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1 hour ago, Tamworthram said:

But they still have to play Stevenage, Blackpool, Barnsley and Portsmouth away from home. Their PPG away from home is 2.17.  They’ll do extremely well to maintain that let alone lift to 2.4.

That should be Charlton which won't be as easy as playing themselves.

5 minutes ago, kevinhectoring said:

Plenty of refs would have given NML a red 

But that would have been incorrect, NML was not out of control, just over stretched and his foot was firmly on the ground with no studs showing. So, again I give credit to the ref for getting the decision correct. As somebody else pointed out, Adams was flattened in the six yard box, but I missed that incident, you could say that plenty of refs would have given us a penalty there.

Why do some people try so hard to look for negatives in every game we win?

The ref had a decent game today in such an important game.

He should have given Ward a yellow card early on for a clear pull and inexplicably pulled us back a couple of times when we had a clear advantage, although not in a dangerous position, but nothing that seemed to have any effect on the result.

At this stage of the season, you can't discount any of the top sides winning all of their remaining games, up to today Peterborough have just won 5 on the bounce and even an originally mid table Lincoln are on a great run.

Mathematically, we need 6 wins out of 7, in the very unlikely event that one of the 3 chasers wins all their games. Even a great run losing or drawing 1 game, will mean that 5 wins would be enough.

4 minutes ago, Crewton said:

The defender also put an arm out to grab Gayle's arm briefly, so it wasn't quite as innocent as that.

I think the cover inside Gayle, and just about level with him, was probably what saved him but, whilst it would have been harsh, I've seen those given as red card offences, so he was perhaps lucky that the ref on this occasion gave him the benefit of the doubt.

Shaun Barker thought it was a red card and he's always right, isn't he? 😉

At the match, I thought that Gayle cleverly want across the chasing player, instigating the contact. But, I agree, after watching the replay, the defender does reach out to try and pull Gayle back, so definitely not so innocent.

10 hours ago, B4’s Sister said:

I think B4 would be bouncing off the walls with his match strategies. The scrave would already have been waved. I wouldn’t be surprised if he was predicting 5-0 to Derby. Let’s keep the positivity going ⚽️🐏🙌🏻

To quote B4, I think that he'd still be happy with the season so far.

This ref is a weak ref who is easily influenced. Our away games at Plymouth and Bolton have showed this and again last night. I'm sure that he eventually, deservedly, booked one of their players because of the crowd reaction.

Also, I believe that Reading's cynical attitude throughout the game, turned him against them, they have been one of the most cynical teams to have played here this season and couldn't have complained if more than one player had been sent off. Refs are only human and you can't help but be ticked off when you see a team that has clearly come to spoil a game through cynical and negative tactics.

A fully deserved 3 points, if a bit lucky with some questionable decisions by the officials. I thought that all of the contentious decisions were wrong from my viewpoint in the Lower East.

Having said that, Hourihane and Sibley's yellows were fully justified, but their players got away with many similar fouls. Maybe the sending off was harsh, but a couple of their other players should have easily seen red.

Justice served on a team, who only came to spoil and foul their way to a point.

4 hours ago, Tamworthram said:

They can but it would mean them winning all of their remaining games including v Wigan. Which would mean Wigan can't overtake us. So, it's as you were. 😀

The reality is that, taking into account the fact that teams have to play each other and therefore you can't just do the maths to see which teams could still catch us in order to work out our lowest possible position, it's far too complicated. I haven't got the time, energy or brain power to work out all of the possible scenarios but I'd guess we can't finish below something like 11th - possibly even higher.

Not strictly correct, Wycombe and Wigan can afford to draw against each other and still match our current points, overtaking us on goal difference. The others aren't brought into the equation yet, let's just hope we can tick as many off the list as soon as possible.

10 hours ago, Kernow said:

Charlton in 14th cannot overtake us, so technically 13th. But seeing as the top 13 will obviously play one another before the end of the season, mathematically it'll be higher than this, I just can't be bothered to work out how high!

But Wycombe in 15th can overtake us.🤔

5 minutes ago, Foreveram said:

 

Extra seats added in the South and East stand today.

Could they be season ticket holders who can't make the match offering them to the club for resale?

I think that this photo shows where some of the original seats have been taken out.

It looks like a strip of about 3 seats immediately to the left of the south stand Rams fans, have been removed from top to bottom. 

I don't know whether the same has happened in the East stand.

