Bob The Badger

18 minutes ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

Good post. Taking coke doesn’t instantly turn people into nobheads. Some people can handle it, some can’t. Just like alcohol, though I’d imagine a higher proportion of pre-existing nobheads take coke than drink alcohol.

I still think the distasteful chants are caused by young lads not knowing where the line is.

Or rather, knowing where the line is, but it's on a toilet seat that their mate just left. 

Yikes a quick search would seem to suggest I'm utterly wrong and coke is a big problem at games @angieram although the only two decent articles require registration to read.

where do they get the moeny?!!

24 minutes ago, angieram said:

I have seen several people refer to this. Is cocaine a casual thing, then? 

I don't know anyone who has ever taken it. Maybe because I am old. Is it easy to detect/prevent?

The problem with coke is it highlights peoples flaws and makes them more confident to not worry about those flaws, a bit like alcohol without being blindingly obvious to other people or eventually falling over.

Not that I ever took it in my clubbing days, but er, if I had, it would have made me more likely to hug people than get aggressive.

But that isn't always the case and I know people who took it and became super arrogant and aggressive. And if people take it in a group of dicks, they're going to become a dick too.

It would definitely account for what is being discussed, and it's highly doubtful anybody who has never taken it would know from dickish behaviour. 

Having said all that, it's expensive (at least it was I'm told) to the point that Sting once said 'Cocaine is Gods way of telling you that you have too much money' so I doubt a LLOT of people can afford it. But I could be wrong.

On 25/09/2021 at 00:42, Ramslad1992 said:

Anyone on here off to the falcons vs jets game? 

I'm so bummed that the Rams played so many games in London when I was living in the US and now none for the foreseeable future.

Going to see another team just doesn't sit right with me when I so want to go to So-Fi.

Just now, jimbo jones said:

Well, Cardinals shouldn't be, not that I'm still annoyed by last week or anything...

I only saw a bit tbf, but that one play where their entire secondary wasn't even visible on the TV was pretty horrible.

Murray is an enigma, he doesn't worry me in terms of being a dominating QB, but he can looks great in bursts.

Not sure what's happening with the Vikes because that division is sat there for the taking.

I'll certainly be pulling for you today.

Admins, I'm wondering if it's possible to have a new thread after each game where people who went (or even watched it on TV) can post a match report. Not a one-liner or just rating each player, but a thoughtful summary. It would be cool to get to know about the ebbs and flows, missed chances, and what the support was like (especially for away games) etc.

I was busy all day yesterday and scrolling through the thread to find bits of value after the event was difficult. I ended up having to call @Eatonram and that's always my last resort.

I for one much prefer to read the thoughts of intelligent and knowledgeable Rams supporters than two paragraphs on a news site telling me what I already know.

i know you like to try and merge threads, but I honestly think this would be popular and you can limit it to just posts on the game and not reactions to posts or name-calling.

Maybe you tried it and it didn't work, or maybe it's too much admin work, but I'd love to know if others are as keen to read more on the actual game and different viewpoints as I am.

If they don't and I'm an outlier, then I shall just sulk in my sett.

On 20/09/2021 at 06:33, Van der MoodHoover said:

Lot of really close scores this week. Rams appear to be setting the pace in their division. 

Not many 2-0 records around... 

There are 3 in our division which is looking increasingly brutal!

On 20/09/2021 at 11:39, Ambitious said:

Rams and Bucs last season proved to be the turning point for Brady & Co. 

Goff came into their house, put the offense on his back and led the Rams to the win. He outplayed Brady in every sense of the word and it seemed to piss of their organisation enough that they ended up ripping everything up, going into the bye week, then came out a completely different side. 

I think the Bucs will be well up for a 'put-right' performance, but (special teams aside) we've looked good on both sides of the ball. We've still got a bit of development to go, but we're at a good level at the moment. 

Rams are slightly favoured for the game next week. I'm going to back the Bucs as a safety bet, but it's going to be one hell of a game! 

Wasn't there some stories that Brady refused to shake Goff's hand after that one?

It will be a tough one, but because they have had so few changes to their starters I feel like they've started in mid-season form where our D is still finding its feet.

If the Rams can pull this one out of the bag I'll be impressed and we'll need (another) big game from #99 and #5!

46 minutes ago, Coconut's Beard said:

New and improved recipe

Fun size

Sharing bag 

Speaking of sharing bags, when did grab bags become a thing? I'm sure they didn't exist when I left for the US in 2006.

What does it even mean?

I usually just pick them up normally.

Unless there's a crisp shortage, in which case I grab like my life depends on it and horde them. 

4 hours ago, G_Kinkladze said:

£5 to that man! Or Derby County Football Club, both worth about the same at the moment!

A boat rolls inward in a turn and a ship outward (which looks a little bizarre!) owing to the centre of gravity.

I think your Scouser mate was just being a Scouser because some serious maritime sites can't agree on a definition.

12 hours ago, Eddie said:

Isn't it all to do with the position of the centre of gravity in relation to the upper deck level?

I actually looked it up and it seems there isn't a literal definition just lots of people arguing about it and it would seem that the easiest way to think about is that a boat can fit on a ship can carry a boat but a boat cannot carry a ship.

