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IslandExile

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    IslandExile got a reaction from dcfcreece1601 in 2021 / 2022 New kit   
    Ask if they do it without the sleeves either - it will look better without them.
    Hey, a tank top.
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    IslandExile got a reaction from I am Ram in 2021 / 2022 New kit   
    They're saying it's a throwback to that shirt.
    In that case, the current first team are a throwback to the 71-72 first eleven.
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    IslandExile reacted to Spanish in 2021 / 2022 New kit   
    has it been to the abattoir?
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    IslandExile reacted to Gaspode in 2021 / 2022 New kit   
    It's a bugger trying to turn a 27" monitor on it's side just to see a bloody eye properly.....
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    IslandExile reacted to Gaspode in 2021 / 2022 New kit   
    more of a throwup than a throwback.....
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    IslandExile got a reaction from Loftyhites in 2021 / 2022 New kit   
    They're saying it's a throwback to that shirt.
    In that case, the current first team are a throwback to the 71-72 first eleven.
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    IslandExile reacted to DCFC1388 in 2021 / 2022 New kit   
    More of a zoomed in photo of the ram head
    Tilt your phone clockwise, makes it easier to see

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    IslandExile got a reaction from Spanish in 2021 / 2022 New kit   
    Is this one of those colour blind or psychological tests?
    If so, I'm a poor sighted psychopath because I don't see any pattern.
    Edit: I see it, I see the eye. Nothing else though.
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    IslandExile reacted to DCFC1388 in 2021 / 2022 New kit   
    Someone better than me will be able to draw the shape for you
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    IslandExile reacted to r_wilcockson in 2021 / 2022 New kit   
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    IslandExile reacted to Yani P in 2021 / 2022 New kit   
    I think this is a superb shirt..
     
     
     
     
    For those that get dressed in the dark..
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    IslandExile reacted to Srg in 2021 / 2022 New kit   
    Colour is nice but the sleeves are awful
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    IslandExile reacted to angieram in 2021 / 2022 New kit   
    Lots of people on twitter liking the kit. 
    I think those bright colours are good for players to pick each other out - we always seem to be rubbish when we play in dark tops - so from that point of view I'd say it's a hit.
    This unfit 64 year old won't be buying it, though! 
    I am holding out for a warm up top - they are brilliant and that jazzy pattern hides a multitude of sins! Not in the shop yet, though.
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    IslandExile got a reaction from Rammy03 in 2021 / 2022 New kit   
    Nah.
     
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    IslandExile got a reaction from i-Ram in The youngsters   
    There are those that criticise the club on occasion and with very good reason.
    There are those that criticise the club at every possible turn, seizing any opportunity to have another dig.
    Thank whatever higher deity you like that there are people like @Ghost of Clough and @angieram around who are the voices of reason, who are able to judge each issue on its relative merits and comment rationally, calmly and logically.
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    IslandExile got a reaction from OohMartWright in The youngsters   
    There are those that criticise the club on occasion and with very good reason.
    There are those that criticise the club at every possible turn, seizing any opportunity to have another dig.
    Thank whatever higher deity you like that there are people like @Ghost of Clough and @angieram around who are the voices of reason, who are able to judge each issue on its relative merits and comment rationally, calmly and logically.
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    IslandExile reacted to Crewton in Fans not from Derbyshire...   
    Born and raised in Derby. My Dad took me to my first game when I was 3, not sure exactly when (he couldn't remember either, nor who we were playing) or why he suddenly decided to take me, but I do have a dim recollection of standing on the stub wall around the pitch in the Vulcan hanging on to the red hooped railing and later being dumped at the back of the Popside while he watched the rest of the game (I assume I got bored). He didn't take me again until a preseason friendly vs Hearts in 1967 I think, which is when I started to take an active interest in the Rams. I got my first season ticket and started going regularly in 69/70 (glory hunter). 
    Left Derby at 19 to go to Uni and over the next 40 years, living and working in various places across the South-East, the last dozen or so years in the Smoke. In the early years I probably went to as many away games as home games, and sometimes economics determined that I only went to a dozen games a season, but when Pride Park was opened I decided to bite the bullet and get a ST again and I've been in the East Stand ever since. 
    I'm now retired back in Derbyshire and appreciating not having to travel so much, but the Rams have always been the constant that has maintained my connections with the County, the City and my family and oldest friends. 
     
