Chellaston Ram

It’s about time the FA stopped the dark art of goalkeepers faking injury so the manager can give his team a tactical talk. We battered them in the first 10 minutes then their keeper needed treatment for making a save then suddenly all their team headed to the touch line, it was so obvious. We never really got going again for a while. Port Vale did similar thing the last home game.

We seem to be playing more football and fluidity with Gayle up front instead of Collins, it’s definitely becoming more enjoyable to watch and more buzz about the place.

13 minutes ago, maxjam said:

Nah, it was approx 10yrs ago now, surely its time to forgive and forget!?

Anyway, I doubt DC would go down the 'celebrity' manager route unlike his predecessor and as has been highlighted, his lack of English would present a huge problem.

Regardless, I recall this from a few years ago.  Sod manager, sign him up as a player 😛

 

 

My favourite player when he was with us

2 hours ago, Comrade 86 said:

So sorry to hear of your loss, Chellaston. Glad at least to hear you have footy and your family to rally round and that you're finding some balance again. Hopefully the lads will provide a deal more cheer yet, before end of season and us lot are always here if you need a sounding board. 

Thanks @Comrade 86, sometimes I am a bit harsh against Warne but I think some of it is to do with my state of mind ( I want the Rams to cheer me up 😀)

Thanks @Alph; @B4’s Sister, luckily I have a strong family to support me and I’m now finding the football a good distraction 

On 16/02/2024 at 18:33, Scott129 said:

My dad finally lost his battle this morning at the ridiculous age of 64.

Over the past month or so, he got stuck in a cycle of having excess fluid drained, the fluid coming back, being drained again, etc. The fluid eventually got into his lungs and, on top of that, he had the cancer in the background (which they couldn't directly treat because of all of the draining), and a skin infection that eventually led to sepsis. It was just too many issues for him to fight, even though he gave it a damn good go.

He deteriorated rapidly last night to the point of being very agitated and delirious, and I got a call from the nurses to come in at 3am. I knew it was the beginning of the end then, and the decision was made to withdraw treatment at about 11am. He went very peacefully within the hour.

Part of me wants to carry on like normal - go to the match tomorrow and have a few drinks after - but the healthiest decision is probably to skip it and have a bit of alone time to process it all.

I echo the last sentence of my previous post too - f*** cancer.

I understand how you feel Scott , I lost my wife with cancer 4 weeks ago after a 17 month battle, in her last few weeks I missed a few games as I couldn’t face going to the match and trying to enjoy it. Time is a great healer, I have started going again now and gradually getting back to my normal match day routine. 

49 minutes ago, Tamworthram said:

I agree that they can't really blame conceding the goal on the incident but an attacking opportunity was erroneously taken away from them.

A wrong decision by the referee and I reckon we'd all be fuming if it happened to us. But, as it was Notts Forest, my heart isn't bleeding too much. 

Managers are so quick to blame the poor ref, yet their so called stars who are paid thousands a week can miss sitters and nothing is said 

Even though the referee got the decision wrong they still had possession of the ball again but lost it.  It couldn’t have happened to a nicer team 🤣

I’ll have no complaints if we play like that every game . 

On 26/02/2024 at 16:11, Premier ram said:

 

                     Careful Forest watch the drop🤣

Unfortunately I think they will still stay up even with a points deduction , Luton now look like they have been found out and the Gumps last 2 away games are Sheffield United and Burnley and they will be already relegated by then.

I’ll definitely be renewing, although I don’t like Warne nor the football we are playing, Derby are my club and I’ll support them for as long as I can afford it. I’m not interested in watching any other team whether it’s live or on television.

29 minutes ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said:

Warne's style of football is simply unsuitable for a club our size. It gives him absolutely no room for error because there is no goodwill in the bank to give the fans something to cling on to when results are poor.

The football is utterly dreadful and has been all seasons. We are where we are because we are financially more powerful than most of the league even with our restrictions and have players that can paper over the cracks in our amateurish setup.

We have first class academy and the first team should be a blue print for how the academy teams play, god help us if this is how the club expects future teams to play like 

21 minutes ago, Sparkle said:

He doesn’t know how to play any football - let’s hope we get promoted somehow and he can leave

Let’s hope he leaves at the end of the season whether we go up or not 

3 hours ago, Mckram said:

Anyone else split on whether to renew this season?

I think I’m on 9 consecutive seasons, having had 2 years off when I was at university before that.

I don’t think the increase is that bad, something like £3 a game for me.

I’m just at a point where I have a young family that are too young to attend matches and I get a lot of stick when I go to games from the other half! 

Then also the football…I just don’t think I’ve really enjoyed many games this season. I remember when I couldn’t wait all week for the match but now it hurts me to say I could happily take it or leave it.

I’m siding to not renewing and just picking games that interest me or getting an away membership?

