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Taking 2 people to their first ever football game for this one - my nephew and father-in-law 

Excited for this one. I get to bring my daughter to her first game of any sort, and only my sons second. His first was a loss to Villa 3 seasons ago when we played shockingly and lost. Hoping for a better performance and outcome for them this time!
Does anyone know if there’s any kids activities outside the ground before kickoff like they used to have? 

Derby - Hey, here's our accounts. By the way, we used an alternate method involving amortisation.
EFL - Hmmmmmm. It's unusual, but fine, we'll sign off on them.
*Years Later*
EFL - Lol, changed our mind, now they aren't ok.
 
Derby - We've sold our stadium and will add the profit to our accounts.
EFL - We don't like that, but it's not against the rules. We disagree with the valuation of the stadium however.
Derby - OK. Here's a valuation from an independent company who provide a similar figure.
EFL - Nope, we don't agree with the professionals, we'll begin disciplinary action. 
 
Independent panel - Derby didn't do anything wrong.
EFL - Meh, what do you guys know. We will appeal with a new independent panel.
New independent panel - We believe a 100k fine is appropriate for Derby's wrongdoing.
EFL - Nah, we don't like that, let's appeal. Oh and let's also try and relegate them after the season is finished.
 
Derby - Hey, we've renewed Jack Marriott's contract.
EFL - OK.
*6 months later*
EFL - Changed our mind. Marriott is free to leave. And no, you can't sign anyone to replace him, Waghorn, or any of the other players who left.
*Months later*
Derby - Please, we don't have enough senior players to even field a team, just let us sign some.
EFL - *Sigh* Fine, but only 4 or 5. And no more than 4.5k a week! And if you re-sign players like Davies or Wisdom they will take up 1 of those spots. 
 
Derby - Hey we're having some injury problems and would like to use a couple of young lads, but they'll then count as senior players. Can you be a little lenient with this?
EFL - Lol no. 
 
 
I'm really relieved the EFL are trying to help us and make us work. It's really nice to know they have our back.

Excited for this one. I get to bring my daughter to her first game of any sort, and only my sons second. His first was a loss to Villa 3 seasons ago when we played shockingly and lost. Hoping for a better performance and outcome for them this time!
Does anyone know if there’s any kids activities outside the ground before kickoff like they used to have? 

Excited for this one. I get to bring my daughter to her first game of any sort, and only my sons second. His first was a loss to Villa 3 seasons ago when we played shockingly and lost. Hoping for a better performance and outcome for them this time!
Does anyone know if there’s any kids activities outside the ground before kickoff like they used to have? 

Agreed. Thought his work rate was excellent on Tuesday against Luton, and he started to show the ability to turn on the spot with the ball and carry it into space, skipping past the opposition. Just want more of that.
Both he and Ebosele were all over the shop on Saturday. If one good performance doesn’t make him a good player, then 1 bad one doesn’t mean he’s rubbish. Just maddeningly inconsistent

There did not appear to be anything going on at the last home game, but at least Rammy is no longer on furlough and has been seen at the last two games.

I hope you all have a fantastic time.

Excited for this one. I get to bring my daughter to her first game of any sort, and only my sons second. His first was a loss to Villa 3 seasons ago when we played shockingly and lost. Hoping for a better performance and outcome for them this time!
Does anyone know if there’s any kids activities outside the ground before kickoff like they used to have? 

As someone who has a season ticket in the lower North Stand, I have no idea how empty it looks from the other side of the stadium. There are times when the stadium is full of noise, and even then the North feels quiet. But at the same time, there are a lot of older folk who sit around us who like to sit and enjoy the game. They’re not fussed about standing and singing, but like watching the South Stand do their stuff. The bounce looks great from our end.
Im not sure an organised standing group would work, or even go down well B4.

As someone who has a season ticket in the lower North Stand, I have no idea how empty it looks from the other side of the stadium. There are times when the stadium is full of noise, and even then the North feels quiet. But at the same time, there are a lot of older folk who sit around us who like to sit and enjoy the game. They’re not fussed about standing and singing, but like watching the South Stand do their stuff. The bounce looks great from our end.
Im not sure an organised standing group would work, or even go down well B4.

