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43 minutes ago, Stive Pesley said:

Well the ICE manufacturers will all lose out eventually anyway when they are forced to move to EVs or cease to exist

My point was that the cheapest Tesla model in the UK currently is £43k - and that's a ridiculous price for a normal person 

If BYD are bringing EVs to market at a third of that price, they are quickly going to marginalise Tesla as a "high end" brand, unless Tesla also start to make an affordable model

Even more ridiculous is an Astra for close to £40K and a Mini for over £50K - those are the manufacturers that will realy suffer if BYD undercut them....

8 minutes ago, Jayram said:

Personally I like Ed’s passion and Eric’s analysis. I’d rather have a Rams supporter commentating than some bog standard BBC employee and in Eric you get someone with an unrivalled knowledge of the game and our club. 
It seems to me that some on here just want uncritical, DCFC-can-do-no-wrong coverage on RD rather than actual opinion. If that’s what you want get a Rams TV pass and you can have that every game. 

That's absolutely not what I want - just asking for a basic level of competence when describing what's happening on the pitch - preferably unhindered by mindless drivel and showing off.....as I've said before, a radio commentator should be able to explain what's happening by painting pictures for the listener - Dawes couldn't paint a shed door....

After being highly critical of his commentating, I thought I should give him a chance and see if he’d used his absence from the airwaves to possibly listen to other commentators in order to improve - and to be fair, there were some improvements.
More often than not, I had a rough idea of where the ball was on the pitch (something lacking during his previous tenure), and I don’t think he mentioned anything about pigeons or trains (though I only started listening at kick off, didn’t listen at halftime and switched off at the final whistle so maybe he filled other parts of the program with his usual obsessions.
What I struggled with (other than the depressing tone of the whole affair with him and Eric trying to outdo each other in fault finding) is his utter obsession with proving how clever he is because he’s managed to qualify as a ref - several times he banged on about one of the Barnsley players having illegal shin pads - he kept putting himself in the place of the ref (“Don’t you talk to my assistant like that”) and tried to show off about his knowledge of the rules (“Most people don’t know that rule”) - geez it was tedious. He’s like the boring bloke in the pub that you try to avoid…

i wish him well in his recovery from whatever struggles he’s been going through but I can’t help thinking he’d be better served by joining his lad in the away end (has another RD football commentator ever felt the need to mention their family during a game?), possibly dressed in his full referee’s kit and waving cards towards the pitch. Dom (and dare I say the listeners) have been harshly treated by his return…

Sky have just shown a graphic of number of goals scored in the final 15 minutes - we’re second to Liverpool….

19 hours ago, ilkleyram said:

Presumably Ed Dawes will be commentating tomorrow given that Dominic Deitrich has said tonight that he will be in a box at Barnsley celebrating a mate’s wedding/stag night, unless RD have lined up someone else like Martin Fisher as they do occasionally. 

He is...

Bit disappointed there isn't a bigger discount for 40+ years 😄

Details of prices and buying periods on the website:

https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2024/02/202425-season-ticket-details-confirmed

20 hours ago, Bob The Badger said:

We finished True Detective last night and left a bit meh tbh. Mrs Badger was a bigger fan than me.

I said in an earlier post that I just couldn't warm to Jodie Foster as an actor, but I'm now wondering if it's because she's just not very good.

6.5/10 for me and nothing like as good as Fargo.

 

SPOILER COMING

 

I thought the plotline of the lad killing his dad and then calmly mopping up blood and wrapping his body was all a bit silly. It's not like they even hated each other. He'd have been a total wreck.

And whereas they were right to hate the scientists, to torture and murder them was a tad harsh when they always had a much greater good in mind. Plus, would a cop have just left it there? I dunno.

 

I finished it last night - thoroughly underwhelming in the end.

Basically 4 episodes of not a huge amount happening after the initial excitement and then rush about for the final two trying to tidy it all up - as for Jodie, she was the least convincing actor in the whole thing. Acted off the screen by Fiona Shaw - and she was only in it for about 20 minutes in the whole series....

Perhaps if I hadn't previously watched Fortitude I may have warmed to it more - but True Detective was so second rate in comparison....

