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Or crowd surf?

I was a big fan of Cocu. He clearly had a plan. It took serious guts to pick the team he did in the league cup. I think had it been anyone other than Florest he wouldn't have got the flak he did. He gave youth minutes over experienced players. Had it not been for Covid, Bird, Knight and Sibley would have commanded big fees. He was exactly what those players needed, a good coach. I will maintain that he did a better (or at least equal job) as Lampard. We only scored 9 league goals fewer. However, luck and fate were against him for the second season. Will remain a what if for me.
Well. That says it all really. I didn't need to type all my previous posts. That'll do pig, that'll do.

We’re all going to need strepsils by the end of the match with all this singing 😲

This is me. Taken at the Barnsley match in Daniel’s shirt. 

I’ve always loved the Exeter City tribute to Adam Stansfield and I would really liked to have his son Jay here at Derby, but the modified song would be a great tribute to B4.
“We sing a song for our B4
And we will never let you go,
Cos you'll always be, At Derby with me” ….

Until the last week it has been a long time since I had been at a Derby Match. My Dad has said I’ve probably seen some of the best football so far this season. So, this thread is starting with genuine positivity from me, as my brother Daniel (B4) would also have done. This match means so much more to the Beavis family than any result. We want everyone to wave their scraves and flanges (not literally, ladies 🙈) and raise the roof for both DCFC and Daniel. Please share the details of the applause far and wide. 
I’m reliably told I need to predict a 3-0 win to Derby. 
My dad, Andy and I, will be in the east stand, stairway 35. We’ll be having a drink before the match and at halftime. Please do come and say hello. 
 
#COYR   #GetReadyToRoar  #BeMoreB4 

Maybe someone can adjust the number 8 before it's fixed to the shirt, by cutting vertically on the left hand side of the 8 and taking out the upper and lower bulges. You'd be left with a vertical straight edge on the left side. Maybe someone could go to the club shop with a pair of scissors and do it for them, if they can't do it?

I'm feeling really down and I need someone to cheer me up. I think we all do.
Where's B4 when you need him?
Gah, I miss him.

Do you mean 'Daniel' at the top as the name and 'B4' as the large number?
If you cannot find anywhere, maybe you could get the club shop to print '84' as the number.
Depending on what the '8' looks like, you could use a marker pen to convert it into a 'B'.

I very rarely comment on here. I very rarely view here in fact, I don’t know why… perhaps it can be just a little depressing here at times. Maybe I’m too much Mr. Grumpy. But I saw the news on Twitter on Sunday and immediately looked for this thread. And reading all the tributes really made cry, because whether we posted here 10 times per day, or 10 times per decade, we still all knew of B4. I wasn’t even going to comment, but gosh, sometimes a person you didn’t even know really gets to you. Sometimes you just see the person you wish you could be, and I know that B4 was the first to commiserate when any other forum member had a loss, so I just wanted to join the chorus of forum members in thanking B4 for his wonderful contributions, his passion, his positivity, and his brilliant outlook on life. He has contributed to DCFC life in a way that few of us fans ever will. B4, you will be sorely missed by many many people. Rest well.

I had been thinking I should post ahead of the Bristol match. Does anyone know if you can get a large B printed in the the number section of a DCFC shirt? I was thinking of getting Daniel B4 printed on a shirt this week. My parents gave me one of Dan’s shirts and I’ve have worn it for a couple of matches but I wanted to make sure it doesn’t get too worn or damaged. 

Turtles 2023 was about to begin. I have 200 mini turtles that I was about to start leaving around my parents house, mostly in Daniel’s room. I especially got some glow in the dark ones so he couldn’t even escape it at night 🤣 What am I going to do with 200 turtles?!!! 
 
Btw all Claire’s are evil 😈 

Devastating news, RIP B4, as your pain slips away, your family and friends begins.
My thoughts are with everyone close to him....

I'm sorry.  I don't mean to come across as a miserable git, but may I just say, that as a boy growing up with 4... yep... FOUR... sisters (The youngest also named Claire, oddly enough!), I found this post to be rather traumatic, bringing back many horrendous childhood memor... Ah, sod it... who am I trying to kid... This is as funny as F!  Cruel... but funny as F!  🤣
Top gal.  👍
 
🎵She's B4's sister... She's one of our own!  😁🍻
 
 
 

Been a member on here for a long time but made very few posts, like many I’ve just taken interest in the thoughts of others about the club.
Didn’t knew B4 in person but recognised his panda pic for a long time as one of a handful of ones I’d skim through long threads to read his posts, they were just some of the more fun & interesting ones made by what seemed to be a nice guy. Looking at what people have said on here he was a nice guy and when I saw this thread today my eyes watered up.
I hope his family know how much of an amazing thing it is that just by being a genuinely good nice guy he managed to make a lot of real people who he never even met or knew beyond writings on a forum stop and shed a tear. Well done, thanks & rest in peace B4.

I'm feeling really down and I need someone to cheer me up. I think we all do.
Where's B4 when you need him?
Gah, I miss him.

It is nice to see a newface here,please keep posting,it will help us to keep B4 ,s memories alive,and I would like to add my name to the list of condolences which have been placed on our blog in memory of your brother,I for one of many will never forget him.

In fairness, your broader point stands, we're at and all time low position.

Not true. That honour belongs to Arthur Cox when we lost to Hartlepool away by 2-1 on 17 November 1984.

The turtle post was my doing 😝 Daniel left his phone lying around unlocked so I started posting facts about turtles on his Facebook for my own amusement. After about of month of this, someone Dan worked with gave a small stuffed turtle because she thought he liked them so much 😂  That Christmas every present I gave Dan had turtles on them 🤣🤣🤣

We were away, lost 2-1 and had stuffed them in the League cup 5-1 earlier in the season as some comfort.  So I'd still say this was s****** than that one mate. 
A 3-1 defeat at home, in the First round, against a team a league below us would be our worst cup exit officially. There have been some crappier results but later in the tournament. 
Here's to Warney matching that up with our longest spell in the 3rd tier.
 

 
 

Nov 1984 v Hartlepool

As usual I think there is unnecessary panic in here. As far as I can tell we only have three problems: the manager isn’t good enough, the players aren’t good enough and we have no money. Sort these three things out and we’ll be fine. 

How sad, I don’t post too much on here, but what must be over 15yrs ago, I remember ‘b4’ as a true fan, proud of his club and always willing to contribute to any debate. 
very much a case of feeling like you know someone without knowing them. 
 
RIP B4 🐏🐏🐏