Alph

27 minutes ago, curtains said:

Thorne and Wiemann injured at the moment. 

Hopefully will improve us on their return. 

Alpha all teams have injuries .

Shouldnt be an excuse. 

Where were Derby before we added Martin and Omar and to Thorne and Eustace? And afterwards? 

19 minutes ago, curtains said:

Vydra and Wilson will score goals .

Then what we you say. 

Chris Martin has scored more than both of them put together. I quite like Vydra but he won't score many with the service we currently attempt to provide. Unless most of his goals are from 40 yards? 

But if they do play well and score then i'd say they played well and scored...

6 minutes ago, curtains said:

My point is rose tinted glasses as regards McClaren days at Derby. 

Yes the  first season was good up to Wembley .

After that Derby were distinctly average with expensive loans such as Lingard etc Top 3 for most the season until injuries (read the thread? Is top 3 average?

This season we are in transition with Pearson and Powell searching  for their  best team and performances . Transition to what? It's been really poor so far which is why people are saying "it's been poor"

5 games have been tough against Brighton and Villa at home both draws but what would we expect I'd say that's what we would expect. Preston, Barnsley, Burton, Grimsby and Carlisle sound alright to me. And Villa aren't too hot. They were smashed down from the PL easily and have been little better than us so far. We aren't even creating chances

Away games against  newly promoted teams in Burton and Barnsley which we lost not so good but we did beat Preston away which was welcome. 

Beat Grimsby and Carlisle in the Cup better than previous seasons.  We were knocked out the FA Cup with 10 men v Reading after we got caught on the counter, We lost 2 cup games to Chelsea and 1 to Man United. Clement lost to Pompey last season in r1.

I think we are just about on track with new signings yet to  have an impact in Wilson and Vydra. 

Hopefully more signings to come to improve the team tomorrow. 

25 minutes ago, curtains said:

No worse than some of the games under McClaren.  

Rotherham away 3-0 down at half time and imploding. 

Got it back to 3-3 after 3 halftime substitutions one of them being Lingard 

21 minutes ago, curtains said:

McClaren times. 

Couldn't defend for toffee. 

I'm not sure of the point you're making

It's still been crap. Honest.

17 minutes ago, curtains said:

The inference is it's all gone wrong. 

Lets just consider for one moment that we might do well this season. We might do great and even get promoted. 

Yeah. We might. Not ruled it out.

But even if we beat Newcastle 15-0. Anybody who said what we've done so far has been crap would still be spot on. 

44 minutes ago, curtains said:

Wristslashers rule

Where were they pre season and after Pearson was appointed 

Where were what? The criticism of all the recruitment?

Been posts about that since Bent and Weimann joined

Or where was the criticism of Pearson? I seen a few say they weren't keen on him. But are you asking for people to criticise his tactics and selections before we've seen the team?

Shall we all criticise The Rams performances in January 2020?

Much needed post @sage

Too easily people are saying "433 didn't work" and "players are bottlers" but so much more went on this season. 

Omar was alright but he was a total hot head. So eager to press and chase (which is what gets fans cheering because they're stupid) that he too often left us exposed. And like you say, Cyrus is crazy. He's either a really crap good player or a really good crap player. He's so up and down that I can't decide if I rate him or hate him.

That goal v Forest was disgusting. More so than the first Brum goal.

A Grant goal kick. Hoofed long to Bent. And as soon as the ball flies over the halfway line 6 players are gone. Can't remember who won the header for Forest but it put 6 players out the game. Then Omar committed suicide. 1 header from their own half put Forest on through on goal. 

I loved how many players Mac used to get beyond the ball. But this was just poor decision making. But there's been little to no danger of it happening since... Or scoring much.

Many asked for a Plan B. But the problem is one we're seeing now. We've got so many options but very little depth to cover any specific system. 

McClaren was very unlucky to lose all 3 DM's. Eustace and Thorne just knew that role. They took so much ***** work off the other 2 midfielders. 

The other mistake Mac made was the tinkering of the defence.

We'd already lost Thorne, Eustace, Martin. So our spine had taken a blow. Then he seemed to set about systematically destroying confidence.

