Rample Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Alpha said: This doesn't feel like Derby County anymore It's been burned down and then the scavengers came to take what the fire didn't. There's an empty feeling for me. Like a complete defeat. I expect relegation from League 1 but it's not just about that. I can accept tough times. Bad decisions, relegation, player sales, no money. This is so much worse than that. We're left with nothing to survive with. A couple of buildings and a badge. We can't even offer people who want to stay that contract. We can't focus on kits, transfer nonsense, fixtures and that often deluded optimistic thrill that comes with August. We're a business opportunity for a chancer. Quantuma have taken on the club and are so terrible that Mel Morris is asking his wife "was I as bad as them at this gig?" Seeing Derby County in the news linked to the likes of CK, Alonso and some middle Eastern fella we can't even Google with any accuracy is horrible. Throwing ourselves at the mercy of characters like CK and Alonso. We're talking up Mike Ashley like he's alright. Spoilier; he's not. He's a tool. If the Devil bids we'll be like "yeah, but nobody ever gets cold in his realm. And he's kept that place ticking over nicely for 1bn years" Excited about a prospect? Gone. The lie we tell ourselves every year that we might actually be good? Gone. The first world problems under Mac? The togetherness under Lamps? The budget battling of Clough? The inspiration of Rooney? The weighing up of Rowett? Having to like Billy Davies? All better places than now! Even Paul Jewell and Phil Brown were only utter rubbish This isn't rubbish. We can't even gather enough players to be rubbish. Rubbish is literally what we hope to be. Cus the alternative is we don't exist. And to be honest it feels like we don't exist. We're going through all this to salvage a massive stadium that will be half closed soon, a badge and a history that can't be taken from us fans and means nothing to anyone else otherwise Chelsea wouldn't be the only club in the world suffering. Maybe tomorrow I'll feel different but Derby County means nothing right now. Its exhausting trying to focus on a football club that's so broken, consumed by greed and arrogance and being whored out to anybody who has a few quid to lose. Rubbish game anyway. With its stupid VAR and weird obsession of messing with rules that were fine when Augustus played for Roma. Blokes rolling around everywhere while the brains at the top can't figure out how to stop the cheating or what to do when they find racism. Just grand gestures made from their morning s**** that fix nothing. Clubs going out of business but let's do a European Super Duper League. Let's have this player worth £150m but that club couldn't pay a fraction of that to exist in our league. I'm not necessarily at the same level of disenchantment, but I just wanted to say this is probably the best written post I've read on this or any other forum. Kathcairns 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagerbob Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 where was the "No option, its like a prison sentence"? Alph, JPRamFan, archram and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 23 minutes ago, jagerbob said: where was the "No option, its like a prison sentence"? Exactly. I'll always be a Derby fan, but at the moment I'm not glad about it. jagerbob, JPRamFan and Kathcairns 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Just got back from Asda. After yesterdays high then low I decided to look at what's available in the football isle Top shelf. 20 teams who are minted but have too many millionaires who couldn't give a phuk about football only money, Crap officials and VAR. 2nd shelf 24 teams that will spend money at all cost to get to the promised land of the top shelf, Crap officials and poor gamesmanship. 3rd shelf Real football with honest players who will strive to do their best at all costs, Sat 3pm kick offs are mandatory, Crap officials, Good away days with standing allowed, Ask for a cheese and onion cob and get a cheese and onion flat bap, Or a crusty bun that will break your teeth, Accents that you'll need to have a dialect book to understand what they are saying, Never ask for a fish n mix at the chippy as they will tell you to get the phuk out of my shop, Beer at 33p a pint, Ladies of the night for 1 Park Drive Cigarette and a match, Cheeky kids asking if you want us to look after your car mister for a mars bar, And if you don't like mars bars they give you a crunchie instead, Old couples walking hand in hand to the corner shop to buy a tin of beans and a small loaf in their string bag, Boys and girls playing hopscotch and the Dads playing marbles in the gutter while Mum is on the ladder cleaning the weeds out of the gutters on the roof. So I decided to stick with Derby County why change 56 years of Madness, I walked out of Asda skipping with joy. I know nothing, Alph, Hans Datdo-Dishes and 4 others 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Always glad to be a Derby fan. Couldn't vote 1 though as sometimes it is dull (that's a no to a Clough return from me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 I love being a Derby fan. Born and bread and my sons the same . