Roy's View From... Pre-Match View From Derby

[Davalon]

I know it seems popular on here to slag Frank Lampard but he always seems a decent lad to me.

Fantastic player obviously but apart from one or two drunken incidents when he was young, he seems fairly humble and speaks well usually.

Just listened to his interview on Rams tv and he's clearly watched us and was very complimentary about how we play.

 

[bromtom]

 

[CarlMcBlade]

They might have spent more money on their team, but I’ve only heard of Mount and Waghorn. While half the western world have heard of Sir Billy Sharp.

 

[Fulwood Blade]

“How many of United’s side would you swap for ours?”

Derby's form recently is is inconsistent and some would describe it as poor considering how much dosh they have laid out in transfers and wages. That sort of comment just needs putting up in the Derby dressing room door before we go out.

DWLDD is their last 5 matches against our DWWWW.

It doesn't matter who the opposition is - we should fear no one.

CW's new statement of "Where there's risk, there's reward" should strike fear into any club we now go and visit. Of course we will get caught and lose games (eg: Bristol City) - but we will also spank teams away from home, and there's absolutely no reason whatsoever that Derby shouldn't be one of those sides.

Looking forward to my 2nd away trip of the season.

UTB

 

[metty]

Cheers Roy

 

[Tony Kenworthy]

Cheers Roy.

“How many of United’s side would you swap for ours?”

I love it.

 

[Addison]

For any Derby fan reading this don't let the Pig infiltrators on your Board fool you the Pigs were never known as the Blades. History records both Sheffield teams were known as the Cutlers aligned to the industry in the City. United decided it was sensible to have a different nickname so came up with the Blades. The Pigs immediately said they liked the sound of that name and they should be called the Blades because they were formed first. United told the Pigs to do -one. Hence the start of 100 years plus of massiveness on the part of our piggy neighbours bleating about being bigger and being formed first.

It was only in the early 1900's when a clown with a stuffed parrot turned up at Swillsborough that they decided to nick his act and call themselves the Fowls. Being the ignorant fools they are they couldn't tell the difference between the two birds and have kept up the pretence that the name was to do with the district the Swine play in, Fowlerton.

 

[Kenilworth]

“I’d like to see us match their formation in this one. Go three at the back… Man for man I think we have more skill and we will beat them.”

I love piggy type comments such as this. They clearly haven't been watching our midfield, or McG, or our ball playing CBs this season. If they think that man for man they are too good for us, they could be in for a shock!

Keogh


Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

Roygbiv thank Christ you wrote this and that some sense of normality is back.

You know it's bad when I'm starting to see the silly, juvenile threads as tiresome. Jesus wept.

 

[Kenilworth]

For any Derby fan reading this don't let the Pig infiltrators on your Board fool you the Pigs were never known as the Blades. History records both Sheffield teams were known as the Cutlers aligned to the industry in the City. United decided it was sensible to have a different nickname so came up with the Blades. The Pigs immediately said they liked the sound of that name and they should be called the Blades because they were formed first. United told the Pigs to do -one. Hence the start of 100 years plus of massiveness on the part of our piggy neighbours bleating about being bigger and being formed first.

It was only in the early 1900's when a clown with a stuffed parrot turned up at Swillsborough that they decided to nick his act and call themselves the Fowls. Being the ignorant fools they are they couldn't tell the difference between the two birds and have kept up the pretence that the name was to do with the district the Swine play in, Fowlerton.

Oh how I wish that was all true

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

Fucking reyt up for this, it has to be said. Excited, let's play our way and give them a game.

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

 

[bromtom]

Cheers Roy.

“How many of United’s side would you swap for ours?”

I love it.

Think we'd have to have the entire Brazilian national team before that stops getting trotted out.

6 full international players for decent national teams.

Another couple of standby internationals

The rest have been in and around the top of the championship for most of the last 15 months and are up the top end of whatever performance charts you want to look at.

Whatever, we know how good we can be.

 

[Chief_Froley]

It's the return of Roygbiv!

 

[TJB.]

For any Derby fan reading this don't let the Pig infiltrators on your Board fool you the Pigs were never known as the Blades. History records both Sheffield teams were known as the Cutlers aligned to the industry in the City. United decided it was sensible to have a different nickname so came up with the Blades. The Pigs immediately said they liked the sound of that name and they should be called the Blades because they were formed first. United told the Pigs to do -one. Hence the start of 100 years plus of massiveness on the part of our piggy neighbours bleating about being bigger and being formed first.

It was only in the early 1900's when a clown with a stuffed parrot turned up at Swillsborough that they decided to nick his act and call themselves the Fowls. Being the ignorant fools they are they couldn't tell the difference between the two birds and have kept up the pretence that the name was to do with the district the Swine play in, Fowlerton.

