Grumpy Git

10 hours ago, CBRammette said:

 It also makes me "smile" when a factual comment on why trains hadnt been used to get to a match with zero comment on the rights or wrongs of striking leads to rant to said poster

Apologies CBR, it was not aimed at you, but I admit it did come across like that. 😳

8 hours ago, uttoxram75 said:

They obviously get government handouts for their shareholders without having to provide a service to satisfy their customers.

 

Utch, as I pointed-out in my earlier post, when Covid struck, the government guaranteed the TOC's (Train Operating Companies) income, by paying them a set amount, with ALL the money from ticket sales now going directly to the government instead of the TOC.

So the TOC's don't give a feck whether the train has one passenger or is packed, they get the same either way, thus have absolutely ZERO incentive to put on extra carriages.

Privatise the profits and nationalise the losses. Covid has made a few Tory donors extremely wealthy via varoius routes.

Another bugbear of mine is the term 'customer', it's just marketing bullcarp, we're passengers FFS. 😡

Good colours this game, the ones in gold are beating the ones in white and Derby are neither of them.

Shades of 1972.

2 hours ago, Elwood P Dowd said:

Tonight I will probably watch the Cambridge v Bolton game 

Going well ATM. 👍🏻

On 17/02/2024 at 03:07, Will the Ram said:

Right now all games shown in the UK are free to air on BBC or ITV (although I don’t understand why the BBC is classed as free when you have to pay a licence fee to watch).

You also need a license to watch ITV.

If you think the license fee is a 'rip-off', try watching foreign TV sometime. It'll make your eyes bleed.

17 minutes ago, CBRammette said:

Even home Sat @3pm - due to all strikes etc. 

Strikes are not the reason that the 'normal' rail service is rubbish though.

Since Covid, the government just paid the train operating companies a fixed amount to run the trains, so their income is now guaranteed whether the train is full or empty (the government now gets 100% of ticket sales revenue). Hence they don't really give a stuff about what service they provide. Avanti has been totally crap since they took over Virgin, but they still got a new contract.

It also makes me 'smile' when people suggest train drivers are out of order going on strike because (to paraphrase) 'they all on £65,000/year and are just greedy barstards'. What has salary got to do with the right to strike or not? MP's are on £86,500/year and I would trust the majority of those to tie their own shoelaces.

Night games are the worst if like me, you live 100+ miles from Derby. Basically a non-starter.

37 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

We very rarely seem to have home games where the result is pretty much done with say 15 to go. Barnsley and Northampton?

And Spurs 48 years ago.

Anyone wanna buy my Dwight Gayle debut ticket?

£5k, collect from Barnsley station on Saturday.

7 hours ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

Indeed so. The gap between the "haves" and "have nots" appears to be widening. No sign of the British voting in a strongman tho.......

Let's be honest, the "haves" have been able to convince at least 45% of their serfs to vote for them since Adam was a lad, (we've almost reverted back to the feudal system).

15 minutes ago, EulogyForEvolution said:

It's ridiculous if the EFL are holding this up. 

................

It feels like there are special rules that apply to us that no one else has to abide by.

You didn't get the memo then?

9 minutes ago, ramit said:

No I have not, but from what I understand, poverty is increasing in England

But we have a plan and the plan is working......

Off topic, but at the rate the pitch at PP is deteriorating, we'll be able to rename the stadium back to the BBG soon.

It's in a bloody awful state

4 minutes ago, Rich3478 said:

That was awful, the subs made me hate football. Really not sure how that worked! Hope we find another plan soon

don’t think anyone played badly but the plan was bizarre at best

You can only beat the team in front of you.

I've been one of Warne's fiercest critics, but we never looked like being beat today, it was just a big scrap and we won it with a last round knockout.

COYR.

What the deal with the EFL and Gayle?

19 minutes ago, Johnnyoj said:

Now the North stand is not the family stand it would be great to get the atmosphere going at both ends of the ground, a bit like the i

Ossie end, Pop side used to be I did here the North stand fire up last week and it was great to hear

The North stand 'firing-up' last week was due to all their medication alarms going off simultaneously.

Bristol Rovers ticket details released.

1,348 up for grabs.

£26 standing and £25 seats, work that one out!

Mbappe's leaving PSG, we're saved

Same age as my brother (69) and passed away a month ago.

RIP Steve, you were a constant in the workshop in the 1980's. 😢

Can we play away every week?

26 minutes ago, Ian Buxton's Bat said:

Don’t bother with asterisks

I didn't 😂

This ref is a t***

Still can't forgive Southgate for bottling the Euro final when winning and not giving Italy a sniff up to that point.

He's just a Poundland Warne.

8 hours ago, Stockport Ram said:

We haven’t even got a knocker between us.

If you’ve not been here, I’d better explain. Some areas of Stockport should really be twinned with Beirut....

I lived on the egde of Adswood in the 80's, I'd say more Gaza City than Beirut.

1 minute ago, Blondest Goat said:

The look on Collins face said it all.

To be honest, owd Collo always has a face like a smacked arris when he doesn't get the ball.