I'd like to see somebody try and get this 570 foot monster onto a ship. 

Almost as good as Phil McCann 

Not sure if this belongs in here, the Covid thread or any thread about Mel Morris tbf.

Finished the 5th season of the increasingly excellent Bosch do decided for a change for a week and watched the aforementioned Vigil.

The first episode was great, really sucked me in. I hope it can maintain that level.

You cannot liquidate a company that is in administration.

And it's almost impossible to sue one and win.

So maybe he's trying, but he won't do it.

Let's panic about everything else.

I have a soft spot for 'Our menu options have recently changed' because it would seem all companies do these days is change their menu options.

We are experiencing higher than normal call volume is a beauty too. My bank is literally experiencing higher than normal call volume every time I call - which does tend to have me thinking that the higher levels is really the norm, and not what they were getting in 1967.

But I think Sky are pulling out all the stops with an email I got the other day telling me that my programmes were handpicked. Of course they are.

3 hours ago, Pearl Ram said:

Extreme pressure or not, the taxman ain’t going away, you’d have to be completely gaga to think otherwise. Furthermore, he employed a CEO who would also be aware the taxman doesn’t go away. So kindly spare me the if you know what Morris was thinking guff it adds no strength to your feeble argument.

Just because you know very little about social psychology and decision-making doesn't make my argument feeble, it just means you don't understand it.

7 hours ago, Pearl Ram said:

One of the facts we do have at hand is he never paid the tax bill. At what point did think that would never come back to bite him on the arse ? 

Not sure if you're talking to me, but all I can offer is people (I mean all people, you and I included) can make strange and seemingly illogical decisions, especially when under extreme pressure.

So I have no clue on the answer to your question because I have no clue what the decision to not pay the bill was based on.

If you can let me know what MM was thinking then I can have a guess.

But even then it would only be a guess.

I'm sure others on this board know for a fact though.

 

2 hours ago, Jourdan said:

How about this one?

I once was lost

But now I am found

Was blind

But now I see

(repeat)

Then finish with:

Rooney Rooney Rooney Rooney Rooney Rooney

I have defended Mel Morris simply on the grounds that 95% of what has been going on has been hidden from us as fans.

It’s super easy to criticise people when you don’t have all the facts to hand.

I thought a personal investment of £200 million to try and get us back in the top flight deserved a bit of leeway.

I also found people doubting his fandom a bit pathetic to be honest.

He’s run this club poorly, but spending big bucks on players, offering high wages and moving on from managers who have big contracts is not the sign on a man who doesn’t desperately want success for his club.

For those of you who remember Maxwell, that was far worse in certain respects because he didn’t give a rats ass about Derby. Tthough time softens the memory and we always think the problems we’re experiencing now have never been so bad.

Nobody gets caught in a violent thunderstorm and goes home saying, that was the 7th worst thunderstorm I’ve ever experienced, it’s always the worst.

So I was prepared to sit on my hands and wait.

But his treatment of Rooney and the fact he never told him about administration means my fence-sitting days are over because that was despicable and I’m happy he’s effectively gone.

Having said that, I really hope Derby fans don’t hate on the guy. No matter how badly he’s handled this, I have no doubt his intentions were good for the club and the city. He was just not very good at running a football club and then couldn’t manage failure.

I’m not worried about going down and I hope if/when we do Rooney stays and we build some stability around a good crop of youngsters. And obviously, we take the red dogs with us.

As has been said before, to those of you not old enough to remember, we had a LOT of fun in the old third division days under Arfa.

Wolves went through administration and have done ok and Leicester seemed to have struggled on.

It seems all doom and gloom, but this will build a siege mentality with the club and us fans and we could end up thinking it was a good thing to start afresh.

1 hour ago, Brammie Steve said:

How about:-

A wab bap a Rooney he’s our Wayne Roo.

Tooty fruity Wayne Rooney,

He’s a beauty Our Rooney

We know he’s a Ram now yes indeed

Yes we all know he’s the one we need

Tooty fruity Wayne Rooney

A wab bab a Rooney

He’s our Wayne Roo!

Time to hand that resignation letter in mate because the bright lights are calling.

Do not waste such a God-give talent.

26 minutes ago, StarterForTen said:

He’s one of our own;

He’s one of our own;

He maybe a Scouser,

But he’s one of our own!

ROO-NEY. ROO-NEY. ROO-NEY. 

Brilliant!

9 hours ago, Ghost of Clough said:

But he isn't 'one of our own'.

Agree about not signing that song though

It's utter nonsense the one of our own malarkey imho.

This is professional sport and whereas some players are naturally more loyal because they are local, most move on because they're too good and want more money, or not good enough and the club doesn't need them.

Grealish still left a pretty big club in Villa because he wanted more from his JOB even though he'd been a Villa fan all his life.

Mason Bennett was one of our own until caught on camera saying ducking burn whilst driving past Pride Park.

If a player or member of staff is loyal to the club then he's one of our own.
 

10 hours ago, Rev said:

Sitting down to pee, just for a rest.

If I go for a pee in the night, and I do every night, sometimes twice, I always sit down.

As I don't want to turn the light it it avoids missing and getting grief from the missus.