Anag Ram

Is that the congestion they’re warning about?

What a shame. Richard Dormer was always going to be a big loss. I’ve only seen one episode of the second series.

He’s just too good to be true Can’t take our eyes off Ebou Du-du, du-du, du, du, du,du etc

Imagine beating Cambridge and celebrating on the pitch, only to be deducted three points for doing so 😩

Our issue for many seasons was that we were a soft touch in physical games away from home. There were certain fixtures I used to dread because we had little chance of coping and would concede possession from start to finish. Warne and the staff have addressed this, albeit in a low league. We are more robust now and competitive in every league game. No team in League One has played good football consistently this year. That’s largely down to a lack of quality.

Can we choose ‘fluid’ as our gender now?

It did against Orient, but Bradley’s selection was more to do with aerial power from corners, an area of weakness in the opposition spotted by the coach. Prior to that a back four was also effective. I think Tommo might start in a three man midfield with Barks supporting NML and Collins. That will put them under far more pressure. Collins and NML on their own created very little. We won’t be lucky enough to score from multiple set pieces again. We need more creativity. However, I moaned like hell about Bradley’s inclusion against Orient, so what do I know? 😊

Unlikely but we could be one day from escaping League One. Tantalising.

I’m surprised Liverpool and Man City aren’t allowed to join at the semi final stage.

Me too! People just don’t take you seriously when you pitch up like this

The Regime on Sky. Arse gravy at its most watery.

Just watched the first episode of Mammoth on BBC. Gym teacher from the 70s comes back to life after being frozen in the snow for 45 years. Resumes his role with the same attitude and values. Good fun.

I think there’s a danger of extrapolating the views of a few fans as a representation of a more general sentiment. After all, there are a few on here we wouldn’t want to be our emissaries. I think we have heard from fans of both Portsmouth and Bolton that their team has been inconsistent and often underwhelming. The league has been decided by the team that survived its blip the best. Portsmouth also did good business in the window. Bolton have been hit with injuries like us and have been struggling towards the finish line. I hope that if we do get second place, Bolton are the team that makes it up from the playoffs.

Had to be Kane’s shins

Warne pretty much admitted that Bradley‘a inclusion on Saturday was because his coach Matt H had identified a weakness Orient had from corners. Cambridge won’t be as obliging. I’d revert to 4-3-3 Wildsmith Wilson Nelson Cashin Sibley Smith Adams Thompson Barkhuisen Collins Mendez-Laing

Is Jordan Pickford really England’s number one?

Banging on is bang on. Keep it up!

I think the combination works best. 4-3-3 so midfield doesn’t get overrun. Difficulty there has been getting the right combination. Adams and Smith has worked well lately but in Bird’s absence we don’t have an automatic third (Thompson was okay on Saturday but Orient were rubbish) If we had Bird with Smith and Adams for protection, we’d have quicker ball to the wide players so crosses are more effective. Ideally we’d have slick first time passing, except our players have the limitations of League One quality so sometimes passes go astray. That’s not ideal in a tense, must win run-in so it doesn’t happen. Pragmatism has worked this far. The target was promotion and we are within touching distance.

There are cave drawings of that joke 😊

He’s a good player, but what we’re asking is that he leaves his job in the City to go back to McDonalds where he enjoyed work as a younger man. Sadly, I think his financial expectations are far beyond what we could offer him.

Great trip again yesterday. Thanks to all who made it possible. Would recommend it to anyone in the region who wants a different routine on match day. Lots of amiable chat amongst Rams fans, a spot of lunch and a drop off closer to the ground than you’d get by car or train. The organisers guarantee a home win every time the coach operates (may have made that last bit up but two from two recently!)

With Lincoln’s challenge fading do we think Joe Taylor might be a realistic target? Would be great to have a striker with genuine pace.

We said the same. Purely medicinal I’m sure

ATG 1Wildsmith 6 35Nelson 7 5Bradley 7.5 (for the goals) 6Cashin 7 2Wilson 6.5 12Smith 7.5 23Fornah 6 32Adams 7.5 10Waghorn 6 17Sibley 7.5 16 Tommo 6.5 4Hourihane 6 9Collins 6.5 14Washington 6 11Méndez-Laing 6.5 7Barkhuisen 6.5 Difficult to assess Derby’s performance when Orient were so poor but the application was there.

Glad they had a Subbuteo goalkeeper 😁 Super day, erasing the memory of Wednesday.….. and relax.