Bob The Badger

He has zero to do with the issues we now find ourselves in, but he has acted with utter class.
He's had no money and is playing a number of players he knows aren't good enough (at least at the moment) without a word of complaint publicly.
He's just got on with his job and tried to get this team playing decent football with one hand tied behind his back, wearing lead boots and being made to wear a balaclava the wrong way around.
And then he hears about going into administration on TV like the rest of us and rather than whining or walking out he gets on with his job.
I really like what I'm seeing, especially when you consider he's in his first year of management and the second youngest boss in the entire football league.
He should have control of this team if/when he has money to spend, or at the very least until the end of this season.
If he does walk or get pushed, I for one will be bitterly disappointed.

He has zero to do with the issues we now find ourselves in, but he has acted with utter class.
He's had no money and is playing a number of players he knows aren't good enough (at least at the moment) without a word of complaint publicly.
He's just got on with his job and tried to get this team playing decent football with one hand tied behind his back, wearing lead boots and being made to wear a balaclava the wrong way around.
And then he hears about going into administration on TV like the rest of us and rather than whining or walking out he gets on with his job.
I really like what I'm seeing, especially when you consider he's in his first year of management and the second youngest boss in the entire football league.
He should have control of this team if/when he has money to spend, or at the very least until the end of this season.
If he does walk or get pushed, I for one will be bitterly disappointed.

This is the most important thing we can do. Create some income to limit redundancies and player sales, make us attractive to purchasers and support the team.
If you haven't got a season ticket, buy a match ticket. 
If you have a got a season ticket , encourage a mate to come or if you can afford it, gift a ticket to a mate. 
Encourage friends and family to come. 
If you can afford it and know someone who can't afford to go, gift them a ticket for this game.
If you live too far away and can afford it, gift a mate or family member from home,
If you are thinking of coming and have kids, bring them along.
Do whatever we can to fill the ground v Reading.
We've been let down but now it's our time, our time to stand up and save our club.
   

I loved the time in the 3rd going to so many away games and filling the smaller grounds.
BUT, I think the season under Jim Smith when we went on was slightly better.
I put a bus on from Matlock to Sunderland and we filled it in hours, so we ended up taking two.
Great days!

He has zero to do with the issues we now find ourselves in, but he has acted with utter class.
He's had no money and is playing a number of players he knows aren't good enough (at least at the moment) without a word of complaint publicly.
He's just got on with his job and tried to get this team playing decent football with one hand tied behind his back, wearing lead boots and being made to wear a balaclava the wrong way around.
And then he hears about going into administration on TV like the rest of us and rather than whining or walking out he gets on with his job.
I really like what I'm seeing, especially when you consider he's in his first year of management and the second youngest boss in the entire football league.
He should have control of this team if/when he has money to spend, or at the very least until the end of this season.
If he does walk or get pushed, I for one will be bitterly disappointed.

He has zero to do with the issues we now find ourselves in, but he has acted with utter class.
He's had no money and is playing a number of players he knows aren't good enough (at least at the moment) without a word of complaint publicly.
He's just got on with his job and tried to get this team playing decent football with one hand tied behind his back, wearing lead boots and being made to wear a balaclava the wrong way around.
And then he hears about going into administration on TV like the rest of us and rather than whining or walking out he gets on with his job.
I really like what I'm seeing, especially when you consider he's in his first year of management and the second youngest boss in the entire football league.
He should have control of this team if/when he has money to spend, or at the very least until the end of this season.
If he does walk or get pushed, I for one will be bitterly disappointed.

He has zero to do with the issues we now find ourselves in, but he has acted with utter class.
He's had no money and is playing a number of players he knows aren't good enough (at least at the moment) without a word of complaint publicly.
He's just got on with his job and tried to get this team playing decent football with one hand tied behind his back, wearing lead boots and being made to wear a balaclava the wrong way around.
And then he hears about going into administration on TV like the rest of us and rather than whining or walking out he gets on with his job.
I really like what I'm seeing, especially when you consider he's in his first year of management and the second youngest boss in the entire football league.
He should have control of this team if/when he has money to spend, or at the very least until the end of this season.
If he does walk or get pushed, I for one will be bitterly disappointed.

He has zero to do with the issues we now find ourselves in, but he has acted with utter class.
He's had no money and is playing a number of players he knows aren't good enough (at least at the moment) without a word of complaint publicly.
He's just got on with his job and tried to get this team playing decent football with one hand tied behind his back, wearing lead boots and being made to wear a balaclava the wrong way around.
And then he hears about going into administration on TV like the rest of us and rather than whining or walking out he gets on with his job.
I really like what I'm seeing, especially when you consider he's in his first year of management and the second youngest boss in the entire football league.
He should have control of this team if/when he has money to spend, or at the very least until the end of this season.
If he does walk or get pushed, I for one will be bitterly disappointed.

