Kinder

I got in just as yellow brick road gad been playing. But thanks to @Boycie’s top tip if had it playing on YouTube through the car speakers, so didn’t miss too much. 
I didn’t expect to care too much about Justin Hawkins, he seemed like a bit of a random addition to the bill, but he was brilliant. Ac/dc was amazing. I kind of just thought some of these guys might be walking on the stage and giving a wave, but to hear back in black live. To see Bryan may live, to see Paul Mc-freaking-Cartney live. Oh my god!!
one of these days… I’m not crying, you’re crying. You could feel the catharsis when Dave was screaming into the mike after an emotional moment. I recently had to speak at my mums memorial, and just a couple of weekends ago saw my uncle choke up at my aunties memorial. And it’s horrible when you start to choke up, but you know you can get through it, the memories all just come flooding back like a tidal wave of emotion for a moment. It was so nice when the whole crowd could chant back ‘it’s alright’, and then Dave could scream back ‘Easy for you to say!!’. What a moment!!!
I absolutely love Dave grohl, and Taylor Hawkins. Loved the way Taylor always had a smile, and when you get all these rockers where black t-shirts and biting heads of backs, he was there in his vest and board shorts, and a massive smile on his face. They really seem like two of the worlds good guys. And I really feel for Dave that he’s lost Kurt and now Taylor. But then lots of people on that stage had lost people. It was nice that Bryan May reminisced that Freddie’s tribute was exactly 30 years ago in the same place.
what a night!!
my 12 year old daughter is sooooooo lucky she has the coolest parents on the planet (ok, too three after violet grohls parents and Shane Hawkins parents). And now she’s got the t-shirt to prove it. 
The day had been pretty s*** up to that point. I was exhausted after an all night bender in wakes, set off driving at 9am and didn’t arrive til 18:30. The derby result didn’t help. But that made it all better. Back at about 02:30, and I’m just starting to feel alive again. But 100% worth it. I wouldn’t change a thing. 

What time did you get there? We just about made it for the start and so glad we did. Liam Gallagher was great and brilliant to hear Dave drumming harder than anyone’s ever drummed to Oasis! 
 
Other highlights were Brian Johnson / Lars, Supergrass and Hot for Teacher with Wolfgang van Halen, amazing. And how good was Justin Hawkins?? And the next generation of drummers - Rufus Taylor and Shane Hawkins. My Hero with Shane drumming was so emotional. The whole night was so well done and Dave must have worked like a nutter in the build up. He played drums / bass / guitar / vocals for half the night, that will have taken a huge amount of work.

I loved it when Johnson and Justin Hawkins were wrestling to get the mic! ? I assumed he was asked to leave the stage ?
Sam Ryder was incredible!  He needs to be the new queen front man, not that yank.

It was a great show. Brian Johnson was excellent and Let There Be Rock did just that...rocked. How good was Wolfgang Van Halen? Kinder mentioned my thoughts exactly so won't repeat.

What time did you get there? We just about made it for the start and so glad we did. Liam Gallagher was great and brilliant to hear Dave drumming harder than anyone’s ever drummed to Oasis! 
 
Other highlights were Brian Johnson / Lars, Supergrass and Hot for Teacher with Wolfgang van Halen, amazing. And how good was Justin Hawkins?? And the next generation of drummers - Rufus Taylor and Shane Hawkins. My Hero with Shane drumming was so emotional. The whole night was so well done and Dave must have worked like a nutter in the build up. He played drums / bass / guitar / vocals for half the night, that will have taken a huge amount of work.

? what a man 

It’s match day people!
Everyone excited?
Looking forward to my train journey up from Bristol, the buzz of the crowd streaming to the stadium, the sight of the warm-up, the brooding classical intro, SBW and the roar as we kick off. 
It’s a beautiful day.
 
 
 

I make my own pizza dough using 120g strong bread flour and 120g chakki atta (Indian stoneground wholewheat flour, usually used for chapatis and naans).
Take 110g of lukewarm water, add 0.5 teaspoon of sugar and a teaspoon of yeast. Stir and leave for 15 minutes.
Sieve the flours, add a good pinch of salt, make a well, pour in the water/yeast mixture, add a teaspoon of olive oil and a dessert spoon of yoghurt, mix and knead well before adding to an oiled bowl for about 2 hours or until the dough has doubled in size.
Knock back, knead for a few seconds then pull/tease into a 12 inch circle, place on pizza disk and scorch the underside all over for about 30 seconds before assembly (this dough is so soft and fluffy it will ooze through the holes in the pizza disk if you give it a chance - scorching it just firms it up a little).
I make a sauce using 3 salad tomatoes, fried in a little olive oil for about 15 minutes, mixed with pesto, oregano and a tiny bit of Scotch Bonnet chili (ok, my 'tiny bit' is usually somewhere between a quarter and a half).
The toppings?
Whatever you like (the Memsahib loves Tandoori chicken, I love Keema (spiced minced lamb) - so we often compromise and have both), and the whole lot smothered with Buffalo Mozzarella.
Bake on the top shelf of the oven at gas mark 9 for about 12 minutes.

