Grumpy Git

22 hours ago, BaaLocks said:

........................- what is the point of a corner flag anyway ...................

DET have to have a picture of something in their press releases FFS.

43 minutes ago, Anag Ram said:

Handball should be given when it hits the hand. Only given when the arm is deliberately used to prevent an advantage. 

One yard line introduced along the six yard box. No one bar the keeper allowed within it at set pieces. Also used at penalties as keeper's limit of movement. 

Any player falling to the floor clutching their face should leave the field for a concussion check. Safety and play acting device. 

Anyone diving should be sent off (unless it's against Burnley where their player should be banned for life).

1 hour ago, Anag Ram said:

When I played the ball had to be within the white lines.

If you take a corner, it is a bit cramped, having to avoid the flag and strike the ball cleanly.

Why don’t we make the quadrant bigger and then say the ball has to be completely within it?

Surely that would make life simpler?

Too easy, rules weren't invented to be simple.?

14 hours ago, Coconut said:

Back to normality!

 

Stunningly lovely

 

Where do you get those from please (if its not a secret)? Sounds fantastic gear?

1 hour ago, Turk Thrust said:

The incorrect use of “either”.  Such as “either “a”, “b” or “c”.  No. Either is like “both”. It can refer to only two options. Either “a” or “b” 

So what's your choice, either Rooney, Terry or Fat Sam?

6 minutes ago, Ibby said:

BREAKING: Guess who's back? Steve McClaren is back at Derby County as Technical Director & advisor to the new board. The 59 year old has signed a contract for a joint role that will be ratified by Derventio Ltd when their purchase of Derby is completed.

Its genuine:

https://twitter.com/BBCDerbySport/status/1331198489368334339/photo/1

2 hours ago, FindernRam said:

Expecting a parcel.

Tracking says Amazon one stop away.

Look out window, white van parks outside, takes parcel next door--ooh goody we're next

Van driver on phone, no action. Assume we're not on his van. 2 hrs later AA van shows up. Lots of banging, passenger seat out, more banging , driver doing nothing.

Another Amazon van shows up--oooh goody. No! He goes away.

After another hour original driver rings bell, says sorry and goes off. 3 hours to walk 20ft up our drive!

Just be glad he went in for driving and not brain surgery.

47 minutes ago, Anag Ram said:

My dad used to shoot magpies from his back door with a twelve bore. 

Strangely he never got trouble from his neighbours! 

It probably wasn't so much the actual shooting, but the fact it was a sawn-off and he had a mk ll Jag on the drive?

6 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Correct. They only brew enough to fill 4000 bottles. I feel privileged to have got my hands on a dozen.

It is amazingly good - coffee and vanilla notes as well as plummy fruits. It tool me 3 hours to drink it - most definitely a beer to savour. 

The beer is started off between Christmas and the New Year, then left to mature in bourbon barrels before bottling. The beer was originally created as a collaboration between Roger Ryman (St Austell's brewing director who sadly died earlier this year) and the New Riga brewery in Moscow.

I will allow myself 1 every 2 months, then when next year's batch comes out, do a comparison before laying the rest down.

I guess it's not much use me popping round to Aldi then?

4 hours ago, Eddie said:

This is not a beer - this is a religious experience.

Same brewery as 'Proper Job'?

Just even having to think that a greedy obnoxious man elephant may become our next manager.

20 minutes ago, Wolfie20 said:

You must have really hated Franny Lee

I saw the 3-2 Leeds game live and probably a hundred times since, still not quote sure if Franny tripped over the solitary blade of grass in the Ossie End penno area or not? ?

25 minutes ago, Wolfie20 said:

2-0 Good free-kick but not sure it was a foul

Never a foul, don't they have VAR in Belgium?

1 hour ago, Half Fan Half Biscuit said:

Seemed appropriate to have one of these tonight. 

That looks like rhubarb in a can, (not the taste, the after effects).

6 hours ago, Sith Happens said:

 

Having worked in a customer facing role earlier in my life I can say those signs are spot on.

Of course most of the public are good decent people, but there are enough bamfords out there meaning you could easily feel like crap each and every day because they decided to be an utter arse, threatened, swore at, lied about to managers, been lied to about other members of staff.

And of course there is the definition of crap service, quite often people confuse not getting the answer they want with crap service. And even if someone has made a mistake (We all make them), it doent mean shouting and swearing at them is acceptable.

Im sure there are some shop staff who can be arses too of course, but even though im no longer public facing in my job, i witness far more of the public being arses than shop staff.

Of course, the worst people are those at shop checkouts etc that continue to hold a conversation on a mobile phone while they are being served by the shop assistant, that almost worse than being rude or abusive to someone.

 

I once got served at a petrol station by someone who never took their eyes off a TV showning Eastenders, whilst taking my payment and handing me a receipt. No eye contact or conversation whatsoever. 

1 hour ago, TimRam said:

The amount of signs in shops, post offices etc that state "Our staff won't tolerate abuse" (or words to that effect). Don't recall many like that a few years ago. Cannot recall posting this but the above prompted me to.

Those signs basically should read as; "when we give you crap service and generally treat you like a dog turd, you are not allowed to answer  back"

19 hours ago, reverendo de duivel said:

Get the fastest petrol car your budget can stretch to, and enjoy every opportunity to hoon it around until EV becomes the default, possibly only choice. 

 

5.0 litre Mustang, snip at £40K

In a nod towards our soon to be takeover by a middle-eastern set-up, a new Derby beer is being brewed.

This is a complex brew, which combines the tolerance of the middle-east towards alcohol with our chances of being promoted and will be called RamZero.

On 23/10/2020 at 19:10, Gritstone Ram said:

Glad I only got one of these. It’s like syrup.

I've seen cleaner sump oil

After Pickford last week and Maguire just now, I'm convinced that VAR does not apply to regular England players?

9 minutes ago, Coconut said:

One from Aldi, a french beer (not particularly common) aged on rum barrel chips.

Quite basic base beer in truth, but drinkable, and under £3 for a big bottle.

Saw that the other day but decided to stick with the Cornish Brewery "Proper Job" IPA.

How does it compare (assuming you've tried the IPA)?

2 minutes ago, SKRam said:

Welcome to football in 2020 

Lukaku did the same thing for their pen. He didn't have to fall over.

Calvert-Lewin is doing a good impression of Marriott at Derby, no service, no chance.

2 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

Pretty desperate line-up imo. 

Assume he's got 3 at the back, with AA and Tripper as wing backs. 

No Kane, but I suppose retaining calvert lewin was justified. Has there ever been a more out of form and out of position defensive selection?

Watching both Rashford and Tripper get to their byline then come back onto their right peg is laughable. These guys are on £gazillions a week too.

6 minutes ago, Curtains said:

Dier gives stupid penalty away 
 

England 1 down 

I think Southgate must have breeched Moor Farm security?