Pearl Ram

Fancy Joz to score tonight. ?

Fancy Joz to score tonight. ?

Just hope he plays a good game to convince the boss he is worth his place..this is a good opportunity for him..

I like to share Johnny Russell's progress in USA as he was a good player, all round nice guy and a fan favourite when here. 
He is club captain and has carved out a similar space in people's hearts over there.
I never compare his time out there to how he was here, but every time I post a goal (and there are plenty of them) somebody comes on to pour scorn on the level of football. 
I don't care and am not particularly interested in what he would be playing like if he was still here. I am just pleased to see him doing well.

An awful, brutal end to the life of a kind and gentle man who worked hard to help others. My thoughts are for his family and those who loved him. 
A pointless, senseless death.
 
 

Are the EFL interested in the other EFL clubs and their ability to pay their bills until august as well?

Although I was only following the game on here, I feel the same as you. Still, it’s one more point than Mr Plop’s lot got today. 

Although I was only following the game on here, I feel the same as you. Still, it’s one more point than Mr Plop’s lot got today. 

He does definitely have that "angry loner" and "... before turning the gun on himself" kind of vibe. So yes, folk music a possibility.

Oh, I’d got him down as folk music fan or maybe even The Wurzels. 

It's pretty dreadful that we've now seen two elected members of parliament murdered carrying out constituency duties in a shortish space of time.
People taking the piss need to take a look at themselves.

With all the strife and aggro about DCFC's situation and the angst over our 'fate', with points deductions and relegation possibly on the horizon, it's as well to check back to reality, with a fine young footballer, Bournemouth's David Brooks, now diagnosed with lymph cancer.
 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58903956
Here's wishing Brooks a successful outcome and with best wishes from Rams fans.
 

Every topic right now feels like this

Can we not at some point show some class and take our punishment!

Didn’t want to create a new thread for this and it haven’t seen it mentioned anywhere else on the forum but I was heartened to read this earlier this afternoon. 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-58738771

Fancy a break from the forum then Radioactive ? ?

Gibson's involvement is the weirdest bit of the whole saga. Not so much that he chose to get involved, more that the EFL allowed him to be quite as central to it all as he appears to be. 
 
The sooner we get an independent regulator that isn't beholden to vested interests, the better.

Happy birthday Charlie - my wife says I only remember her birthday as it's the same day as his ? it's really the other way round though but what a player, one of my all time favourites ?
 

Sorry, you are correct, I thought that was a black and white scarf he was wearing. How wrong can one be ? 

Still 9th. Doesn't matter when they were, and in the Sky-PL age we've challenged and been regulars in European competitions before him.
It wasn't, Benitez galvanised the club, offered hope and is a top class manager. Look at what he's achieving with Everton having only spent £2m(?). Ashley had the chance to kick on, without spending big and willingly chose not to. 
Perhaps, but when an owner skims off the top to the point where it's to the detriment of the club it's not good. It's only paper talk and I know you'll take almost anyone with the club almost on it's knees but I hope that it isn't Ashley. I don't know if there's anyone else in the running, I hope there is. Someone better.
Anyway, I truly wish you, others on this board and the whole of DCFC nothing but the best, assuming I forget my login details, which I probably will. You should come through this, too much of a standing in the game to not. I hope. 
 

Hi all,
Newcastle fan here. Been going to Uni of Derby for 2 years now (in my final year) and after hearing and reading what's went on at the club in the last few years I've grown a bit of a soft spot for DCFC. Saw that you were linked with Ashley taking over, now, I am aware that as a club you're probably in the worst state you've ever been in. Ever. In administration, a potential risk of going into liquidation, absolutely criminal that could happen to your club, as to me its still a good sized club with standing in English football. Ashley seems like a ticket out, financial stability. But, and I have to say after reading some of the posts on here which are terribly incorrect, the man is/was an utter parasite.
Where we were as a club before Ashley was probably where Spurs, West Ham are now. Promoted to the Premier League in 1993, finished 3rd, 6th, 2nd, 2nd, 4th, 3rd, 5th and 7th in the period before Ashley took over, regulars in Europe, played 3 seasons of Champions League football. Won nothing obviously, but we had genuine hope. Ashley takes over in 2007, within 2 years we're relegated. We bounce back due to the quality of the squad we had at the time, stay in the Premier League for another 6 seasons (3 of which were relegation battles) and get relegated again. The second relegation, we had a wage bill the size of a midtable PL club in the Championship and had Rafa Benitez in charge so we bounce straight back again. Since then we've been fighting relegation again, Rafa leaves due to no ambition at the club beyond staying up; his replacement summing up that ambition which even he is making an arse of.
Now I know it's rich to come on here and complain about doing nowt more than staying in the PL given your situation, but this is all relative. Our two promotions Ashley lucked out at the squad and managers present there at the time and we only had to get promoted because of beyond tragic management from Ashley in the first place.
The whole 'he's a good business man' and 'got Newcastle financially sound' is a myth. Part of £300m fee paid for the club from the consortium on Thursday will have partly been made up my interest free loans Ashley took out from the club; taking money out so to speak. Our commerical revenue was greater than Spurs, Everton and West Ham before Ashley took over, now clubs like Brighton & Hove Albion are millions ahead. Across his 14 years his net spend is +£10m which in the PL scheme of things is peanuts.
I see why you may want him, you'd probably take almost anyone and I don't blame yous for that. But he is not a good football club owner and the perception that he was good for us is so far wide of the mark is untrue. He has set us back years and this golden ticket we've been given will see that, as it'll be years until we're on a level footing with Spurs, Everton, West Ham and Villa.

And he’s already got a black and white scarf so he ain’t got to buy one, it’s a sign I tell you. 

I love cake me, cake is even my favourite word. I’ve got cake envy. 

I love cake me, cake is even my favourite word. I’ve got cake envy.