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    lrm14 reacted to Archied in Derby v Peterborough   
    Thought Peterborough were slightly better ON THE DAY,
    poor ref and linesman , yes I clearly saw the handball from the east stand , don’t bother asking if I saw the push because it doesn’t matter , the ref didn’t or he gives a foul on the defender not a penalty so second yellow card minimum , different game then🤷🏻‍♂️, quite a few other incidents that were poor decisions and I do wonder if refs are over compensating in not looking like favouring the bigger club or being influenced by bigger crowds , if not it’s a worry,
    that said ,it was a good game to watch and we have beaten them away and lost at home to them ,sit pretty much level given our game in hand 🤷🏻‍♂️,
    dust down and on to the next game , we didn’t fall apart , we wernt battered , the game could have gone either way and both teams squandered chances 
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    lrm14 reacted to Chester40 in Derby v Peterborough   
    Haven't read all the thread but the last few pages seem pretty realistic and fair.
    On the way home we all agreed that aside from the result/last minute, we much preferred watching that game than the Lincoln game.
    Really was a great game to watch I felt. Lots of goals, decent spirit, end to end, effort, tackles, chances, saves...
    Credit to P'Boro ...they look a team of young athletes. Just over ran our midfield first half especially at times. Even their centre backs were decent on the ball but relatively quick. Looked like an academy team almost.
    Cashin was my MoTM but he looked at fault for the goal at the end. Wilson was a real threat at times. Thompson worked his backside off. Collins never stopped,  unbelievable engine today.
    Hourihane and Bird looked really pedestrian and out matched at times.  Niambe struggled manfully in a real tough game.
    NML looked shattered and lacking in zip. Barkhuizen looks a bit lost at times,  I'm not sure what he brought to us after the first 2mins. Elder was quality and Sibley worked hard but couldn't get into the game going forward, likewise JJ.
    No shame in yesterday,  just gutting to throw away all 3 points to them. Good atmosphere,  end to end football. Need to move on quickly.
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    lrm14 reacted to Foreveram in Derby v Peterborough   
    I said straight away on the final whistle at Oxford,  that performance will have taken so much out of us, to attack relentlessly like that for 90 minutes was bound to take its toll.
    I think the tactics were right today, we were 30 seconds from keeping our unbeaten run going against probably the hardest team we could have played.
    Hopefully our next few games will give us an easier run and we can go on another unbeaten run.
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    lrm14 reacted to May Contain Nuts in Warne Out Out   
    Failing to even reach the playoffs, by however small a margin, would be a massive failure and I'm not sure how anyone could say with good faith (only blind faith) that they'd trust him to carry on and achieve promotion the following season.
    He will get us in the play-offs at the very least though, so it's a moot point.
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    lrm14 reacted to Gritstone Ram in Derby v Peterborough   
    Peterborough played well today but I doubt they do that week in week out. Fair play to them. I don’t think Warne did his homework on them based upon having to change things around early on. I thought we made too many basic errors at the back and in midfield and our defending a lead is based upon us clearing the ball to the halfway line and conceding possession. 
    We need to learn how to keep the ball and make us look dangerous rather than the standard across the back, back and forwards then a mistake oh we’ve conceded possession.
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    lrm14 reacted to VulcanRam in Derby v Peterborough   
    This is certainly an important part of our development if we're going to improve on holding onto leads. Every player back and hoof to the opposition so they can come at us time and time again is rudimentary. In the end today Peterborough threw so many players forward because they knew what our "strategy" was that they were ripe for the counter attack if we had the courage to leave one or two players forward.
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    lrm14 reacted to Sparkle in Derby v Peterborough   
    Ok, disappointing result in the end but I really enjoyed the game as Peterborough played a lovely style of football and if we are looking to improve then they have some decent looking players.
    Peterbourlgh obviously enjoyed playing on our pitch and currently I wouldn’t want to be playing them at Wembley as they were just too quick for most of our lads 
    A draw would have been a fairer result in my opinion but it was great game to be at unlike the Wycombe lot a few weeks back 
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    lrm14 reacted to angieram in Derby v Peterborough   
    I would have taken the 6 points from 9 in these last three games, but I suppose for the majority of supporters who only see the home games, today's performance was a disappointment. 
    I think Warne deliberately front-loaded those fixtures by playing his first choice eleven at Wigan, knowing a win there would be the easiest of the three. He then has a bit of a dilemma in whether he changes a winning team and stuck by it on both subsequent occasions, when maybe it was better to twist? Of course, winning breeds confidence and that must have been a factor in his decision. It paid off at Oxford, with good use of substitutions, and might have done today. But I think the tough nature of those fixtures was a factor in our below par level this afternoon. 
    One thing that hasn't been covered today, is that if you're going to sacrifice your third midfield player for an extra striker then that front line absolutely has to deliver the goods. Although Peterborough had plenty of the ball in that first half we had some really promising counter attacks (when the ball was played into the forwards by those "poor" midfielders Hourihane and Bird! 😉) but the forwards didn't make the right decisions on the ball and those attacks petered out (pun intended). I thought Mendez-Laing was particularly guilty of that today, he's my fave so I noticed it! Tired minds rather than tired legs after the hectic schedule? Similarly, players laying the ball off when there wasn't a perfect opportunity to shoot. Just not quite sharp enough in their collective decision making.
