DavesaRam

I'm listening to the radio version, sat just outside the VPN Airport in Allestree!

No Rams TV. It looks like i have run out of VPN airways flight tickets, I've been to Tokyo, Amsterdam, Singapore and Copenhagen, but cannot make the money go. So its here and Radio Derby for me!

Actually I was on the pitch after the Brighton play-off semi, and the pitch felt absolutely gorgeous to walk and run on. I can remember loads of people doing knee-slides! It was in incredible condition. Sadly I didn't know that they dug the pitch up in pre-season and laid a new one, or I would have made a bid in order to re-lay my lawn at home, which is about 7ft long, and has more weeds and flowers than a meadow! Not interested now because apart from being a crap surface, the PP pitch is part artificial nowadays.

Latest news: the points have been anticipatorally deducted, with the message "Better luck next season", from the 3 Bandidos.

I have - in the King Arthur promotion year, and it was as flat as a fart. I think that day was when the word "underwhelmed" was defined.

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I personally would love to go onto the pitch, like after the play-off semi against Brighton, but your last line is the reason we should sit tight - the EFL don’t need any encouragement. And in light of Mucker’s latest post, I have seen our fans tanked up on booze and weed at Barnsley and it was a horrifying and embarrassing experience, so it most definitely is a “sit tight” from me. Wacky sweets weren’t so much of an issue during Mac 1.

As I don’t have Sky I would be looking at a lot if wonga a month to get their coverage, which won’t be all our matches. Could Rans TV do a deal to relay matches to us themselves?

Why? There are no insults of individuals here, just an observation of one of the factors that cost us dearly at Northampton.

Such as using the midfield?

He keeps confusing him with Kane Ward.

Although the club did use to arrange beam-backs, that was before the powers that be started being a bit bossy, although the 3 amigos beam-back for that awful Coventry City away match may well have not shown any compliance with any rules extant at the time! I suspect that the EFL will have rules against it now, and because this isn't specifically about Derby County, the rules may actually exist in the EFL rule book. They already have rules about matches kicking off at 3pm on Saturdays, and they also banned matches in the "Nobody's Bothered Cup" competitions, although they may have been imposed by the TV companies or the sponsors. It is almost impossible that the club can arrange a beam back, or we would have heard about it by now, because they would have to sell tickets for whichever suite it was being shown in. I would think we are down to which pubs and hostelries in and around Derby have found ways of showing the matches, as a number do. I usually take whichever family members are interested to either Amsterdam or Tokyo and we all watch from there. But I can only get flights from VPN Airport.

I wonder if this is your final “Warne in”?

What motivated that comment was that no matter what was happening on the pitch, Warne would virtually always bring Bradley on, usually as his first substitution, even if we couldn't score for toffee and were chasing the game. Whether it was because of an obligation play Bradley as often as he could, or because he insisted on using a back 3 even though it hadn't worked for most of the season (indeed has only started to work since Adams has arrived) I don't know. And secondly, even though he would go match after match without achieving much at all, Hourihane seemed to be first name on the team sheet every week, while other players who did produce the goods, kept on getting subbed off or dropped to the bench. I know after Wycombe Warne said he needed to change things up a bit, but I was at the outside bar when the team news came out, and there was quite a noticeable collective groan, including several "Oh no, Bradley's back in", so I am not on my own. And my comments were based on experience. Also, against Wycombe the players didn't bring everything onto the [itch, let alone leave it all there, but much of our defeat was down to the way the team was set up to play. However I am glad to say I was wrong, because the team played well, and controlled the match from start to finish. Earlier in the matchday thread I mentioned that I had watched a Youtube video of Chris Martin's 97 goals for the club, and stated categorically that I didn't mention it because I wanted Martin back at the club, (I don't) but because I would love us to be playing more in the manner of Stevie Mac 1 than we do at the moment. For most of the season, we have had to score close to 100% of our chances otherwise we drop points, because we rarely control or dominate matches. I would much rather end up with the points as a result of dominating the match, rather than scrape through by converting all of the few chances we do make. We are heading in the right direction, again since the arrival of Adams, so maybe I should curb the disappointment when it looks like a poor team selection. And despite my concerns pre-match, I yelled myself hoarse on Saturday once I got to my seat. Lets draw a line under this and move forwards. Here's to whoever is in the squad for next Saturday's visit to Cambridge.

My apologies, G-Star. It is my opinion, a d expressing our opinions is what this forum runs on for all of us. But it doesn’t mean that I insist what my opinion is right. I have received a few pelters since last Saturday, so to make sure everybody is happy after the next match thread, could somebody kindly post a list of permitted opinions, please? It would be really helpful.

I love it that the “ Sign him up” chants are becoming more and more frequent!

Playing wide and crossing into the box is perfectly valid until it becomes the only option, and yes we have benefitted from it. But an awful lot of our defeats and stalemates have come from just that, especially when it is combined with a deliberate avoidance of midfield. As with Northampton and Wycombe, all the opposition have to do is stifle our wing backs and we are stuffed. And earlier in the season all the crosses in the world are no use if either no-one us in there, or if they sail over the heads of the few who do eventually turn up. The evidence is there - when we have addressed these issues we have gone on a run of good results, even though our goals have predominantly come from crosses. And since the Stevenage “fans rebellion” Paul Warne has shown signs of listening and changing, and fair play to him for that, because we have been much better as a result. Have every hope for the last two matches.

“Angie, Angie, give us a wave, Angie, give us a wave”!

If we’d played football and used midfield all season instead of “whack it wide and cross it”, we’d have been top yonks and yonks ago.

We’ve had a few ex-players as guests who love the club so much that they have virtually never been back since they left. Curious, that.

Me too, although I have twice managed to "pass the test" and get to my seat using my bus pass!

I'm 67, so I may have confused waist height with the height at which I wear my trouser waistband!

It was actually “National League Champions - you’ll never sing that!”. And yes it was really witty!

I don’t like the rails which gave been put in/imposed - space is much more cramped, and they are actually at waist height so should be moving forwards into them you simply spin forwards and drop down head-first into the next row down! It makes going down for a pint or a pee much more hassle, and we have to fight our way past those season-ticket checkers lying in wait at every opportunity! But apart from that ……….