Bessie1

Occasionally Belper Town or The Ewes.  Belper is a Lovely ground.  I’m at the back at PP so get a great view, but none of the noise from the players.  Watching lower league l hear every crunch of a tackle, every sweary argument, all the passion and commitment close-up.  A totally different fan experience.

There's a difference between creating an atmosphere and being a knob.  Unfortunately we have a lot of fans who fail to know the difference. 

That's true. Even today we (BWFC) have a few idiots but attitudes towards them have changed substantially since Sharon Brittan saved us from oblivion and took over 4 years ago. The woman is dead set on us being a "community club" that attracts families and community groups so over 50 lifetime bans have been handed out to trouble-causing d******** so far. With more and more families coming to our home games and occasional "Community Days" where tickets cost a tenner for adults and much less for kids and other concessions (including away fans) nobody tolerates the idiots any more. Home games are like a village fete for the masses.
That said, the club can't ban idiots from going to away games, but for the most part our away support is big, vocal and peaceful - but there's always one with ego problems, isn't there?

Actually, looking at Lincoln’s form I can see them Being the team that rides a wave of momentum and sneaks into 6th place and takes the play offs by storm. Hopefully not relevant to this thread, cos we won’t need to worry about the play offs. 

Done. Where do I claim my prize? 😜

Whenever I watch a bit of rugby as I did over the weekend, I wonder why on earth I bother with football.  I know the standard of rugby in the 6 nations is high and the standard of football I watch is - well - not high.  But the rugby seems to be thrilling for almost the whole game - loads of jeopardy, extraordinary athleticism - huge men darting around like gymnasts - it gets me off my seat and shouting at the tele.
So I tell myself I’ll go watch Derby RFC but I never do.  I suppose there’s just something special about football.  But I’ve got a ton of respect for the top rugby players.
 

Whenever I watch a bit of rugby as I did over the weekend, I wonder why on earth I bother with football.  I know the standard of rugby in the 6 nations is high and the standard of football I watch is - well - not high.  But the rugby seems to be thrilling for almost the whole game - loads of jeopardy, extraordinary athleticism - huge men darting around like gymnasts - it gets me off my seat and shouting at the tele.
So I tell myself I’ll go watch Derby RFC but I never do.  I suppose there’s just something special about football.  But I’ve got a ton of respect for the top rugby players.
 

Whenever I watch a bit of rugby as I did over the weekend, I wonder why on earth I bother with football.  I know the standard of rugby in the 6 nations is high and the standard of football I watch is - well - not high.  But the rugby seems to be thrilling for almost the whole game - loads of jeopardy, extraordinary athleticism - huge men darting around like gymnasts - it gets me off my seat and shouting at the tele.
So I tell myself I’ll go watch Derby RFC but I never do.  I suppose there’s just something special about football.  But I’ve got a ton of respect for the top rugby players.
 

Lincoln last 8 games - 6 wins, 2 draws - that’s some run!  (I’ve stuck my neck out and assumed they’ll win today!)

Lincoln last 8 games - 6 wins, 2 draws - that’s some run!  (I’ve stuck my neck out and assumed they’ll win today!)

Lincoln last 8 games - 6 wins, 2 draws - that’s some run!  (I’ve stuck my neck out and assumed they’ll win today!)

David Clowes needs to sort that out. The ones who complain about more passionate fans taking those empty seats should be offered a free season ticket to move elsewhere. I'm guessing the number is fairly small. maybe a couple of dozen at most, The value to the club having a noisy SE Corner to complement the SS and SW Corner would be worth the one off expense.

Maybe he thought, if they have an in house ref, he’d get to ref all their home games. 

Oh yeah, the Forest bench hiding the ball, Samba refusing to give the ball back after Lawrence scored and putting Lawrence in a headlock (which the Forest supporting Guardian journalist Dan Taylor had as his photo of the season) then Cafu trying to strangle Sibley - they celebrated gamesmanship then like a last minute goal 😁
Now they're crying about it #karma

Fify 

Running totals on the crowd for the game Saturday? Only 24,500 for Charlton . But the “Walk Ups” will be back at the weekend, pondering the purchase of a season ticket 24/25 . Let’s have a show that will make their minds up .

