Patrick Rams

To me it’s simple- all these four games are winnable and any would-be promotion team at this stage of the season needs to be winning them. 

As far as I know a goalkeeper handling the ball outside the penalty area is  absolutely no different to any other outfield player handling outside the area.Its just handball! I don't think there's specific rules for goalkeepers.

I don't think that follows - it just means we care a lot about going up and not much about winning the division.  
Re the tactics - I think they worked reasonably well but we'll never know how we'd have done had we adopted a more attacking strategy.     
   

Few people on this thread being critical of NML. Think this is a tad harsh for a few reasons:
1) He's being played out of position. He's not a CF - he's a winger. He's being fitted into the team as he offers more flex than the other wingers.
2) He's working within different formations of the team. Is it five at the back, is it four at the back etc
3) He's had different partners up there with him - Collins, Wash, Waggy etc
For me - as soon as he went onto the right last night for the final 10 minutes - he looked better. He got the ball, took players on etc. HE's not really able to do that from a central position.
We have the luxury of having plenty of wingers but not enough central players. We don't have a number 10 in this squad (maybe Sibs?).
He is still one of the first on the sheet for me - and for anyone suggesting give him a rest - there are only four games left!!!

That's where the puddles were 🤣

But, you're using that outdated metric of goals scored against goals conceded, also using the other outdated metric of results.
When will you catch up with the real world? 🤔😁

I don't think at any stage they have claimed to support Derby? I've always assumed it's just someone from another club enjoying a bit of wummery.

It’s unreal how dismissive you are of the club and team you claim to support.
Current top 6 are Portsmouth, Bolton, Barnsley, Peterborough, Lincoln and us. 

Against Portsmouth this season we drew home (1-1) and away (2-2).
Against Bolton we lost away (2-1) and won at home (1-0).
Against Barnsley we won at home (3-0) and lost away (2-1)

Against Peterborough we won away (2-4) and lost at home (2-3)
Against Lincoln we won at home (3-1) and drew away (0-0)
As you mentioned Stevenage I’ll include them and Oxford too as they were in and around the play off positions most of the season;
Against Stevenage we lost away (3-1) and won at home (1-0)
Against Oxford we lost at home (1-2) and won away (2-3)
To me my original point stands that this season we’ve done better against the teams around us than we did last season, I can’t be bothered looking for the stats but if I remember correctly one of the big criticisms last year from certain quarters was that we didn’t compete well enough with the teams around us. This year I think we have, the results back that up, the fact we are second in the table with 4 games to go backs that up, the fact we’re one of the best scoring teams in the league and the best defences backs that up….. so I’ll carry on being a happy and optimistic little ram while you…. Do whatever it is you do 🤷🏻‍♂️ 

The Offside - it certainly looks like it.

The handball - he even moved his arm to control it.

Hi, Pompey supporter with our take on lasts nights game. I think the weather made the game less of a spectacular affair but the players, from both teams, put on a really good display. I thought Derby adapted to the conditions better than Pompey where the conditions negated the effectiveness of our wingers Lane and, especially, Kamara. I suppose you could say the same for Blackett-Taylor & Mendez-Lang, both players I would have liked Pompey to have signed. I think Derby quite possibly had the greater attacking threat on the counter in the first half whereas ours was a little laboured due to not being able to adapt to the conditions. I read with interest of the disagreement with your managers choice of the tactics in the second half. However, without a wonder goal he may well have got it right. Closing players down in those conditions was risky as slipping on the surface could let players in. Portsmouth usually play a closing down game but not so much last night. I think overall a draw was a fair result last night which probably benefits us more than your lot. 
I think the controversial situations were fairly evenly spread out. There was a handball leading up to our equaliser and I think VAR might have ruled out our first goal. Handling the ball by the keeper is a sending off offence normally but I think the ref got it right by allowing for the conditions. I don't think it was a 'nailed on penalty' because I think our player was looking to go down anyway, but on another day it could be given.
I thought it was a proper game of football from two famous old clubs. It was good to see the ground full with a decent away following that made themselves heard, which is normally difficult at Fratton Park. The game, allowing for the conditions, was a good advert for League One where both teams look ready for the Championship. 

If there was VAR we would be fighting for the title with Ipswich and Leeds, having drawn with Sheff Wed last season

Strangely enough we have played Carlisle on the last day of a title winning season before… what days they were. 

100% want Pompey to stuff Bolton! Couldn't give a damn about finishing top.Its vital to get out of this league this season.

We have half a squad out of contract. Whether we go up or not, the team will be vastly, vastly different. The whole debate that this team will struggle is completely pointless. That's why I'm annoyed by it. Even Ipswich have brought in double figures this season, and that's after having an expensive, for League One standards, squad before they went up. 
Concentrate on going up, worry about the squad for next year when the hoards of inevitable transfers start happening later.

With the right partner, it was good enough to get us into an automatic promotion spot, and good enough for us to more than get our money back.
I really think you're ploughing a lone furrow on this one.

So posters who have given us no chance of going up are now changing to "we'll be sh*t next season in the championship"
I guess if you enjoy being a miserable tw*t, you won't let anything get in the way, not even a modest success.
 

Ah yes, a solid point away from home this evening so of course you’ve rode in on your horse to be dismissive about yet another result for the club you allegedly support 🙄 
 
We created and scored 2 goals, they created and scored 2 goals. It was a draw, a deserved one. 

100% want Pompey to stuff Bolton! Couldn't give a damn about finishing top.Its vital to get out of this league this season.

100% want Pompey to stuff Bolton! Couldn't give a damn about finishing top.Its vital to get out of this league this season.

100% want Pompey to stuff Bolton! Couldn't give a damn about finishing top.Its vital to get out of this league this season.

100% want Pompey to stuff Bolton! Couldn't give a damn about finishing top.Its vital to get out of this league this season.

100% want Pompey to stuff Bolton! Couldn't give a damn about finishing top.Its vital to get out of this league this season.

100% want Pompey to stuff Bolton! Couldn't give a damn about finishing top.Its vital to get out of this league this season.

That’s good then, here’s my opinion , people ( small number ) who come on here to rubbish our , team and or manager in a match thread to bring people down or wind them up constantly are not derby fans , they are not invested in what’s going on NOW , have disdain for fans who are happy and getting some excitement and enjoyment from being in the hunt for promotion and if it was up to me I would ban them till end of season to let us proper fans enjoy the ride ,,, 
that’s my opinion and I’ve held back a bit from saying it but duck it , it needs saying 

I remember a few seasons back, a continued insistence that Vydra had clearly hit a shot completely the wrong way - should have gone for the near post instead of across the keeper,  or some such blather - with an absolute insistence that it showed he simply was not, and never would be, good enough. 
Vydra then went on to destroy everything in his path, scoring for fun as one of the most efficient scoring machines Derby has ever had. 
Since then I’ve read the proclamations of footballing insight and knowledge that are beyond us mere mortals with the respect they deserve. The ramblings of someone who likes the sound of their own voice a little too much.