Bald Eagle's Barmy Army

10 hours ago, Tyler Durden said:

We've played 16 games FGS

The standard of this league is awful and weve not been in the top 6 and you’re happy with that. 
 

27 minutes ago, i-Ram said:

I heard our last home game finished 1 - 3.  Perhaps fiction?

Dont let facts get in the way though 🤣

58 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said:

Our last 3 home games have finished 3-0, 4-1, 4-0.

Don't let facts get in the way though. 

So PW contradicts himself then. If they are the facts, why hasn’t he introduced the young ones? 
 

I’m sorry but try and defend that one. 

3 hours ago, Foreveram said:

You do realise we won our last two league games with an aggregate score line of 7-0.

And. 
 

You’re too blind to see this as an opportunity to bring in academy players and blood them. It’s not all about the results. 

17 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

Oh I'm sure you are just misinterpreting what he said in that interview. 😄

I also wonder what Clowes with his Cat1 Academy thinks. 

I can’t see that Matt Hale has moved home, left his family behind just to see his players have no pathway. 
 

Warne says he would play the academy boys if we had a healthy lead. The trouble is, he struggles to get his teams into a healthy lead 🤣

8 minutes ago, sage said:

And with that, he can fook right off.

It's unbelievable. 

That's like saying to David Clowes 'you might as well close the academy and save your money'. 

I wonder what the academy manager and coaches think to that. 

20 hours ago, duncanjwitham said:

11:40 onwards in here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0grntp1

"Hopefully we'll be able to make subs, but not patronising the opposition, I'll only make subs if the game is completely out of control either way. If we're getting humped I might as well let the academy lads play and if we're winning comfortably I will."

One word - patronising.

He will never have any intention of using the academy - he doesn't care one bit about trying to develop players but that's because he doesn't have a clue about developing.

Rubbish coach - get rid. 

10 hours ago, BondJovi said:

I see it differently.

I sensed a whole club mentality after the Wolves game. We had two ideal opportunities since to build on that. Particularly Weston. Think how good he felt after the Wolves match. We could easily have given him the last 15 -20 against Barnsley. Then last night, none of those senior players could have any complaints if they got subbed for a youngster. At 3-1 the game was perfectly set for a cup hero, no real pressue, just go out and see if you can get us back in. But no. All that good from the Wolves game wasted. That fire and desire in Weston dampened as he sits and watches players going through the motions. I imagine he feels somewhat deflated.

It just cements my opinion that Warne is not a risk taker and he sees anyone under 21/20 as a risk, with very little trust. For a club with an academy that we have done a lot of work to get back in shape it concerns me greatly.

@YorkshireRamcant hear you. 

 

4 minutes ago, YorkshireRam said:

So the answer is no to my hypothetical question then?

We can't ever know whether a different team would have achieved different results. Of all the games to lose from our recent fixture list, if I had to pick one, I'm picking this all day long. Yes it's not ideal and a tad embarrassing to go out in the first round, but we weren't going to win the thing, and I honestly don't think we have enough squad depth for a longer cup run. 

The Barnsley win reflects more positively on Warne, than this does negatively- that's my overall view.

Or, last night should never have happened and we should be beating them in the first game. 

If you was an academy player at Derby right now, would you be thinking there was a real pathway to the first team? 

The damage being done across the club is ridiculous. 

7 minutes ago, Ellafella said:

My own personal favourite was our erstwhile player "Mansion Bennett". Also like the one that @Inverurie Ramposted about being "Cherried up" by a good team performance or result.

We should start a B4 Thesaurus entitled "B4 - In his Own Words" and stick it permanently to the top of this Forum as a lasting tribute to the Man & his Immortal impact upon our shared Derby County Fan history. 

Mansion Bennett 🤣🤣 bloody brilliant 

1 hour ago, Sheff Ram said:

Loving your sense of positivity. Fantastic. 

Do you know what, after hearing the news of B4 over the weekend, my attitude to a lot of things will change, especially DCFC. 

Walking away from the ground on Saturday after the game (before hearing about B4 passing), i felt more positive about the team.

I'll certainly keep that positivity going now because nothing would give us all more pleasure than to see Derby promoted in memory of Daniel. 

Over 9 years ago I took my lad to his first away game. Charlton, midweek in the 6 weeks holidays. 
 

A game I’ll never forget. He was only 5 at the time. I could see that as soon as we walked into the ground, he might struggle with just how loud it was. We got to our seat and the game just about to kick off and everybody standing. He was only 4 foot tall so I told him to stand on his seat. He still couldn’t see properly but at least it was better. The next minute, a friendly face appeared offering us both a sweet, unbeknown to me at the time it was B4 - my lad then fell down the back of his seat hurting both his legs. B4 was straight there making sure he was OK and for the next 90 minutes made regular check ins with him to see if he was OK and reassuring him not all games are like that. 
 

