DarkFruitsRam7

Killers of the Flower Moon. Very, very long.

19 hours ago, Chester40 said:

Interstellar 

Watched it with the kids, their first time.

Chuffed that they loved it.

The narrative gets lost occasionally and you have to suspend belief to enjoy it completely... but bloody hell it's an epic film that is just jam-packed with ideas and emotion.

Ironically it seems to bend time so that it feels very slow-paced as you watch it and then it ends... and you realise you have experienced and felt so much that you can't quite take it all in. 

9/10

Best film I've ever seen. Incredible.

10 hours ago, admira said:

I'm doing Y-Not (Derbyshire) and Bestival (Shropshire) next year. Anyone done either before?

Thought we'd try something different.

Did Y Not when I was 18 in 2018. Nice little festival with good bands, and not as druggy as some of the bigger ones if that sort of thing puts you off.

Sorry @Mostyn6!

1 minute ago, Foreveram said:

Wigan on Boxing Day will definitely reach sales to season ticket holders.

I live in Canada so would be a stretch to get a season ticket 🙂

18 minutes ago, Foreveram said:

Simple answer, no.

Excellent. That's my festive away day plans done for!

Do they sell away memberships mid-season? Nothing showing on the website - was going to call in a few days. 

3 hours ago, RoyMac5 said:

Surely the harmful effects of nicotine are already well known though?

Nowhere near as bad as the effects of tobacco though, presumably?

10 hours ago, Mostyn6 said:

does make you wonder, how, in this day and age, with the knowledge around, how do kids start smoking and vaping? 

Kids don't smoke cigs anywhere near as much these days. It's bordering on socially unacceptable.

The rise of disposable vapes has been ridiculously quick. There also isn't as much concrete knowledge on the harmful effects.

7 minutes ago, David said:

League 2 bound these lot, what a poo show.

The sentiments in the replies are approaching being as anti-EFL as we were during admin.

Have to give Warne some credit where it's due - this is the best version of Max Bird we've ever seen.

On 28/10/2023 at 15:30, i-Ram said:

I understand that when the football isn’t pretty, and the league position is dire, football fans will inevitably lash out. However, I am amazed that there are a good number on here tonight slating our owner. This is a staggering state of affairs even for our club, only some 15 months since he saved us.  Cool it down lads. 

What constitutes "slating?", and what distinguishes that from suggesting that we could be run in a better way?

14 minutes ago, Leicester Ram said:

Don’t think Clowes was ever sacking him this week, would be too much of a Mel Morris move.

He’s done the right thing by standing up to the Warne Out mob - even if that is now the majority of the fanbase, it still would have sent the wrong message if he’d buckled to fan pressure.

Clowes is the one that saved the club, knows 95% more about what’s going on at the club than we do and knows what the financial implication of turfing out Warne would be

It sounds like he’s giving him an unspecified amount of time to turn it around and treating Warne how we’d all want to be treated if we were in his shoes.

Like Warne or not, this is the right way of doing things. You don’t discard managers after fan backlash - as much as we should be doing so much better than we are.

As far as the football goes, Warne needs to win both of the fixtures this week if he’s ever going to win the lions share of the fans back. As much as I’ve preached patience, I expected we would improve after the international break and a managers job will always be in trouble at DCFC if we’re outside the top six of League One by December

Warne in or Warne out, creating an inhospitable environment for a manager who has just been backed by Clowes would be very disappointing and I hope PP stays positive tonight.

While caving in to fan backlash is obviously wrong, sacking him after Saturday's game wouldn't have necessarily meant he was caving into fan pressure. The pressure is building because we've been crap, which is going to correlate with an increased likelihood of a sacking.

I don't know if it's possible to tell whether a sacking is due to fan pressure or not tbh.

6 hours ago, angieram said:

 

While those points are all relevant, it definitely is the owner. What he's done is absolutely shameful.

6 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said:

Got to love the number of 'I'm all for stability but...blah blah blah....sack the manager....' posts on this thread.

There's absolutely nothing wrong or inconsistent about being pro-stability whilst believing we need to sack a particular manager to move forward. They're not mutually exclusive concepts.

