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3 hours ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

Presumably the mathematical probability of us going up is better if it's just Bolton that we have to fend off, even if it's a little scarier if they have something to play for and Posh don't.

The bookies odds tomorrow will tell you, if posh don't win comfortably tonight.

Personally I'd prefer both teams to be going for it on Saturday, if one team are saving themselves for the play offs, the other team is likely to win by quite a few goals.

7 hours ago, Oldben said:

 

I dont think our strategy of bringing in older players and loans will save us in the Championship.

Our strategy has entirely been driven by the business plan under which we have had to operate for the last 2 years. Whichever division we're in next season, this business plan will no longer exist.

We will now be in a position to actually pay transfer fees for the likes of Adams, who as a loan player would be just the kind of player who would save us in the championship as did Osman many years ago. With a small transfer pot, there are a number of good young players in lg1 who could make the step up, who we could sign for moderate fees. Regarding loanees, if we're in the championship, we will attract second year loanees from Premiership clubs, who wouldn't carry such a risk.

34 minutes ago, Reggie Greenwood said:

See @Srg ‘s explanation above , the council have reasonable doubts about the ownership / investment into the club who could renegotiate the lease. 

I think It's the council that are trying to sell our get investment for the ground. If that's the case, surely a replacement facility should be made available for the local community.

I know that Solihull Moors are on borrowed time at their current location, but an alternative site has been sorted out, which must be too the satisfaction of the EFL.

Maybe football loving Starmer should have encouraged his labour controlled council to support their local football team a bit more.

The national recognition a town or city gets, when they've got a league football team is not to be underestimated. It helps commercial activity within the area.

Technology is already available to make offside decisions almost fully automated.

Every player already wears device that tracks his movement on the pitch, put an accelerometer in the match balls which detects every time the ball is struck. Every time the ball is struck, an instant map of every player's tracker is produced, the decision is made from the player's tracker and will always need to be worn the same position on the body. The human element will still need to decide whether the player is interfering with play.

Obviously, all players wearing the tracker in the same place will give an advantage depending on which way the players are facing, but it would be consistent and the same for both sides.

12 minutes ago, Charlie George said:

Where were you? They were 5 of us (2 of them kids) in South Habbin stand with another 50 or 60 Derby. Most of us celebrated when we scored and chanted throughout the game. 4 got thrown out at half time. No idea why as the stewards didn't bother any of us.

Anyway,great at the end and nice that most the players applauded that particular corner of the ground.

We must have been slightly to the left of you and saw several small groups given their marching orders, including a couple of lads spotted in the half time queue for refreshments and another couple who used our tactic of moving closer to the half way line for the second half.

Well, I'm back after managing to watch the whole game in with the home fans, unlike many who were 'spotted' by the stewards and ejected from the ground. 

I thought that I'd blown it when NML scored, by throwing my arms in the air and very briefly jumping up and down. 

The six of us decided at half time to split up and it was every man for himself. Not much happened in the second half to give us away.

At least we were able to group together after the final whistle and join in the bounce.

4 hours ago, maydrakin said:

 

I’d wager the worst Derby player you have seen would be virtually impossible to dispossess by us mere mortals…

I disagree, my claim to fame a couple of years back, was to take the ball off Lee Carsley in a charity walking football tournament in Birmingham.

Maybe, I'm not a mere mortal.😂

35 minutes ago, Jimbo Ram said:

Never, ever felt the need to run on the pitch.

It was an end of season tradition at the old BBG, sometimes even before the final whistle.🙄

1 hour ago, angieram said:

There's nothing at all on the website about sending out postal packs.

It says current season ticket holders will be contacted by email. Every fan ID has to have a current email address. 

So why do people think they're going to get a postal pack? 

Genuine question. 

Yes. why waste money on sending out postal packs, when every existing ST holder has an email address?

Save the money for new players in the summer.

Playing devil's advocate here, do we know that the FA didn't consult with the EFL clubs directly and get their views on replays in the 1st and 2nd rounds? I would have thought that most clubs would see replays in the first and second rounds as an expensive inconvenience.

Technically speaking the EFL is a seperate competition and is only involved in making sure that their fixture list allows for their clubs to be able to play in the the FA Cup. In fact, stopping first and second round replays, will free up 2 midweeks before Xmas for league fixtures.

Is this a case of the EFL organisation throwing their dummy out of the pram, because they're upset that the FA approached clubs playing in their competition went directly to the clubs rather than going through the EFL?

18 minutes ago, Ram-Alf said:

If there's anyone else out there that can help myself and a friend who wouldn't mind swapping seats for 2 tickets for the Carlisle game, we can meet at the Clough/Taylor statue...If you can here's my 2 seats.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll keep you in mind.............................................if Duracell doesn't take up my offer.🤔

Hi Duracell, we have a pair of ideal seats for you, we picked the seats because we're close to friends on the opposite side of the aisle.

We're stair 41, row kk, seats 398,399 immediately next to the aisle in the lower east in line with the edge of the centre circle on the south stand side of the half way line. Row kk is about 4 rows down from the entry stairs and the seats are on the right as you walk down to them.

