chezzyram

6 minutes ago, B4ev6is said:

Well guys derby are now 15 games 4th in the league and closing in on shiffield wednesday to only 7 points I think and we are getting better and better. We can so get into top 2 places we have better goal difference and have 2 games in hand over them.

We are 11 points behind them, have a worse goal difference and 1 game in hand, but apart from that I agree

4 minutes ago, Magicman said:

Poor we should have been 2 -0 up but Dobbin missed a golden chance then we sat back and crumbled. 

So out of this whole turgid mess of a game which hardly anyone comes out of with any credit, including the manager, you have picked on one incident involving Dobbin as the catalyst for our problems? What a surprise!

On 04/12/2022 at 16:47, JfR said:

Think your post has just reminded them

 

Is that Lee Buchanan and Nathan Byrne's Brazilian cousin?

4 hours ago, Foreveram said:

We are here in Newport, easy drive down about 2.5 hours. Can’t get in the hotel yet so we’re in the Potters. It’s raining. Drinking Doombar hope that’s acceptable to the forum beer police ?

Just say it in a Belgian accent and you'll be fine

5 hours ago, Unlucky Alf said:

I used to go through Arkwright on my way to Bolsover in the mid 80s, A village that was still 100 years behind all ?, Then they found Radon Gas ?‍♀️I believe seeping through the ground.

They upped sticks around half a mile down the road to a purpose built village, Which caused a lot of angst amongst the locals, Where each home was purpose built to the new owners desires, Some didn't know you could have this and complained to the local authority/builder.

There was a documentary about all this at the time, And I remember an old dear with her carpet over the washing line beating the phuck out of it, And she said this..."you just need to sheck it" yes sheck not shake?

It was a typical small mining village built around the pit, just a few streets of Victorian terraced houses, a pub, miners welfare and school. They were special communities.

The gas was methane seeping into the houses from the mine workings below, an unforseen circumstance of the pit closure. They opencast mined a site across the main road then filled it and built a new village on it, then they demolished the old village and opencast mined that. There was one old boy in a detached house who absolutely refused to move no matter what they offered and they eventually opencasted up to his boundary on 3 sides, it looked like he was perched on the edge of the white cliffs of Dover! His house is still there though.

On 24/11/2022 at 18:44, I DONT MIND said:

The ones in Derbyshire that were still operating at the time of the miners strike were 

Bolsover, Shirebrook, Arkwright, Markham and Cadley Hill. These all closed between 1988 and 1993.

I am not aware of any others but my memory may be defeating me.

The two times when i witnessed the trouble was whilst at the college (now the University) we witnessed the rounding up and turning round of some flying pickets on the A38. Good view of this from the 8th Floor !!!!

Also more local to me fighting between the local (working) miners at Pye Hill and some Yorkshire flying pickets one Sunday lunch time early in the strike.

Boycie talking about Kilburn Crossings also reminded there was a constant picket on the coal gates on the main road so any coal delivered by rail into the yard couldn't get distributed by road.

 

Best person for personal recollections would be Owd Miner, where is he when you need him!!!

I worked as a youth worker in Arkwright throughout the strike and when the pit closed. It was an incredibly tough and difficult time for everyone in the village. There is a book called 'Norma Dolby's Diary - An Account Of The Great Miners Strike'. I knew Norma, she was the wife of a striking miner, the book is probably very difficult to find now but it gives an honest and revealing account of how difficult life was from the inside and also how resilient, determined and proud they were

Wow. Kick like a mule !

9 minutes ago, Brammie Steve said:

It wasn't the rain that bothered us most on the PopSide! 

(An Umbrella would still have been useful though!)

And wellies for a trip to the bogs!

We're going to have to create a new trophy at the end of season awards for most enigmatic player!

1 hour ago, Magicman said:

Anyone but Dobbin the mule !!

Give it a rest!

1 hour ago, jono said:

He’s called Curtis, he’s a defender. If he’s anything like the one we’ve got then I’m happy.

He won't be a patch on him

Credit to Wildsmith, he can land the ball on a sixpence time after time. Unfortunately the sixpence is a foot beyond the left hand touchline

8 minutes ago, Magicman said:

Dobbin is the most wasteful striker we had for years. 

I suppose we should be grateful that you've finally said something positive about Jack Stretton

Is the chance to progress in the Cup and the potential to draw a big club with  associated gate receipts and tv revenue something that a club in our circumstances can be dismissive of? It may not be just a matter of putting money in the bank, if our future spending could be linked to turnover then a good cup run would have an impact going forward

12 minutes ago, angieram said:

That's not true, though, we aren't getting away with anything! 

I think we got away with another stonewall penalty

1 minute ago, Ghost of Clough said:

Breckin (50) in midfield and Borges (91) at LW are the two danger men in this Man City side

Shouldn't be too mobile at that age

14 hours ago, jono said:

I’m in your minority ??. Play to win and in any case keeps players sharp, better than any practice game. I’m enjoying it.

I'm with you on this. The thought of Rick Parry sitting stoney faced for 90 mins whilst 30k rams fans sing **** the EFL then having to present his trophy to Curtis through gritted teeth before Curtis ceremoniously drops it in the bin on the way out is sheer poetry

1 hour ago, Red_Dawn said:

Well after we lost to you 5 nil I checked in, ahead of the L1 relegation game against Ipswich game I checked in, all the other Derby day defeats, and here I am again.. 

I will say I still realistically want SC to succeed here and stay on, but I don’t see any scenario where Marinakis doesn’t pull the trigger after this. Which is an absolute travesty as Pep G himself couldn’t put this lot together in such a short space of time.

I’d hedge a bet on our team from last season, or even your lower league shower beating this current Forest outfit. 

Nice to see you back, that Augustus chap that came on as sub just wasn't up to it. 

16 minutes ago, Magicman said:

I reckon he started 2 on rechecking plus a couple of subs parts. Still don't think he is ready to return. 

Yes, my mistake, he's started 2 league games and 2 EFL trophy games, but whatever he has started the last 3 games so must be beginning to find his feet and Simmo is obviously seeing something in him

22 minutes ago, Magicman said:

You got to be joking he has started 1 game for Carlisle during his 2 months there ?

He's started 4 games including the last 3 league games

1 hour ago, YouRams said:

An even classier thing to do would’ve been to hire an adviser (Redknapp, Mac etc) if he needed help and shown some loyalty back. Warnock gets laughed at being mentioned for manager but in a more senior advising role he’d of been perfect. 

You're assuming that this option wasn't mooted and that LR would agree to it

10 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said:

Rotherham fans are saying Warne is dropping down a division and will get treble his wages at DCFC. How long before the EFL look into this . If true ??‍♂️

No doubt they have all had the opportunity to examine the contract offered, assuming there is one, in minute detail. These are probably the same people who asserted that we paid big fees and and huge wages to all our new signings

5 hours ago, David said:

And Collins was going off head in hands whilst protesting his innocence. ?

 

I'd protest too if I were Collins, he should have been given a knighthood for services to football at the very least for that 

10 minutes ago, ariotofmyown said:

Some posters had seen enough after we failed to breakdown a stubborn Shrewsbury defence in our 4th game. Think it was still mid-August.

It's always a close run thing which appears earliest in a new season, the doom and gloom merchants on here or the Christmas decorations in my local garden centre

36 minutes ago, ossieram said:

I thought there must have been a half time sale on in the south stand at HT judging by the amount who went down on 35 minutes yesterday. 

Gone to powder their noses