rammieib

Nelson - he’s like a statue at the back.

Anyone know the rule that if we have NOT yet activated his extension, can he sign elsewhere on a pre-contract on the 1st Jan?

Surely therefore we must have protected our assets and therefore already triggered the extension?

Extend his one year deal which appears to be in OUR control - he will be worth £3m in the summer if we are in League One still.

He will be worth £4m if we are in the Championship.

I see zero point in letting him go in January, absolutely zero point.

Someone tell me why we should? 

The only way I can think we have not activated it yet is because we are discussing longer terms with him. He could be countering this with a get out clause and more money etc

Can't knock that. First half the football was the best all season.

Second half went as the game expected - they tried but couldn't get in.

Very happy today.

I assume he hasn’t moved to five at the back so who plays just off Collins? NML?

excellent 

0-0

9 hours ago, DCFC1388 said:

We have a little bit of money, then we will have some wages free up when Embleton's loan ends so we can pretty much replace him within the same budget.

Then if we sell Cashin we will have that money to strengthen even more.

If you sell Cashin you are not strengthening.

If they convert debt to shares, I assume this makes no accounting difference on the Profit and Loss accounts for each year?

I guess it makes their cash position better as they don't owe any debt, assuming it was wiped clean?

Just now, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

What Sibley did was exactly what Bird and Fornah don't.  Give a defence something to be concerned with, by running at them 40 yards from goal rather than collecting sideways on and moving slowly.  it's shifting them from a a comfortable position in their own third and making space.  Sometimes he's better at it than at other times but I can't see any benefit in him sitting on his arse watching Fornah looking like Bambi on ice for an hour. He's a better player.

Fornah looks lost in that role in my opinion. I also continue to think I’d like Bird a bit further back - he doesn’t know when to make the runs and struggles to find the pockets.

28 minutes ago, LazloW said:

Listening to Radio Derby, I reckon I’ve been to a different game. They’re going on about how well we played and how good Collins was and how good Lincoln were. 

I’m very pleased to have won and it was a bit better than Saturday, but I wouldn’t say we played well, I thought Collins was awful apart from the goal and Lincoln were pretty poor.  Game of opinions! 

I know work rate is something anyone can do but Collins was phenomenal in that aspect tonight.

Some good touches under pressure and a good goal which closed the game out.

I think that’s harsh to say he didn’t play well.

Win 2-1

Collins

18 hours ago, Ghost of Clough said:

Once prior to security and once when at the gate. It used to be fairly common to also have it 'checked' when boarding the plane, but it seems to rarely happen to me nowadays (probably because I have bags in one arm and a toddler in the other.

Though to be honest - as long as you’re on any plane for the next few hours, the security check one is just to get you into security. Only one check to make sure you’re on the right plane.

Not had it checked on a plane for about five years. I fly maybe once a month on average.

Could the club have put up clear signs outside the ground to indicate where the checks would happen?

Will this happen for you South Standers every game?

ST fiasco aside - just curious to know if the usual fans up there preferred it or it made no difference?

16 hours ago, Ram@Lincoln said:

Surely the best option is just to pay for a car park season ticket? I enquired this summer for disabled parking for an elderly couple I've sat next to for years, the official disabled parking is fully sold out with a waitlist so long they stopped accepting more to it. The next best is to just buy a regular seasonal parking ticket in the South Stand/Derby Arena car park.

The club still operates those little golf carts to shuttle the elderly around to their gate. If you let the steward know on the gate, he'll radio through for one, eventually he'll get to know you by sight and be on it straight away. Sure it costs, but I can arrive to the car park at 2.50pm, park up no bother, walk over to my gate and be in my seat for the players coming out. Sure, after the game it's a wait to be let out but a wander around the club shop, sandwich in Subway, drink at The Yard or just a flask and biscuits in the car listening to Radio Derby post match and time passes fine.

Wasn’t any car parking tickets left when I checked start of season from memory. My dad offered to buy one.

I don’t think he’d ever want to use a cart. He can walk 1klm or so (when his hearts not plying up). He’s not a guy who takes the football seriously, leaves on 85 (because he doesn’t like the crowds) and I’m not sure he’d be upset if he didn’t go anymore. 
 

You’d think maybe the club would offer cheaper parking passes to ST holders who are over a specific age. I think they do cheaper season tickets from 85 plus? (He’s 82 by the way).

Still, another forum member has given me an idea privately, which is appreciated so I’ll give that a go for the next Saturday game.

2 hours ago, Wistaston Ram said:

Unfortunately I did not know this and ended up coming back to a ticket on my car after the game. I cannot recall seeing any obvious signs and having checked the Derby Council website, Zone 39 - Wilmorton is the only Zone that you cannot click on to see a map of permitted streets. I'll ring the council on Monday to get some clarification and see if it is worth appealing.

I was actually grateful that one of the locals came outside his house and told me. I did a drive round and saw the new signs up. They were up as you entered the area from London Rod but each individual road didn’t have any specific signs. Looks like he saved me £60.
 

I saw one car afterwards on the street (where at the end of it is a little car park and people often park on the grass verges) with a ticket on but it could have been from today or an older one.

Evening games are OK after six.

If only we would go for a second.

Council has now introduced permit parking only on the roads on the Alvaston Side of Pride Park (London Road) and so on. 
 

It’s now actually getting harder and harder to get to park at games. My dad is 82, this will probably be the final nail for him coming to games.

I understand the other side of the argument - this is where people live and so on, but it’s just silly now.

I wonder what the chances are of us ending up weaker, not stronger on the pitch (not the bank) by the end of January.

Win 3-0

FRGS NML

So we got 70k for reaching the last 16, so we get anything for the last 8?

9 hours ago, roboto said:

Depending which road you choose good luck getting out easily. Can get congested on match days around here. I live a 20 minute walk away from the ground and a lot of Orient fans prefer to park a bit further away to get a clean run out after the match.

I got lucky to be fair. Didn’t realise some were mon to Say and others to the Friday. Got there at 2.35pm, someone pulled out and I got a spot immediately. Home really quickly as well.

A good solid performance today but feel Bird is slightly ineffective in the advanced role.

Doesnt make runs beyond Collins and doesn’t really know when to come and show for it.

Would prefer him deeper but that does leave a dilemma of who to put in the 10 spot. (As I don’t want Korey Smith anywhere near the team!)

8 hours ago, Comrade 86 said:

Soz mate. We really are a bunch of ****s 😂

Have a look at these. 

https://www.footyparking.com/parking/teams/Leyton-Orient

https://en.parkopedia.co.uk/parking/near/leyton-orient-football-club-ltd/?arriving=202312081330&leaving=202312081530

Some more advice from locals here:

https://forum.thefishy.co.uk/Blah.pl?m-1658126018/

All the street parking around the ground is only permit required Monday to Friday. Nothing at the weekends.

Im parking 5 minutes walk away.

37 minutes ago, Anag Ram said:

We must be very confident of victory if the only posts on the fixture are parking / geography puns 😊

It won’t be an easy game but I’m hoping we will show the confidence to play our attacking game from the start. 

Too often we make a steady start which allows the opposition to build their home advantage.
 

 

 

I was hoping for a sensible parking idea. I did a quick google streetview and it doesn't look like the streets around it are restricted?