ramit Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamsPolls Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 3 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said: Hey MODS can we all have more likes please, today is special and I've run out already! We get a set number of likes per day??? WHAT! News to me. Shows I don't like alot on this forum then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew James Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 29 minutes ago, europia said: What about McClarens record at NUFC? Couple that with the results during the Rams melt down the back end of the previous season and the statistics are grim to say the least. Oh well we have to move on... COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zag zig Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 41 minutes ago, Tombo said: I considered bringing back up the old thread where many of us took pleasure in watching him fail at Newcastle but I haven't for two reasons. 1) I'm embarrassed by what I said 2) Macs more likely to see it if he gets the job! Not proud. Now that's very honest, have a like. Wish more people around the Rams could be just as honest, might feel more excited. Wanting to believe this is a good combination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Just now, RamsPolls said: We get a set number of likes per day??? WHAT! News to me. Shows I don't like alot on this forum then I'm sorry I can't like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamsPolls Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Scenes when his first signing is Omar mascarell. #WelcomeOmar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WharfedaleRam Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 In 2014, we watched the Rams Play great under Stevie Mac. But the Geordie boys turned his head And we gave the man the sack. We panic bought then jerked our knees To get managers we didn't need. The style it changed, the boo boys booed And the players just went to seed. But today I get the feeling That the Rams are now on track Cos Mel is about to tell us Mac, the sacked man's back!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superrams23 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 On 9/28/2016 at 07:43, ITSD said: Would I have him back? Yes immediately. Do I think it'd happen? Is that a flying pig? Turns out pigs can fly:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wixman1884 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 I'm currently on vacation in México and I can't describe how happy this has made me. It's felt like there's been a chunk missing from life for the last few months. Excited to support Derby again. I would happily lose the play off final every year if we met the passion, flair and unity of THAT season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamsPolls Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 On 27/09/2016 at 19:47, toddy said: Would you be happy if Steve Mac returned and finished his unfinished business? I would be happy with Mac returning.......... Good call Toddy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stive Pesley Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 34 minutes ago, TroyDyer said: I am underwhelmed. In my experience "unfinished business" normally ends the same way as the previously finished business. That said, if he is announced then I will give him full support and pray to Jebus that I am fantastically wrong. Nigel Pearson going back to Leicester after the Hull debacle is the obvious exception Although I suppose that did end up with more unfinished business* *An italian man came and finished his business off for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Ram Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Forgot how much I've missed watching Derby score goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drgoodspeak Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 1 hour ago, Old Spalding Ram said: I just want entertaining!...............................anything as good as this will do me. For the first time in months I just had a DCFC-related smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 For the umpteenth time over the last few months, the office forest fan has a dcfc related smile...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 1 hour ago, Albert said: Nothing says inspiring like snatching 8th, from the jaws of the autos while giving a longing gaze Northward. I honestly dont think you are capable of enjoying football if that is all you took from his last stint with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 When McLaren was appointed first time around, my immediate response was not a positive one. For whatever reason, I chose to focus on how the media had presented him - that ridiculous 'Dutch' interview, his failure with England, the wally with the brolly and so on. With hindsight, the accepted notion that the media exist to inform is clearly no longer valid - every outlet has its biases, every outlet has its agendas and nothing sells papers better than bad news, save for lurid scandal. I should have evaluated the appointment on an equal basis, his failures versus his experience and successes. My mistake and his tenure proved me wrong in spades. I made another error, again proven over time. over the Newcastle saga. When he refused categorically to deny any interest in the Newcastle job, I was scathing in my appraisal of him. My only thought, an opinion hardened by our demise that season, was 'get shot', the sooner the better' and so it transpired. Three years on and I have to admit that the seasons he was here we played some of the best football I've seen from Derby in a very long time. Sure, ultimately we failed to secure promotion and the Newcastle thing still rankles but if I'm honest, my thinking was as much shaped by the way the media reported the