Rampage

Bogle was sub yesterday. Lowe not even in subs for Blades.

22 minutes ago, Addingham Ram said:

But when we are in the position we are in, very small squad, lack of experienced players, lack of confidence, why is our inexperienced manager not keeping things simple.

Today we had Lawrence touching the ball more times taking the ball from the centre backs than in the attacking half of the field.

Graham Shinnie appeared to be playing at left back.

We had centre halfs taking goal kicks, passing the ball 5 yards to Roos, immediately putting the defence under pressure as Peterborough sussed it out.

We wasted free kicks trying to be clever when all we needed was a ball into the box where our big men were waiting.

Then Wayne brings off Morrison and brings on Joz to close the game out.

I'm struggling to see how any of it makes sense.

Yes, it's easy to say would anyone be calling for Wayne to go if we had held on for a win, but let's face it, a win would only have papered over the cracks which are showing no signs of disappearing.

I knew that we were in trouble when Joz came on. A defender would have done.

47 minutes ago, DCFC_Sloth said:

8 points from the last 51 available. 
1 win in 18. 
Surely it’s time for him to accept this job is, understandably, too much for him and do the right thing and walk away. Install Mac until the end of the season and try to regain some kind of positive and understandable style of play. 

Joz and Byrne gave them the game today. A game that we should have drawn or won. Not the fault of Rooney.

When he took Ravel off, I thought oh no, we will lose this now. Byrne had a nightmare last 20 minutes.we need a defensive coach. They started fouling us and we folded. Good goal from Stretton. Colin out for at least a month at a guess. Joz is a liability in my opinion. Posh wanted the win more than we did. We only have two gears, reverse and first gear.

Just now, Mick Brolly said:

???

2 minutes ago, Rampage said:

Joz and Subbo on after 65 mins.

Great typo or not. Who knows.

Just now, Rampage said:

Joz and Subbo on after 65 mins.

This is an attacking side with a couple of defensive midfielders.

44 minutes ago, Leeds Ram said:

he could be perfect for them in this match given his runs off the shoulder and our lack of pace at the back. I think we need to set up to sit quite deep to contain that threat. 

Joz and Subbo on after 65 mins.

On 09/08/2021 at 23:25, David said:

I just want to apologise for the delay, my absence, my handling of the situation and try to explain what has happened.

The meeting on Wednesday was scheduled to end at 8.45pm, my last train home was 9.33pm, I slipped out just after 9pm as I didn’t have clothes, medication, toiletries with me as I wasn’t planning on staying overnight.

When the meeting had finished, an agreement was made where one statement would be written and signed off by all groups, this is the first time anything like this had been agreed, I was under the impression we would be allowed to report back as normal.

Being completely unaware of this, whilst waiting for my train I saw a conversation take place on my Twitter timeline discussing the meeting minutes, when would they be out.

I replied, that the meeting minutes were not taken and we would be sharing the information ourselves, which as I say I was under the impression would be allowed, why else attend? I thought I was being helpful.

Now I can see on reflection I was clearly naive in not appreciating the number of fans waiting online for what was said at the meeting, would see the tweet whilst was part of a conversation, which was also public and could be seen and shared by others. The tweet blew up online having been retweeted, I’m not exaggerating when I say maybe hundred or more replies, some abusive to the point where I had to turn notifications off as my phone was freezing with as I came back into an area with phone signal.

On the forum I did pre warn members not to expect anything Wednesday evening, the minutes can sometimes take a few days to a couple of weeks before being released. I was going with the intention of asking the club if the minutes could be released within 24 hours or that we could release the information immediately. Obviously once we was told the minutes would not be taken all that went out the window and believed we was free to report back immediately, and that was the plan.

Again, I was clearly naive to the fact fans on Twitter would not be aware of this, so when I wasn’t replying to all the tweets with thumbs up or down if it’s good news, or are we going to have a club next week the levels of abuse increased, despite my plea for being understanding I wasn’t in the position to do so.

