DavesaRam

At least Bird has a close up view of the  ball as it wizzes past him

Good grief this is grim from us!

Got a feed - sent to me via Whatsapp. We are a bit rubbish this half, aren't we?

5 minutes ago, Grumpy Git said:

Anyone else feel sick with this cameraman?

What cameraman?

1 minute ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

Bradley elbowed in the chops, officials do nowt 

RD suggested that it drew blood

NML scores!

Ooohhh NML hits the bar from 30 yards!

14 minutes ago, oodledoodle said:

Rams TV is working for me, VPN airlines has taken me to Holland.

I should have waived, I have been there twice today!

Just now, Ken Tram said:

Can you somehow stream the radio Rams TV audio isn't working for me! Grrr.

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!

3 hours ago, Mucker1884 said:

Dear Derby County,

My previous missive to you refers...

Ignore stop
Forgot about the early kick off stop
plenty of time for half baked baguettes later stop
looks like i'll have time to invade the pitch with the mob after all, before geting kicked off, go and say hello to @angieram patiently standing... erm, sitting... in the stands, whooping at the belated lap of honour, and still home in time for Sale of the Century on catch up. (*It's from Norwich... It's the quiz of the week).  AHAAAAAGHHH!!!!!
 

4 hours ago, Ewe Ram said:

I’m genuinely interested as to why you would run on the pitch. 
What’s so fun about it? 
I’m asking a genuine question. 
 

 

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.

19 hours ago, hintonsboots said:

Derby: Clowes warned by EFL pitch invasion independent disciplinary commission that a points deduction will be considered at both Cambridge Utd and Pride Park, should fans encroach. Three man panel of Parry, Gibson, Couhig to oversee punishment. More in paper tomorrow. #reluctantnicko.

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

2 hours ago, Simmo’s left foot said:

A day trip to Germany this afternoon, and at the match next week. Interestingly, whilst supporting the rams for over 50 years, I've never been to a promotion party game. COYR!

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.

Ome

49 minutes ago, Crewton said:

Cambridge have another home game to play the following Tuesday, which could be critical to their survival. I doubt that they'd be happy with a pitch invasion by our fans and the risk of damage to the pitch or anything else. I don't doubt that it would lead to anything less than an inquiry by the FA/EFL and God knows what punishment.

Everyone understands that fans want to enjoy the euphoria of the moment, but I wouldn't want to give them any excuse to stick the boot into us again.

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?

2 hours ago, On the Ram Page said:

Typical comment from you. Thought you might be a bit quieter after the response you got to your post earlier.

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

4 hours ago, Crewton said:

I sincerely hope Warne and the players are aware of this and remember Northampton, where the pitch was very bobbly for a well covered surface. We need to adopt better tactics than we did there.

Such as using the midfield?

2 hours ago, We'll be back in 81 said:

Ed does have a tendency to give the impression we have scored when we haven't and why does he keep calling Joe Ward, Joe Wilson.

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.

28 minutes ago, jcidaho said:

Warne in!

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

6 hours ago, Wolfie said:

Not posting offensive twadlle like this might be a start...

 "my heart sank when I saw the team sheet, because like a bad smell, Bradley was back in. My only surprise was that Warne's other boyfriend Hourihane wasn't starting"

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.

16 hours ago, G STAR RAM said:

The Northampton and Wycombe results both came as a result of profligacy infront of goal.

If teams as poor as them have been able to stifle us, it's strange that much better teams have been unable to.

As for Warne listening to the 'fans rebellion' I've seen you say it a few times and there is absolutely no way he made any changes to please the fans, and you're only kidding yourself if you actually believe he did.

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!