At HT we spoke at length and swapped user ID’s on dcfcfans. The next day I received the below message direct from Daniel. It epitomises everything about the guy and from that moment, he’s always held a special place in my heart and always will do. Not many like him but I’m so glad our paths crossed that night. 
 

RIP buddy, DCFC won’t be the same place without you. 💙💙
 

Just now, Mucker1884 said:

 

A stranger we had yet to meet.
Our paths had never crossed.
And yet, it seems, we knew him well,
A dear friend we have lost.

A heart of gold, a Kindly soul,
A friendly word to each.
A clumsy gaff may oft appear,
But ne’er offence be reached.

A call to arms, a plea for fight,
A positive embrace.
Defiant stance, a pumping fist,
A smile on his face.

Hatred of pink, and all things red,
More strangers for him to meet.
“A sea of black and white” he’d call,
“Let’s all stand at our seat”!

A disregard for marriage,
for relationships of two,
“Never, ever” he would wail,
“That would never do”!

Yet he loved all, and we loved him.
His quirks always forgiven,
His stubbornness frustrated,
But missed, now he’s in Heaven.

The truest Ram, amongst us all,
Now gone for evermore.
For Daniel, for DCFC
Let’s all be more B4

xxx
🐏🤍

That’s brilliant @Mucker1884 😭 

9 minutes ago, Inverurie Ram said:

Sorry B4 I meant to also say Rest in Peas, we all loved your spelling as it made us all laugh and smile, and that’s what made you such a special person.

Scraves and flanges 

Can we have the B4 Match Thread so he is with us every single game we play?  

Ah this is terrible news. 
 

One of my favourite posters of all time. 
 

Even if Derby were in the conference he wouldn’t have been any different. 
 

RIP Daniel xx

That was more like it. First game I’ve enjoyed all season. 
 

Could have been more than 3, they wouldn’t have had any arguments. 
 

Why do wins like that make you look at the table and think we can still win this 🤣

#footballfansarefickleespeciallyme 

31 minutes ago, Foreveram said:

Hope you don’t want food, I’m still waiting for mine.

Walked straight out. Someone just said 800 watching tonight 

15 minutes ago, Foreveram said:

Here at the no. 1 team in Notts.

In Sandy’s bar with a nice pint of Worthington cream flow, waiting for my all day brunch. 
My first time in the main stand at Stags since I sponsored their Freight Rover trophy game many years ago.

Heading into Sandy's bar in about 30 minutes

53 minutes ago, Foreveram said:

The winner is away to Bolton in the next round 

You're joking - that's rubbish 

With the hype around the academy after this week, I thought it was only right to give this game it's own topic.

Mansfield U18s V's Derby County U18s

Friday 10th November 2023

One Call Stadium, Mansfield

19.00pm KO

Live on RamsTV Facebook or something similar - but why watch it on there when you can watch the game in person for only small change.

Get tickets here LINK

A game every club likes to go far in - Derby haven't had a good run in this competition for a few seasons but reasons we know why.

Let's give the lads the support they need and hope for a home tie next round. 

COYR 

2 hours ago, BondJovi said:

I listened to Matt Hamshaw's interview after the game. Few things I took from it.

The decision to play the academy players was only made Saturday/Sunday. I am glad they took the opportunity but it doesn't seem like any sense of long term planning was involved, which I find a bit disappointing.

As a first team coaching staff they have been surprised at how quickly the academy seems to have recovered and are much further on than expected.

I know some of us on here have been disappointed and concerned with the lack of chances for our youngsters. Could it be they had no intention of utilising those players to give time for the academy to settle?

Either way, I think last night was a great moment for the whole club. 0bviously the real test is Barnsley and I get the feeling that match is key to Warne and winning back over those who are wavering. Poor performance and result and all this goodwill drifts away again. Win, it feels like everything is slowly turning our way.

Possibly only involved when PW met Clowes just over a week ago. 
 

The hunger shown from the academy last night is what we’ve been missing in a lot of games. 
 

Players who want to excel and prove they are professional wannabe’s. Not some player who nearly past it who probably doesn’t give two hoots about DCFC. 
 

The excitement around the supporter base after seeing some of the younger lads is what being a supporter should be like. 

Great to see the academy utilised. Those boys will walk away from that stadium as tall as anything tonight and none of them looked out of place. 
 

Well done PW for trusting them. 

18 minutes ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said:

Well, credit where it's due, Warne's giving Brown a go.

Sounds disgusting