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DavesaRam got a reaction from Dordogne-Ram in Match Thread: Cambridge United (a)
He keeps confusing him with Kane Ward.
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DavesaRam got a reaction from LeedsRam1999 in Match Thread: Cambridge United (a)
He keeps confusing him with Kane Ward.
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DavesaRam got a reaction from Nishfan in Match Thread: Cambridge United (a)
He keeps confusing him with Kane Ward.
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DavesaRam reacted to YorkshireRam in Paul Warne
The end of that quote may well inadvertently work in @RoyMac5's favour however 😂
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DavesaRam reacted to jimtastic56 in Paul Warne
I have no problems with Roy having his opinions , but it would be nice to call a Truce for 2 weeks and celebrate promotion.Then we can start on the subject of recruitment.
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DavesaRam reacted to On the Ram Page in Paul Warne
Excellent post. I think he is an intelligent guy and has gradually worked things out. Expect it to continue into next season.
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DavesaRam reacted to nick_d in Paul Warne
With Warne's managerial background being at Rotherham (no disrespect to Rotherham intended) his managerial tactics evolved based upon managing a smaller club, less resources, less player-pulling power and often being the underdog in any football match. As such his tactics were based not on how can I get my team to out-pass / outplay the opposition, but more on how to counter them. I suspect that he didn't have that much experience of matches where teams would try to counter his tactics.
I think this year we have seen Warne growing as a manager, we still see that he sets up his team to counter the strengths (real or supposed) of opposing teams, and also he has struggled where teams are countering our play of getting the ball wide by doubling up on our wingers.
However, he is becoming more rounded in his tactical approach, with a lot of the play being along the floor or attempted pin-point long balls down or across to the wing.
Yes, we still hoof it, but only when a side effectively closes us down.
I was sceptical of Warne when he first came, in fact I started the first thread questioning his tactics after his debut home game and whether our possession-based team could deliver them, but this season (more so than his first) he has learnt and developed how to progress from managing a smaller football club with limited expectation to a bigger club with a high expectation level.
I am hoping for the same development next season if we get promoted, especially starting to mix it up in the midfield area which we will definitely need in the Championship.
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DavesaRam reacted to Caerphilly Ram in Paul Warne
Just to be clear as I don’t want it to be misconstrued, my reply to you wasn’t personal, it was meant as conversation and debate as others have been advocating for the last couple of days. You feel one way about this season (scraped in), I feel another (earned it but could have made it far smoother an experience overall if we’d put certain teams away) and was explaining my thoughts, wasn’t intended as a dig or anything so sorry if that’s how it came across
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DavesaRam reacted to RoyMac5 in Paul Warne
Fair enough, that is your take on it, see @Nuwtfly post about 'enjoyment'. I enjoyed last season more, that is my take on it. I can't be bothered to explain why it will only lead to more personally anti posts about me rather than the football.
I'll be happy to be promoted, and now I'm looking forward to next season. #COYR
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DavesaRam reacted to Nuwtfly in Paul Warne
The question of whether this has been a "good" season is really interesting to me.
Statistically speaking it certainly has been. How can anyone argue that a promotion season (fingers crossed) isn't a good season?
And yet I would say that I enjoyed the McClaren season, the Lampard, maybe even the Rowett season, more than this one.
Why? Maybe my own personal enjoyment from football comes more from what I've seen happen over the 90 mins as opposed to the result.
I think what this season has done has made every Derby fan, whether they realise it or not, question whether they prefer the result or the football being played.
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DavesaRam got a reaction from Nishfan in Undercover Rams
“Angie, Angie, give us a wave,
Angie, give us a wave”!
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DavesaRam reacted to Kernow in Paul Warne
First promotion for 17 years. First automatic promotion for nearly 30 years. Let’s counter your argument and say you think that finishing 3rd, playing good football but failing where it really matters is an achievement?
The arrogant attitude that anything less than running away with the title with triple figure points is a failure is why big clubs like Sunderland, Ipswich, Notts Forest etc got stuck down here for longer.
Less than two years ago we had about 6 players, no academy, no manager and had to play pre-season in temporary shirts because we didn’t even have kits. We were also put under restrictions, which still haven’t run out yet. So yes, I think getting automatic promotion in this timeframe is an achievement. A very good one, actually.
