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3 hours ago, Wolfie said:

The Adam Project

Sci Fi time travel adventure with Ryan reynolds doing his witty wise-cracking thing

Really enjoyed this. 8.5/10.

If you find Ryan Reynolds annoying, you will hate it though.

My wife adores him. If he'd bought Derby I'd have been fighting to keep her away.

I'm kinda ok with him tbh.

I saw a trailer that had me thinking this was a kids movie, is that not the case?

You’re going to be gutted this morning, and rightly so.

But it ain’t all bad.

When we dropped out of the old 2nd division into the 3rd in 1984 things were in many ways, worse.

We didn’t (quite) have the financial issues, but we had a horrible team and the entire season was utterly depressing and devoid of hope in a way this season hasn’t been.

My personal highlight of an utterly depressing season was meeting Dave Watson in a Little Chef on the A1 after we spanked Cambridge away 3-0 in the FA Cup. That was pretty much it for ducks sake.

AND we had not just relegation, but the ignominy of losing to Plymouth in the FA Cup quarter-final to contend with after we had dragged them back to the BBG.

We all thought that we’d bounce right back when we did get relegated and the arrival of Arthur Cox just emboldened that belief.

An opening day away loss to Bournemouth, when Bournemouth then were more like the equivalent of Exeter now, didn’t dissuade us.

Of course, we didn’t bounce back and ended up outside the top 6.

But we had some BRILLIANT away days that season, Hull, Lincoln, and the last game of the season at Newport spring to mind.

It was a whole lot more fun than the previous season because we were, for the most part, competing and you could see what Arthur was trying to do.

There’s something fun about going to smaller clubs and taking the place over. Those of you who travel to away games know that the camaraderie is special.

In fact, the adversity that we have faced this season has developed that camaraderie, only it’s done it at home.

I work online and use social media a lot and the admiration for Derby’s support, especially those of you who travel away is a delight to read. I’ve even read genuine Forest and Leeds fans say they’re impressed.

And what’s not to be impressed about?

Forget the trolls who are loving this, the REAL football supporters appreciate and understand what Rooney has dragged the club through and the guy is universally respected, exponentially more so than when he was merely an excellent player.

He’s now an excellent ex-player and an excellent human being. Time will tell if he can become an excellent manager, but the signs are promising.

The second year under Arthur we did come up and that season was even better for road trips..

I’ve seen Derby beat Benfica, Real Madrid, every top English club multiple times and Forest many times. But if I were to list the best 5 games I’ve ever attended, Derby at home to Rotherham in the old 3rd Division on a Friday night would be up there.

That game with that penalty that took us back up to what would now be the Championship was a raucous, intense and then delirious atmosphere ending in an effing celebration comparable with any I have witnessed - although to be fair, my memory is a tad blurry because we did hit the pub hard.

I doubt there was a Liverpool fan that got anything like the joy from beating Man City in the cup semi or will get more if they win the thing, than we Derby fans got from squeaking past Rotherham that night.

The fact is, winning is just fun, no matter what division you are in. And beating adversity is fun too. So much more satisfying and enjoyable than just delivering on what’s expected.

Somebody posted that they hope we're not that team that thinks they will bounce back up.

I don't really care if fans think that. It's totally irrelevant.

What is relevant is what WR thinks and what he allows his staff and players to think.

And I have no doubt whatsoever that he'll not allow that entitled type of mindset to creep in.

The good news is we have renewed hope for a stable club, a very promising manager in place, an Academy that is flourishing even if it is being pillaged and some wins to look forward to.

We are where we are, so we may as well embrace it and have fun. And you will have some fun, I promise.

This has been an utter nightmare, but who knows what it will have been when we look back in the fullness of time.

Mel brought in Rooney and put a lot of resources into the Academy.

Sooooo , I hope Mel does the right thing with the ground and just gets on with his life.

5 hours ago, Gaspode said:not enough farting)

Give it time. 

50 minutes ago, Kernow said:

Same as you. If Plymouth & Exeter come up then that’s not too bad. Other “local” games within a few hours could also be Forest Green and Bristol Rovers. Proper little Westcountry league before long.

If we're going to FGR, we may as well throw in Cheltenham!

Got to the end of episode 4 of Slow Horses with Gary Oldman on Apple TV, only to find it's one of those old fashioned series where you have to wait a week in between episodes. Ugh.

