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Ellafella reacted to ariotofmyown in El DerbyCo
Great post. And don't forget it was GSE and Nigel who built our best team in 20 years. It needed Mac in the end to release it's potential yes, but that ownership were pretty effective as well as responsible.
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Ellafella reacted to RamsFan10 in El DerbyCo
(these are just my thoughts on the matter, which aren't worth any more than anyone else's - i'm not looking to start a political debate on a Derby fans forum!).
I studied a bit about Vox at Uni a few years ago. Obviously, i'm not an expert on Spanish politics, but I can say that his association with them does concern me, and I do think some things are bigger than football. There isn't really an exact UK equivalent - their views are far more extreme than UKIP but they aren't proponents of fascism like the NF or BNP.
A quick skim of the internet revealed that their leader called for another Reconquista of the Muslim population in Spain in 2019 - for anyone who knows their Spanish history, this is pretty awful.
I've seen some people point out that there wasn't this much outrage over the Shiekh, which is fair, but I would say this is slightly different in that we know for a fact how Alonso has been involved politically. The Shiekh's history was as unclear as his takeover attempt was.
I've also seen a few 'keep politics out of football', or 'its not his politics that matters' posts. I respect that for some, it is simple to separate the morality of happenings around football from the sport itself. But for me, and presumably others, it isnt that simple and these things matter. The club represents the fans and the city, meaning that in a way the owner does too.
The sad thing is, it really doesn't matter if we are concerned or not. This appears to be going ahead and that's that. All we can hope is that he keeps whatever views he has out of Derby.
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Ellafella reacted to roboto in EFL appeal
What's the sauce for all these cheese puns?
I becha-Mel has something to do with it...
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Ellafella reacted to Oldben in El DerbyCo
I think that Alonso is a broker. He sorts out deals for clubs, on behalf of wealthy clients.
In the case of Sheffield Wednesday, an indonesian consortium was seeking to buy the club.
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Ellafella reacted to Olton Ram in EFL appeal
Just think that all these puns came from one simple spelling mistake. I'm sure that everyone will be typing more Caerphilly in future.
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Ellafella got a reaction from Pearl Ram in EFL appeal
The EFL edamwell better not come with fines and points deductions...?
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Ellafella reacted to hintonsboots in EFL appeal
I’m going to message David . It’s time Edam well puts an end to these ridiculous puns.
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Ellafella reacted to Rev in EFL appeal
Welcome.
I'm glad the puns haven't put a new member off contributing to the East Midlands foremost football forum.
It's worse elsewhere, I'd red Leicester have even worse on their forum, at least you'll brie amongst friends here.
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Ellafella reacted to Pearl Ram in EFL appeal
I reckon there’s Stiltons of twists and turns til the end of this saga.
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Ellafella reacted to BucksRam in EFL appeal
Curd you cheese stop with these puns, it's driving me emmental. I comté on paneer to see Rams stuff and all you Blue is make me hungry.
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Ellafella reacted to Eddie in EFL appeal
We need to step back a little and decide how and when the process of the cheese puns started. Does anyone know exactly rennet happened?
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Ellafella reacted to Andicis in Louie Sibley
It's been ages since Sibley had proper time on the pitch in his best position.
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Ellafella reacted to ImARam2 in Roos
There was a very good corner in the first half which went right under the bar, in a crowded 6-yard box, which he caught under a lot of pressure, not only by their players but also getting trapped by the Derby defenders.
There was also a good punch out in the second half which cleared the penalty box, as well as a good low down save at his near post as the ball dipped from a cross.
Roos looked very comfortable in everything he did last night and he looked confident. May it continue then we have two decent Championship goalkeepers.
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Ellafella got a reaction from Turk Thrust in El DerbyCo
Well actually @Turk Thrust it was the Derbyshire County FA who objected. There was a lot of "bad blood" between the nascent football upstarts of the Cricket Club and the existing County FA so much so that some of our players tore off the County FA "colours" from their shorts that they had been awarded for representing the County FA. It was real cloak and dagger stuff, often to do with fixture clashes and arguments over players. Derby County were born into controversy and have seemingly courted it ever since.
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