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammie Steve Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Never a dull moment and something different every day! Pretty exciting on the pitch too! No other club comes anywhere close! DCFC 4 ever! IslandExile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 32 minutes ago, Curtains said: I love being a Derby fan. Born and bread and my sons the same . Curtains, Mucker1884 and Kathcairns 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernow Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Always have been, always will be. Being pretty much the only Derby fan where I’m from, I’m used to having the mick taken out of me and always coming back to defend us. It’s one of those where I’m allowed to say we’re poo as much as I like, but I’m not best pleased if anybody else does! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 24 minutes ago, angieram said: Hey Angie great result for Derbyshire last night. Watched it on you tube in Spain angieram and Rev 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Rample said: I'm not necessarily at the same level of disenchantment, but I just wanted to say this is probably the best written post I've read on this or any other forum. Thanks! Was just an annoyed moan. Makes you angry though doesn't it? Maybe when there's some football being played everyone will feel better. Brammie Steve, Kathcairns and Curtains 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OUTSIDER Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Silly question... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BathRam72 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 6 hours ago, NottsRam77 said: Its going to be a v tough few years for us nottingham based folk isnt it. still… i picked my bed so i have to lie in it lol coyr!! You might have a few laughs next season. Chin up NottsRam77 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimmu Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 5 hours ago, Alpha said: This doesn't feel like Derby County anymore It's been burned down and then the scavengers came to take what the fire didn't. There's an empty feeling for me. Like a complete defeat. I expect relegation from League 1 but it's not just about that. I can accept tough times. Bad decisions, relegation, player sales, no money. This is so much worse than that. We're left with nothing to survive with. A couple of buildings and a badge. We can't even offer people who want to stay that contract. We can't focus on kits, transfer nonsense, fixtures and that often deluded optimistic thrill that comes with August. We're a business opportunity for a chancer. Quantuma have taken on the club and are so terrible that Mel Morris is asking his wife "was I as bad as them at this gig?" Seeing Derby County in the news linked to the likes of CK, Alonso and some middle Eastern fella we can't even Google with any accuracy is horrible. Throwing ourselves at the mercy of characters like CK and Alonso. We're talking up Mike Ashley like he's alright. Spoilier; he's not. He's a tool. If the Devil bids we'll be like "yeah, but nobody ever gets cold in his realm. And he's kept that place ticking over nicely for 1bn years" Excited about a prospect? Gone. The lie we tell ourselves every year that we might actually be good? Gone. The first world problems under Mac? The togetherness under Lamps? The budget battling of Clough? The inspiration of Rooney? The weighing up of Rowett? Having to like Billy Davies? All better places than now! Even Paul Jewell and Phil Brown were only utter rubbish This isn't rubbish. We can't even gather enough players to be rubbish. Rubbish is literally what we hope to be. Cus the alternative is we don't exist. And to be honest it feels like we don't exist. We're going through all this to salvage a massive stadium that will be half closed soon, a badge and a history that can't be taken from us fans and means nothing to anyone else otherwise Chelsea wouldn't be the only club in the world suffering. Maybe tomorrow I'll feel different but Derby County means nothing right now. Its exhausting trying to focus on a football club that's so broken, consumed by greed and arrogance and being whored out to anybody who has a few quid to lose. Rubbish game anyway. With its stupid VAR and weird obsession of messing with rules that were fine when Augustus played for Roma. Blokes rolling around everywhere while the brains at the top can't figure out how to stop the cheating or what to do when they find racism. Just grand gestures made from their morning s**** that fix nothing. Clubs going out of business but let's do a European Super Duper League. Let's have this player worth £150m but that club couldn't pay a fraction of that to exist in our league. I have missed you brilliant rants, Alpha! You should continue more about football overall, there's lot to rant about. Kathcairns and Alph 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 4 hours ago, Alpha said: This doesn't feel like Derby County anymore It's been burned down and then the scavengers came to take what the fire didn't. There's an empty feeling for me. Like a complete defeat. I expect relegation from League 1 but it's not just about that. I can accept tough times. Bad decisions, relegation, player sales, no money. This is so much worse than that. We're left with nothing to survive with. A couple of buildings and a badge. We can't even offer people who want to stay that contract. We can't focus on kits, transfer nonsense, fixtures and that often deluded optimistic thrill that comes with August. We're a business opportunity for a chancer. Quantuma have taken on the club and are so terrible that Mel Morris is asking his wife "was