To my understanding, all teams based in Sheffield in the late 1800's were nicknamed 'Blades', including the likes of Hallam, Sheffield FC and other, now defunct, clubs. This means that the pigs were indeed referred to as Blades at some point, but they like to say it was an exclusive thing that we nicked, when it was actually quite generic.

 

[SUFC Handsworth]

To my understanding, all teams based in Sheffield in the late 1800's were nicknamed 'Blades', including the likes of Hallam, Sheffield FC and other, now defunct, clubs. This means that the pigs were indeed referred to as Blades at some point, but they like to say it was an exclusive thing that we nicked, when it was actually quite generic.

Quite correct ... then Wednesday moved to the site of a former pig farm at Hillsborough and like many other teams in that area picked up the generic nickname 'Pigs' which has stuck ever since

 

[TJB.]

Quite correct ... then Wednesday moved to the site of a former pig farm at Hillsborough and like many other teams in that area picked up the generic nickname 'Pigs' which has stuck ever since

I don't give a fuck that they might have had our nickname at some point. What always bothered me was growing up on Heeley Bank Road for 20 years, just up from Olive Grove Rd where their ground used to be.

To think that they all walked down my road in droves to get to their game...Christ. Ew.

 

[Liverpool blade]

Cheers Roy. Here’s hoping for a good win?. UTB

 

[Jonboy60]

No fan of fra

I know it seems popular on here to slag Frank Lampard but he always seems a decent lad to me.

Fantastic player obviously but apart from one or two drunken incidents when he was young, he seems fairly humble and speaks well usually.

Just listened to his interview on Rams tv and he's clearly watched us and was very complimentary about how we play.

I agree Davlon, not his fault the media come in their undercrackers whenever a ‘name’ is on their radar.
Good old stevie G, just the same,managing at the equivalent of lower Championship level.

 

[Boxer Blade]

They might have spent more money on their team, but I’ve only heard of Mount and Waghorn. While half the western world have heard of Sir Billy Sharp.

Only half?

 

[INTAKE BLADE]

Cheers Roy

 

[TCsLoveChild]

Presume they're referring to the Dirty Yorkshire Scum. Fair dos.

What's the DYS?

Don't You Start UTB

 

[CopenhagenBlade]

I know it seems popular on here to slag Frank Lampard but he always seems a decent lad to me.

Fantastic player obviously but apart from one or two drunken incidents when he was young, he seems fairly humble and speaks well usually.

Just listened to his interview on Rams tv and he's clearly watched us and was very complimentary about how we play.

Agree. I think it is more slagging the media love in with him than the actual person. He is one of ‘them’ pundit and fits lots of images and stereotypes that they want to portray.

 

[SharpshootingBilly]

just a shit Steven Gerrard

 

[Southend Blade]

I know it seems popular on here to slag Frank Lampard but he always seems a decent lad to me.

Fantastic player obviously but apart from one or two drunken incidents when he was young, he seems fairly humble and speaks well usually.

Just listened to his interview on Rams tv and he's clearly watched us and was very complimentary about how we play.

I would go as far as to say, he will be one of the more successful 'ex big time players' who becomes a fair to middling coach/manager. He seems to study the opposition, and is usually pretty much spot on in his pre match assessments of oppo teams. Liked him as a player, and hope that he has a successful managerial career, once we have stuffed his present team that is. UTB

 

[N20 Blade]

I would go as far as to say, he will be one of the more successful 'ex big time players' who becomes a fair to middling coach/manager. He seems to study the opposition, and is usually pretty much spot on in his pre match assessments of oppo teams. Liked him as a player, and hope that he has a successful managerial career, once we have stuffed his present team that is. UTB

From what I read the West Ham experience changed him markedly because their fans (idiots as always) hated him because they thought he'd had advantages due to who he was rather than his skills. In actual fact, he worked harder than most teenagers to get fit and improve his stamina, so when Chelsea came in, he couldn't wait to leave. Basically, a lot of his success was based on hard graft and sacrifices.

 

[Weasel]

He's a modern day Martin Peters.

 

[bromtom]

No problem with Lampard to be honest, he does speak well and seems quite capable, it's just the "Frank Lampard's Derby County" bollocks, and the slight injustice of him walking into a what's usually a promotion challenging team with no experience. It's not his fault that the media are a load of big name brown nosing sycophants though. Completely unnecessary because the league speaks for itself, you don't need to focus on the managers, same with Bielsa.

 

[IAmBlaDE]

As usual, great work Roy, thank you.

 

[essexblade73]

That 'on paper' argument is bollox. Their team is ordinary and I wouldnt swap any of their players for ours. Just cos the media suck their ballsacks cos of Lampard they think theyre the bollox.