obviously.

But, why should NUFC and their fans have to reject their takeover which will mean significant investment into their club and city, when other clubs in this country haven't? Chelsea? Man City? And also when our government supply them with weapons, offer no consequences to their actions and generally suck up to them?

Smacks of hypocrisy to me, the horse has long since bolted on this argument.

Having said all that, watch DCFC now attract a takeover from the Taliban Investment Fund. 

3 minutes ago, David said:

Really? That does surprise me as Rooney appears to be a nice guy, you must have said something to upset him online once ??‍♂️

Rooney was fine, it was that Napoleon Dynamite fella

I was in the West Stand Lower behind the dugout. Wasn't made to feel very welcome, and still huge amounts of people moaning and complaining at the first sign of a sideways or backward pass.

Great view though, and just zoned them out to watch the match and listen to the rest of the ground.

9 hours ago, Boycie said:

Was that bought with fans donated money?

The flags were being bought by a mix of fan donations, donations from Mel and from the club directly. After initially being pretty much all fan donations, I think by that point the majority was from Mel or the club.

I'm in, ticket booked, I'll be lording it up behind the home dugout.

48 minutes ago, Tamworthram said:

Whatever happened to that other very big flag (can’t remember exactly what on it)? I think it appeared once never to be seen again.

If you mean the one we did, it was the size of an upper tier block in the south stand and said We Are Derby with tonnes of Rams legends on it.

It has been missing for a good few years now. We packed it away after using it, and when we came back, it wasn't there anymore. Nobody at the club could ever explain what happened to it. The theory is that they were building the Yard at the time, it somehow ended up in there and the builders chucked it away with their waste.

So that was nice.

As for all the other flags we did, again, they were left with the club to use once we stopped operating. Last I heard they were left out in the rain or stored whilst wet, and when they went back to them, they were all green/mouldy/disgusting and got thrown away too.

Shame really.