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I'll be in Tenerife the day of the match.
As always, I'm taking the shirt to wear on the match day and at minute 38 the glass will be raised for B4, the most positive of fans.
 

Too late.
Transfer window closes in Janvier.

I think I saw you speaking up for B4 perhaps on LTLF saying he was a true supporter who just had a little difficulty with words. It was in response to someone taking the piss. I really admired that. 

The only reason I'm still involved is thanks to... or the fault of... one Mr David Clowes.
Heaven forbid, had the unthinkable actually happened, there's no way I'd be showing any interest in football now.
I truly couldn't tell you who played in the last game I watched (full, or even highlights) that didn't involve The Rams.  I'd imagine it was the last England WC (proper) game?
WC & Euro qualifiers... Champions League... Match of the day... Live Prem and/or EFL games... Local parks...small time amateurs... none of it interests me, and hasn't for some time.
I doubt I'd recognise any more than a dozen players names from the Prem, and I'd be amazed if I could match more than a handful of prem players to their current club.
Even my participation on here is based on 40% Love of DCFC, and 60% "banter with the gang"!
I don't even put this apathy down to "strong morals"... I'm just bored with the wider game, full stop.  Disillusioned, I guess! 
Diving, money, VAR, Rich v Poor, too many games played, too many live games on the various TV options, the over-analysis of it all.
I'll leave football forever, I'll leave football forever, I'll leave football forever... Should Derby County Die!  😢
 

I never watch football nowadays, just DCFC on Ramstv (before anyone chips in, it is football, but not necessarily as we know it).

Little late to this so apologies. What I think was brilliant, and it was, about B4 was that on an internet forum where we can argue for fifteen pages about whether or not Chris Martin should come back (he shouldn't btw) he managed to bring out the best in us. He had an ability to allow us to come together for the very reason we joined this forum - Derby County. Genuinely, that is no small feat and I say with certainty that this forum, and most likely the lives of those who knew him, will be a poorer place with him not amongst them.

This is my first post on this forum, but with Daniel’s passing I wanted to mark this wonderful man’s contribution to Rams and this forum. He was a truly inspiring gentleman who we should all learn from. His positivity was legendary as well his generosity and gentility. The last few years of aggressiveness between contributors has been depressing and B4’s positivity has shone out like a beacon to unite us all. 
 
over the years I have always enjoyed the cohort of writers on this forum who have  defended Daniel from the various idiots who have not understood his positive outlook on life. I am deeply sad that B4 is no longer with us. My heart goes out to his family, I can’t imagine what they are going through. The outburst of support on this forum is hopefully a consolation for the love that Rams fans had for him. I never met Daniel but his heart felt passion touched, me liked many on this forum. His passion during the darkest hours made me believe. The main part of his belief has left me believing that we are lucky with what we have, and we should support our club. Yes I know that there are issues with the management but we must remember that we were seven days from destruction. B4 would be reminding us now that we are lucky and to get behind the team rather than bickering. He was a wonderful man and I feel privileged to have shared his outlook on our great team. 
 
I know it sounds a bit unusual but I think we should celebrate B4 with a statue outside Pride Park. There are few truly great fans and Daniel is a great man to celebrate as a Rams fan. I hope we get promoted this year as a tribute to this wonderful man. RIP Daniel, and thanks for all your wonderful posts 

BTW I'm sorry for your loss chaps. I had only just seen the posts about B4 on your main thread. 
Wish my best to you all and his family. 

A/  I know you're joking...
B/  I'm not one for being overly serious...
C/  I'm a massive fan of ye olde original B4isms...
 
But give him his dues, his spelling came on leaps and bounds over the past year or so.  There were times I even felt a little let down, as he lost quite a few of those fantastic "old classics"! 
🤍 #BeMoreB4

Should do well with those 4 legs although I can see handball becoming a problem.

If we ever needed a rallying call………….from last April v Burton.
 
Well calling all derby fans to get really really really behind the lads we need get behind the lads lets have wall of noise and have sea of black and white let's have scafs flags and balloons let's cheer lads on into the play offs.
COYR 🐏

Hi sis, my sincere condolences to you and yours. I'm a resident of Amsterdam and will be in Fuerteventura on the day of the Bristol game. I never met B4 but had many a conversation with him on an old, now defunct, Rams forum. At the time he was having difficulties putting together a CV and I offered to help. That turned out, in the end, not necessary as another forum member, Elaine Dean, picked up the issue and was closer at hand to help. 
Here's to many flanges and scavers being waved, especially in minute 38, in recognition of Daniel's immense spirit and love for all things Derby County.

We moan because our team is inconsistent. My mate supports Cheltenham and they’re consistently rubbish.
We have it lucky compared to some.
Not long ago we were praying for a club of any standard.
My dream is a fanbase that’s more respectful of each other and other clubs.
It’s of an atmosphere of celebration each week that we have a club we love.
In my dream, Derby’s players are desperate to play for their manager and the rams badge.
I hope it comes true.

Condolences to B4's family and friends he will be a big miss on this forum the room was always brighter with B4 in it. My personal favorites were his posts of advice to other forum members of how to always make DCFC your number one priority which ment swapping shifts for work or ditching the other half in favor of the RAMS 😂 WHAT A LEGEND.
#BEMOREB4

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.

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 😈 

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.

New sub rule alright, Sonny Bradley has to be one of them 😢

Angela!!
 

Pretty sure you'll find its spelled "Chris Bird" 😉

B4 - loved Derby County; pink turtles not so much 😲.

I was going to start a new thread but I'll just mention what's on my mind in this one.
If we all put down our Ram Goggles and looked at it objectively, just how good are our players in truth? How many of those who are usually in the matchday squad would we consider to be genuinely good enough for a top-two team in this league? And of those, how many would command a regular starting place in even just a lower mid-table Championship side? 
In my opinion it isn't that many, even for the top-two in our division. Bird certainly, Cashin, Wildsmith and Vickers probably, Nelson, Wilson, NML and Nyambe possibly. I hold hopes for some of the younger lads too, especially Thompson. 
The remainder though wouldn't, again in my opinion, be starting many (or indeed any) games for a Championship club that isn't on its arse (hello Wendies) or a top two L1 side. That includes regular starters for us like Fozzy, Hourihane, Barkhuizen, Collins, Waghorn, Washington and Smith. 
As for Sibley, who knows what his true level is? I'm not sure anybody does and that seems to include several Derby managers.
So what's your point caller? Dunno really. I suppose it's that our squad is still unbalanced and basically isn't any better than our league position suggests it is. 

Can we leave his wife out of this please?

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 🤣🤣🤣

Rivalry and banter aside...So sorry to hear this. B4 was a true fan who wore his heart on his sleeve.
Sending our condolences to his family and all his friends and those that knew him on here too.
You're all in our thoughts during this sad time.
Rest in peace B4.
From  the NFFC fans on the LTLF forum.