1 minute ago, Eatonram said:

I really wonder what the Warne Outers actually want to happen. 
Obviously most want Warne sacked. I think we know that means his “team of staff” will also have to go and all be paid off. 
So then what? Appoint a rookie like eg Curtis Davies or experienced manager? (Like Warne ironically). How long a contract? Will we allow them to complete their contract? How soon do we “expect” promotion? 
People keep clamouring for more change and yet “change” has hardly ever delivered results. We sacked Roy Mac and appointed TBE. that DID work but not before loads of fans wanted him sacked by September. 
So now lease one of the vocal Warne outers WTF do you want to happen right now. 

I'm not one of the more vocal Warne Outers, but I would get rid, bring in a DoF or equivalent and hire an up and coming manager that plays progressive football.

19 minutes ago, Ram@Lincoln said:

Then there's Dave Challinor at Stockport, top of the table, nearly took them up to league one last season, following promotion from the conference. Across his career, managed 686 games with a 53.6% win ratio.

He was interviewed at Charlton in August so should be willing to come if we want him. Sure he isn't a glamour name but that shouldn't be the metric.

Last season, Stockport were 4 points off automatics, had the highest goal difference (+28, 2nd best defence, 3rd best attack). Won the conference the season previous with 94 points, 6 over Hollywood FC, and a +49 goal difference.

Formation wise, he's a 4312 guy at Stockport, previously 352 at Hartlepool and Fylde. Therefore, we should already have the players to fit into these styles. 

Currently on a 11 game winning win, including beating Hollywood FC 5-0. 

 

His wikipedia makes for very impressive reading, across a number of clubs too.

19 minutes ago, TigerTedd said:

Isn’t he? I adore him. Between him and Bellingham, they’ll be lifting some silverware for England soon I think.

wouldn’t it be ironic though, if Tottenham actually could hold on to their top spot to win something now he’s gone. I did think he should stick with them for one last season, give it one last chance to see if he can leave having put something in their trophy cabinet. That would’ve been the dream end to his Tottenham career. I just how his England career doesn’t end up trophy-less too. 

Maybe my view has been coloured by the figure of fun he is to some of the kids on “football twitter”, who mock him for his speech and lack of trophies.

But I also don’t think he’s had the levels of adoration and expectation that previous England players have had, like Beckham, Rooney, etc. That’s despite being one of the greatest ever performers in an England shirt. And he seems to be a lovely, quiet bloke to boot.

I’d love it if he wins the lot with Bayern then comes back to Spurs to break Shearer’s record and win a trophy or two.

And a World Cup would be bloody lovely too!

2 hours ago, Ramos said:

Unreal goal

 

 

One of the most under-appreciated players in my time being an England fan. He should be absolutely adored by this country.

11 minutes ago, DavesaRam said:

Sean Barker wants us to go “out, wide and round” - the very football that has been killing us.

10 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

He said exactly that on Tuesday! He's only got 1 script.....

I like him, but I’ve never had the impression that Barker is particularly tactically insightful.

5 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said:

116 - Lansbury

90 - Bryson to QPR

67 - Kodja

67 - Forestieri

60 - Jota

59 - McCormack

58 - Dursan

43 - Austin

41 - Rhodes

36 - Watkins

35 - Antonio

Kodjia was the first that came to mind. That was in prime Mad Mel era.

The Foriesteri rumours were quality as well. Seem to recall them starting straight after a loss.

On 26/10/2023 at 01:55, oomarkwright said:

How the  heck did this get to 41 pages for a player we didn't even sign?!!

There must be some records on longest threads for players we didn't end up signing somewhere.

@David?

37 minutes ago, David said:

If you're young, single, no commitments and a Wolves or Chelsea fan yeah.

Can't say I'll be rushing to watch it. Be off to spend time with my family, how it's meant to be done.

Boxing Day = Football Day

Christmas Eve = Half family, half pub

Christmas Day = Family

Boxing Day = Football if we're not on TV

3 hours ago, angieram said:

Our previews are up, too (though obviously less interesting!)

 

Was NML asked about his celebration?

5 hours ago, David said:

In other news, Christmas Eve football is back with Wolves v Chelsea at 1pm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67190696

Another win for the TV companies, another loss for the fans.

I know this is incredibly selfish but that's going to make Christmas Eve in the pub even better