By tinkering with the defence we started to see the worst of Forsyth. Cyrus had broken completely. Then Whitbread, Shotton and Buxton couldn't get settled. Kept getting traded all over the place. And Keogh never knew who his partners would be. He even appeared at RB himself 

Then to kick a team that's down we had all the speculation and panic around Newcastle. 

The lessons to learn from this season were blatant. And I wish Mac had been here longer to show if he can learn. I wish we'd spent £25m on just a Thorne and Martin with a good defender thrown in. Maybe loan a winger because Mac was really good with wingers. He didn't like them to play 90mins and if we had what he called "a full back game" then he gave himself all kinds of options. Dawkins was a great slowly slowly catchy monkey alternative for building play. Ward and Russell very much for exploding play. Ibe for ridiculous ability to go through defenders with the ball. Far more direct than anyone else. No going around them. Through them!! He was improving too. 

So much to take from this season. So much to build on 

29 minutes ago, SaintRam said:

Are you on Steam? 

Yeah Saint. 

mike13985

play at weird times though cus I work nights

9 minutes ago, BondJovi said:

I was online with a mate on Diablo 3...I was heard talking about some legendary pants I found. I couldn't explain my excitement very well.

They don't understand what we go through mate. How many times have we saved the world? Sometimes the galaxy? 

2 minutes ago, Anon said:

I have played a little, but it was quite a while ago on one of the earlier builds. I think it's a great survival game. I can't play too much though because I'm scared of zombies, even isometric ones.

A good graphic overhaul coming up. 

They added a nutrition system but still no vehicles. It's so slow developing. 

5 minutes ago, David said:

Today I've sat around waiting for a golden poo so not as exciting tbh

What did you eat??

1 minute ago, BondJovi said:

Well. That sounds excellent.

I know right! 

My missus soooo doesn't get it. I think she's a secret Warden. I'm a Colonial you see. The look of disgust on her face I wouldn't be surprised if she'd spent all night building that factory base while I was at work. 

The Colonials need YOU

6 minutes ago, David said:

How do you know if you're not playing it?.....

 

Today I build a network of foxholes around Hamlet and main base and lead a team of 6 to assault the factory at f15. We fought our way through them and found a weak spot in their defences. Got onto factory roof and looked over their whole camp. Called for mortars but nobody could reach me. So I started picking them off one by one until they dropped mortars on me. 

That's my life mate. Standard day. 

What did you do? Wash pots? 

6 hours ago, Anon said:

I've been playing a lot of Prison Architect. It's a really neat, well done private prison simulator. You can construct anything from a Swedish style holiday camp/reform centre to a hellish death trap. I just executed my first death row inmate last night. Turns out he was innocent, but because I'd followed all the regulations I still got my 10k. That's justice!

Always been tempted but never played. Probably will now then. 

Have you ever played Project Zomboid? Or not your thing? 

7 hours ago, SaintRam said:

That's that weird isometric defense building third person shooter, right? 

Yeah, and I love it!! 

No knobbers on it so far. People actually work together. Really good.

Playing a game called Foxhole. A prototype not yet in early access and totally addicted to the *****. 

6 hours ago, Animal is a Ram said:

Wasn't expecting it to be easy, but certainly wasn't expecting it to be this difficult.

He's been in and out of Royal Derby, mostly due to post-chemo infections, but they finally seem to have the right blend of painkillers and anti-emetics for him.

It just seems to be that it looks like he's turning a corner, then something else trips him up. 

Him losing heart and fight is starting to take its toll, not helped by poor 'customer service' by RDH.

don't know what to say Animal but keep grinding on, mate. 

Easier said than done but you have to keep plugging away. 

I thought we had a great health service. But there's no room for "poor customer service" in that game. It's not on mate. Hope you guys get a break from somewhere. There's still some saints working there I'm sure. You need some good luck ffs

On 14/06/2016 at 15:08, Animal is a Ram said:

Sorry if this upsets anyone, but I just felt I had to get it down somewhere and this felt the best place for it. I was also wondering if there was anyone else who had been through similar, who could share their experience of the big C.

