i-Ram

13 minutes ago, admira said:

I think Adams will go. he's had long enough and just hasn't impressed me. 🙂 

Don’t disagree, but shouldn’t we judge him on more than one training session?

2 minutes ago, roboto said:

He was born in Greenwich, not sure how much of worn torn Gambia he has ever seen 😉 

Agree on leaving behind Cardiff though

Thank you for the facts Roboto, but leafy Greenwich didn't really make the joke work too well.

Lot of posters saying how happy he is. You would be too if you had left behind both war torn Gambia, and Cardiff.

2 hours ago, BobdeBilder said:

How about, now I know this comes out of left field, how about instead of slagging the club off we get behind them? Now I know it's a bit of a radical idea for Rams fans, but let's give the management team the benefit of the doubt for once and see how that goes? However, if we aren't 4-0 up by half time on Saturday we can give them dog's abuse. Sound fair?

Seriously Bob, I am not sure where the fun is in that. In fact it looks like a call for radiclisation.

10 minutes ago, Loughborough Ram said:

We are all experts on transfer strategies aren't we?

Yesterday Adams said that we had been working on his loan for a couple of months, yet nobody knew, no itk, and no leaks. 

Today might bring another surprise or two, it may not, but the time to slag the club off is once the window shuts and once we know who we have and who we dont.

4 minutes ago, CBRammette said:

Yes but do you not think its the excitement of Smith and Gregory not being top of the threads when fans look here that is driving the excitement?

It could be that of course. I think it more likely a cocktail of orgasmic release, heady optimism, utter delusion and partial relief.

Really, has anyone heard of this bloke before, or seen him play. I am reading a lot on here about what wonderful news this is, and yet he has started 5 games in the last 2 seasons. 

Better than Fanny Adams I guess?

Logic tells me we are going to f***-up, but I will continue to believe promotion this season is perfectly feasible until it isn’t. 

6 hours ago, DerbyAleMan said:

I will go into the last 17 games with a positive attitude, loads to play for, no outstanding team in the division, I will go to every match backing the team, and i believe we will just miss out on top spot, and finish 2nd.. Once A Ram Always A Ram 

Looks like Forest might benefit from another new manager bounce.

3 hours ago, MACKWORTHRAM said:

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But alas, it's all Warnes fault. Warnes fault we've got no money, Warnes fault our midfield is poor when half of them are out injured. 

Ah, something we can agree on.

14 minutes ago, Jubbs said:

3 years ago and had a couple of injuries since then. Wednesday fans don't like him either and say his legs are gone.

Incredibly uninspiring. Warne specifically said we were looking abroad at players, yet come the end of the window we're looking at ANOTHER Wednesday player, over the age of 30 and on big money. 

What's the scouting department doing? Or is Warne ignoring them?

Looking at Thomas' signings for Oxford, there's absolutely no correlation.

Leosandro Gregorio - welcome to Derby!

4 hours ago, Foreveram said:

You do know we are 3 points from the top of the league with a game in hand.

I think you are going to too many games, and not keeping up with the papers.

4 minutes ago, Curtains said:

Mate you need to stop teams running through our midfield.

Call it a strong midfielder or holding midfielder it’s the same difference.

Conner and Max doesn’t work together but they are both good players and it’s like Lampard and Gerrard scenario 

If Adam Bolder thinks it would make a difference then it will make a difference.

We need a player like him or John Eustace or George Thorne 

Mate, you need to tell Paul Warne this. I agree we need to improve our shape and tactics. Paul Warne doesn’t.

7 minutes ago, Curtains said:

Well he had to bring in Washington and Waghorn in desperation as he did with TJJ

Warne really didn’t bring Washington in ‘in desperation’. He bought him previously for Rovrum and he bought him again because he obviously rates him. He was his striker pick. Frankly he was, and always will be, a very poor choice.

There is no point buying a holding midfielder if Warne wants to persist with his tactics. It’s like buying a caravan for a Porsche Boxster.

If we had a decent alternative coach I would be fully behind getting another midfielder in, but not sure it would be a holding type. One who could pass forward and run with some intensity creating in the middle would be ideal.

