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strawhillram

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    strawhillram reacted to Animal is a Ram in Charlton Athletic v Derby - Match Day Thread   
    3 point cushion to Posh in 4th, even with that game in hand for them. Huge result.
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    strawhillram reacted to Walkley Ram in Charlton Athletic v Derby - Match Day Thread   
    GET THE F*** IN LADS. YOU ABSOLUTE BEAUTIES.
    Off to the pub. Absolutely buzzing.
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    strawhillram reacted to ck- in Charlton Athletic v Derby - Match Day Thread   
    Solid win. For all Charlton huffing and puffing, there were no real chances. 
    Well deserved. 
    Man of match for Charlton probably the ref. 
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    strawhillram reacted to Mucker1884 in Charlton Athletic v Derby - Match Day Thread   
    I'm not sure they do "allow" it... I think they "demand" it!  
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    strawhillram reacted to Mucker1884 in Charlton Athletic v Derby - Match Day Thread   
    Senior management of Tracey Island Inc. would like to apologise to today's viewers with regard to the unavoidable delay to take-off.  Our maintenance team have now rectified the problem, and would like to assure viewers that there is no cause for panic and/or undue concern...
     

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    strawhillram reacted to TomG in Charlton Athletic v Derby - Match Day Thread   
    Sorry, you're going to have to wait until the 85th minute!
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    strawhillram reacted to kevinhectoring in Charlton Athletic v Derby - Match Day Thread   
    Hourihane needs bringing off. ( When anyone says that he usually scores )
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    strawhillram reacted to DavesaRam in Charlton Athletic v Derby - Match Day Thread   
    If Charlton bring a chainsaw on for the second half he’d let them use it without a second thought.
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    strawhillram reacted to DiggerB in Charlton Athletic v Derby - Match Day Thread   
    Adam’s certainly sounds like what we’ve been missing in the middle of the park 👏.
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    strawhillram got a reaction from Steve How Hard? in Charlton Athletic v Derby - Match Day Thread   
    You are the joker
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    strawhillram reacted to G STAR RAM in Has DC lost faith in the recruitment process?   
    Just listened to the full interview, looks like this is another of your comments to be filed under 'paraphrasing' or as most of us know it as...BS.
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    strawhillram reacted to BaianoPOTY98 in Has DC lost faith in the recruitment process?   
    After poor recruitment in the summer and the shambles of yesterday I will be surprised to still see Warne around next year if we’re still in Division One 
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    strawhillram got a reaction from MackworthRamIsGod in January Reinforcements   
    He should resign on principle
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    strawhillram got a reaction from RoyMac5 in January Reinforcements   
    He should resign on principle
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    strawhillram reacted to i-Ram in Max Bird - flew the coop to Bristol City, loaned to us to end of season   
    Quite underwhelming, and almost resigned statement that. Couldn't they have gone with 'He will spend the remainder of the season on loan with us as we make our push for promotion'.
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    strawhillram got a reaction from Nuwtfly in January Reinforcements   
    He should resign on principle
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    strawhillram got a reaction from TF Ram in January Reinforcements   
    Didn’t know they are an item
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    strawhillram reacted to Carl Sagan in January Reinforcements   
    If you read back I said "a shame Warne has no ability of his own, or contacts in the game, to attract players", which was shorthand for comparing him to our recent managers: Liam Rosenior, Wayne Rooney, Phillip Cocu, Frank Lampard, Gary Rowett, Steve McClaren. All of whom were well known, highly respected figures in the world of football. All of the above added something extra to the equation and could bring extra players to Derby as a result. 
    In contrast, surely it's indisputable that Warne is a nobody in terms of his standing in the football world (he can't help that)? He doesn't possess the X-factor to separately bring players into the club. We have the most fans and the best training facilities in the division, and we're at the right end of the table, so of course players have signed for us. But none of these signings are surprising or special. It's not like Mason Mount coming to join Derby County, or even David McGoldrick and Conor Hourihane dropping down to League One to join us. I just wish he had more personal pull because, when we have no money as you say, that could make a big difference. I didn't "have a go" at him - I said it was "a shame".
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    strawhillram reacted to IslandExile in January Reinforcements   
    Agreed... But might not have sold so many season tickets.
    With the "entertaining football" being served up now, we may start to sell less and less tickets.
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    strawhillram reacted to Ambitious in January Reinforcements   
    Surely the correct thing to do then is look for players IN our constraints? It’s not like there isn’t a player now playing non-league or otherwise in world football that isn’t going to go on to have a very good career - the job of our club is to find them. We have a lazy approach to recruitment, that hasn’t changed since Mel Morris was chairman. How often do we sign players from down the pyramid as opposed from up it? Since the takeover, we have signed one player from a level lower than our own - Scott Loach from Chesterfield.  Peterborough have made more signings from a level lower than themselves in the past two seasons than we have in the past decade. We just don’t do it. 
    Take a snapshot of almost any season in history and you see names littered amongst the lower tiers - it happens all the time. Why on earth we take such a lazy approach to recruitment really irritates me. No excuse for it given our position. 
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    strawhillram got a reaction from MoleyMcMolerson in January Reinforcements   
    One in the hand is worth two in the bush
    Carry on 
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    strawhillram reacted to IslandExile in January Reinforcements   
    He's a good footballer so doesn't fit in with our manager's vision.
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    strawhillram reacted to Millenniumram in Max Bird - flew the coop to Bristol City, loaned to us to end of season   
    What a thoroughly depressing time to be a Derby fan. Good luck Max, you deserve better than this club and this management.
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