When the away fans were in the south stand, there was only one line of segregation, now there are 2. Also if you look at the areas of segregation, not only are some seats blanked off, some of the original seats have been actually removed, so we have fewer actual seats in the ground compared with a few years ago.

On 06/03/2024 at 18:19, DCFC Kicks said:

Where’s all the “it doesn’t matter if we’ve played 2 extra games, we’re second in the league” lot gone? Barnsley win their’s and we’re 4th.

Well done to Warne though for beating perhaps the worst team we’ve ever played in a league match though. 

That aged well, they're not the worst team we've ever played in a league match now, surely Bristol Rovers have now taken over that mantel.................................until the next team we beat?

14 hours ago, Mucker1884 said:

Oh.  Don't get me wrong, I know where you're coming from.

Wasn't we guilty of breaking a rule that didn't actually exist, so they wrote it in... and then kicked our arse retrospectively?  There was also something about the way we reported our deeds (as opposed to the deed itself), which seemed to suggest there was room for "interpretation"?  (Which is never a good thing imo, when it comes to setting rules!)  🤷‍♂️

This rule appears to be there, but so poorly written, it falls in favour of the club (in this instance) and makes fools (yet again) of The EFL?

Looks like a bit of EFL jiggery-pokery incoming, backdate their vindictiveness to suit, and Fester will get theirs some time soon.
I'll be mightily miffed if they escape punishment AGAIN!  

The big problem for us was that we were put into administration by MM, which made us vulnerable to blackmail by the likes of the Efl and Gibson, they were able to take their actions by threatening the very existence of the club by holding up the sale.

To be fair regarding the amortisation charge, it would have eventually caught up with us in later years anyway, unless they coincided with the relaxations because of covid.

Did anyone else see the brilliant 'hand of god' save by the Albion defender on the line?

It happened so fast in real time that I and many others thought that it was a brilliant save by the keeper, even when the tv analysed the incident after the game, it showed that only one QPR player making a half hearted appeal and even though it was right in front of the QPR fans who were right on top of the pitch, they didn't seem to notice.

It could prove to be a decision that sends QPR down.

16 hours ago, G STAR RAM said:

At no point tonight were they cruising. Bolton much the better team. Barnsley didn't impress in the slightest when we played them the other week and tonight has done nothing to change that. 

I didn't watch the game, but the match stats when Barnsley went 2 up were pretty one sided.

I agree regarding that they're nothing special, but they've been having the luck this season and sometimes lady luck is an important factor in a close run thing.

Hopefully, this will dent Barnsley's confidence a little. Lately, everything has been going their way, but tonight they were 2 up and cruising, then fell back to earth.

Every Barnsley fan and player will be feeling gutted atm.

1 minute ago, OwdGladysHinton said:

thats 2nd gone

But if we could win our next 3, we're guaranteed to be back there.

2-2

How did Bolton not score there?

4 hours ago, Jimbo Ram said:

Draw has to be the best result…2pts rather than 3pts won…

Not necessarily, only time will tell.

A draw allows Barnsley one more possible point than us, but a defeat puts us level with them, with us currently been ahead on goal difference.

A Bolton win also allows Bolton to finish on the same points as Derby, assuming Derby win their match between Bolton, with us being ahead on goal difference.

Barnsley being on a better run at the moment, also need to be pulled back, whereas Bolton even with a good victory behind them, have got some challenging games to finish off the season.

Are we likely to want to continue to go ahead with the Northampton game if possible, rather than have to squeeze in an unnecessary midweek match before the end of the season?

NML is staying, Washington and Nyambe probably won't be fit anyway.

However, Collins and Fozzy will likely have recovered for any rearranged game.

Hopefully, we've got 4 key players to add to the mix in the next couple of weeks, Gayle getting up to speed, CBT likewise, with Fozzy and Waggy returning. All good players who should add something to the squad.

25 minutes ago, DRBee said:

Both Bradley and Hourihane were slow to respond after the Barnsley cross came over, but there was more to the goal than that.

Cashin's defensive header was shocking  and Kane shouldn't have backed off the Barnsley player who crossed the ball. That said, whatever mental slowness they might have had, both Hourihane and Bradley are also physically slow.

As good as the shot was for their first goal, there was a great deal of good fortune about it.

The ball could have gone anywhere after Adams tackle, but it went straight to their player. Likewise, Cashin's header could have deflected a couple of degrees left or right, gone a few feet more or less, but it happened to sit up perfectly for their goalscorer. If somebody had tossed the ball to him from a few feet away, he couldn't have had it any easier. Barnsley appear to be having the rub of the green atm.