FA Cup replay on a Tuesday night in November 2022, they brought lots of noisy, passionate fans.  At 4:0 down, they sang “we’re gonna win 5:4”.  Goodness knows what time they got home.  
 
As always, it’s the fans who will suffer most from this sad news.

Really? You seen the size of NML? He's a bit of a unit and probably even stronger physically than Collo. For his last goal for instance, he just brushes off two defenders and dusts them. The lad's got wheels to spare. Personally, I'd rather try and mark Collo, especially if I was a 6 foot 3 slow as a barge CB.
That said, I think Collo probably allows more runners off the ball as he's good at taking possession with a defender at his back and that's probably the one area he has a distinct advantage over Nate, though as I said, I'm pretty sure Nate has more weapons in his armoury overall. I certainly wouldn't be losing sleep if Nate were to play in the middle.

If Vickers is still injured then Loach will be the keeper on the bench ahead of Thompson, IMO... 😉

MK3 version below, hope to feck its correct now ..
 
Charlton Athletic v Derby County
 
5pts 
NONE
3pts
Addingham Ram    26
Animal is a Ram    4
EssendonRam    27
hydraulic ram    29
mozza    32
OohMartWright    30
Puffin    24
Ramsamwidge    23
Steve How Hard?    16
taffyram    23
WharfedaleRam    23
 
2pts
archram    27
BarrowRam    9
Blondest Goat    22
Cardiogram    27
Carnero    25
DiggerB    26
europia    36
glyn1957    2
Jourdan    18
Mckram    23
Miggins    27
ramant62    28
rynny    41
S8TY    2
Ted McMinn Football Genius    28
Wolfie    24
 
1pt
angieram    23
BathRam72    20
Bessie1    20
Brammie Steve    271
BucksRam    28
Charliegeorge1962    1
Comrade 86    28
DE56Ram    1
dcfc the 1 4me    25
Dordogne-Ram    35
Eoghan1884    13
FindernRam    21
Foreveram    33
harwich ram    20
HedgeEnder    29
jimtastic56    16
Jortat    9
Kernow    29
leroyoftherovers    37
MarsdenRam    29
oodledoodle    12
Simmo's left foot    18
SKRam    23
StevenageRam    24
timlondinium    29
TimRam    22
True Ram    35
Wolfie20    20
 
Charlton Athletic 0 Derby County 1, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing = FRGS.
 

AMENDED ( OOPS, SORRY..)
Charlton Athletic v Derby County
 
5pts 
NONE

3pts
Addingham Ram    26
Animal is a Ram    4
EssendonRam    26
hydraulic ram    28
mozza    29
OohMartWright    29
Puffin    23
Ramsamwidge    23
Steve How Hard?    13
taffyram    22
WharfedaleRam    22
 
2pts
archram    24
BarrowRam    9
Blondest Goat    22
Cardiogram    26
Carnero    24
DiggerB    23
europia    35
glyn1957    2
Jourdan    17
Mckram    23
Miggins    24
ramant62    27
rynny    38
S8TY    2
Ted McMinn Football Genius    28
Wolfie    23
 
1pt
angieram    23
BathRam72    19
Bessie1    20
Brammie Steve    26
BucksRam    25
Charliegeorge1962    1
Comrade 86    27
dcfc the 1 4me    22
DE56Ram    1
Dordogne-Ram    32
Eoghan1884    13
FindernRam    21
Foreveram    32
harwich ram    19
HedgeEnder    28
jimtastic56    16
Jortat    8
Kernow    28
leroyoftherovers    36
MarsdenRam    29
oodledoodle    11
Simmo's left foot    17
SKRam    22
StevenageRam    23
timlondinium    26
TimRam    21
True Ram    34
Wolfie20    19
 

Charlton Athletic 0 Derby County 1, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing = FRGS.
 
😀
 

Hi Mozza
I predicted a Rams win (posted 0937 on Friday) - can I have my point please?  I need everyone I can get!
thanks

Well here's a first!
Mozza is bulletproof, so a Mozzbloop is like one of those comets that pops around very few millennia. Rare AF.
I'm thinking we should all be given the afternoon off work and free cake.