Knight isn't actually playing right back, though. It's where he lines up, but a lot of his touches seem to be in the opposition half - if anything you could argue that he's a right sided defensive midfielder in practicality. He's creating match up problems for other teams and he's having an attacking influence. 
He's growing into the role quickly and genuinely think this will do him the world of good going forward. 

So with the transfer window closed until January, and barring any free transfer that could still be added, this is the first team squad we’ve got;
GK - Wildsmith, Loach, Anang
LB - Roberts, Forsyth
CB - Davies, Stearman, (Forsyth)
CB - Cashin, Chester, (Rooney)
RB - Knight, Oduroh
CM - Bird, Thommo, Hourihane, Smith (Rooney, Robinson, Knight)
CAM - Sibley, McGoldrick (Dobbin, Knight)
WF - Mendez-Laing, Barkhuizen, Dobbin (Sibley, Knight)
CF - Collins, McGoldrick, Osula (Cybulski)
Players in brackets are those I see as “alternatives” if we’re struck by injury etc and does show there’s a little bit of depth and flexibility within the squad plus some more academy options could be called upon if needed. 
Considering where we were a few weeks back it’s a very solid squad in my opinion. Now I can’t wait to see it gel further and continue delivering results on the pitch ? 

Done deal.
https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2022/09/forward-osula-makes-deadline-day-loan-move-to-derby

Best bit of business would be to make sure knight and sibley stay. Any more is a bonus. 

To be honest, with the quality of the players we have got in and the fact we look to have kept Sibley, Knight and Cashin I am still delighted with how this summer went.
A few short months ago we didn't know if we would even have a club. We have got a competitive squad in place now, albeit lacking a bit of depth. If we can get to January without any massive injuries we can have another crack at bolstering the squad with a more clear idea of our ability to challenge at the top end of the division.
If we do nothing else today I'll be happy enough.

That’s my fear. It’s going to be a long day!

Quick update as lots has happened yesterday and overnight. Despite Knight close on a new deal DCFC are expecting 3-4 bids from Championship clubs and depending on figures etc he could go. My gut feeling is he’ll stay but honestly it’s 50/50. Also expecting late bids for Sibbo namely from Cov and Milwall. It’s deadline day and word through the grapevine is Derby are going to be extremely busy with incomings and outgoings. I’ve personally heard no names but for guesses I’d say Cybulski and Foulkes out on loan and a couple loanees brought in ot players in for frees similar to Collins. I’ll try update later but I’d strap in for today!

Mine are teenagers now so the mini disco days are sadly long gone!

About James Collins: if he olays on Saturday hiw about a session of “Collins. Collins. Collins. Collins.” It might do him the power of good. Its to the same tune as “Derby. Derby. Derby”!!!

Yeah still on , sibley , nml and dobbin off

Barkheuizen mcgoldrick and Knight ?

The back of a woman’s knee - lovely ❤️

Knight 2 year deal v v close, doesn’t want to leave and is 100% committed to the project LR has put forward to him. Bird in new contract talks too. Told he’s eager to stay too. Unsure how far along his talks are. Best news this window of it happens 

Well took both my kids today (first time with both), 5 and 3, enjoyed it though a struggle at times and then meltdown when we walked all the way through the north stand to get to rammie to be told no more photos. Gutted. (I wanted the photo not the kids ?)
As for the game. We were crap. Let’s be honest. Good first 10-15, good last 5 mins of the first half, then we were ok last 15 chasing the game. In between no control of the game, many below par performances and while Peterborough were marginally better we still created the best chances. Can’t say we deserved the win but we deserved something. But we got the goals when it mattered, if only we had been as clinical in the away games we’d be top.
Weve had a difficult start against teams who nearly all will be vying for the playoffs, 11 points from 6 and top 6 is decent and we’re nowhere near our potential. It’s promising.
In terms of performance today, shout outs to Knight who was excellent throughout, Barkhuizen who was always a threat, Sibley who always looked likely to create something and Collins who ran all day with little reward. McGoldrick was excellent when he came on, Dobbin had a poor game but produced 2 or 3 moments of real quality when it mattered including the assist for the winner. Of those below par, thought Bird and Hourihane were both off it today think partly due to Peterborough shutting them down. 
 
We take the points and we move on. 26400 again today - we’re doing our bit and currently players are doing theirs though there is massive potential still to be unlocked and we need to unlock it if we’re going to meet our aspirations this season
 

Well we really enjoyed that. Frustrating   for much of the time but really looking forward to Look East and Anglia news for next couple of days. Mum knew they would lose as "they were all short and overweight with huge bums". Today's highlight mum standing, pointing and singing "who are ya". 
Wasnt going to boo marriott just because of Leeds away but then saw him do nasty little backwards kick at one of ours right in front of us so then he was fair game

In-bred webbed-footed idiots - surprised he could type but mugging is one thing they know a lot about there