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Apologies for the link with all the adverts, but it basically sounds like Max is waiting to see where we are at the end of the season before he decides what he's going to do next.

18 minutes ago, Foreveram said:

On the contrary, the EFL have bent over backwards to help them, totally opposite to what they did with us.

Maybe they are learning? 

I don't think it has helped Reading, tbh, because it has let their owner wriggle off the hook repeatedly.

6 minutes ago, Ian Buxton's Bat said:

Huge sympathy with Reading fans but totally agree regarding respecting other fans.

EFL should have either given points to Port Vale or declared all home games to be played behind closed doors until further notice........which would hit the owner in the pocket. They need to take action to try to ensure further games aren't abandoned - knowing in advance that an invasion will gift 3 points to Derby would be some sort of deterrent.

I'm not going on Tues but I'm concerned there could be a wasted journey for those who do.

I think happy clapping tomorrow on the 16th minute will simply embolden Reading fans to disrupt the game on Tues.....I won't be joining in.

I must admit that I think Derby's approach was much more positive in garnering support, those lads who organised the march were tremendous. And it would be easier for Derby fans to support a demonstration at Reading pre or post match rather than another pitch invasion. I will be at the match and will be very disgruntled if that happens! 

But an out of match protest would get little or no coverage in the mainstream media and they are in a very different situation to us. The worst had already happened to us, whereas they are trying to get their owner to do something about the dreadful situation he has put the club in.

The EFL won't currently help this situation whatever they do because the way things are set up they are part of the problem. Their range of sanctions only hits the club and more importantly their supporters harder, as we find out to our cost only too recently.

Change is needed at the very top. 

Six months to play for his future as a professional footballer - it's in his own hands (or should that be feet?) now.

He has the skills, now he needs to work on both his fitness and match-impact. 

I am looking forward to seeing how he does.

3 minutes ago, Comrade 86 said:

Nothing too Grimm though

Probably will be!

22 minutes ago, Poynton ram said:

Didn’t see much solidarity in our darkest hour, Blackpool aside. Were any other club supporter groups supportive when admin loomed at PP? 

Yes, they were actually - and numerous fans from clubs across the UK came to the march and subsequent sell out game against Birmingham at Pride Park. Putting hard cash in our coffers when we needed it.

And supporting initiatives like the one to pay back St John's Ambulance when they lost out in our administration. 

I can understand people who hear chants from a small vocal minority of supporters at games taking umbrage, but this isn't about them, or the Club, it's about those patient fans who put in the hard yards -  year in, year out -  following their club. 

I feel their pain, and tbf, I think B4 would do too, given how anguished he was when we were in the same situation.

Some things are more fundamental than fan rivalry.

37 minutes ago, Ellafella said:

 

Multi-syllabic-named players

Assuming he passes his medical, I suspect Corey-Blackett-Taylor (6 syllables) will be the player with the joint-most syllables ever to have played for the Rams. Furthermore, there is a rising trend here what with Nath-an-iel-Men-des-Laing and Ty-reece-John-Ju-les. Oh I long for the days of the mono-syllabics like Mick Coop, Tom Ince, Dave Webb et alia. No wonder we can't come up with any decent songs that scan prop-er-ly 😲 

Yea, but we always struggle with the single syllable names. Max Bird hasn't got a song. Even the great George Thorne's song was just his name.

I reckon we can get a whole fairy story woven around Corey Blackett Taylor! 

1 hour ago, Old Spalding Ram said:

Ok, I’ll kick it off……………available on a free! 😯
 

 

Don't even joke about it! 

I don't think Seddon was all that. He was very lucky not to have got booked first half and that would have made him play more cautiously, imo.

Like a lot of players, they have their best games against Derby at Pride Park. Big game, big occasion for them.

Hugill, though, will have class, he's from Man United's academy. See how he likes it when he's being manhandled at Stevenage, but we gave him room to play. He's bound to appreciate that. 

