plymouthram

Morrison is a talented player and it’s obvious that we need to bide our time with him. Yes, he is 29 but in career terms, he is more like a 22-23 year old that is still finding his feet and still figuring himself out.
He was always going to need time to settle and time to feel wanted, feel valued, and most importantly, he needed to be given a platform to produce his best.
Next season could be the best season in his career.
No time to be writing him off.

There's players down the decades that have found missfortune with our fans, Morrison is no different, You had a rant yesterday at one poster because he called him out, You are now fawning over him.
Morrison has undoubted talent, The highlighted part above is why he's yet to convince all, Yesterday showed what a Morrison can do when he plays further forward, Also hitting the bar, He struggled to get back in the team after his red card,Then yesterday he was used in a more attacking role,  When previously he was played further back, Whether that is down to the coaching staff or Morrison himself he's surely wasted that far back.
The comment on his confidence is all important, The more confident a player is the better performances we get, Lawrence is another example, Until a month or 2 into the season he was just another Ram in a shirt, Then we started to get results, Results bring confidence, Lawrence showed this with a bucket full of confidence.
Only Morrison can decide his future performances, 2 goals doesn't make a summer tho those 2 goals may make Morrison.

I still believe 42 points could keep us in the Championship. Which means winning half of our remaining games and picking up 3 draws, could be a tall order and that would also mean Reading getting no more than 13 points in their remaining 12 matches. Reading's next 4 games are against teams all in with a chance of getting promotion. Millwall (h), Forest (a), Bournemouth (a) and Blackburn (h).
We have 6 home games left and to get 6 wins we would have to get 3 points away in possibly 2 games. It's a tall order, but possible with a bit of lady luck with other teams results against Reading and our matches. Sorry to write off Peterborough and Barnsley, but  they have both only won 5 games each (Barnsley winning 3 of theirs in the last 4 matches which is great but not form they will continue to do).
If we lose at Cardiff and don't beat Barnsley at home, I would have to state we will get relegated. So the next 2 matches are vital and as it stands the bookies would say the current bottom 3 will go down. But there's always a team that goes on a run with a dozen games to go and there's always a team that does the opposite. Lets hope it's the Rams on the run and Reading or Cardiff that go on a long losing streak.

I still believe 42 points could keep us in the Championship. Which means winning half of our remaining games and picking up 3 draws, could be a tall order and that would also mean Reading getting no more than 13 points in their remaining 12 matches. Reading's next 4 games are against teams all in with a chance of getting promotion. Millwall (h), Forest (a), Bournemouth (a) and Blackburn (h).
We have 6 home games left and to get 6 wins we would have to get 3 points away in possibly 2 games. It's a tall order, but possible with a bit of lady luck with other teams results against Reading and our matches. Sorry to write off Peterborough and Barnsley, but  they have both only won 5 games each (Barnsley winning 3 of theirs in the last 4 matches which is great but not form they will continue to do).
If we lose at Cardiff and don't beat Barnsley at home, I would have to state we will get relegated. So the next 2 matches are vital and as it stands the bookies would say the current bottom 3 will go down. But there's always a team that goes on a run with a dozen games to go and there's always a team that does the opposite. Lets hope it's the Rams on the run and Reading or Cardiff that go on a long losing streak.

I still believe 42 points could keep us in the Championship. Which means winning half of our remaining games and picking up 3 draws, could be a tall order and that would also mean Reading getting no more than 13 points in their remaining 12 matches. Reading's next 4 games are against teams all in with a chance of getting promotion. Millwall (h), Forest (a), Bournemouth (a) and Blackburn (h).
We have 6 home games left and to get 6 wins we would have to get 3 points away in possibly 2 games. It's a tall order, but possible with a bit of lady luck with other teams results against Reading and our matches. Sorry to write off Peterborough and Barnsley, but  they have both only won 5 games each (Barnsley winning 3 of theirs in the last 4 matches which is great but not form they will continue to do).
If we lose at Cardiff and don't beat Barnsley at home, I would have to state we will get relegated. So the next 2 matches are vital and as it stands the bookies would say the current bottom 3 will go down. But there's always a team that goes on a run with a dozen games to go and there's always a team that does the opposite. Lets hope it's the Rams on the run and Reading or Cardiff that go on a long losing streak.

It's a game I have down for nil points for the lads. But you never know in the Championship, Luton have won 5 on the bounce and are due a draw or even a defeat. Lets hope it's this Saturday.

I would start with Ravel instead of Sibley at Luton, also start with Kazim and Plange up front. Having one up front makes it easy for the opposition and we need to pull teams backline out of shape to create more chances.
Some on here painted a different picture of the game, I thought after we conceded the 2nd goal we had the better of the play but lacked the final ball to unlock Millwall's well drilled packed defence. I had this game down as a winable match, so now we have to find an away win in games I think we could lose including the Luton match this Saturday. Lets hope we can do it, COYR, FIGHT TO THE END

I'm Sparticus

It's a game I have down for nil points for the lads. But you never know in the Championship, Luton have won 5 on the bounce and are due a draw or even a defeat. Lets hope it's this Saturday.

