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Never have I been so pleased to see a set of cheating players, haranguing management team and arrogant fans go home with absolutely nothing!

How good is it to be sat in the pub after watching the rams win. This is what life's about.

A Flukey win would be their keeper attempting a clearance that rebounds off a retreating Barkhuizen’s backside and into the net. A Flukey win would be the intake of breath from the South Stand prior to belting out a hymn about Mendez-Laing’s impressive physique sucking the ball into the goal, a Flukey win would have been them scoring an own goal.
We defended our goal, and changed from about 60 mins onwards to attack until we scored a winner. Smith played the pass to NML, Smith who was subbed on to change the shape of the side to free Max Bird in midfield and move Wilson to his natural rwb role. Sibley scored the goal having been brought on as one of the forward players in place of Barkhuizen.
It was a horrible game of football, and I agree Warne is limited tactically and perhaps has the wrong mindset towards approaching home games in which we might expect to be the dominant side, but to call the win today luck is genuinely baffling in my opinion. 

Getting it wrong for 70 minutes but recognising that and changing it deserves some credit, but not getting it wrong in the first place would deserve far more. Warne learns but he learns slowly.
They key difference was having an actual RWB at RWB, before we changed there wasn't anyone aside from the 3CBs who looked comfortable in their role.
Bradley was excellent today against a team who never ran at him, and with a proper midfield infront of him.
That said I'd have been happy with a point today given the circumstances so I'm delighted we won 

Five at the back doesn’t really work for us. I actually thought Bradley was the weakest of the back three and was amazed he got MOM.
 He was okay for sure but Nelson and Cashin were solid.
Nyambe and Elder are not attackers, they’re defensive fullbacks.
Shout out to Korey Smith and Paul Warne. Smith brought a degree of calm to the midfield and it was his raking pass that set up the goal.
 

Glad for the win obviously.
But let’s not have the fluked result (cos that’s what it is and was) disguise a desperate performance created to a large extent by a woeful tactician of a manager. Don’t give me the line that it was PW’s sub of Sibs that got us the win. It was just luck, no more. Plus a large dose of desperation.
I can accept bad performances and understand the pressure on the players, particularly at home.
But our setup was appalling.
If we had gone attacking mode from the beginning (when Stevenage would realistically just be looking to get to HT at 0-0), scored two goals by H-T and then reverted to a back 5, then there would have been some logic to events. But PW’s talk about it being better to go for a win ( and risk losing) rather than draw is total BS. Talk is cheap but not matched by actions.
Stevenage deserved a draw. We got (very) lucky. Yes, we are where we are in the table and that’s good. But i am reminded of a tv interview with Matt Le Tiss who said that whilst Southgate was a nice guy he couldn’t help feeling that we would never win a tournament with him as manager and that he almost felt that with the players England have he( Le Tiss) could have managed them to a Euro final and WC semi. I feel the same about PW- it’s a ‘thanks Paul’ but no more. I have always been supportive of him but after today I seriously question his real credentials, yes, even acknowledging the current league position we find ourselves in.

Weathered the inevitably robust challenge Evans' team presented, then delivered the coup de grace as their orks' legs turned to jelly.
Ebou Adams is my newest man-crush and will be getting his 3rd MOTM rating from me in just the 4 games. 
GET HIM SIGNED*
*Pretty please, with bells on 🙏
To Abba's I do, I do, I do, I do
Love me or leave me, make your choice but believe me
I love you
Ebou, Ebou, Ebou, Ebou, Ebou
I can't conceal it, don't you see, can't you feel it?
Don't you too?
Ebou, Ebou, Ebou, Ebou, Ebou
 
GTF in Warney lad! 

Forum moaners moan
but I don’t give a duck
cause we are derby county 
and we are going up 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏

Creatively we were flatter then happy shopper lemonade but the fight in the players is there to see

Scrappy 1-0 win, Nelson, Cashin and Bradley all very solid, we didn’t get bullied in the way we can normally. Adams did well too. Well done to Warne for making the changes to the side that swung momentum in our favour.
Clean sheet at home for the first time this year, 3 points in the bag, no more injuries (🤞) not been fun and felt pretty lonely on here in terms of optimism but I’m happy with that. 

Warne spot on today - deserve every credit. 
 
Adam’s and Bradley animals. Cash and Nelson too but that’s standard. Sibbo with the magic.

Wilson is shattered. 

Scrappy 1-0 win and Adams hasnt been booked... today is a good day

Move mountains to sign Adam’s. What a class player

Sibellingham!!!

You sexy little albino 😍😍😍😍

We can still win this... COYR

there's still time

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Agree with this...I now remember why I don't like standing, not (just) because I'm old but the view is awful when you are so low down. It was very difficult at times to see what was gaining at the other end.
Also a moan on the roadworks, why so many, 3am I arrived home.....all of it was worth it though 😏