story as by rational independent appraisal, more so in truth. Whilst the Newcastle soap opera was doubtless a distraction, the main cause of our weak finish to the season was the injuries to key playing personnel and I still maintain that we played QPR off the pitch that day, though the final score did not reflect as much! So here we are again, in not dissimilar circumstances. He's coming back and he finds the club in mild disarray, under-performing and needing some clear vision in terms of our playing style. Equally, he will take over what is clearly a talented squad, probably more so than in his first tenure, so can he repeat the feats accomplished first time around? The answer, I suppose, is 'who knows'? My only strong convictions are that this time around I'll wait and see. I won't rubbish the man before a ball has been kicked 'in anger' and I'll form my own opinions instead of allowing shady journos to do that for me. One thing I do believe strongly is that us fans have a role to play if we are to turn things around. If the club has a responsibility to the fans. then surely the reverse is true and it was highly revealing that Mel made a point of spelling out that players need our support and more than that, that they can't function properly without it. So what's my point? Nothing more really than a plea for patience. Let's not write off McLaren from the get-go, let's get behind the club, the owners, the management and most importantly, the players themselves. Let's give ourselves the chance to be successful again because that's the one true constant across all of us Derby supporters - we want success, we want to see our team playing well and winning more games than not, we want the buzz that these things bring us. After all, isn't that what football is all about? Thanks for reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITSD Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 13 minutes ago, superrams23 said: Turns out pigs can fly:) I'll believe it when it happens! More than happy if I do turn out to be wrong though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuffLuff Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=JQDAbIKgc9E Thd return of the hair island! (one for the Athletico Mince/Bob Mortimer fans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramshankered Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 I am refreshing this topic like a maniac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamsPolls Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 2 minutes ago, 86 points said: When McLaren was appointed first time around, my immediate response was not a positive one. For whatever reason, I chose to focus on how the media had presented him - that ridiculous 'Dutch' interview, his failure with England, the wally with the brolly and so on. With hindsight, the accepted notion that the media exist to inform is clearly no longer valid - every outlet has its biases, every outlet has its agendas and nothing sells papers better than bad news, save for lurid scandal. I should have evaluated the appointment on an equal basis, his failures versus his experience and successes. My mistake and his tenure proved me wrong in spades. I made another error, again proven over time. over the Newcastle saga. When he refused categorically to deny any interest in the Newcastle job, I was scathing in my appraisal of him. My only thought, an opinion hardened by our demise that season, was 'get shot', the sooner the better' and so it transpired. Three years on and I have to admit that the seasons he was here we played some of the best football I've seen from Derby in a very long time. Sure, ultimately we failed to secure promotion and the Newcastle thing still rankles but if I'm honest, my thinking was as much shaped by the way the media reported the story as by rational independent appraisal, more so in truth. Whilst the Newcastle soap opera was doubtless a distraction, the main cause of our weak finish to the season was the injuries to key playing personnel and I still maintain that we played QPR off the pitch that day, though the final score did not reflect as much! So here we are again, in not dissimilar circumstances. He's coming back and he finds the club in mild disarray, under-performing and needing some clear vision in terms of our playing style. Equally, he will take over what is clearly a talented squad, probably more so than in his first tenure, so can he repeat the feats accomplished first time around? The answer, I suppose, is 'who knows'? My only strong convictions are that this time around I'll wait and see. I won't rubbish the man before a ball has been kicked 'in anger' and I'll form my own opinions instead of allowing shady journos to do that for me. One thing I do believe strongly is that us fans have a role to play if we are to turn things around. If the club has a responsibility to the fans. then surely the reverse is true and it was highly revealing that Mel made a point of spelling out that players need our support and more than that, that they can't function properly without it. So what's my point? Nothing more really than a plea for patience. Let's not write off McLaren from the get-go, let's get behind the club, the owners, the management and most importantly, the players themselves. Let's give ourselves the chance to be successful again because that's the one true constant across all of us Derby supporters - we want success, we want to see our team playing well and winning more games than not, we want the buzz that these things bring us. After all, isn't that what football is all about? Thanks for reading. Well said. However a plea for patience may not happen as we have high expectations of this man. We have seen what he can produce and now we are going to want more of the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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