I started going to watch Derby properly in 1984 when we had just been relegated to the old Division 3 (League One in modern parlance)
In the light of current events,  I wanted to start a thread to offer some positivity around the very high likelihood of our relegation this season
I'm sure there is a high percentage of posters who weren't even born back then and have no idea what it was like to playing in tier 3, but I'm here to tell you that it was a fantastic experience
Derby fans came together like never before and relished the status of being a big fish in a small pond, the fallen giants - every other  team's cup final, the one they wanted to beat
Atmosphere on the Popside was better than ever, away games were brilliant adventures to new places 
Players grew in confidence week after week as the team started to coalesce, with the realisation that we had the beating of anyone in the division if we stuck together
Because at the end of the day - it doesn't actually matter what league you are in, you're watching a football game, and in that moment - the passion is just the same
So come on old timers - share your memories of those years 84-86 in Division 3 for the nippers
 

I would *imagine* that anybody interested in buying the club knows what you/we know.
IOW, they will be keen because the price will be so low, to close the deal before then and hold onto young talent to protect their investment of a quid, or whatever it is.

I guess your scenario could happen, but I doubt it will.

I would *imagine* that anybody interested in buying the club knows what you/we know.
IOW, they will be keen because the price will be so low, to close the deal before then and hold onto young talent to protect their investment of a quid, or whatever it is.

I guess your scenario could happen, but I doubt it will.

I would *imagine* that anybody interested in buying the club knows what you/we know.
IOW, they will be keen because the price will be so low, to close the deal before then and hold onto young talent to protect their investment of a quid, or whatever it is.

I guess your scenario could happen, but I doubt it will.

Absolutely. We have to remember that Administrators are very keen to maintain incomes as well as mitigate costs. Giving players away just to get them off the wage bill makes very little commercial sense and would be an absolute last resort.

Unfortunately the late Sean Lock, about 10 yrs ago in the Darwin suite. He was just off and I can't recall whether this happened before or after one of the audience make a big fuss of puking everywhere during the performance. 

My mate drowned in a boating accident.
We had a wreath made in the shape of a life belt because, well, we thinks that's what he would have wanted.
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My brother says he's always having to tighten his belt.
Then again, he is a heroin addict
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If you don't have kids hire a babysitter before a night out.
When they arrive say he's asleep upstairs in bed and not to wake him
Then when you get back, go upstairs and scream 'where's my baby'
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The people next door to me have made a sex tape.
Obviously, they don't know it yet.
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The president of France said that the English are arrogant with their refusal to learn foreign languages; at least, I think that’s what he said…  it all just sounded like “haw-he-haw-he-haw-he-haw"
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As a family we couldn't decide whether to have grandma buried or cremated… in the end, we let her live.
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You give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; but you teach a man to fish – saved yourself a fish haven’t you?
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All from Gary Delaney's Gary in Punderland book. There are 1,000 jokes in that book and they are the only clean ones I can remember.

I've probably seen over 100 professional comedians and rarely do they let you down, but these did.

Chris Rock - just ranted about his divorce
Lewis Black - just ranted full stop
Bill Maher - just ranted about Trump
Bit of a theme here.

Patrick Kielty - absolutely brilliant callback at the end, but up until then a bit plodding
Jim Norton - left halfway through, totally bored
I wouldn't have though Black and Norton are that well known here, but they're pretty big in the US and Black sold out a big venue for two shows.

Super sad.
It wasn't but a few months ago that somebody I know got a cameo vid for his car dealership done by him, it was hysterical.
Rest in peace John Challis, you will always be Boycie to me and millions of others.
https://news.sky.com/story/john-challis-only-fools-and-horses-actor-dies-from-cancer-aged-79-12412139

Mel actually said over £200m i think

Super sad.
It wasn't but a few months ago that somebody I know got a cameo vid for his car dealership done by him, it was hysterical.
Rest in peace John Challis, you will always be Boycie to me and millions of others.
https://news.sky.com/story/john-challis-only-fools-and-horses-actor-dies-from-cancer-aged-79-12412139

I think @Eatonramsaid £200m and was ridiculed.
Quite honestly, he deserves ridiculing, but apparently not for that.

Those slamming Mel should pause for a moment to think about his intentions.
I do not - for a minute - think he's intended to run the club down.
He has spent millions, not to run the club into debt, but to chase the dream. We all supported that chase.
Even though he's managed things badly, which he admits, I do believe that he genuinely thinks the only way he can get new owners in is to put the club into administration.
I'm very far from happy about that, actually been crying about it, but I think it's sincere on his part.

If we listen to it are we allowed to talk about if afterwards or is there a NDA online that listeners have to sign? 

I used to watch him on Saint and Greavsie always put a funny spin on things. I’ll always remember him slating Scottish Goalkeepers. 

I'd have gone to see him if the wife liked him, but the closest he gets to us is over an hour away and can't be bothered to drive on my own.

We did see Jonathan Pie a couple of weeks ago (excellent) and have tickets to see Frank Skinner and Jimmy Carr in Plymouth next month.

Boy George is in hospital after being but by his lizard 5 times.
Doctors have advised him to get a calmer chameleon