It's an MI5 drama in which the name Slow Horses is used to describe a division of MI5 where they send those agents who have screwed up on some way. Slow is on itself a derivation of Slough as they call it Slough House because it may as well be in Slough for all the concern that the rest of MI5 gives it.

Having worked in Slough, I definitely get that analogy.

Gary Oldman may just be the greatest actor of his generation and he raises the entire thing by its nutsack from mediocrity to entertaining.

If you're anal about plot holes and continuity errors like I can be, you may find some parts irritating, but it's worth watching just for Oldman and quite a lot of fun.

And to come up from League Two?

It's a sad state of affairs when the second score I look for is Exeters and then Plymouth. 
 

Living  in Cornwall, I'm hoping Exeter  come up and Plymouth stay where they are as both are about an hour for me. If I can get tickets that is, Exeter only holds just over 8k in total. 

2 hours ago, 86 Hair Islands said:

Can give a good word for The Outfit - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14114802/

A decent story, told well, with Rylance quietly excellent in the role of a master cutter threatened by the mob.  Worth a watch once networked.

We wanted a break from Slow Horses and have spent half an hour this afternoon looking for something we'd not seen and wanted to. I clicked through for this and got all excited until it dawned on me what you had said about it being newtworked.

Cant seem to see it at the cinema or on TV, what gives and do I have to go back to Slow Horses?

BTW, I cannot work myself up into a lather about The Power of the Dog, can anybody convince me otherwise?

Coda - winner of best movie at the Oscars on Apple TV

Full of cliches, obvious jokes and tells the hero's journey story about 19 times in under 2 hours.

And it's absolutely brilliant.

Laugh out loud funny in parts too which I wasn't expecting.

Paul Goddard/10

On 12/04/2022 at 09:33, Mostyn6 said:

I thought there was a Documentaries thread, but I cannot find it.

Watched the Netflix Jimmy Savile documentary last night. It's inconceivable to me that he got away with what he did. The current term "Red Flag" fits in quite appropriately with his behaviour. Its an astounding documentary, albeit angering, frustrating and emotive.

Well worth a watch. Amazing how many times he alludes to "my case is Next Thursday!".

Look out for Absolute DJ Richie Firth making a cameo.

Did it air the John Lydon interview where he outs him?

4 hours ago, CWC1983 said:

Having done 4 series of the Wire over the last couple of months I've switched to Top Boy on Netflix this week. 

I've only watched the 1st series but its really good. 

 

It gets better and better. Netflx did an amazing job of improving on something that was already brilliant. 

4 hours ago, Mostyn6 said:

over a career maybe, but not in a Derby shirt. In my conscious years as a football fan, Poom was far and away the best Goalkeeper to play for Derby. He's not far off being the best player Derby have had during my life time.

Shilton is a legend, but his better and best years were behind him by the time he came to Derby. Bizarre the England didn't have decent keepers to challenge him. Gary Bailey's injuries ruined him. Woods played in a pub league so struggled against decent opposition. Seaman wasn't yet at his peak, and the only other noted English keepers around that time were Beasant, Pressman, Lukic, Spink and Sealey

Name me a great keeper who was beating out other great keepers for England.

He was number 1 for over two decades. 

I'm not saying his best days weren't behind him, but he was still exceptional.

I didn't go admittedly, but I remember Graham Richards saying his performance away at Newcastle was the greatest goalkeeping perofmance he had ever seen.

And no way was Graham prone to hyperbole!

5 hours ago, IslandExile said:

Means nothing.

Kevin Hector 2 sub appearances.

Charlie George, 1 cap and hauled off.

Not a good system to judge.

I think playing for a national team like England a record amount of times and over a 20 year period says something personally.

But hey, that's just me.

Charlie was the architect of his own downfall, his talent was never in question. Kevin, who I loved, was borderline international calibre. He probably should have had a few more cpas and would have done in this day and age with the way they rotate players. But it was more scandalous to Derby fans than football fans.

I don't remember CB ever seriously being in the conversation to usurp Banks, Shilton or Clemence tbh. In fact, I'm pretty sure Bonetti was much more highly regarded by most fans not supporting the Rams.

I bet if you asked 100 pros from the 70s to name the best keeper of that period, maybe 1 would mention Colin Boulton.

And that would be Colin Boulton.

Him, Roy Mac, and Ronnie Webster were friends with my old man, so I love him, and would love to agree because he was a very good keeper, but Shilts, even by the time he came to Derby, was still better.