It's been a tough month.

My girlfriend's dad was diagnosed with lung cancer about a month ago. Since then its been setbacks and balls ups all over.

Monday, he was due to have his lung removed, after a bronchoscopy, at Nottingham City Hospital. They then had to refill a lengthy consent form out because the original one was for a child, anaesthetist needed him to have an echocardiogram at short notice, thus turning a 8.00am procedure start into a 12.30pm start.

At about 6, we then had the news that they couldn't remove the lung, as the size and location made it more risky than they first thought. Quite why this didn't show on the bronchoscopy, or any of the numerous CT/PET is beyond my knowledge. He will now be referred back to the Derby oncologist for a chemo/radiotherapy to shrink the tumour, to then have a second attempt at removing the lung.

To make matters worse, having already incised from shoulder to hip on his back, they then got his pain relieving epidural wrong.

We are gutted, confused, angry, and losing heart. Fortunately, he isn't, bless him.

 

How's everyone getting on Animal?

On 30/06/2016 at 02:01, reveldevil said:

My mother in law passed away yesterday evening, when it's less raw I'll maybe post more on the subject of end of life care, and the frankly shocking way some doctors treated her towards the end.

One thing I will say, the care and support shown by the nursing staff at the hospital, not just to her, but the family has made a difficult time so much easier.

I've heard them called angels many times in the past, but having witnessed the care they provide first hand, it's an appropriate tag.

Truly a credit to the NHS, each and every one of them .

Sorry to hear this revel

All the best dude. 

8 hours ago, BondJovi said:

I only got a pair of 3/4s last summer. I have long legs, shorts on me tend to end up looking like I played in the 80s. I find them comfy and practical and they certainly don't make me feel, or look like, a chav.

Ewe Ram don't know us mate. 

We can make shizzle look cool like what Beckham does. 

3/4 lengths are kool. Fact! 

3 hours ago, AmericanRam said:

I think Last of Us 2 will come out at some point; was a huge hit for both Sony and Naughty Dog, and was a very good game. Very much looking forward to new Mass Effect as well.

 

Hope so AR. They knocked out 4 Uncharted games and TLOU was better in every way.

Will there ever be The Last Of Us 2?!? 

Wanting to play No Man's Sky, Mass Effect Andromeda, Kingdom Come Deliverance and Ghost Recon Wildlands. 

I heard DayZ is headed for PS4? Jesus! They wanna try fixing the pc version first. 

People bought it based on its potential. It's managed to get worse never mind stand still for years. 

oh, Days Gone looks promising

23 minutes ago, bigbadbob said:

Wear knee length shorts

And flash my knees? You've got proper man legs innit?

1 hour ago, Ewe Ram said:

I posed this to a gaggle of my friends. I also added 'I'll bet that extra 4" of exposed leg keeps you so much cooler'. This was met with derision. I am informed that on ladies they are not only smart but they allow one to show off ones expensive shoes. On men they're just chavvy 

What about on holiday?

I've got rubbish chicken legs but I don't want to wear trousers 

I ain't no chav, blud

3 hours ago, BondJovi said:

This one is for @Alpha

Driving from Sheffield along Baslow road, I saw sprayed on the road.. "BMWs are ****". I can't help but feel they mean the drivers of such cars rather than the vehicles themselves.

People who start to change lanes, pull in front of you and decide to signal after nearly completing the maneuver when you have no choice but stop or slow down for them. Indicators...to indicate your intentions not to confirm the crap I just saw!

I'd shake the hand of the artist. Wonderfully put. 

I pulled straight out on somebody the other day. Right in front of them. Not often I make mistakes on the road but I realised that all the gestures for saying sorry also mean "thank you"

How do you say sorry.

It was really close. I feel bad. But when a Pokémon is nearby it seems daft to let it get away

Retirement in the end. What was up with Wilder's arm? 

No chance he'll get a Brit fight this year. 

It'll be spring 2017. Bet Joshua will give him a go next summer if he can get through Parker and then the bigger risk Stiverne comfortably