I as bad as them at this gig?" Seeing Derby County in the news linked to the likes of CK, Alonso and some middle Eastern fella we can't even Google with any accuracy is horrible. Throwing ourselves at the mercy of characters like CK and Alonso. We're talking up Mike Ashley like he's alright. Spoilier; he's not. He's a tool. If the Devil bids we'll be like "yeah, but nobody ever gets cold in his realm. And he's kept that place ticking over nicely for 1bn years" Excited about a prospect? Gone. The lie we tell ourselves every year that we might actually be good? Gone. The first world problems under Mac? The togetherness under Lamps? The budget battling of Clough? The inspiration of Rooney? The weighing up of Rowett? Having to like Billy Davies? All better places than now! Even Paul Jewell and Phil Brown were only utter rubbish This isn't rubbish. We can't even gather enough players to be rubbish. Rubbish is literally what we hope to be. Cus the alternative is we don't exist. And to be honest it feels like we don't exist. We're going through all this to salvage a massive stadium that will be half closed soon, a badge and a history that can't be taken from us fans and means nothing to anyone else otherwise Chelsea wouldn't be the only club in the world suffering. Maybe tomorrow I'll feel different but Derby County means nothing right now. Its exhausting trying to focus on a football club that's so broken, consumed by greed and arrogance and being whored out to anybody who has a few quid to lose. Rubbish game anyway. With its stupid VAR and weird obsession of messing with rules that were fine when Augustus played for Roma. Blokes rolling around everywhere while the brains at the top can't figure out how to stop the cheating or what to do when they find racism. Just grand gestures made from their morning s**** that fix nothing. Clubs going out of business but let's do a European Super Duper League. Let's have this player worth £150m but that club couldn't pay a fraction of that to exist in our league. Mate the best thing about yesterday was the reality DCFC will survive as a Football club. That’s all I wanted and we can than DC for that. I think the only way is up from now on. I wish Rooney well but quite honestly at this moment in time he is out of Derby pay league so him going as done is a favour. He did great but a new era is dawning don’t be too hard on it mate. Alph 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammy03 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 4 hours ago, IslandExile said: Just to clarify.....I wasn't suggesting anyone change allegiance. That's impossible, right? No matter what we go through. I was merely asking if people wished for Derby County to have a few hum drum years languishing in mid table, winning some, losing some, in the Premier League. Or do they prefer the roller coaster ride that we always seem to be in? I don't want us to be a boring mid table bottom half premier league club like a Crystal Palace or a Southampton. That's not us. With the right set up we are destined to be a force again. It's a roller coaster ride supporting this club but that's what we are. What's happened recently is terrible and should never happen. But we will be back! Kathcairns and IslandExile 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 1 minute ago, Dimmu said: I have missed you brilliant rants, Alpha! You should continue more about football overall, there's lot to rant about. I like Alpha he posts as he sees it but he needs to step back and think of the overall picture of DCFCs future. We survived before with S Webb and we will survive this. The outcome is a lot better than I expected with DC taking over. He IMO won’t let us down as he’s genuinely a Rams fan and I mean they. Up the Rams. Alph 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Ram Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Weird isn’t it, you can change your gender nowadays, but you can’t change your affinity to your football team. It just is. Kathcairns and RadioactiveWaste 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 19 minutes ago, Dimmu said: I have missed you brilliant rants, Alpha! You should continue more about football overall, there's lot to rant about. Haha! ? Even that waiting for a player to have celebrated and gone back to the dressing room to shower before the linesman flagging for offside nonsense is infuriating. It's hard to know if we're all nostalgic or if the game is actually past it's peak and is heading down the hill. Do you think one day people will be like "they used to have a man with a flag that decided offsides! Thank god we have an air raid siren go off when the laser field detects an offside now." It's so bad now you don't know if you've scored until the ref gets an email back from FIFA. What they doing to this game!!? Dimmu and Kathcairns 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 23 minutes ago, Curtains said: I like Alpha he posts as he sees it but he needs to step back and think of the overall picture of DCFCs future. We survived before with S Webb and we will survive this. The outcome is a lot better than I expected with DC taking over. He IMO won’t let us down as he’s genuinely a Rams fan and I mean they. Up the Rams. You're probably right mate. Just be nice when you can type Derby County into Google and instantly discover its a football team and not an investment scheme Curtains 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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