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DavesaRam reacted to Jourdan in Paul Warne
The thing is, how we fare in the Championship (should we get there) doesn’t depend solely on Warne.
It will require Clowes, Pearce, Hale, Thomas, Warne and all the other key people at the club working well to get things right.
The common denominator between teams that go up and prosper and teams that fall flat is not style of play. It’s how the club operates, the resources they have to be able to improve, and how they work strategically to achieve that.
Many think Warne will be the weak link moving forward, but if he has a team of good football people around him and the backing of the board, maybe collectively we’ll be stronger and more switched on than people assume.
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DavesaRam reacted to sage in Paul Warne
Instead of belittling people who aren't fans of Warne or confident in him in the long term, why not try debating the points they make.
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DavesaRam reacted to RadioactiveWaste in Paul Warne
I think bobble ball is better anyway. And so does Mr. Hat.
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DavesaRam reacted to Crewton in Paul Warne
Derby should have sacked Davies, but not for being an inappropriate manager for the PL, but because he was a sh*t-stirrer who only cared about himself.
I'd rather not be one of those clubs who sacks a manager who's brought them success simply because they think there are "better options out there" (see Birmingham City 2016-2024).
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DavesaRam reacted to jono in Paul Warne
Anyway, If Warne gets us back he has my backing unless we look like relegation fodder. If we are mid table in mid season, scoring a decent number of goals then I’m onside and happy to see us rebuild the structure and finances of the club. We have to be competing but the prem can wait a season or two !
It’s results .. end of story
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DavesaRam reacted to Nuwtfly in Paul Warne
I certainly feel this way sometimes - but could it be that the quality of the football this season has been determined more by:
- the quality of the players available to Warne (loads of injuries, especially to those with better ability)
- His restrictions regarding recruitment
- The reality of the league and the way the opposition force you into playing at times
I’ve seen us play some horrible hoofball this season but I don’t think we can say for sure that this is all on Warne and, if we go up, he’s going to have earned the right to have a go next season with (hopefully) better players
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DavesaRam reacted to Tamworthram in Paul Warne
It’s nowhere near the first time this has been suggested and it’s not the first time I, and some others, have said it’s incredibly unlikely to happen. Nor should it. IF we do go up, none of us really know what it will be like next season and PW will deserved the chance to have a crack at it.
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DavesaRam reacted to ramsbottom in Paul Warne
Considering he's talking to me, that's not the case at all. Long story short, me, my lad, and a few of his mates waited for the players after the Bolton game for pics, and I waited a bit longer than most for a pic with the gaffer, but I guess he was either still basking in the post victory glow at the bar, or he'd popped off early. Fast forward to Saturday and my lad's mates were again waiting outside and one of them told him I was a Derby fan of 40 years & I was gutted I'd missed him a couple of weeks ago. Warney politely asked him for his phone, asked what my name was, and hit Record. Top bloke...
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DavesaRam reacted to Crewton in Match Thread: Cambridge United (a)
I don't think I'd be dropping Korey Smith anytime soon. He's playing the most effective football of his Derby career.
I'd stick with Saturday's line-up, safe in the knowledge that we have potential game changers on the bench.
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DavesaRam reacted to Crewton in Sonny Bradley
Cambridge have only conceded 10 set piece goals this season, 5th best in the division (we're 2nd best), whereas Orient had conceded 15 before Saturday (around 8th worst - now 3rd worst thanks to us). Hopefully we can have the same effect on Cambridge's stats, but it looks like it'll be tougher.
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DavesaRam reacted to G STAR RAM in League Table since October defeat at Stevenage
Once again, as per your last reply, not sure why you are apologising?
As you say this is a forum for for opinions and I think it's quite acceptable to challenge/have your own opinions challenged.
I don't think I've said anything out of turn or abusive to you and, if I did, I'd have no problem with you pointing it out to me.
As for receiving pelters since last Saturday, once again, as long as there were no personal insults, I think you fully deserved them for what you posted. It was not an opinion that you gave, just a crass insult about two of our players and our manager. I'd suggest that if you're going to take the hump when you get called out on posts like that, it may be a good idea to consider what you post more carefully in the future rather than what people do and don't find acceptable.
As I said in my first post, I enjoy reading your posts, just feel on this occasion you overstepped the mark.
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DavesaRam got a reaction from GlastoEls in South stand!!
I'm 67, so I may have confused waist height with the height at which I wear my trouser waistband!