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    BathRam72 reacted to Crewton in Paul Warne   
    Even with the parachute payments clubs, we'll have a comfortable mid-table budget and that's where any manager would be expected to get us in the first couple of seasons. After that, whoever owns the club will be constrained by FFP regardless of their wealth, particularly as owner of DCFC. Anyone who thinks otherwise after the last ten years hasn't been listening.
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    BathRam72 got a reaction from angieram in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    So it wasn't a foul just before they scored? I must have been watching a different game. My apologies 
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    BathRam72 got a reaction from Ram@Lincoln in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    So it wasn't a foul just before they scored? I must have been watching a different game. My apologies 
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    BathRam72 got a reaction from DavesaRam in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    So it wasn't a foul just before they scored? I must have been watching a different game. My apologies 
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    BathRam72 got a reaction from Caerphilly Ram in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    All those banging on how it was Warne's fault. I would love to know what you would have done different with the players available.  Also quantify how?
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    BathRam72 reacted to Kernow in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    We haven't bottled anything. Our points per game is still better than 22 other sides in our league, the three sides behind us all have to win their games in hand to get to within 1 result of us.
    We can probably forget about Portsmouth now, but I don't really care whether we finish 1st or 2nd.
    It's a massive missed opportunity, but it's still in our hands. The constant negativity gets really tiresome sometimes.
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    BathRam72 reacted to NottsRam77 in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    Well said 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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    BathRam72 reacted to CapeTownRams in Match Thread: vs Northampton Town (a)   
    PW needed to give him longer though. 
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    BathRam72 got a reaction from archram in Dwight Gayle   
    I would prefer him fit before the end of the season 🤣
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    BathRam72 got a reaction from Steve How Hard? in Match Thread: vs Bolton Wanderers (H)   
    After reading a few comments on here. I think you spelt shi(f)ts wrong.
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    BathRam72 reacted to Eddie in Match Thread: vs Bolton Wanderers (H)   
    We'll win at Pompey.
    You heard it here first.
    Actually, I'm pretty sure B4 said it first - and this is his year.
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    BathRam72 got a reaction from Sufferingfool in Match Thread: vs Bolton Wanderers (H)   
    After reading a few comments on here. I think you spelt shi(f)ts wrong.
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    BathRam72 reacted to EtoileSportiveDeDerby in Fozzy   
    At this level with his experience and quality with Nelson and Cash either side I had no worries about him replacing Sonny. Solid as a rock
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    BathRam72 reacted to Derby65 in Fozzy   
    If there’s one person who deserves a promotion it’s fozzy be great if he scores the goal that takes us up
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    BathRam72 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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    BathRam72 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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    BathRam72 reacted to BaianoPOTY98 in Match Thread: vs Bolton Wanderers (H)   
    For me we are playing at home and have to keep the attacking intent of Ward and Sibley at wingback, however i would bring Smith in to strengthen the centre of the park. Forsyth is a great option to bring on if Sibs is struggling defensively. Barks had a good game Tuesday night and has to keep his place, running at the defence.
    Lets have a real go at Bolton, forget what they did last Saturday!!
                               Wildsmith
                Nelson     Bradley     Cashin
    Ward          Adams          Smith          Sibley
    Mendez-Laing       Gayle       Barkhuizen
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    BathRam72 reacted to Rampant in Match Thread: vs Bolton Wanderers (H)   
    Saturday 16th March
    vs Bolton Wanderers
    Pride Park   KO 1500
     