31Vickers 6

2Wilson 7.5

35Nelson 6.5

6Cashin 7.5

20Elder 5.5

17Sibley 6

11Méndez-Laing 6.5

8Bird 7

4Hourihane 7.5

7Barkhuizen 7.0

5Bradley 6

19John-Jules 6.5

16Thompson 6.5

9Collins 7.0

ATG

Too late to give a detailed individual breakdown, but I did watch the game again on Sky the next day. That made me mark JJ up, because he did some really good connecting play, as did Bird, stuff that seems to go un-noticed by many.

Hourihane was good too, very involved all game. 

Elder made a mistake early doors as well as being done for their second, and Nelson really should have come out to Seddon, Cashin was already moving across to cover. 

It's easy to say with hindsight, but we really should have been more comfortable than we were. This is what defensive frailties and a bit of luck do to you. We need to be more ruthless when we're on top so we don't put ourselves in these situations. 1-0 was a poor return for our first half dominance and that's what nearly cost us.

He looked like his heart was in it when he celebrated that winning goal! 

I think he will be gone at the end of the season, and then we'll see what transpires.

Hourihane and Bird will always attract criticism while they're the only two midfield players. 

I'm not a fan of only two in there, but Warne is. 

We're winning plenty of games set up that way, so what do I know?

That Notts County side looked younger than even our under 18s. What were Notts County thinking of? 

Rams 2 - 1 Burton 

FRGS Mendez-Laing 

Sorry, meant to post this one and couldn't remove video above.

5 hours ago, ariotofmyown said:

Was this at Norwich or with King Kev?

Neither. I was hit at the Baseball Ground.

8 hours ago, uttoxram75 said:

Tha'ts shocking Angie. I never witnessed a woman being hit, the lads i knew would never have done that.

I was always a bit gobby, tbf.

Although he may have been aiming at his mate and just missed! He was pretty tanked up.

2 hours ago, eddielewis said:

You can see that their recent form might be stemming from harsh criticism from fans even though they were winning up until the new year. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67863544 This interview last week seems like Colby Bishop their main target has lost some confidence and he goes and misses a penalty today. 

This is a lesson for our fans to not be too negative of our players. We might drop the odd irritating stinker i.e. Bradford and we might not sign anyone this month but were in the mix and they need all the support they can get!

 

This.

I will be very disappointed if we start groaning on Monday evening at the first misplaced pass. This is such a big opportunity for us and a positive crowd can make a big difference. 

1 hour ago, Jimbo Ram said:

Surely BT would have reported this first 😬. Take it with a pinch of salt until he does 😊

I find your constant sniping at Big Trav really irritating. 

He is only trying to tell us snippets he's heard and has got a lot more right than wrong.

Whereas what you're doing is totally negative.

Anothet of Kellan Gordon's younger brothers made his starting debut today. 

We lost Kaide, can we hang on to this one?

6 hours ago, ariotofmyown said:

You and thousands and thousands of other people who stopped going to football matches. But that story isn't very exciting or cool.

Well, it's all I have to offer.

Other than telling King Kev to "f off" when I thought he was eyeing me up in our local. (I hadn't got my glasses on or I'd have been a bit more polite!) 😅 

I got punched on the side of the head once by an Everton fan on the Popside (back when it was mixed).

No other injuries but being put in a cage away at Norwich and witnessing a Norwich fan do a running dropkick into the back of an older female Derby supporter as we were being "escorted" back to the station, were what stopped me attending matches for about 25 years.

2 minutes ago, MACKWORTHRAM said:

Potentially mate. Maybe we thought we'd sell Cashin in the summer and they would fund what we needed. Obviously now selling Cashin is completely unthinkable because of how good he's been. Also selling Cashin and Bird in the summer is probably best as we need a big rebuild then too.

We've got Embletons wages off the books haven't we. We don't know if we are paying more for TJJ really. The bit that Arsenal countered on could be to do with the structure of the deal and if we pay anything when his contract is up, depending on games played etc. We honestly don't know.

Personally I'd not be too fussed to see Sibley leave. If there was any interest.

There will be compensation due for TJJ as he's a product of their academy.

Congratulations to Paul and his team and very well-deserved. 

I always think a Management team's job is a frustrating one, because if you win it's in spite of you, when you lose it's all your fault.

Enjoy the moment, get your heads down and carry on the good work.