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lrm14

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    lrm14 reacted to Carl Sagan in Promotion pitch invasion   
    Why couldn't people simply wait until the game was over? We effectively forced the ref to end the game 2 minutes early and were lucky we got away with that and it was declared full time. 
    Yes I know that might seem a joyless, boring attitude, but I'd rather not have more points deductions or see players get hurt. 
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    lrm14 reacted to NottmRAM in Transfer rumours   
    Cashin to Forest is the latest rumour (to be loaned straight out). £4.5m
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    lrm14 reacted to Bris Vegas in Liam Rosenior   
    5 of the Championship’s current top 6 have bigger budgets, recent PL players and parachute payments.
    The other is Ipswich who finished on 96 points.
    Expecting Hull to finish in the top 6 is just bizarre.
    They may feel Rosenior isn’t their best option for the long-term. That’s a gamble they have made.
    But Rosenior did a pretty decent job there and a decent Championship club will come in for him. He just needs to hold tight.
    No doubt at least one of Sunderland, Norwich, West Brom, Sheff Wed, Blackburn, Middlesbrough, Sheff Utd, Bristol City, Swansea or Cardiff will sack their manager in the next 6 months and will look at Rosenior as a top option.
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    lrm14 reacted to jono in Retained List   
    My Dad was an agent for a Small Scottish steel company in the 1960’s . English sales were recorded under “export markets” 
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    lrm14 reacted to Crewton in Paul Warne   
    And you're criticising him for THIS?! 😉
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    lrm14 reacted to LeedsCityRam in Liam Rosenior   
    Another mystifying decision by a Championship owner. Accept that Hull did invest in the squad/brought in some big money loans but its hardly like they were blowing the rest of the division out of the water. Rosenior was nominated for Championship manager of the season & they finished a mere 3 points outside the playoffs - a damn sight better than the position he found them in. What makes it worse is that their owner gave Rosenior a new 3 year contract at Christmas - an expensive decision to end early & one I presume has been pre-empted by a bigger name showing interest in the job.
    Derby might not be able to compete with some teams in this division financially but we do have the precious commodity of stability & common sense behind the scenes. Some of the decision making at clubs like Birmingham, Watford, Sunderland & now Hull smack of the incoherent kneejerk reactions so beloved of our previous owner & inevitably end in poorer results & decline.
    I wish Liam well, a good coach & a good man. He needs to find a Championship gig at a club prepared to take a long term view. I suspect Hull will finish significantly below 7th next term.
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    lrm14 reacted to Sed in Liam Rosenior   
    Mr Rooney?😆
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    lrm14 reacted to Comrade 86 in Viktor Johansson - gone to Stoke   
    If Joe is off, then I'd be happy to see us sign this lad, if a deal can be done at sensible money. He's a very good prospect and I can see how this might be part of a strategy that shifts from signing players of a proven level, to bringing in players yet to reach their ceilings. A more speculative approach, if you like.
    TBH, I'd assumed that Joe had not been offered terms simply because we had a season to finish and PW wanted to see how we fared before entering any negotiations. If our interest in Johansson is real (big if), then perhaps that assumption was wrong. 
    As for the Adams chatter, I'd be signing him in a heartbeat too. Anything close to the £350K mark would be the proverbial no-brainer for yours truly.
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    lrm14 reacted to Ghost of Clough in Viktor Johansson - gone to Stoke   
    Johansson is a fantastic shot stopper. Some would argue the best in the league. However, any side wanting to play out from the back or even 'mix it up' would be taking a risk. This season, only 1 in 5 passes is played short, and 1 in 6 last season. For comparison, Wildsmith and Vickers go short 40-50% of the time.
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    lrm14 reacted to Geriatram in My last match today   
    Sadly this will be my last match today. My first was in 1956 as a 13year old, My dad used to take me before that but he stopped going when we went down to the third division north. My mate and I would catch the 12 oclock bus from Melbourne and be the first in the ground. We stood in the Normanton end pigeon loft, I think it was 3 shilling. To this day I remember that team. We were champions in 1957 and I ran onto the pitch after the last match against Southport, Ray Straw scored 37 goals that season, The next ten years saw me start work, get married and have two children, I had moved to Derby, and after my family, the Rams were the most important thing in my life I never missed a home game in those ten years even though we were only an average second division side. And then in 1966 after England won the world cup my mate and I decided to have a season ticket, Little did we know what would happen that season, I was at work one day and a Rams supporting work mate told me we had signed a player from Bradford Park Avenue, his name was Kevin Hector I'd never heard of him but he was without doubt the most wonderful footballer to grace the Baseball Ground I had ever seen, and because of this we wanted to see more players like him which led to Tim Ward getting the sack and BC becoming Manager, what followed was ten years of unbelievable success and enjoyment. And then things started to go wrong off and on the pitch and I stopped being a season ticket holder during Peter Taylors time as manager, i still loved The Rams of course and when I turned 65 and retired my old mate from Melbourne and I bought season tickets again. But sadly covid left my best friend of 80 years with a dementia problem and he know no longer knows me. For the last two seasons I have been going alone to the match but its just not the same for me. Therefore I am calling it a day, as I write this I am welling up as I will do this afternoon. Thank you Derby County for every thing I will love you till I die.     
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    lrm14 reacted to Rev in End of season celebrations.   
    I'd argue he took a reasonable decision in the circumstances, no shatting of pants, more acceptance of reality. 
    I wouldn't be surprised if was prearranged to cut short time added on at the moment the most players possible could dash the tunnel, that's what Sibley inferred in his interview.
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    lrm14 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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    lrm14 reacted to LeedsCityRam in Paul Warne   
    There seems to be an increasing narrative on here that Warne's last stint in the Championship was a success & somehow negates the 3 relegations he'd previously suffered at that level.
    Below is the Championship table as at 17th September 2022 - 5 days before he left Rotherham for Derby. Rotherham were in 8th place & had won 3 out of 9 games - all at home. A decent start sure but reality is they were still only 4 points above the bottom 3 & very far from demonstrating they would have been able to survive that full season under Warne.
    To show just how this table is misleading in predicting performance over a full season, Wigan were only one point behind Rotherham at that stage but were ultimately comfortably relegated (even if they hadn't been deducted 6 points). Same situation with Reading who sit in 3rd at this stage with 18 points but only accrued another 32 points on the pitch from the last 36 games. On the flip side, Coventry sit bottom here but ended up in the playoff final.
    I would also ponder the question that if Rotherham had looked so strong at that point, why would he have considered dropping a division & not wait for an offer from a bigger fellow Championship club? That's what Steven Schumacher did this year swapping another small yo/yo club in Plymouth for a better resourced gig at Stoke.

