Where have all the old guys gone?

[AngryRam]

Hard to respect ignorant ****s!

There you go.. The reason not many post.. Way to go yoof.

[AdiSalisbury]

Still have a mooch now and again.. No idea where Simon is.

Always look out for your flag! Hope you and Younger Angry are well

[AngryRam]

Always look out for your flag! Hope you and Younger Angry are well

All good mate thanks for asking. Little Angry is not so little now.
Hope you are well to?

[macstheman]

Never mind that, what's you take on Sunday?? Will we nick it or is it another hard luck story??

[AngryRam]

Never mind that, what's you take on Sunday?? Will we nick it or is it another hard luck story??

Pretty confident really.. Can’t see us getting past Leeds though. We’re not ready yet.

[ramAnag]

Quite agree...about the last bit. (The rest is for that other thread.)

To answer the original question...I reckon the collective age of the seven participants in this thread is over 425...and Adi’s a mere child!

[Oldtimeram]

Still have a mooch now and again.. No idea where Simon is.

I guess he is up a mountain somewhere in the middle of Tibet or somewhere just as remote

[GUNTERYY36]

I'm old enough to remember when players didn't have to dive in the area to win a crucial penalty. Still, best of luck against Leeds.

[ramAnag]

I'm old enough to remember when players didn't have to dive in the area to win a crucial penalty. Still, best of luck against Leeds.

But obviously too old to remember how even the finest of touches to a player stepping off one foot and moving at pace can lead to him being brought down.
Did he make the most of it? Probably. Was contact made with his foot at full pace? Definitely...and therefore it was a penalty.

[GUNTERYY36]

But obviously too old to remember how even the finest of touches to a player stepping off one foot and moving at pace can lead to him being brought down.
Did he make the most of it? Probably. Was contact made with his foot at full pace? Definitely...and therefore it was a penalty.

The build up is irrelevant to whether or not the ref should have awarded a pen. But it's interesting you use the expression 'make the most of it'. That's one of a family of modern day euphemisms to rationalise gamesmanship in football. Others are 'made a meal of it', 'simulation', 'take one for the team', 'professional foul', etc. They all amount to the same thing...cheating. Pure and simple. But such behaviour is not confined to Derby players, it's all part of the modern game. The sad thing is that during the course of the game we the fans (including me) demand the ref give our team decisions in our favour even though it's patently obvious he's been conned.