I think a few will be thinking like you, you know what B4 would be saying 

2 minutes ago, 8Leeds said:

Apologies in advance if this just sounds like a load of waffle.

My issue with Paul Warne is that I don’t feel like he’s getting the most out of what he has available. Yes, we have lost our target man but you adjust accordingly and change the style to suit what you have. He seems to have a certain way of playing with very little ability or willingness to tweak it.

He’s a nice enough bloke. I don’t like his interviews and try to avoid them as they often make me cringe. 

I don’t think he has much ability for developing players, if anything it’s the opposite. How many players have been bit parts or seemed to have disappeared, for example Smith and Fornah etc. These are players he’s signed, if they don’t end up in and around the squad he’s basically wasted wages.

Yesterday was hard to watch when we were going toward. First half NML and Sibley were basically playing as wingers, out wide, expected to beat their man, try and cut inside and left with limited options. There was no runners from the midfield. Second half the only threat was Wilson from the right wing, who wasted multiple opportunities to play a ball into the box after doing the hard work.

We seem to have no ability to open team up with intricate passing. Everything is play it out wide and whip a cross in. With no height in the box, unless you play that ball across the floor likelihood is it will be cleared and us put back on the counter. I absolutely hate the fact that we can no longer pass a ball more than four times without losing it and 3 of those passes will be sideways or backwards.

The midfield was all wrong yesterday. Bird and Hourihane were guilty of far too many side and backward balls. It completely neutralises the attack. Get your head up and look for NML and Sibbs who should be waiting to be fed the ball and charge at the defence or hold it up for the midfield to catch up. 

For me, now we have Adam’s covering the middle of the park we have no excuse to not use players like Thompson and Fornah ahead of him to drive the ball forward. Both are capable of carrying the ball and trying to find a forward pass.

If we try and play how we do when Collins is in the team then signing Gayle will have been a waste of time and money.

The Academy is another concern, Paul has no interest in seeing players feed through. Weston for example was bright when he had his chances, only to disappear back to the academy not to be seen again. Fapetu and Robinson as well looked like very good prospects. 
 

I don’t feel like Paul’s using any of the resources he has available as well as he could, the style of play isn’t particularly interesting to watch, I won’t argue that we are in a good position for the final stretch of the season but also feel like this squad is capable of a far more exciting style of football and would definitely compete towards the top end of the league. 

Excellent post

There’s a group of 6 of us that have season tickets and 4 of them are waiting towards the end of April to see whether there is the likelihood of championship football next season as they have had enough of being bored most home games. I have a feeling alot more people will feel the same. It’s the time of season when it’s a results business but crap football week in week out is only acceptable if you’re winning 

I gave up getting trains to games a few years ago, Norwich away we had signal failure about 20 miles outside Norwich and missed the entire first half, then Bristol City away we had signal failure again outside Bristol Parkway and missed the kick off.

32 minutes ago, Ram-Alf said:

I'll start by saying VAR advised the official at Luton Vs Sheff Utd last week to view 2 handballs, No fcuking way were they penalties...imo but both given.

Yesterday Man City Vs Chelsea a cross comes into the box and players jump for the ball, The ball then for a second nestles in a Chelsea players forearm in the box where he then moves his arm to nudge it away...VAR no penalty

VAR shows that it all depends who's in the box at Stockley Park, Games are won and lost on the opinion of a burke in a box.

As for yesterday...as @sage would say...it's give-able 🤷‍♂️  

And who the person in Stockley park supports 

49 minutes ago, Jourdan said:

It is a worry if Collins is out for any length of time.

But having four forwards (Collins, John Jules, Waghorn, Washington) out at one time as well as multiple other players in the squad just says we have been very unfortunate.

Let’s see if we can pick up a free agent. Let’s see where Washington is with his recovery. Let’s see if we can recall Brown. Let’s see if we can go with a fluid front three of NML, CBT and Barkhuizen.

All we can do is regroup and make the best out of a bad situation.

 

We could always play like Barcelona 🤣

He hardly got any service, most our attack’s came down the right.

Last season we were beating teams at home convincingly 3 or 4-0 now we mainly grind out wins even though the quality of the league has got poorer 

I’ve noticed at away games it is so much more efficient 

My grandson is sometimes a ball boy for another local team and they use academy players and they have clear instructions what to do depending on the status of the match 

22 minutes ago, BramcoteRam84 said:

Just a reminder for some people. Paul Warne has won automatic promotion from this league twice. But if we fail autos, Paul Warne has also won a playoff final in this league. He also won the EFL trophy which I think means he has 100% record in Wembley finals.  Just for those saying he doesn’t have the tactics to win the big games. 

But his tactics are boring and will ultimately drive people away 

It’s gone from the north stand as well, it’s been replaced by fast track Carling bar at half time