    This match as a song by The Smiths: Some Games Are Bigger Than Others
    Opponents Bio: I had the honour of starting the match thread for the reverse fixture so may be repeating some of these nuggets of insignificant trivia. So in the hope that the forums' collective memory is worsening here we go again.
    Bolton Wanderers are, like ourselves, proud to be one of the twelve original founder members of the Football League. Not only that, the opening round of fixtures back on 8th September 1888 saw the two clubs meet for the first of 136 encounters (129 league, five FA Cup and two League Cup). Furthermore, Bolton winger Kenny Davenport has the distinction of being the first scorer in English Football League history as he netted after just two minutes of the game. The Rams did come back to win an opening day thriller 6-3 at Pikes Lane, Bolton in front of an estimated crowd of 3,000. 
    Bolton can proudly boast that they have spent more seasons in the top flight of the English game than they have outside of it and have seen giants of the game like Jimmy Armfield, Nat Lofthouse and Michael Ricketts sport their colours over the years.
    Bolton are commonly known as one of three nicknames; The Whites, due to the colour of their home kit, Wanderers, as it's their name, or The Trotters, chosen by their first owner who made his fortune selling laxatives.
    They have former Ram Ian Evatt as manager and also had a run of three successive bosses with Derby links between 1992 and 1999 as they were led by Bruce Rioch, Roy McFarland and then Colin Todd. Players who have represented both clubs include Franny Lee, John McGovern, Jeff Chandler and Andy Todd.
    Opponents Dangermen: Chief threat is 13-goal Dion Charles although he is doubtful with a knee injury. Victor Adeboyejo has ten goals but is likely out for the season which leaves Bolton with three principal goal threats; Jon Dadi Bodvarsson, ex-Ram Cameron Jerome and Aaron Collins whose five goals and ten assists make him a man to be wary of in our third. Josh Sheehan also poses a threat from midfield.
    Opponents Recent Form: Wanderers will rock up at Pride Park in third place, one position and one point behind ourselves and buoyed by an impressive 5-0 demolition of playoff chasing Oxford on Tuesday night. They are, however, winless in their last four away fixtures since winning 2-1 at Cambridge. Defeats at Blackpool (1-4) and Wigan (0-1) followed that victory and their most recent away games have seen them draw 2-2 at both Barnsley and Exeter. Whilst we're looking for positives, they have conceded at least once in their last eight road games. Their overall away record for the season is decent enough with nine wins, five draws and five defeats.
    Derby vs Bolton History: Derby have had by some margin the upper hand in the head-to-heads with Wanderers. In 129 meetings our record stands at W64-D23-L42. One statistic stands out in the meetings on our turf though and it is this:
    Bolton have never won at Pride Park.
    There, I've said it. 
    Since we moved to Pride Park, Bolton have visited us ten times in the league and drew on their third, fourth and fifth visits but went back up the M6 with nil points on the other seven occasions. We are P10: W7-D3-L0 with 24 goals scored and just five conceded when the Trotters come to town. They haven't scored more than once in any game at Pride Park and, alongside two victories by a one-goal margin, we have merrily spanked their chubby Lancashire backsides 4-0 twice, 4-1 twice and 3-0 once. Now if that isn't tempting fate I don't know what is.
    Expected Rams XI: Possibly same again do we think? Maybe Smith for Hourihane if the latter is still feeling the affects of Yiadom's brutal tackle in midweek.
    My Tuppence Worth: I mentioned it elsewhere but we have winnable looking (I know, I know) games against Blackpool, Orient, Carlisle, Northampton, Wycombe and Cambridge to come in the run-in. If we can do the business in those then a couple of draws in the games against Bolton and Portsmouth will be enough for an automatic place. What I'm suggesting is that given the respective fixture lists of ourselves and Bolton, a draw wouldn't be such a bad result on Saturday. If it's a must win game for either side then, in my opinion, it is more so for Wanderers than it is for us.
    Other Fixtures of Note: It's a significant round of matches as apart from second versus third in our match, it's fourth against first at London Road.
    Peterborough vs Portsmouth
    Barnsley vs Cheltenham
     
    COYR
     
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    BathRam72 reacted to Ambitious in Match Thread: vs Bolton Wanderers (H)   
    At their very best, I would have Bolton as aesthetically the best team in the league but they do have a soft underbelly which has shown itself constantly this season. I'm intrigued to what the messaging to the players is going to be from our management staff - do we take confidence from the last three games and go toe-to-toe as we've hit our stride OR does Warne ensure we remain solid, robust and look to hit them on the break? Both approaches have merit, but feel that Bolton naturally don't like being on the back foot and so I would be very strong in that we continue to play how we have been the last few games. I do suspect that we will see Forsyth come in for Sibley and the 3-4-3 will resemble a 4-4-2 for the most part, though. 
    I honestly don't care how it happens on Saturday, just win. 
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    BathRam72 got a reaction from Ken Tram in We can't finish lower than...   
    Yes please 😆
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    BathRam72 got a reaction from Jourdan in We can't finish lower than...   
    Yes please 😆
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    BathRam72 got a reaction from Carl Sagan in We can't finish lower than...   
    Yes please 😆
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    BathRam72 reacted to Mick Brolly in Paul Warne   
    What a great post and may I ask what brain cell number 2 is up to this evening.
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