Anon

Leon Best

South Stand - Nick Blackman Enclosure

West Stand - Kenneth Burns Memorial Stand

North Stand - Billy Davies Bothy

East Stand - Nick Pickering International Lounge

2 hours ago, Kernow said:

Ruben Zadkovich

We got rid of him too soon...

The EFL are a shambles, but I'm not sure this is caused by them. Maybe it's debateable whether a 10 year security of tenure is really necessary for a promoted team, but this was quite clearly stipulated in the league rules and Gateshead were already informed of this potentially barring them from promotion well ahead of time. I'd be very interested to know why Gateshead council failed to work with the club to provide the security of tenure.

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

11 hours ago, Normanton Lad said:

"Clough tried to shake up the team and get them to play better".

Leeds were playing well enough without the need to shaking them up. Whenever I chat to Leeds fans they seem to think that Clough was determined to destroy Revie's team. I don't know what he was trying to do. He was still a young man in his 30s when he took over and I think the fact that the Leeds old guard weren't that much younger than him was part of the problem. When I started work age commanded far more respect than it does today. I don't think I would have taken seriously any bosses who were still in their 30s. In fact, I don't think I ever had a boss who wasn't at least in his 40s.

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.

16 minutes ago, Jimbo Ram said:

Is there no live stream of the game?

1 hour ago, admira said:

61.

Place of birth: Derby

Signed for Derby: 1997

First club: Derby County

Last club: Cheltenham Town

Position: DF

Full caps: 0

Fun fact: Made 3 England U21 appearances when with the Rams

Steve Elliott

19 hours ago, Boycie said:

I’d like black n white vertical strips for a change me.

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

2 hours ago, RadioactiveWaste said:

What could possibly go wrong.....

I think that stadium in Darlington has been demolished for houses now.

Rebuild St Andrews with a bit more capacity and a bit less asbestos perhaps?

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

25 minutes ago, admira said:

Correct. My daughter made a 'willie's shrinkle' of him when she was about 8 years old. Anyone remember them? Basically you drew a picture on a piece of plastic, stuck it in the oven and it shrank so you could turn it into a fridge magnet or keyring. 

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.

40 minutes ago, BatRam said:

 

Would you have him back if we could? Id certainly have him back. i liked him when he was here and couldnt understand why we got rid

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.

On 31/03/2024 at 21:10, Millenniumram said:

He’s 38. Whatever “it” is, I doubt it’s goalkeeping ability 

He looked finished in 2018.

"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.

6 minutes ago, Comrade 86 said:

Yeah, you're just misunderstood, right! 

My response was in defence of a friend whose character and creativity you've called into question purely for reasons of self-aggrandisement and nothing more and with literally zero basis in fact. You've been just as dismissive of literally millions of others on the basis of their choice in music and you're so jaundiced and narcissistic that you can't even see it's you that has the problem, not your unwitting targets. 

@Archied sorry ofr derailing the thread mate. I'll leave it there.

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.