Anon

I don't really watch TV, so my gripes are all radio issues. Adverts where the company name is repeated about 20 times in the space of 30 seconds. Any advert where they think shouting will somehow induce me to buy their product. Tool hire/van insurance etc ads that insist on using the exact same white van man caricature. Also, any of these type of adverts that are voiced by Ralph Ineson (which is about 90% of them).

Mile Sterjovski

Yes, Leeds were playing well enough, but it was a completely different style of football. A style that Clough didn't like and wouldn't have been proud to play as a manager, even if it had continued to bring success. I think there's definitely some truth in Clough wanting to destroy Revie's team, as he could be incredibly petty at times. It only makes me like him more as it's exactly what I'd do to Leeds if given the opportunity. It was a bad match up in general though. The Leeds players were also a petty and small minded bunch who worshipped the ground Revie walked on. They would've undermined any new manager, even if that manager wasn't as abrasive and confrontational as Clough. Also, it's usually harder to win things when you are no longer paying your opponents to lose.

https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2024-04-09/sports/football/Jesse-Lingard-What-has-he-actually-done-in-Seoul-and-why-is-his-manager-so-unhappy/2021578 “He only played a few minutes, and yet he didn't work hard and avoided tussle. If you run less than a footballer who has played 90 minutes, you're not even a footballer. Fame doesn't win football games. If it did, I would have brought in a famous retired player.” - Kim Gi-dong. JLingz has impressed his new manager already.

Northeast clean bowled by Tickner. Very promising first spell from Tickner.

1st wicket for Tickner, 4 balls into his Derbyshire career. Lovely stuff, and a splendid moustache to boot.

Steve Elliott

Duck egg blue, chocolate and amber. I don't know why we ever changed it.

The stadium is still there. One of the Darlington Rugby clubs purchased it.

Why on earth would Hughes come to Derby? He's 28 and playing regularly in the Premier League. If the best he can get if Palace don't renew is an offer from League 1/Championship he needs to sack his agent. Signing released Premier League is a bad idea in most instances. They demand high wages and don't usually justify them. Ideally teams should look to identify players on the way up in their career trajectory.

Scott Malone

I do remember them. I had no idea they had such an odd name. I mainly remember Mills because he's one of the players who sometimes becomes a world beater in the first iteration of the Championship Manager video game. I love this quote about Mills from his Telford United manager, "I don't want to put too much pressure on Lee but I am hopeful he might have the same kind of impact as Alan Shearer had when he moved from Blackburn to Newcastle".

Lee Mills

Luke Moore. Not as good as Shefki Kuqi.

Yes. That's easy to say with hindsight though. It's also a very different proposition trying to break into a Championship playoff team with Mount/Huddlestone/Bryson in front of you in the pecking order than breaking into a league one team. It seemed an odd time to release him though. 2019 was the summer that Mel realised he was in trouble with the finances and Cocu was encouraged to use talents produced from our academy. Surely Elsnik could've competed for game time with Bird/Sibley/Knight.

Some smart positioning and finishes from Brown. Francis' disguised, chipped through balls are beautiful.

"it" is a British passport, or more precisely it's that he meets the home grown player requirements, is cheap, and play in a position where he is unlikely to be used.

Zak Whitbred

I hope we can kill the Amir deal. 6 T20 appearances is not an adequate contribution to a season. I'll happily accept an inferior quality player with more commitment.

I stand by those opinions. I don't consider it a problem to say that I don't like certain art or media. If it's an issue for you, well you'll just have to deal with it.

I don't think I explained myself very well. I don't have a problem with Banksy getting paid or what art collectors choose to spend their money on. I brought up the sharp increase in the value of the painting to show that the art establishment celebrate pretty much everything Banksy does. Are they really being made to look foolish with this stunt? Nobody was bidding on that piece because of it's beauty, they bid because it's a Banksy. It's still a Banksy after a trip through the shredder. In my opinion, I don't think it was any kind of great revelation to say that modern art collectors will buy any old rubbish as long as it has the right name attached to it in 2021. You referenced Artist's s*** which is decades old. Perhaps Love in the Bin did achieve a goal by bringing this more sharply into focus, I just think the point was already pretty well worn. There's a quite astonishing amount of strawmanning going on in your reply. You can think whatever you want, but it would be easier if you based your reply on things I've written rather than things you've imagined.

Maybe. You make a fair point and it's not like those artists are without merit. On the other hand I don't think popularity is always the best metric when valuing a piece of art or media. Why would anyone bother even discussing them otherwise? We would just all agree that Avatar is the pinnacle of cinema and Mrs Brown's Boys is the greatest British comedy ever produced and have done with it. You don't have to agree with my examples, but surely you have certain works of art or pieces of media whose popularity baffles you? The second point is far easier to respond to. I scoff because I'm a miserable Bamford.

It's worthwhile noting that shredding this painting caused it to massively increase in value to 15 times its original price. Is it really thumbing your nose at the art establishment if they celebrate and profit from your work regardless of your intentions? What would you say Banksy achieved here, other than making himself and an art collector extremely wealthy?

Trite rubbish. Personally, I'm not keen on graffiti at all but, leaving that aside, it's just so jejune. If someone were to tell me Banksy was their favourite artist, it would elicit the same response as being told their favourite musician were Taylor Swift or Ed Sheeran. "Wow, you must've really thought long and hard about the medium before concluding you like the exact same massively overexposed thing as everyone else."