44 minutes ago, Nuwtfly said:

Has there? I think at most it is as good as it was. Not vastly better.

I often think the quality of the commentary actually depends on the insight/quality of broadcasting coming from the co-host/ex-player they've got joining them!

I think it's great to have Ed back and I hope he's in a good place.

There's been a seismic improvement. With Dom I at least know which end of the pitch the ball is at and what the team are trying to do - that's frequently a mystery with Dawes. There have been occasions with Dawes when a goal has been scored and I haven't even known whether it was for us or the opposition.

I don't wish Ed any ill at all - I just want a level of basic competence on the commentary that he simply doesn't possess.....and that's before he witters on about pigeons, trains or what the referee should have done in any particular situation. If they put him back on commentary I'll be back to relying on score flashes on my phone or updates from the good folk on here....

Hope they let Dom continue on commentary and keep Dawes to the phone-in - there's been a vast improvement in quality of the matchday coverage since Dawes left.....

3 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said:

Sounds like QPR are in dire financial difficulties. They have been losing millions since they were last in the Prem . Add DCFC and Portsmouth , with money problems and you get a common denominator—Harry Redknapp.

Scarey figures from QPR - they've lost money every year since 1996......and despite spending nothing on signings last year, they managed to lose over £20M. You'd think that clubs would learn from what happened to us but I guess some just think it won't happen to them....

12 minutes ago, MaltRam said:

Didn't we have wages for a loan striker 3 weeks ago? Don't understand the problem.

He wouldn't be a loan and so the money would have to come out of the 'permanent' pot - plus the EFL like to let us know who's in charge and throw their weight around....

16 minutes ago, Anag Ram said:

I’m the same height but the word tiddler does crop up.

It may be nothing to do with your height....

Brum have issued a statement that "Tony Mowbray requires medical treatment which means he will be temporarily stepping away from the on-site management of the Club for a period of approximately six to eight weeks"....

11 hours ago, Malagaram said:

I am diabetic and suffer with nerve pain in my feet,and living in Spain cant find anything made here in Spain for comfort.So I am appealing to any rams fans who might be able to give me advice on a good English shoe,have been looking at doc martins online but havent any experience in wearing them.Any thoughts anybody

You’ll hate Docs when they’re brand new - they’ll rip your heels to pieces until they’re broken in - then they’ll be super comfy for years to come…

7 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said:

I'm confused. I thought we were free to operate without restrictions?

Also, if we can't sign Gayle how ok earth would we have been able to sign Michael Smith?

We are under restrictions until the end of the season - that's not changed. Quite clearly part of those restrictions involve clearing signings with the pond-life running the EFL before we can formally sign anyone.

10 minutes ago, Inverurie Ram said:

A lovely, brand new thread this is.

Paul Warne can be your brand new friend. 

Up Paul Warne 🖤 🐏

 

1 hour ago, Ellafella said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Load of cobblers to satisfy the 'Football Manager' fanboys - this chap can explain it far better than me....

5 minutes ago, AndyinLiverpool said:

Our doorbell doesn't have a name. Except 'doorbell' of course.

Should it? I might call it king dong. Or something.

Surely King Dong should be reserved for one of those old-fashioned pull systems with a bell at the end?

FIA are reportedly changing use of DRS to enable it on the 2nd lap rather than the 3rd to try to make the racing more equal - think they'd be better employed working out what Red Bull did last year to give them such a huge DRS advantage over everyone else.....

New blue card to send players to a 'sin bin' for 10 minutes to be trialled:

Get Off....

10 minutes ago, David said:

He’s taming the bots. I’ve had to reopen an X account just to follow the Derby accounts. Disappointingly Threads doesn’t appear to appeal to the football outlets.

Anyhow, I’ve not made a single post, liked a post, reposted a post. Nothing. Just followed 55 accounts.

If I have this many bots already, I think it tells you a lot about how many followers Elon really has. 

Are we really supposed to believe that you didn't take a quick peek at Olivia Bumpers?

They should be proud of themselves - they managed to overcome a lower-half Championship side. Will give them confidence for next season…..