    Despite this, I thought we more or less deserved the draw for our hard work and persistence,  but again tired minds in the defence, a sloppy moment when we switched off at a quick short corner, and two of our most reliable defenders with an almost intuitive understanding going for the same header for their winner.
    Disappointed but not down-hearted; we have a run of winnable games coming up, we have the news that Cashin's contract extension has been triggered and Warne himself says he doesn't want anyone to leave.
    About his swearing on Radio Derby, I think it must have been edited out of the second playing just before 6pm, as I never heard it. Of course, I might just have missed it like the ref missed all those fouls on TJJ! 
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    lrm14 reacted to angieram in Max Bird - stay or go?   
    I thought Bird was excellent at Wigan, was instrumental in our comeback at Oxford, today his was the key pass forward that made our first goal, his run on goal was great too until Ward ran the wrong way to create an angle for the final ball. 
    He has worked his bloody socks off (they're not very long!) in a two man midfield with an aging partner over the last three games.
    I'd like to see how wonderful that Randall would be in the same circumstances? 
    Tsssh.
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    lrm14 reacted to Caerphilly Ram in Max Bird - stay or go?   
    Now….I often think of Max as being Carrick-esque in his role at Derby, statistically you can’t see evidence of his influence on games, doesn’t score or assist enough would be the common criticism from his doubters….and yet when he’s missing from the team we don’t do as well (our good runs this season and last have coincided with his presence in the team). 

    If people look up what Carrick’s team mates and managers thought of him they’d find how highly rated he was (don’t agree with your comment he didn’t reach the highest level by the way, he won 5 premier leagues, one FA Cup and a Champions League at United, fairly impressive haul in my opinion and was a key part of the midfield chosen by arguably the greatest manager other than BC), he did the simple things that knitted the teams he played in together and allowed others to do their jobs, I think Bird is similar for us, doesn’t get the glory of scoring and assisting but facilitates others doing so.
     
    If Bird is a poor as some on here are keen to point out after today I’d ask them what it is that Warne, Rosenior, Rooney, Cocu see in him? He’s clearly got something to be rated by those managers and the players he’s played with 🤷🏻‍♂️ 
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    lrm14 reacted to JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta in Pro Warne   
    The squad we have now is capable of it, if used correctly. What happened 18 months ago doesn't magically change that.
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    lrm14 reacted to ben_dcfc in Max Bird - stay or go?   
    Thought he had a few quiet games after being excellent when he first returned from injury but has just started playing well again. Really miss him when he's not there, two footed, great passer and works really hard. Be very disappointed when he eventually leaves, but I certainly wouldn't sell him. 
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    lrm14 reacted to RodleyRam in Max Bird - stay or go?   
    I personally think he's better playing deeper in a two or as part of a three that has some real bite. I've said for ages we need a Eustace type player to allow Bird and others to focus on what they're best at.
    Everyone has a price but I would be holding out to keep him. He can knit things together and has a really good appreciation for finding space and movement.
    With the personnel we have, I think we have to play 3 in the middle against better sides as Hourihane and Bird are not quick or tough enough to combat pace and runners.
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    lrm14 reacted to YouRams in Eiran Cashin   
    It's simple for me does £2-3m drastically change anything to our team this season? Or does losing Cash drastically change our team this season? 
    Extend for a year with a guarantee in his contract, we don't make it this season we'll let you go in the summer. 
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    lrm14 reacted to Wistaston Ram in Oxford United v Derby County   
    I'm home and just cracked open a nice bottle of German Christmas beer in celebration.  Guess it has all been said, but nights like tonight make the life of ram all worthwhile, this was better than Port Vale last season. I hope I get my voice back tomorrow, maybe the beer will help.
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    lrm14 reacted to DavesaRam in Oxford United v Derby County   
    Well a terrible start. Or was it? Wildsmith made  silly mistake when the striker was already diving, and an excellent free-kick from a soft free-kick. Get used to them, they'll be a feature of the match. But in reality we were still at least equal to them in those opening minutes. I noticed there was much talk form Oxford about our pressing and closing down, but it was they who were buzzing around anything in a white shirt at the start, but evidently it couldn't last. But the picture soon emerged of who was controlling the game, with Derby only coming short on end product. But so on top it was unreal. I noticed the ref clamped down on Nyambe for stealing about 4 yards for a throw, but let Oxford steal ten every time, until late on in the match. He gave them free kicks for next to nothing, but let lots go the other way. NML was hurled ot the floor just before half time but nothing was given, and he let them kick the ball away loads of times without reprimand. How many yellow cards have we had recently for that offence? The only surprise is that his surname isn't Simpson.