With my write up, I had no intention of adding any personal opinion, it would be just what was said and allow you all to read and take it as you will.

As you will be well aware, all fans see things differently and I didn’t want to raise any expectations or disappoint fans, then receive more abuse as it wasn’t what they were expecting.

I put myself in this situation through naivety, but I don’t accept that the abuse was warranted at all, I have removed the twitter account from my devices and will no longer be active on that account, opting now for a private account as I have no interest in twitter fame.

I would seriously urge anyone that did send me abusive tweets to have a think how they talk to people online and their demands, if this is this what celebrities have to deal with on a daily basis, I’m glad I’m just a nobody!

Punjabi Rams, who I honestly can’t thank enough stepped in and put some tweets out from their account to give some information in my defence. You guys are awesome, didn’t need to do that but again, I honestly can’t thank you enough. Quick plug www.punjabirams.co.uk, @PunjabiRams on Twitter, go give them a follow if you are on there.

On the train home I started to do the write up on my notes app, realising I need to get this out asap, first thing to defuse the situation I felt I had created.

Thursday morning, as I was consulting my notes and finishing off the write up, there was a few things I wanted to fact check with the club were totally accurate, there has been times where things have been misheard in the past (Boycie ahem) and needed correcting, I didn’t want this to happen. We’re human, mistakes can happen, I believed I had time to ensure there were none.

I decided, and this was not requested by the club but to send my write up to them, asking if they could read it over and everything I had written was totally accurate, leaving ??? <—— fact checks where I was a little cautious over.

They agreed and I again naively yet again assumed that this would be back with me in a few hours……despite the previous night listening to just how busy they have been.

Now whilst I understand and totally agree that this meeting is important, the club staff are as I’m sure you can imagine really busy, now I need to really stress here that this is in no way the fault of the club, this is on me 100%.

No tweet, no forum post, none of this situation exists.

Meanwhile The Supporters Charter Group are scratching their heads as to why I’ve gone it alone, I can only apologise to them also, as I say I was under the impression that we would all be reporting back ourselves which I have explained privately with them.

A single statement isn’t something I would have been personally happy with but that is what was agreed in my absence.

I haven’t felt comfortable coming back on the forum if I'm honest, ignoring the fact I insinuated what was said at the meeting would be out Thursday on the forum, I feel like I have let you all down and for that I’m sorry.

Just to add, this apology wasn’t asked for, it's something I feel is owed to you all.

Should someone have gone that could have stayed all evening? Ideally yes, although Paul (Boycie) was unavailable to attend. Since the formation of 2017 it has only been either myself or Paul that has attended, I didn’t feel it would be right to send someone new which in hindsight was the correct call, they may have also not been able to attend until the end of what I’m led to believe turned out to be almost a 4 hour long meeting, putting themselves unwittingly into a similar situation I have.

I know you are all frustrated, the accusations of attention seeking, sitting on information, teasing, trying to get more views, followers etc. and even censorship on the forum are simply not true, they come from people that do not know me or how the forum is run at all, which is disappointing hearing it said by members that have been on the forum for a number of years now.

Finally, I do want to say thank you to those who have sent supportive texts, PM’s, DM’s, tweets you name it over the last few days, despite asking to be given time, it’s you who I put the hours in for, I will learn from this and work on handling things better in the future.

I would also like to thank the moderators who have been trying their best to keep on top of the situation, without them this forum would have crashed and burned over the last few days so please be respectful to them, even if at times you do not agree with decisions they have made. 

David

 

No need to apologise for anything David. Just move on, let it go. We are behind you and appreciate you, David. COYR

Last season has gone. We stayed up. 45 matches left this season. Enjoy if possible.

If everyone is on form then our 16 or so players constitute a few different starting elevens. If we can stay injury free and get a few breaks we have have a very encouraging start to the season. If you are not playing well then there are others really keen to get on the pitch.