6 hours ago, Ram-Alf said:

I never knew what a Tw*t or a 🔔end was even tho I was sitting next to a

Transvestite?

8 hours ago, Tyler Durden said:

Just making the point that transfer fees out trump training facilities, our huge history and fanbase etc etc which you mentioned in your original post.

And obviously we don't have the resources of other league 1 clubs if one has outbid us for a player we were in for. 

Not necessarily. We may have come to a business decision on the player’s worth, and even though we had the resources to outbid the other side we were not prepared to exceed our valuation.

2 hours ago, bimmerman said:

Pop us some links when you've listed them 👍

Agree. Share on here. I could be interested.  

On 25/01/2024 at 18:45, Ewe Ram said:

How come Burton can always fill their dressing room but we struggle 

Smaller dressing room?

3 minutes ago, Jram said:

I happen to agree about Hourihane, I probably wouldn’t have him in the team. But I think it’s fair to say 5 goals and 6 assists in the league is a good return for a deep lying midfield player. Warne has said a few times that he wants to win every game so presumably he’s willing to take the risk of Hourihane being a defensive weakness 

Warne was also willing to take the risk of him being named captain. 

Warne doesnt deserve or need online abuse, although I think calling him a PE Teacher or a Physio is fair game personally. This is a footy forum which should be an environment to let off a bit of steam, have a bit of banter, etc. If he is reading this site he needs to give his bobble hat a wobble.

I choose not to resort to name calling. Other than at my TV/iPad in my home. I had to apologise to the wife for my inapproriate language on Tuesday night when I screamed filthy abuse at him. I rarely listen to his post match comments, because they are pretty much rinse and repeat. But on Tuesday I wanted to hear him explain that abject performance. The bit that got my dander up was his comment regarding Reading holding on to the win. I can't recall his actual words but they were something like 'fair play to Reading, their game management at the end, defending their one goal advantage was very good. I wish we could do that'. I shouted something like well Paul that is your job, to organise some control in the last few minutes when we are trying to hold on to a lead, but when we are in the final minutes in such situations, we have full backs charging up the wings, with as much support as midfield can muster, to get the ball into the mixer, and win second balls. Something like that I said.

Anyhow. I am sure he is a very nice man. 

15 hours ago, G STAR RAM said:

I did make it up, its probably closer to 95%.

There were numerous times last night when simple passes were put straight out of play, nothing to do with fast forward play, just a lack of care with the ball, thats not on the manager.

Which of our players are not capable of playing fast football in your opinion?

Sorry, only just got round to seeing this. I don’t think many of our players are suited to playing Warne’s style of football in truth. Bird is technically our best footballer and could play fast football with those on the same wavelength. After that I am struggling.  CBT and NML are match winners in this league, and benefit from fast delivery but both are hit and miss in terms of performance, and in front of goal, and you certainly can’t rely on them to retain the ball. Collins and Sibley neither. If you bypass midfield to get it forward quickly to those 4 more often than not it will be coming back just as quick. 

1 minute ago, B4’s Sister said:

Hi @Anag Ram I’m still around. My turn at starting posts ended. I don’t always know enough to join in with the posts 🤷🏻‍♀️

It doesn’t stop 98% of the posters on here x

14 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said:

Why is it chaotic taking no more than 3 touches? These are professional footballer for goodness sake.

The quality of the passing was absolutely woeful last night, that's not down to the manager. 

And if Warne is encouraging the players to move it forward quickly, why do 90% of Bird and Hourihanes passes go backwards, often to the same player it has just come from?

This isn't really a defence of Warne because the shape of the team that was working during our good run is no longer working and needs mixing up.

Please supply your evidence that 90% of Bird and Hourihane’s passes goes backwards. I think you have made that statistic up.

Passing quality will diminish if you urge players to move the ball forward quickly with an economy of touches. That is a Warne tactic/requirement of his players. He is happy to risk losing the ball for the possible advantages gained from fast forward play. That is not playing to the strength of a number of our players imo.