Ellafella

5 hours ago, Eric the half a ram said:

I've got Cremonese, Leicester and QPR in my portfolio, couldn't make Villa, guess im a 3/4 fan!! 🤔😥

I’ve got all 4 - couldn’t make WBA. 

1 hour ago, Kathcairns said:

Couldnt do without 4th official, he holds the board up for subs and time added on😉

…& has to be there for the hair-drier treatment from coaches 😲

25 minutes ago, Kathcairns said:

A lot of them not for the better though.

1. Kick-offs - why was that changed?

2. Offside rule - can anyone explain that nowadays?

3. Drop-balls - what happened??

4. Goal- kicks …wtf?!

5. 4th official - what do they do?

6. VAR - farce. 
 

Football - created by the poor; stolen by the rich. 

36 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

 

What a gang we make!

You’ll always find me in the kitchen at parties 😲

Championship is going to be cracking next year if Bolton win the P-offs as I suspect they will. Far better than the Prem in my view. 

4 minutes ago, Kathcairns said:

Same here😄

Me too. 😲

40 minutes ago, mozza said:

I rated Jack Taylor as probably the best / fairest referee in the country, this game and his decision totally blew that theory out of the water, and most likely cost us the chance of ever lifting the cup in my lifetime. Still hurts, 48 years later..

I agree about how good Jack Taylor was & also about the offside decision; I seem to recall it was Franny Lee out wide left tying his boot lace that was “the offside culprit”(?). Also recall a documentary about Jack Taylor which ghosted his refereeing of the Cup Semi-Final. Seem to remember Roy Mac remonstrating fiercely with Jack just after the decision…

'The inhabitants of Derby are born foot-ball players, wrote a visitor in 1835.

'They have imbibed it with their first food and it animates them through their lives. Enthusiasm is but a cold word for their attachment to it.'

Great quote from Beastly Fury. Would look great on a mural similar to Cloughie’s words “Derby is a football town, Nottingham never…”. 

8 minutes ago, Ellafella said:

Fantastic @Quangy. Sheffield and Derbyshire is actually the place where football was born; it was those grass-roots amateur clubs that laid the foundation. It’s all evidenced in that brilliant book “Beastly Fury”. The first chapter is a brilliant read all about the actual banning of the game in Derby in the 1840’s when soldiers were drafted in from….you guessed it Snottingham when word got out that an “illegal” game was planned to take place. 

On 05/05/2024 at 16:45, richinspain said:

What, the whole wall? Surely @loweman2 or @Quangy haven't got a whole wall from a house near the BBG in their loft?

That’s the thing…they probably do have.

14 hours ago, Quangy said:

That was my idea to have the mural done. Took the idea from Sheffield FC mural. Passed the idea to popside fanatics and they put the wheels in motion.

Fantastic @Quangy. Sheffield and Derbyshire is actually the place where football was born; it was those grass-roots amateur clubs that laid the foundation. It’s all evidenced in that brilliant book “Beastly Fury”. The first chapter is a brilliant read all about the actual banning of the game in Derby in the 1840’s when soldiers were drafted in from….you guessed it Snottingham when word got out that an “illegal” game was planned to take place. 

Didn’t take the idiot long to besmirch it with a juvenile tag…

Good luck to you @BWFCNick & Bolton in the playoffs. You’ve played some cultured football this year, maybe a tad too cultured for League One but you should be playing in the Championship and if you don’t go through this season, keep the faith for next. 

Local news item about the mural:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-68943171.amp

Fans & players together. 

3 hours ago, sage said:

As much as Adams transformed us this season, I'm not convinced he's a star player in a top ten Championship team 

I respect your opinion @sage you always seem well informed and insightful but on this occasion I’m inclined to disagree; he’s not a star indeed but I do believe he’ll be just as effective in the Championship as he was in L1. I also believe he’ll get better and he’s got more goals in his locker. 😲

Mr Clowes is a pragmatic businessman as well as a Derby County fan. How he reconciles these 2 positions I don’t know - I couldn’t. So, having achieved target 1 {promotion} there won’t be any new deal yet.

I suspect that a date will have been set when Mr Clowes, Mr Pearce and Team Warney will sit down. Mr Pearce will set out the “war chest” & Team Warney wil say, we need Player X, Player Y, and Player Z along with Player A, B, & C*. Mr Clowes will say, you can’t have Player C, he’s too expensive. Team Warney will say ok but without all those players, we won’t achieve top 10. Mr Clowes, whose been playing 4-D chess ♟️ all along, will say “Ok, Warney, you can have Player C, but you must achieve a top 10 finish”; Warney will say “You’re a lovely human Mr Clowes” they’ll shake hands then hug, then Mr Clowes will say we’ll review it in 3 months time.

Classic Plan-Do-Review on an iterative loop. If we achieve top 10 finish next season, Team Warne will be offered a new deal. That’s how Mr Clowes will run it. 

*Player names have been concealed for reasons of commercial confidentiality. 

So I’m sat at the beach bar in Hikkaduwa, drinking a beer & watching & re-watching the videos of the celebrations on my phone when a guy walks up, orders a beer and sits down next to me. I then notice his shorts..

I’ve spent this morning looking at all the celebrations of yesterday on the net and have to say am proud of the Rams Family and how you have exuded joy and jubilation. Also the support I’ve been part of at away games this year; it’s been exceptional. Thank you for being great fans. 

2 minutes ago, Srg said:

A brilliant picture thanks @Srg

https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/27/max-bird-james-collins-derby-carlisle-league-one-football

Half-marks allowed; please rate all subs. Closes Thursday @ 18:00. Results by Thursday 22:00. Average is 6.00. Therefore, when a sub steps on the pitch he is on 6 -that's the baseline. Also indicate ATG (at the game) Or Tv.

1Wildsmith

35Nelson

5Bradley

23Blackett-Taylor

6Cashin

2Wilson

4Hourihane

12Smith

32Adams

17Sibley

20Elder

8Bird

16Thompson

9Collins

11Méndez-Laing

7Barkhuizen

6 minutes ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

They named the station after you?

Well spotted Sir!

Enjoy the game…