1 minute ago, Ted McMinn Football Genius said:

Both parties have probably signed a NDA ?????

Sorry couldn’t help it ??

The accounts must have been done quite some time ago. To send those completed accounts in would not be difficult. If not having sent them in when they cannot be changed has slowed us getting out of the embargo then I remain mystified as to what is going on.

We have a better small squad this season than the large squad that we had last year. Injuries would be a big problem.

1 hour ago, RadioactiveWaste said:

Worst feeling at Wembey - 92 minuts v QPR or 2.00PM BEFOER playing Villa?

Watched that game today. After 67 minutes we took off Hughes and Russell bringing on Dawkins and Bryson. So many good players in our team and a strange choice not starting with Bryson. Fozzy, Bucko and Keogh triple whammy. 

5 hours ago, Ghost of Clough said:

Rooney's XI

Roos
Byrne   Stearman   Davies   Forsyth
Bird   Shinnie
Jozwiak   Lawrence   Ravel
Kazim

Subs: Allsop, Ebosele, Buchanan/Williams, Watson, Sibley, Hutchinson, Stretton

That formation could be very promising if Bird and Shinnie play really well.

Woohoo.

Posh 1- 2 Rams 

FRGS Colin

Forget all this takeover, EFL, too few signings, Covid etc. 

Just get behind Wayne and the team, enjoy it and see how it pans out.

Polite request to change 'creature' in thread title to 'creative player'. I find that more encouraging should either player read the thread.

3 minutes ago, dcfcreece1601 said:

Don't even get your coat just leave without it ?

I will get my camelhair coat if you do not mind. I will then be gone in two sheiks of a lambs tail.

On 09/08/2021 at 08:17, dcfcreece1601 said:

Another polish guy that was at the euros would help kamil massively,  im sure people are forgetting we don't have any other wingers on the bench , ebosele can play there but it's not his position and he's still learning , and other than sibley we basically have no one , would be good to have both definitely if possible 

We did not get the Sheik but maybe we end up with a couple of Kamils at least.

10 hours ago, Bald Eagle&#x27;s Barmy Army said:

I’ve been a critic of Jozwiak but one game where he shows promise doesn’t change the other 30+ games where he hasn’t produced anywhere near enough that a player of his standard should be. 
 

I just hope the performance wasn’t because he was being watched in the stand by scouts from other teams. 

He stated very clearly soon after he arrived that he wanted to play in an attacking team. In my opinion he is not a great deal of use in a battle of attrition.

2 hours ago, Anag Ram said:

I’ve seen a lot of comments on here about who is now a good player, should be in the team etc.

Enthusiasm is great but this was one game against Salford. For many, this was their first big game in ages. Stretton for example is coming back from an injury so to rate him as not ready is a tad harsh. Important thing in my eyes was for the first time in ages we had a forward making intelligent runs. 

Ebosele is exciting to watch and has won two penalties now through his pace. But his final ball needs a bit of work. That will come.

There was acres of space in midfield last night which allowed Salford time in the first half and us time in the second. That can’t and won’t happen in the championship.

Last night’s game was naive and exciting. 
 

The only thing of relevance to the league was the confidence of a win.

Last night's game had the one factor that pretty much keeps us going - excitement. We need to playing exciting football to engage the fans. Probably got more chance of finishing mid table with that approach.

37 minutes ago, Ellafella said:

Well, 300 or so. Including Gary Neville.

Wayne probably enjoyed telling his Man Utd mates of old how his plan worked perfectly tonight.

Ravel slicing across the ball to score was world class. The more you watch it the more impressive it is.

7 minutes ago, Grumpy Git said:

Sooooooooooooooooo, how do we make sure that Posh's current 'Goals For' column stays at a big fat 0 on Saturday (7 against as well after tonight)?

Organise a man marking defensive strategy.