Of course, it's all just opinions anyway.

On 04/04/2022 at 11:01, Anon said:

Also people=people is an utterly worthless platitude. In emergency situations women and children are usually prioritised for obvious reasons. They are less likely to be able to look after and provide for themselves.

It's very little to do with that. So it's not that obvious. At least not to you.

They're not implanting the Birkenhead Drill that came from a sense of moral obligation because women and children were thought to be weaker (even though, all things being equal, teenage girls are the most likely to survive in everything from a car accident to a gas chamber). 

This is more about rebuilding a country.

With people.

On 03/04/2022 at 13:10, BaaLocks said:

Stalin apparently believed Netherlands and Holland were two different countries and nobody had the guts to tell him otherwise

Ted Lasso struggled with England and Wales both being in the UK.

19 hours ago, TigerTedd said:

To be fair, poty tends to go to the player that’s tried the hardest and put a shift in consistently, not necessarily the most glamorous or obvious players. So it’s not that surprising. 

Agreed, Peter Daniel was great stepping in for Roy Mac, but no way was he better than Toddy.

And fwiw and imho, Peter Shilton was a class above Colin Boulton and a fair bit better than Mart Poom.

Both the latter two were good keepers.

Shilton had 125 caps for England, CB 0.

That many managers over that length of time aren't wrong.

And if not for Clemence and the stupid swapping each game, Shilts would have been up around 175.

35 minutes ago, Bilbo said:

Gigs I've got coming up - 

Everything Everything
Foals
Blondie / Johnny Marr
Bloc Party
Kate Nash
Lorde
The Music / The Cribs
Liam Gallagher
Isle of Wight Festival
Sam Fender
Biffy Clyro

I saw Bloc Party play at The Beachem in Orlando around 2012/13. 

Wasn't super familiar with them, but they were good.

On 24/03/2022 at 13:51, Carl Sagan said:

Did the Buzzcocks at the Garage in Islington about three weeks back. Fantastic - they really enjoyed themselves and so did the audience.

Then it was over to the Royal Albert Hall last week for two sets from OMD, the first their early work they never get to play, and then the second was a "greatest hits" set.

A couple of days later Cleopatrick played a secret intimate gig (100 tickets only) in a pub in Shoreditch. I did worry the floor might give way with everyone bouncing up and down!

Coming up it's The War in Drugs and probably Warmduscher.

Edit: Oh and I forgot about Wolf Alice at the Hammersmith Apollo who were so so.

Saw The Buzzcocks at the Top Rank in Sheffield in 1979. Best band I've ever seen live.

Brilliant chemistry between Diggle and Shelley. 

It didn't harm that Joy Division were the support band mind you.

Pete Shelley was a hero of mine, not only a brilliant lyricist, but a really nice down-to-earth guy.

I'd still go and see them, but few bands come out here. Having to travel to London to see The Damned in October and Birmingham to see The Cure in December. 

I've watched the first 2 episodes of the lfinal series of Peaky Blinders.

Does it get better?

It's not horrible, but I'm not sure I'd stick with it if I'd not watched the first 5. Certainly not even close to that standard and seems all a bit self-indulgent.

18 hours ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

Just started watching Top Boy Summerhouse. You lot better not bloody spoil anything!

The Butler got away with it.

17 hours ago, Mostyn6 said:

The butler did it

On 31/03/2022 at 23:03, sage said:

 

That was the track that got me into The Undertones.

I must have heard Teenage Kicks on Peel as it was his all-time fave track and I listened to him religiously, but Get Over You had me running out to buy the album and going to see then at Top Rank in Sheffield.

But I think my favourite by them was:

I just knew this thread would descend into people giving lists.

I started a record shop purely because I loved music so much and I listen to at least 4 hours of Spotify per day with very little being nostalgic stuff (that I do still love btw), so no way am I going to say one track.

According to Spotify this track is the one I listened to more than any last year, but I'd be stunned if anybody in this thread has ever heard of Eris Drew.

I'm a sucker for this kind of spoken word sample on trippy tracks.

1 hour ago, Mostyn6 said:

 

I want to know what happened to some of the kids from Summerhouse seasons! 

Ra'nell for example.

8 minutes ago, 86 Hair Islands said:

Been brilliant right from the get-go. Kano is annoyingly talented. Season 5 is confirmed and will be the final chapter. Should be a belter.

Yeh Kano is really charismatic too. There's talk of Idris Elba being in the 5th series.