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This is a standard Warne performance. Not sure why many are surprised or throwing their toys out the pram.
We play like this every week.
The only difference today is we have missed the two good chances and they have taken theirs.
So instead of 0-2, it’s 1-0.
We’re not playing any worse than we did against Cheltenham, Stevenage, Charlton, Exeter or Bolton over the past month.

Come on you Rams. Don’t want to agree that we’ll spiral, but another year could lead to 2/5/10 however many more. Let’s do it this year, what a chance we have. 

Come on you Rams. Don’t want to agree that we’ll spiral, but another year could lead to 2/5/10 however many more. Let’s do it this year, what a chance we have. 

Come on you Rams. Don’t want to agree that we’ll spiral, but another year could lead to 2/5/10 however many more. Let’s do it this year, what a chance we have. 

People will think I'm being over dramatic, but these are some of the most important games in our history. We've never spent more than two consecutive seasons in this god-forsaken league. Fail to get promoted again this season and there could be a downward spiral. Crowds will fall away, good players will leave, the academy will be ransacked again...
Make it out and maybe we'll look back in a few years and pinpoint this moment as when everything changed, and Derby County rose up the leagues to restore themselves and their reputation among England's footballing elite.

100% - also if Pompey win it, it most likely means they’ve taken points off Bolton and Barnsley (hopefully not us though) and that would go a long way to meaning 2nd place for us.  
 
Obviously draws would be good and we beat them but 2nd is promotion and that what we need! 
 

100% - also if Pompey win it, it most likely means they’ve taken points off Bolton and Barnsley (hopefully not us though) and that would go a long way to meaning 2nd place for us.  
 
Obviously draws would be good and we beat them but 2nd is promotion and that what we need! 
 

100% - also if Pompey win it, it most likely means they’ve taken points off Bolton and Barnsley (hopefully not us though) and that would go a long way to meaning 2nd place for us.  
 
Obviously draws would be good and we beat them but 2nd is promotion and that what we need! 
 

As Dom Dietrich might say, these are “take it or leave it” stats. Below is my attempt at showing the league position of the opponents our direct competitors face on the run in:
Portsmouth- 12 2 17 3 5 11 7- average 8.14
Derby- 14 9 1 12 10 20 24- average 12.9
Bolton- 8 18 13 1 17 23 4- average 12
P’Boro- 24 10 23 6 22 13 21 3- average 15.3
Barnsley- 20 19 16 8 18 1 9 14- average 13.1
I haven’t considered home or away ties, but on the face it Portsmouth have by far the hardest run in, playing us, Bolton and Barnsley. My personal preference would be for them to beat Barnsley and Bolton, let them take the title, and it gives us more breathing space on the final day. But looking at it another way, if we can beat them on 2 April and other results go against them, might we be looking at a title push?? I would love that, for B4 if nothing else.
Peterborough have the easiest run in and face all three bottom teams, although I noticed they are one of only four teams to play midweek before the final game of the season- which for them is a massive 6-pointer against Bolton.
Our games seem to get “easier” as time goes on, whereas others are more mixed. Portsmouth finish against one the form teams of Europe (I’d guess?) in Lincoln. Let’s see if the Imps are still averaging three goals a game by then- if they are, they might well finish 4th or 5th!
Final point- our GD is 4 better than Portsmouth, 7 better than Bolton and P’Boro and 13 better than Barnsley. That could well be the half point advantage that makes a difference come 27th April…

Here’s a website with the stats from the game on Saturday as you possibly don’t remember the details;
https://www.sportinglife.com/football/live/163100/derby-county-vs-bolton-wanderers/stats
They had 6 shots, 3 on target. We had 10 shots, 3 on target.
It says both sides created and missed 1 big chance each.
They had 2 shots off target, we had 4.
They had 1 blocked shot, we had 3.
Our xG for the game was 0.55 theirs was 0.43.
Both teams had 6 corners each.
Now, the big and most important stat, we scored a goal, they didn’t.
We know you don’t like/rate Warne, it’s possible for you to still have that stance and also admit the reality that he got a decent result against a promotion rival, all the evidence is there if you find just the tiniest bit of humility.

Disgusting foul and a deserved red card 🤥

Disgusting foul and a deserved red card 🤥

Disgusting foul and a deserved red card 🤥

Disgusting foul and a deserved red card 🤥

He might still take us up.
But I can not wait till we have a manager capable of taking the game to a team and not switching to a back 5. 
The problem Mr Clowes has right now is season ticket sales will be hit. 

He might still take us up.
But I can not wait till we have a manager capable of taking the game to a team and not switching to a back 5. 
The problem Mr Clowes has right now is season ticket sales will be hit. 

We fell to pieces with the substitutions. Only one person to blame IMO. 
From 60 minutes on it looked like we had 9 men with zero shape. Zero midfield. 

He might still take us up.
But I can not wait till we have a manager capable of taking the game to a team and not switching to a back 5. 
The problem Mr Clowes has right now is season ticket sales will be hit. 

He might still take us up.
But I can not wait till we have a manager capable of taking the game to a team and not switching to a back 5. 
The problem Mr Clowes has right now is season ticket sales will be hit. 

He might still take us up.
But I can not wait till we have a manager capable of taking the game to a team and not switching to a back 5. 
The problem Mr Clowes has right now is season ticket sales will be hit. 

He might still take us up.
But I can not wait till we have a manager capable of taking the game to a team and not switching to a back 5. 
The problem Mr Clowes has right now is season ticket sales will be hit. 

We fell to pieces with the substitutions. Only one person to blame IMO. 
From 60 minutes on it looked like we had 9 men with zero shape. Zero midfield. 

He might still take us up.
But I can not wait till we have a manager capable of taking the game to a team and not switching to a back 5. 
The problem Mr Clowes has right now is season ticket sales will be hit. 

He might still take us up.
But I can not wait till we have a manager capable of taking the game to a team and not switching to a back 5. 
The problem Mr Clowes has right now is season ticket sales will be hit. 

Can't even bring myself to listen.