I would start with Ravel instead of Sibley at Luton, also start with Kazim and Plange up front. Having one up front makes it easy for the opposition and we need to pull teams backline out of shape to create more chances.
Some on here painted a different picture of the game, I thought after we conceded the 2nd goal we had the better of the play but lacked the final ball to unlock Millwall's well drilled packed defence. I had this game down as a winable match, so now we have to find an away win in games I think we could lose including the Luton match this Saturday. Lets hope we can do it, COYR, FIGHT TO THE END

I'm Sparticus

I would start with Ravel instead of Sibley at Luton, also start with Kazim and Plange up front. Having one up front makes it easy for the opposition and we need to pull teams backline out of shape to create more chances.
Some on here painted a different picture of the game, I thought after we conceded the 2nd goal we had the better of the play but lacked the final ball to unlock Millwall's well drilled packed defence. I had this game down as a winable match, so now we have to find an away win in games I think we could lose including the Luton match this Saturday. Lets hope we can do it, COYR, FIGHT TO THE END

I would start with Ravel instead of Sibley at Luton, also start with Kazim and Plange up front. Having one up front makes it easy for the opposition and we need to pull teams backline out of shape to create more chances.
Some on here painted a different picture of the game, I thought after we conceded the 2nd goal we had the better of the play but lacked the final ball to unlock Millwall's well drilled packed defence. I had this game down as a winable match, so now we have to find an away win in games I think we could lose including the Luton match this Saturday. Lets hope we can do it, COYR, FIGHT TO THE END

On paper Reading have easier games to play than Derby and Hull, but football is not played on paper. If you gave Reading their 6 point deduction back they would only be a point above Hull City. We would be 15th in the table if our points deduction was wiped off. What I'm getting at is we have better form over the season so far over Reading and others. We now need to improve our seasons form to a slightly better level and hope a few teams above us freefall.
Admittedly there is only 14 games left, but thats 42 points up for grabs compared with Reading's 39 and Hull's 36 points to play for. I still think we should be aiming for 42 points which equates to 6 wins 3 draws and 5 defeats.

To be fair, it was expected that Reading would win tonight, new manager in will give them the bounce especially with home game against Birmingham. They have Blackpool away next followed by home to Millwall, then it's game on with Forest, Bournemouth and Blackburn to play in their last 3 fixtures in March.
It just means we need to win tomorrow to keep the pressure on.

To be fair, it was expected that Reading would win tonight, new manager in will give them the bounce especially with home game against Birmingham. They have Blackpool away next followed by home to Millwall, then it's game on with Forest, Bournemouth and Blackburn to play in their last 3 fixtures in March.
It just means we need to win tomorrow to keep the pressure on.

To be fair, it was expected that Reading would win tonight, new manager in will give them the bounce especially with home game against Birmingham. They have Blackpool away next followed by home to Millwall, then it's game on with Forest, Bournemouth and Blackburn to play in their last 3 fixtures in March.
It just means we need to win tomorrow to keep the pressure on.

Paul Ince's record being a manager as an of average of 41.2% win ratio, but his last spell at Blackpool which lasted 42 games only produced 28.6% win ratio. So with 14 matches to play, the later % ratio means they could win 4 more games and draw 4, losing the other 6. Giving them a 42 points at the end of the season. Meaning the Rams would have to find 21 points out of their 14 matches. We need 6 wins and 3 draws and only 5 defeats. Possible winnable games= Millwall (H), Barnsley (H), Coventry (H), Preston (H), Bristol (H), Cardiff (H), Cardiff (A), Swansea (A) and Blackpool (A). Obviously won't win all of these, could be some draws or even defeats. Games where we will probably get beat= Luton (A), Bournemouth (A), Blackburn (A), QPR (A) and Fulham (H), and again we might pull out a draw or maybe a win.
Reading have 3 winnable games in their next 3 fixtures, Birmingham (H), Blackpool (A) and Millwall (H). But their following 3 games could bring them no points, Forest (A), Bournemouth (A) and Blackburn (H). It could take us until April before we find the Rams above Reading and thats when the pressure will be on our players to keep up the momentum.

A draw because that means both teams have dropped points and we can still climb above P'boro if we win our next match

Ebosele is going to play regular in the position he played against Hull. So I expect him to chip in a few goals from now on, which will have teams trying to double up on him because of his pace and that hopefully will give more space to others.

A draw because that means both teams have dropped points and we can still climb above P'boro if we win our next match

If it's not going to be them, then it'll be someone else before long. The EFL's legacy ladies and gents.
I hope that should we come through this on the other side, that we rally around and show our support for whoever does end up being next. It's really not nice, and fans mocking our situation clearly don't know how it feels, a bit of unity with another side in trouble would go a long way.

Still time for Hull or Cardiff, Bristol and Birmingham to go into freefall, but one of them would have to lose 14 to 15 games to put them in the mix with the bottom 4.

My Grandad bless him died a long time ago, he was born in 1898 and went to the Baseball Hotel when he was 14 and Steve Bloomer was in the bar having a pre-match drink and bragging to the fans that he was going to score today. My Grandad told me this story a few times and was lucky enough to see him play several times.

Barnsley have won 2 games so far this season, Peterboro have won 5 and that makes a total of 7 wins between them. Derby have won 9 and Reading have won 8, both clubs have been docked points and still look in a better position than Barnsley and Peterboro. I can not see them suddenly having a burst of good form. I'm writing them off and they will take up 2 relegation spots. Reading have'nt won a League match since November and have lost 6 on the bounce. Yes they could be due a win and their easiest matches on paper are this month, but March is Millwall, Forest, Bournemouth and Blackburn for them.
The Rams must close the gap either this month or in March, then the pressure will be on Reading. I expect Barnsley to be officially relegated by the start of April and possibly Peterboro mid-April, leaving one spot left to fill. Don't right off a team that could freefall and join the relegation battle, could be Birmingham, Hull or Cardiff.