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    IslandExile reacted to Bianoic in Fans not from Derbyshire...   
    Born just north of Derby. 
    My dad had a season ticket at Derby from the late fifties - he and my mum moved down from the Tees where he grew up and where he used to go to see Cloughie at Ayresome. 
    He took me to Ayresome a few times when we visited the grandparents. Hard to believe it was used in the 66 World Cup. When I was older I also tended to go to Hartlepool too. In those days you could walk around the whole ground and stand where you wanted, unlike the BBG which I started to go to from 1969. It amazed me that the hardcore home support used to change ends at half time !! It also horrified my sister when I took her once, needed a wee at half time only to be told there were no ladies toilets !! She never went back...
    First Rams game a home league cup midweek game against Hull - 1969 I think. The lights from the floodlights and the overall atmosphere was just amazing to a 7 year old
    Got my first season ticket after we had won the league. 
    Went to college in Leeds in the early 80s , then stayed there to work until PP opened and thought it was about time I got back to the East Midlands and a season ticket ! So moved the family down from Yorkshire to North East Leics to start a new job. Sat in the North stand initially, moved seats a few times until settling on our current ones in the East Stand about 10 years ago.
    Highlights :
    Obviously the two championships - particularly remember my old man happily shouting me upstairs that Wolves had beaten Leeds to clinch it for us. And visiting the BBG for the presentation on a sunday I think ?
    Really enjoyed the third division promotion season - went to a few of the Yorkshire away games : Donny, York, Grimsby
    That first season at Pride Park was magnificent for many reasons. I know there is a huge nostalgia about the BBG (and I share it believe me) but it was time to move. It was also dangerous. I was at Hillsborough with a good Forest mate and it made me realise that the same could well have happened at the BBG when there was more terracing. Remember being in massive crushes outside the Normanton end on occasion when trying to get to the popside and literally not being able to put our feet on the ground. We just laughed at the time but it could have been a horror show.
    Converting my son into an even more enthusiastic Ram fan than me. Initially he was a reluctant follower - nearest clubs were Forest and Leicester and of course there was never any chance of him supporting them. Used to occasionally come to PP but was more interested in playing footy than watching it. Then I had to persuade him to come to the Deforestation Day - we thrashed Forest 5 nil, the atmosphere and delirium were out of this world and that was that, he was hooked. Even more so after we went to the Play Off final that May - we were both so proud of how the team played that day even though we lost
    Loved George Burleys play off team, Franks season, some of Nigels, 
    Favourite players - John O Hare, Charlie, Bobby Davison, Deano, Stimac, Idiakz
     
     
     
     
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    IslandExile got a reaction from angieram in Louie Sibley   
    That all said...I now recall someone else that I respect as being ITK saying that it wasn't true and that he is in the manager's plans.
    We're not very good at waiting but I guess we'll just have to see how things pan out.
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    IslandExile reacted to B4ev6is in I cant wait for saturday now I am so execited   
    I am already buzzing with excitement for the game and cheer our lads to our first win of the season in the league.
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    IslandExile reacted to B4ev6is in I cant wait for saturday now I am so execited   
    I cant wait for peterboro game first away game of the season I am going rest up tomorrow try get my pain under control for a bit yes i will help my mum around the house for a bit but rest of the afternoon i am going to watch a film and just chill out.
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    IslandExile reacted to jono in Filing our accounts   
    The sooner we all realise this is politics not accountancy the better. 
     
    The argument is taking place within the EFL and it’s numerous committees and main board
    It is those who want us punished, possibly because  Mel went to war with them but really because they will lose face if we aren’t  , Versus those who don’t because, right or wrong, things have gone far enough. 
    The rest is window dressing and self justification. 
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    IslandExile got a reaction from Deej in Louie Sibley   
    @Big Trav and @Footymum2017, both of which have said things in the past that suggest they're ITK agree that Rooney has told Sibley that he's not in his plans.
    That troubles me - a lot.
    It's different from saying something like "I'm not going to pick you until you cut out the silly fouls".
    It's a lot more final than that.
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    IslandExile reacted to Big Trav in Louie Sibley   
    Purely guess work here but I don’t think sibley will leave to be honest. It’s true he’s been told by Rooney he’s not in the plans but it’s up to him wether he wants to go or not. He wants to play for us otherwise he wouldn’t have turned down wolves and Chelsea in the past. I fully expect him to be putting the extra yards in training and hopefully impress the doubtful wazza
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    IslandExile got a reaction from Iniestagram in The youngsters   
    There are those that criticise the club on occasion and with very good reason.
    There are those that criticise the club at every possible turn, seizing any opportunity to have another dig.
    Thank whatever higher deity you like that there are people like @Ghost of Clough and @angieram around who are the voices of reason, who are able to judge each issue on its relative merits and comment rationally, calmly and logically.
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