Jimbo Ram

Old song...adapted! 'You're going home in a slightly disappointed mood'.
If you are an old git you'll know the original..about ambulances! lol/
Peace out.

Saw him at Wembley in the early 80s I think it was. Love Harvest and After the Goldrush albums. Hoping for a good game tonight that we just edge 😉👍

Hi Rams fans,
Have been following your forum for a wee while and thought I'd stick my nose in.
Registering took a while but I got there in the end, so.
To quote Neil Young, 'Tonight's The Night'. I guess tonight's game isn't pivotal, but things might be a little clearer..
Last night's results didn't help either of our clubs, in the end it's in our own hands.
Main reason for joining Rams board is the family split that exists....I am Pompey, my son is Derby., He and I have had
little contact due to past ructions between his mum and I...Last time I saw him he was a part time Celtic fan. (He was
born in Scotland, where I lived and was married for some 20 years. I took him to see a couple of Pompey games but
he wasn't impressed, took him to my school where I was a goalie...unimpressed. It was only when my ex remarried that
the Rams bug seemed to bite. Dunno if picture will show on this thread.
Tonight will be interesting, even if it's a dull game. A draw would suit us fine and I have to say that our final games fill
me with some dread. We had a 'blip' earlier in the season and recovered. This time, any blip will not be recoverable.
I have followed Pompey for over 55 years (youngsters refuse to believe me when I tell them we have an innate ability
to mess up just as we're about to cross finishing line. (I guess this is what attracted me to Hearts when in Edinburgh,
very similar ground, fan base and fatal flaws!) How you can beat us....classified I'm afraid but we have some very obvious 
weaknesses you can exploit. Don't go into game looking for a point, teams that have done well at Fratton have come out
and taken game to us.
Why are we top of the league? Many fans mutter 'They're nothing special..have seen much better' These fans are often right.
Many of our performances have been sub-optimal BUT the one aspect that has run through most games is a newfound
belief that, even if we o 0-2 down, the situation is recoverable. Games last 95 minutes or so these days...we manage to keep
believing the situation is retrievable. It's this that has sent us to the top...plus a pretty stingy defence, a creative midfield
and strikers who, on their day can tear any League One side to shreds. Last game against Wycombe their left back wanted
to go off suffering from 'twisted blood'. (Gag borrowed from Man Utd, George Best joke.) On their day, Kamara and Yengi,
supported by Bishop and Saydee are a real handful.
Lat night's results went pretty much according to form but previous games have shown all the maths and super computers
in the world simply cannot predict what will actually happen.
I hope you guys go up....Derby are a 'proper' club, part of the game's history BUT...so are we. Nobody has a divine right to be
'top of the tree'.....Anyone else remember the hushed tones from tv pundits when the mighty Man Utd were relegated?
It was as if there had been a death in the family.
Treat both success and failure as imposters....keep supporting your club. Good luck to all Rams making the journey down..
I see a few travelled down over the weekend and have already sampled some of our local beers.
All the best Rams...., Nick 
 
 

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Yeah looks brutal. 

I have been well and truly had. I was forgetting the date yesterday. There was me keep responding to what I thought was total nonsense and it was a set up. Fair play Mucker and co 🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍

What happened yesterday 😉

We’re on our way, we’re on our way…

Hmmmm, really as no one seems to have suggested them though?

Have Derbyshire signed Wildsmith 😉🏏

I don’t think either Wycombe or Cambridge will be a walk in the park…

If we gained promotion, which is by no means a certainty, the first season will be about survival on a sustainable budget. Beyond that further progress will probably require further inward investment, with a possible change of ownership at some point.   

Just watching Patrick Bamford play for Leeds - said to be on £70,000 a week . They can afford it . First season for coming down - they will pocket £55 million in parachute payments . It drops in season 2 and 3 but how can they fail with that sort of   income on top of good crowds .

I think anything from tomorrow night will be a bonus 👍

I don’t think either Wycombe or Cambridge will be a walk in the park…

So it’s in our hands, as we have a better GD…

Surely even if we lose tomorrow, wins in our final games will see us up?

A point would be an amazing outcome 

Surely Patterson is close to the boot at Burton. He talks a great game but he doesn't seem to have any clue how to get results.
If I was Ben Robinson I'd be giving Warnock a call and bring him back for old times sake
 
 

I think you have us mixed up with someone else mate.
We are marginally better than most teams in an awful division, but I'd not go any further than that.
But I don't care if we go up. I can worry about next season, next season.

Is Gayle going to be fit 😊

The club are looking for a short-term replacement.
Edit - I note @sage has already posted about this.

Get anything at Portsmouth and I’m confident of autos. Otherwise, we could be level with Bolton going into the Wycombe game. Really hoping the Northampton defeat doesn’t come back to bite us

As it is today