DavesaRam

Shame we sat back so much. I have a feeling I’ve heard that before, somewhere. But in the end it took an offside goal and a handball goal to peg us back. It was a pretty good match, especially given the conditions! And unless we “Northampton” our remaining matches, we are as good as promoted.

Derby fans are in great voice. Again!!!

He might as well - the ref is giving him nothing

Yet another foul not given, on Wilson rhis time

Who was the Derby player who was just flattened off the ball?

The Sly boys were asking about spare kit for the players at half time. Well they need clean underpants because they just spent 5 minutes jizzing theirs!

YYYEESSS!!!! WWAARRDD!!!!

And somehow Portsmouth have had 5 shots. I only saw one.

That had to be a card!

That’s two fouls not given.

Cashin has just snagged the ref for the foul he didn’t give

Watching on Skygo, ready for horrendous bias as always

Why? What are Radio Derby going to do to you?

So was I - I live in Allestree!

Oh! I got here early, then!

So he's from God's own suburb, then?

Oh no, I wasn't wishing for Smith at right back, I was saying that our good performances with 4 at the back wasn't necessarily because of Nyambe, but that 4 at the back works for us, the alternatives don't!

Although we didn't have Nyambe last season when playing a back four gave us a good run. IIRC we had Smith at right back during that period. It is quite possible that playing a back four bring us success because playing a back four is successful!

I’ve managed 22 grounds (including the old BBG!), so I am slightly better than plastic!

My concern is if we set up with a midfield two ….. again, because we will be over-run …. again. Especially if Hourihane starts, because then we will only have a midfield one and a half. It will also mean we have gone for “whack it wide and lob it into the box” …. again, so all Portsmouth will have to do is what Northampton did - put an extra man on each wing back. We need to go 3 in midfield, and we need to play our game and make Portsmouth worry about us, not the other way round. We can get at least a point from this match if we want to, and if we are allowed to.

Yet lots of people seemed horrified that Rams fans were angry at us throwing that opportunity away!

Or we take the Brian Clough approach of play to his strengths, ie give him the ball and let him do what he is good at, rather than him spend time doing what he is weaker at. It got the best out of Alan Hinton, and John McGovern - neither of whom were known for “Ebou Adams” like challenges. And no, this isn’t an attempt to compare Brian Clough and Paul Warne! Don’t even go there!

yes but he wasn’t under Warne’s coaching staff and methodology at Hull.

Probably because the ref didn’t give a free-kick every rime one if their players dived to the ground - just 95% of the time. One if their coaching staff got booked just before the final whistle, probably for a similar moan.

We got to the car park on the industrial estate when the heavens opened and would have made it dry to our car but for the bonzo in the car next to us pulling forwards by 2 yards blocking our path. By the tome we had walked round him we were totally drenched. And the cars didn’t move for another 10 minutes, so he could have let us get to our car dry. The wassock!