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    lrm14 reacted to i-Ram in Paul Warne   
    I think you want to go off on a tangent. I am not being drawn into player performances this season as I don’t have time this morning. I stick by my point. Paul Warne, in my opinion, has many very good human qualities, but I am not convinced he is anywhere close to being a good football tactician. Further, if he and his coaching team could keep all his players fit, I still don’t think he would know what his best team or formation would be. Not that it would matter too much when, notwithstanding, his instructions would still likely be get the ball out wide, and get your crosses in - don’t fanny about passing through midfield.
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    lrm14 reacted to Rich84 in Paul Warne   
    So, it's easy to make selective stats suit an argument, as others have pointed out in previous posts, but also, 9 games in and lost only 1, the same as Sheff Utd and Burnley who both got promoted at the end of the season, only 4 points above relegation - but had a game in hand, and the fact there were 13 other teams between them and the bottom 3 should be ignored? 
    Reality is, Warne leaving Rotherham probably instigated a loss of form, and if it is OK to speculate Rosenior would have done equally as well as Warne at Derby then it's also reasonable to speculate that Warne would have had a decent season woth Rotherham if he'd not left for us.
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    lrm14 reacted to Tamworthram in Paul Warne   
    It’s a relatively valid point but if you’re going to highlight how close they were to the relegation zone, in the interests of balance, you can’t ignore the fact that they were only one point off the play off places with a game in hand. 
     
    As you say the reality is, same with LR, it was way too early in the season to form an opinion as to whether he/they were doing well or not.
     
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    lrm14 reacted to Ram-Alf in Match Thread: Wycombe (a)   
    Would it have been better if the ball was on a plate and delivered by a waiter.
    CBT is a pro footballer, Most likely since a child he's learned how to control a ball, Whether at pace or coming out of the sky with snow on it, The ball fell to CBT it was an open goal he fluffed it, Scuffed it call it what you like.
    I find it extraordinary that posters are saying Washingtons ball was the fault, Then saying he should have scored 🙄
     
