Smalley Ram

Signed - don't disagree with gambling as a thing but hate that it is advertised to such an extent it is normalised

Oh go on then:
Always annoyed me that they missed Mel’s goal.

This…..Saunders and Goddard best pairing I’ve had the pleasure of seeing, lasted all too briefly sadly with Goddard wanting to move back to London. I remember Saunders debut from the top tier of the Ozzie end ?what a way to announce yourself how we could do with that pairing now!

It’s all very quiet on Byrne at the moment. He is some player and would be a huge asset in this league. If it hadn’t been for Curtis being ever present and such a hero that he would have been POTS. So consistent in both attack and defence. You couldn’t blame him for taking an offer that could well equate to double wages - I’d say good luck lad and thanks for the Sterling efforts, but I would love it somehow he re signs. I know it’s unlikely. I’d still love to know sooner rather than later. 

Massive, massive, massive. IMO Davies is one of the best leaders of men the club has ever had. He exemplifies what a professional is. 
I’m absolutely delighted with the business we’ve done so far considering where we were not 2 weeks ago. 
whoever’s lined these players up and convinced others to stay needs a bloody big pat on the back. 
ive got that buzz back again and it feels ******* fantastic!

Rangers? That's the "abroad" offer then..!

This year's Kevin Wilson?

Feel these guys need their own recognition threads. Feel like transfers as they could have gone elsewhere but chose to stay with us.  

Sounds like a keeper

Love the letter he's written, which you can find on p.12 of the Daily Updates thread. Gives confidence that we're in good hands. Thank you very much, DC.
Edit: decided it didn't do any harm to add it here.

Too soon

Too soon

Too soon

Staring out the window whilst I should be furiously typing reports and delivering excellence (etc) unless it's after half five. In which case loafing on the sofa watching people ride motorbikes round and round the isle of man .

Who ?

Have you considered Davis was a very good player but was surrounded by even better players?

I quite agree.  Back in the day if you saw Steve Nicholson or Gerald Mortimers name on something you treated it as gospel. ? All the best Steve!  

First we'll peel them with our little metal knives , arr arr arr ! (You have to be a certain age )

The evil swines - perhaps we could teach them a lesson by not driving in the bus lane.....

Post of the year as from one  who has watched since 1970 ???

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.

A bit of a summary of the Q & A on Twitter. He sounds ok to me and I feel someone is trying to put him down.
https://theramswriter.wordpress.com/2022/04/09/kirchner-this-isnt-a-hobby-we-are-here-to-build-something-special/?fbclid=IwAR2UQtbh2DO1I0Nd7W99FxWv1_if00EKyj55TlonGHstoCNzjUtXAw5YUYg

It follows the 19th century Oxbridge slang of shortening words like “brekkers” for “breakfast” so that Rugby Football became “rugger” and Association Football became at first “assocer” and then “soccer” . I’m old enough to remember in the 50s when soccer was used almost as much as football and quite a few footy magazines were called “Soccer Star” and “Soccer Review”. The USA used soccer to differentiate it from American football 

Anyone who says they change allegiance to a club surely isn’t being truthful. You just can’t, it’s in your make up, bad days, good days, underdogs, favourites etc etc.