Grumpy Git

I hope LFC don’t pull the same stunt as Manure did and charge £45, robbing barstards.

Anywhere warm this winter that isn't your own house.

Just done an online calculation based on the latest price cap (load of bollox, it's no cap at all).

For duel fuel before the Ukraine invasion, I was paying about £150/month, currently paying £350/month and from October its going to be £630/month. ?

22 minutes ago, AndyinLiverpool said:

And everyone can come round for a cup of tea

You might just regret that offer........................?

5 minutes ago, Jimbo Ram said:

Didn’t like it at all….

An interpreter would probably help.

37 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said:

Bobby Madely had his best ever game at the city ground in 2012 when he gave Blackstock a straight red for touching Keogh on the chest ?. We went on to win 1-0

Did Keogh sue Blackstock for the injury sustained?

Anyone know why the gap between 5+ and 'ordinary' away members is only 24 hours (but all others remain at 48 hrs)?

Probably been said already upthread (and certainly on other threads), Bobby Madely is to referees what Conor Sammon is to centre-forwards.

22 minutes ago, Crewton said:

Though obvious, It's worth pointing out that what you experience as a general visitor/tourist will usually be very different to what you may have experienced as a visiting football supporter, certainly in the 1968-1990 period. Experiences stay with people, good and bad. I've had few experiences bad enough to dislike anywhere particularly, and certainly not in Liverpool, but I've come across nobheads everywhere. Good people though tend to outnumber bad people in most places.

The voice of reason........... why haven't you been banned?

Reading this thread has made me realise why I always get worried when I brave an away day in London.

You can never be too sure a relative of the Richardsons or the Krays won’t do you over down there.

Reece 100 not out, 191/0 off 33 overs

Just now, Blondest Goat said:

Letting me select seats and I'm not even an away member!!

I'll only need the one, thanks. ?

Godleman 54 not out in an opening stand of 160/0 with Reece (90 no) chasing 311 v Northants. ?

I'm going for a lie-down.

2 hours ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said:

We ended up with Clowes and a relatively good outcome ..............................

(my bolding)

This HAS to be the understatement of the entire DCFC board, ................................................... close the site.

Administrators (in my direct experience as a creditor), seek only to extract as much revenue for themselves as possible out of a failing business. Anything left over for creditors (in my direct experience zilch), is inconsequential.

1 hour ago, JoetheRam said:

My take on this long debated who stole who's song business(by us saddos) is as follows.

Boney M release their version of Mary's Boy Child November 1978, unleashing Jester Hairson's 1956 song into the public consciousness (nobody bothered with the Andy Williams 1965 version featured on his album "Merry Christmas").

It was a regular occurence in those days for derby matches to be played around Christmas due presumably to train travel being difficult and a desire for a bumper crowd for the Boxing day game.

Derby played Forest Boxing Day 1978 and by all accounts was a bit spicy off the pitch and thus taking the new Christmas number one and recent incidents we came up with the catchy number that is still sung today.

However we know City and Wednesday sing versions and I'm sure there's others too but...

City and United have played many games around Boxing day but never actually on 26th itself and their 1902 Christmas Day meeting pre-dates the song by more than 50 years and wasn't exactly in the "golden age" of football violence. Their other meetings generally took place on 28th December or New Years eve which don't really lend themselves to the song lyrics.

Sheffield Wednesday, who like to claim every song we sing is copied from them, beat their city rivals on Boxing Day in a famous 4-0 win, which was also deemed to be "a bit hairy" off the pitch but this didn't happen until the year after Derby v Forest so surely their "acheivements" would have lent themselves to the tune of 1979's Christmas number one - Pink Floyds' Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)?

Therefore I reckon we were the most likely origin of this classic football ground anthem.

Can you just go over that again please?

Talk about spawny, Yarkshire Gets, ?.

Beaten all ends up and the inside edge goes for four!

15 minutes ago, jimbo jones said:

Trouble is Conners has no overs left. If we could have dragged our score up to 125 we'd have probably had a great chance of the win.

I’d guess 10 to 15 short too.

9 minutes ago, sage said:

The shots on/off target is meaningless as blocked shots are deemed to be off target. If it was split into 3, i.e. missed/blocked/saved then blocked would be by far the biggest amount.   

That sounds like a load of bollox to me. If a shot on target is not blocked we bloody score.

Just now, sage said:

For a few days you forget how many loons there are on here,  then Bang. 

It's proportional to the volume of Strongbow Dark Fruit sold in Derby Asda.

Funny how Arsenal have 'suddenly' come good after keeping their manager for nearly three years.

34 minutes ago, Foreveram said:

I’ll be in Fleetwood but I imagine it’s much the same.

Just as dangerous if you happen to be a cod.

Barstards

8 minutes ago, Foreveram said:

If they just turn up and expect to get in without doing any research they are not very bright.

TBH, what brains they had originally will now be (freshly) pickled in Strongbow Dark Fruit.

I wish you’d posted this sooner. The seat next to me at Shrewsbury was unoccupied, and I’ve just bought new deodorant. ?