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    lrm14 got a reaction from McMuffin in Match Thread: Wycombe (a)   
    They're going to take their foot off the gas in a game where they can secure the title? Interesting take.
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    lrm14 reacted to Andicis in Match Thread: Wycombe (a)   
    We were terrible and we no longer have control of our own destiny, I think it's pretty normal to be pissed off no? 
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    lrm14 reacted to Caerphilly Ram in Match Thread: Wycombe (a)   
    Just don’t get it, put in a great shift in the pouring rain away at Portsmouth, have time to rest and work with 8 days in between, then turn in such a lacklustre showing.
    Warne and his staff not done enough, players let themselves and all of us down tonight, it’s still possible for us to get autos but it’s a massive dropped b0ll0ck tonight 😞 
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    lrm14 reacted to LoadofCobblers in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    Hi Rams, I commented on the reverse fixture when you battered us earlier in the season so thought I would do the same just to give some context from the other side.
    A very different game to the one at Pride Park earlier in the season. The San Sixfields pitch is much smaller which definitely helps us, particularly against the big boys in the division. We have taken a pasting of pretty much all of the teams at the top of the table away from home this season, whilst at home managed mostly narrow defeats instead.
    No doubt that you should have scored at least one of the two chances in the first half, or at the very least worked the keeper, one of them goes in and you dont lose the game without a shadow of a doubt. The game earlier in the season you were picking holes in between our midfield and defense with ease, also NML pace was a constant threat. However in this game were clearly more compact and outside of those opportunities it didn't feel like you created a huge amount of clear cut chances. It was noticeable that you were much more direct this game for whatever reason, which I am far more confident of us deadling with. I know you have a number of bodies out, but we have 10 out (mostly in defence) so the injury list was similar on both sides.
    I thought the goal was a really well taken finish, definite foul in the build up but the defending after that would be pretty poor. Your full back (Wilson I think) also definitely handled it in the second half with no one around him. 
    I sit in the end where Bradley got his red, he definitely put his head in. Don't get me wrong i dont think Monthe is going to require a trip to the hospital but unfortunately you have to go down to almost bring it to attention. Thought it was poor from a guy who is that experienced and was seemingly always looking for physicality in the game. Yes we tried to slow down the game, no doubt about it. If i was an away fan I would be furious and hope the ref would stop it. But to add some context our season has been petering out to a degree with mid table safety and clearly our manager has given them a rocket pointing out there are still points to play for, there was not a lack of effort on our point despite little to play for seemingly. To be honest we are doing about as well as a club our size could be expected to do, as we were on of the favorites for the drop.
    I hope you go up, clearly a huge club that should not be at this level (plus dont want Peterborough to go up). I am guessing there is a big split in the fanbase over the manager, that was evident by the booing of one of the substitutions which you don't expect from a team that are fighting for the title. As a completely neutral observer Warne to me sits in the Gareth Ainsworth esque category of managers. Likeable character and personable, but with limitations at a higher level and in developing a more free flowing style, it dosnt seem like the best fit. Playing Pompey and Peterborough recently (both away so different challenges I guess) but they seemed much more composed in their style of play and just seemed to have more ways to hurt us.
    Hopefully your injury woes ease up a little and all the best for the rest of the season.
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    lrm14 reacted to Carnero in League One Play-Off Dates Confirmed   
    No way. I want it all wrapped up before a party against Carlisle on the last day.
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    lrm14 reacted to IlsonDerby in Match Thread: vs Bolton Wanderers (H)   
    Right - now you’ve done condescending somebody who was there as he is every match I’ll refer you to xG which showed us having a higher xG.
     
    They had that shocking miss from the header - we had Curtis miss a free header from 8 yards in between the posts. 
    They had that shot Wildsmith saved well. We had our goal. 
     
    Chances were few and far between. Other than their chance in the first half and the last 2 minutes of injury time we were completely comfortable until half time despite losing our focal point. 
     
    They played a better brand of football and on another day they take one of their two big chances and we find it tough. On another day we score the header from Curtis and it puts more pressure on them. 
     
    At the end of the day they had to bring the game to us. A draw wouldn’t have cut the mustard for them whereas a draw would have been fine for us. 
     
    Look back at my previous posts since about November 2022 to find my thoughts on our performances under Warne. Im certainly not a happy clapper. Im vocally critical but we did an absolute number on Bolton yesterday. 
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    lrm14 reacted to JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta in Fozzy   
    Over ten years of service, never a problem in the entire time he's been here, seen off every left back we've signed since he arrived, flexible enough to cover multiple positions.
    A club legend. No doubt about it. 
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    lrm14 reacted to Topram in Fozzy   
    Always been a fan of Fozzy a great servant a great guy who deserves goods stuff 
    but my does he deserve it, 5/6 weeks out just slots it like he’s not been anywhere, 
    Hope we’ll see him see promotion with us he deserves it
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