    But actually none of that matters because of the relentlessness of the team, who found just a bit extra zip in the second half. I had a few moments when I thought this was going to be one of those nights when the ball just won't go in, around Wilson's miss, but apart from that momentary blip it felt inevitable that we would score again, so yet another rival, posing quite a threat on paper, have been made to look quite ordinary, although Oxford were a better "ordinary" than many others. But doing it is something we are getting rather good at.
    I admit I was one foot into the Warne out camp a while ago, justifiably, but credit to Paul Warne for sticking with 4 at the back, because it works. Credit to him for being prepared to go that way, instead of insisting on reverting to his preferred 3 at the back. It takes courage to do that, but it is paying off. I worried when Bradley made his customary appearance - I often do, and for a few minutes while we made the adjustment we were wide open to the counter attack, but it did push us further up the pitch and the onslaught increased. Great substitutions, typified by Cashin being involved in our attacking moves from the substitutions onwards. He was virtually a midfield player. 
    Highlight for me was the impact JJ had - suddenly we have a striker who knows the right place to be, and has the ability when the ball arrives slightly in the wrong place to make something of it. I really hope he can get a load of game time in, especially if he goes back to Arsenal early. I also hope we can hold on to him, because he could be the huge difference we are looking for in the next window. And it would budgetarily favourable as well (if such a word actually exists).
    We have now entered a period where we don't need to worry bout who we have got to play. We can let them worry because they have got to play us, so the only difference between the teams we face will be the colour of the shirts.
    And this feeling is reeeeaaaaallllyyyy good!
    COME ON YOU RAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    lrm14 reacted to RodleyRam in Oxford United v Derby County   
    Got home a while ago, if just finished chewing my wife's ear off about the game. She has zero interesting in football but I think she recognised the need to nod along until the adrenaline wore off.
    First 20 I didn't even think we were bad. Two goals from breaks that hit the right lines and bam we're staring down the barrel.
    I was about 10ft away from the dugout and Warne was bouncing away to get them to force the pace of the game. The press was outstanding tonight and we moved the ball really well most of the game. He was urging them on and really positive throughout.
    Cashin was outstanding in all departments, we have to find a way to keep hold of him in January. Bird looked more comfortable sitting deeper and Hourihane looked much better further forward. Fozzy, Nyambe and Nelson were excellent. Barks improved second half and Wilson, Collins and NML didn't give them a moments peace. Subs outstanding too. All in all jolly good.
    Hopefully they can take that energy into Monday and hound Peterborough to death too.
    Didn't know there were so many Rams sitting silently with the home fans. We all did incredibly well to go undetected after a performance like that, it was tough to keep schtum and not join in the bounce! Great noise from the travelling fans tonight, even at 2 down. 
    Great night to be a Ram!
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    lrm14 reacted to Bwash_Ram in Oxford United v Derby County   
    Limbs etc.  
     
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    lrm14 reacted to angieram in Oxford United v Derby County   
    I think there were quite a few of us in the home stands too. We like to help out where we can!
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    lrm14 reacted to IlsonDerby in Oxford United v Derby County   
    2 convincing performances in a row and you still want to come on here for a dick swinging contest with those who were critical when things weren’t good enough. Just enjoy the win ffs…
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    lrm14 reacted to Gritstone Ram in Oxford United v Derby County   
    I’d say you need to ask Wildsmith why he did what he did if there was no danger.
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    lrm14 reacted to Ghost of Clough in January Reinforcements   
    Yet we have scored 1 or less in 12 of our 22 games resulting in just 13 points. It's in these games where we need more options to breakdown those defences - a couple of players who can score or create different types of goals to our existing squad.
    Aside from Mendez-Laing, our other wide mids/forwards have just 4 goals combined. Our attacking mids have just 4 assists.
    John-Jules returns to Arsenal in January, Washington is out until March and Waghorn is probably going to be hit and miss for the rest of the season. Relying on just Collins to see us through to the end of the season would be a risky move, especially after going into the 2nd half of last season with just Collins and McGoldrick proved costly.
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    lrm14 got a reaction from Crewton in Wigan Athletic v Derby County   
    Late subs and the 'hold what we have' mentality we have late in games are my only complaints against Warne at the moment. He's totally turned my opinion around in the past month or so and in all honesty he's done a great job. Some of the football we played in the first half was lovely to watch. Get something out of the next two games and we'll be the team everyone else is worried about. Roll on Friday!
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    lrm14 reacted to Millenniumram in Wigan Athletic v Derby County   
    Nervy ending but fully deserved win over the 90 mins. Onto Oxford!
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    lrm14 reacted to Mucker1884 in Wigan Athletic v Derby County   
    "Technically", that was a first class away day job done by all involved.
    A tad disappointed we didn't capitalise more on our first half superiority.
    And in fairness, that nervy last 20 minute watch was based more on history than what was actually happening on the pitch, but that doesn't make it any less nervy.
    Still... correct score on the prediction thingy, another 3 points on the board, and Pompey, we really are coming for you.
    Happy Boxing Day, fellow Rams.
    🐏🍻
     
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