We could meet you at the bottom of stair 41 in the concourse or you can just let me know your seat numbers.

1 hour ago, Crewton said:

More about being aware that the bounce and run of the ball is unreliable. Overplaying on a bobbly surface can be as frustrating as having cross after cross headed away by dominant defenders. Put pressure on their defenders and hope that the surface causes them more problems than it does us. It's not a day for passing around at the back. On a narrow pitch, the middle is a difficult place to play through a team, even on a flat surface. They'll regard a point as satisfactory, so I expect they'll play ala Northampton and hope to nick a goal - we have to make sure they have to work harder for one than NTFC did that day.

If their defenders are dominant in the air, then get the crosses in hard and low behind the defenders, then get a nick off an attacker or a defender facing the goal.

1 hour ago, Ghost of Clough said:

 

At this point, would he even be ahead of DBrown in the pecking order? As we'll also have Washington contracted for next season and should be looking for 2 new CFs in the summer, is there any value at all in signing John-Jules permanently?

The poor lad has had a terrible injury record and I can't see any club offering a contract based on this. However, if he was able to sort out some kind of pay as you play contract, it would be a last chance saloon to prove his fitness, whether this be at Derby or elsewhere.

1 hour ago, Bessie1 said:

Nearly 20,000 home fans - I think that’s creditable given Bolton is not a big city and they’re down the road from the Manchester clubs. I respect fans who support their home town club rather than be tempted by the bright lights of big neighbours - eg fans of Orient, Stockport and - yes - even Wycombe who could easily be lured away to support a big London club.  

But it's a couple of thousand down on their average this season, you would think that at this crucial point in the season, their crowds, like ours, would be higher than average.

2 hours ago, Tamworthram said:

That’s what I’ve been preaching for a long time and I rather suspected that we wouldn’t have to look too far to find possibly a noisy minority wanting the manager out regardless.

Very true, I caught the end of the Ross County v Rangers game at the weekend. At the end of the match there were close up shots of the Rangers fans hurling abuse at their players, you didn't need to be an expert lip reader to make out what was being said.

Where are people parking and drinking on Saturday?

33 minutes ago, Scott129 said:

For the best footballing team in the league, Bolton sure do struggle to put the ball in the net when it matters.

Hit the woodwork twice last night and also this...

 

We look back a CBT's miss and think that we're the only team that miss sitters. Looking at this and watching Liverpool v Palace on Sunday makes you realise that other players, including 'world class' players also miss sitters.

11 hours ago, Kernow said:

This evening - Derby 1/50, Bolton 14/1, Posh 25/1.

We’re really on our way…

I think that the Derby odds are the bookies being a bit over cautious, it would be interesting to see what our odds are for not making the autos. Remember, we probably need to win one game out of two and that's not a given in this league, as both Cambridge and Carlisle have got results against top teams this season.

1 hour ago, Kernow said:

It’ll be a last-gasp attempt at mind games. He obviously won’t be telling his players that, they’ll still believe they can do it.

Really, the only way they get past us now is if we get so over-confident that it’s done, that we don’t go into games at our maximum effort.

It would be a disaster from us to throw it away from here, but I guess Evatt has to do anything he can to influence that.

Yes, he's been doing that all along, now he's writing off Cambridge and Carlisle to get reaction out of them and also making the Derby players think that they've just got to turn up, to get the points.

4 minutes ago, Kernow said:

The results tonight are setting up an ideal scenario for us, well ideal would be that we're already promoted by now, but ideal in terms of enjoying the final day.

Goal difference in our favour, Peterborough and Bolton both to be 3 points behind us meaning they're both going to have to go for it on the off-chance something remarkable happens, but all we have to do is avoid a 4-0 defeat against Carlisle. Perfect.

Although goal difference is in our favour atm, Peterborough are capable of a 5-0 or a 0-5.

That 3 goal victory on Saturday could be so important as it gives us the edge, but only the edge. For Bolton to catch us, we need to lose they need to win, minimum of a 2 goal swing, which only leaves a 2 goal buffer.

Was there all this negativity when Arthur Cox's team scraped into third place in this league courtesy of a dodgy penalty in 1985/86?

Fortunately, that was the last season before the play offs were introduced, who knows what would have happened had we have to have gone through that process?

2 hours ago, AndyB said:

Waggy at Posh, great team goal and finish 👏

Especially as the finish was with his 'wrong' foot.👏

Warne's last relegation 'disaster' was with a Rotherham team with one of the lowest incomes in the Championship at the time, living on crowds of around 9,000. Further to this not only was money not given to him to strengthen the team, they actually made a profit on player sales of nearly £2m, which contributed to an overall profit of nearly £3m. This was after a promotion season when they again made a profit on player sales, nearly £1m on that occasion.

Warne hasn't had any financial backing from his club in the past and has been working under restrictions for the last 2 seasons at Derby. On the one hand, you can defend him by saying that he hasn't had any financial backing in the past, but on the other hand you can question his experience in actually spending money on players.

When comparing our spending potential next season, if we were to gain promotion, you need to consider what situation other 'non parachute payment' teams are in. Assuming that most of them have been loss making, they may be under pressure to balance the books, whereas we have a cleanish slate.