As someone who has a season ticket in the lower North Stand, I have no idea how empty it looks from the other side of the stadium. There are times when the stadium is full of noise, and even then the North feels quiet. But at the same time, there are a lot of older folk who sit around us who like to sit and enjoy the game. They’re not fussed about standing and singing, but like watching the South Stand do their stuff. The bounce looks great from our end.
Im not sure an organised standing group would work, or even go down well B4.

As someone who has a season ticket in the lower North Stand, I have no idea how empty it looks from the other side of the stadium. There are times when the stadium is full of noise, and even then the North feels quiet. But at the same time, there are a lot of older folk who sit around us who like to sit and enjoy the game. They’re not fussed about standing and singing, but like watching the South Stand do their stuff. The bounce looks great from our end.
Im not sure an organised standing group would work, or even go down well B4.

As someone who has a season ticket in the lower North Stand, I have no idea how empty it looks from the other side of the stadium. There are times when the stadium is full of noise, and even then the North feels quiet. But at the same time, there are a lot of older folk who sit around us who like to sit and enjoy the game. They’re not fussed about standing and singing, but like watching the South Stand do their stuff. The bounce looks great from our end.
Im not sure an organised standing group would work, or even go down well B4.

Same team again? Or some rotation due to 2 games in quick succession with lots of energy used? Stretton may get the nod over Baldock. Will we see Joz or Sibley start? Suddenly there are 3 or 4 options appearing on the bench that allow for some rotation without impacting the quality too much.

Same team again? Or some rotation due to 2 games in quick succession with lots of energy used? Stretton may get the nod over Baldock. Will we see Joz or Sibley start? Suddenly there are 3 or 4 options appearing on the bench that allow for some rotation without impacting the quality too much.

Shang Chi - you know what you're going to get with Marvel films, and that's exactly what I got. Fun, some funny jokes, big fight scenes at the end. 
There were some really funny cameos in it and I was impressed with the choreography of the fight scenes - it felt like it was made by a Chinese/Hong Kong studio, which is a compliment when it comes to martial arts fight scenes. 
The main actor felt a bit wooden at times, but to be fair, he was always going to when he's surrounded by people like Tony Leung. 
8/10

Man On Fire
I love Christopher Walken movies.
I love Denzel Washington movies.
This is a terrific film.
Bobby Davison/10.

Ahhh yeah, professional foul 

Not always 3, that’s usually for violent conduct. Depends on how they deem the foul

Nobodies got the money for one. 
 
they’ll all fall out for two.

Up to zero points we go.....?

My brother in law was told yesterday he has aggressive lymph cancer and it’s terminal. About 12 weeks is the prognosis. It brings things into perspective.

Really sad.
Dropped my eldest son off in at Uni for the first time yesterday who I am very close to and get the Derby news over the radio on the way back.  Talk about kicking a man when he's down.
Walking around this morning in a bit of a daze - feels like there are 2 big holes in my life!

It may sound strange, but the points deduction is the thing I’m least worried about. I thought we may struggle this season, as did so many, so to see us with 7 points already has been a pleasant surprise.
I’m really worried about a couple of other things, namely players going forward and future embargo.
If reading everything correctly, there is a big chance that a fair few players will be sold for cash flow reasons, leaving an already threadbare squad looking like toilet paper. The only saving grace is that many of our squad were free agents anyway who had limited options.
Whats more, we will supposedly be under a 2 year embargo. This would mean we would have gone 3 (and a bit) years under embargo by the end. I’m assuming the 23 professionals rule will still apply, but that’s small consolation.
If Rooney walks, along with other staff, I’d expect Walsall to step in. His previous stint gives me hope. It was a better squad, but he turned us round and got us playing good football. He knows the kids we would have to use. Not worried (too much) about this.
It’s the years of hurt to come that I’m most worried about. The next few weeks and months are going to be rocky and will define our future. Let’s hope for decent new owners to come in (ala Leicester) and steady this ship.
I’m also excited to get to my first match of season today. Cheer the boys on and let them know that we’re sticking with this club. COYR