Voll Blau

Wye Valley Heteford pale ale at the Nav in Barrow. Canalside pubs are so good.

How many runs did Cox's keeping save us tonight too? Plus, not many can pull off just any headgear they want in the field - including hatless, bleached hair. Worra player.

Little nugget in a good debate on why Blast attendances are down. Our opening gate was higher this year, compared to 2024.

Not sure it's even really fair to be annoyed at Kimber's dismissal. His/Budinger's job is to get us ahead of the rate in the powerplay and he achieved that. It only needs one of the two to come off and we're always in with a shout. We've plenty of good chase managers who can then do the business, as we saw tonight.

Trusting the process has got us relegated twice in three years and seen us fail catastrophocallly to capitalise on the strongest position in our history. If you're fine with kids across Leicestershire not supporting their local team because we decided to do all we could to lock out new fans when we were at our best on the pitch then yeah, "enjoy the ride"...

Some decent stats from Derbyshire's archivist...

Grab your mates and fill your boots...

Unreal assault from Budinger. Brown's among the best in this format on his day. Biggest moment in the game. Good start against a side who are no mugs if they get it together.

Whiteley coming in at 7 for you makes you a pretty strong side, to be fair. Was always a danger they'd rally.

Andersson's a decent player in good form, but that's disappointing to let them back into it like that. Thought Wood looked mostly alright. He'll grow into that role nicely.

Need to watch out for Jewell. He can really motor if he gets going.

Something a bit sad about seeing him smash a team he'd improve no end all around the park.

Good discussion on us here...

There's a micropub in Duffield called the Town Street Tap that looks decent, but it's table service only (even post-pandemic) and we couldn't be bothered waiting when we went in. It was rammed.

Complete mess of a club at the moment. Deciding it's the captain's fault one week, then the coach's the next. Think elements of their board are too focused on the Hundred stuff...

The news are as transparent as they're allowed to be, based on the info the police tell them. In certain instances (alleged offenders aged under 18, for example) publishing more information is simply illegal.

I know. What happened will be established once the right people have a chance to do their jobs. I just wish the public would let that happen when horrific stuff like this occurs - chiefly because the people being mown down are real and deserve that level of human decency as a bare minimum. It's baffling people can't understand that.

So fvcking buttons? You're not compelled to give your hot take on it.

Maybe let's all just think of the victims and stop speculating about anything else, eh?

Sick freaks sharing it. What's wrong with people?

As previously mentioned, there are one group who've been stepping up every home game. People either need to get more involved with them or start their own movement.

Well, they've managed to organise and not make tits of themselves on a football forum, which puts them at least two steps ahead of you.

"Those salaried, full-time employees of UFS and The Foxes Trust should be ashamed of themselves!"

Guessing you don't work as a brewery piss-up organiser then...

Just looked up Billy Nomates after seeing her on Jools Holland. Hadn't realised she was one of our own.