TINMANTED

the ref had no choice but to give the pen,but i thought the oxford man had over hit the ball into touch,then threw himself into wildsmith,but the idiotic way wildsmith went in with his leg up gave the ref no option with his decision,it was manufactured as was the free kick,we seem to be suckers for them this season

4 hours ago, mrdave85 said:

Good thing we don’t have VAR at this level as Cashin sent his marker flying for our first goal 🤣

the barsteward had been wrestling cash all match,and the ref happily watched him do it,i think the ref even bollocked cash on one occasion,great to see cash come out on top

cash morphing colin todd,bringing the memories flooding back

brilliant,bestweve played all season,well done the rams and paul warne

good 3 points,but how hard did we make it.highlighted the need for better up front

dominant first half,deserved more than one goal,desperately need an early gaol second half to put it to bed before the usual retreat to our penalty box as the half wears on

good to see nyambe back

10 hours ago, valakari said:

There was alot of crosses that went near post from Ward...Collins didn't get across the defender...the timing of his runs is nowhere near..unfortunately..

collins works extremely hard and can score,but is so wasteful,he hardly ever beats a defender,whether in the air,or on the floor,and needs fitting with a tracker to know where he is.we need better

55 minutes ago, ossieram said:

Expectations are too high for a league 1 side.

nothing to do with expectations, it just does'nt feel like the disjointed football we are being served up is worthy of top 3

good result,3rd in the league,most goals scored,alls good,so why dont i feel i am watching that team.

you dont take your chances you are open to counters,this forward line is taking us nowhere

13 hours ago, DCFC1388 said:

Wildsmith - Ward Nelson Cashin Forsyth - Fornah Bird - Wilson Sibley Barkhuizen - Collins

Vickers Bradley Nyambe Elder Hourihane NML TJJ

With a few games over a short period I would start with NML on the bench ideally we dont even need to bring him on. We will then need to rotate Barkhuizen, Sibley & Wilson for the other games oxer Xmas & NY. Can also rotate Fozzy/Elder & Ward/Nyambe as well as Fornah/Hourihane/Bird.

over the recent weeks,nml has looked the fittest player on the park,still having plenty in the tank after 80 minutes.wildsmith,cash,nelson,and nml are the only four that should be guaranteed a start

32 minutes ago, hintonsboots said:

Agreed, but I was referring to the EFL’s treatment of Reading not being in line with their own precedents.

further proof that the meddling, and influence and power of gibson on the efl caused the damage done to us

2 minutes ago, MadAmster said:

1. If there was a fire, do you think the stewards would be blocking the stairwell checking tickets?

2. The ref had a good game. Hourihane and NML both had poor touches and lunged after the ball, missed it and took their player down. Both spot on yellows all day. Bird was beaten by his man and pulled him back to prevent him launching an attack. Yellow. Leahy went down under a nothing challenge from Sibs, IMO he was trying to get Sibs a 2nd yellow and therefore, red. Collo thought the same and pulled him to his feet. I presume Collo also told Leahy what he thought of his cheating. That got Leahy riled and there was handbags. In the lead up to that incident there had been some tasty tackles going in. She probably carded them as a warning to everybody to calm down. Sibs was stupid for his. The whistle had gone and his half hearted "shot" was totally unnecessary. We all know it's one of the things refs were told to clamp down on in the summer. She followed instructions and later carded Vokes for a similar occurrence. Consistency is what we've asked for and we got it. Was she perfect? No. However, she had a far better game than either team.

i dont think the ref made bad decisions by the laws of the game,for me it was the refs lack of authority that allowed ww to play to their strengths with the dark arts. shirt pulling and pushing in both goal mouths,every tackle their players went down as if they were shot,every free kick or throw in they gained ground,every chance they got they stopped play for as long as they could,they ignored direct commands,and the ref was complicit in allowing it to happen

1 hour ago, MadAmster said:

Their 1 was the penalty. Ours were the goal and, I presume, Cash's header. We might have a third as well, the one where Wilson went into the 6 yard box and the ball came off his thigh and was punted away by a defender about a yard off the line.

17 registered shots between us and just the 3 or 4 on target. Sums the game up.

sums up our attack

4 hours ago, BathRam72 said:

Are you a Leeds united spy? Just wondered how you know this is what they have been told what to do?

 

its gone on too long now for it not to be warnes orders,the few times we have actually played through the middle we have looked ok

11 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said:

I don’t understand why fans get hysterical over the opposition wasting a bit of time . It all gets added on at the end , that’s why we are having 100 minute games . What is annoying is pro players hoofing crosses into the crowd when you just have to keep the ball for a few more minutes.

totally with you on the pointless crossing to defenders when we have no forwards capable of winning a header,but thats down to warnes tactics,not the ref.i get you with the time wasting getting added on,but no free kick or throw in was taken from the correct position yesterday,and the ref and lino's let it happen

i thought the ref had an average game compared to the usual fare we get,my biggest gripe was the way she allowed Wycombe to use their dark arts from the kick off,time wasting,gaining ground at throw ins and free kicks,and faining injury,totally ignoring her command,all went unpunished throughout the game

1Wildsmith       5 nothing to do,not the best distribution

23Ward             5.5 poor in defence,did what he was told to do going forward

35Nelson          7 solid

6Cashin             6.5 solid

3Forsyth            3 a rare stinker

5Bradley            5 defended

4Hourihane        4 playing too deep wasting his creative ability further forward

7Barkhuizen       5 scored

2Wilson              5.5 decent first half but changes pushed him further back on the left second half

19John-Jules     6 put himself about,we need to see him earlier

8Bird                   5.5 got crowded out

17Sibley              5.5 wasted in wing it and whack it

22Fornah            4.5 only seems to run or pass in the direction he is facin

11Méndez-Laing 6 our only threat,pray he doesn't get injured

9Collins               5.5 if we just needed a work horse,collins is the man,unfortunately we need a stallion, which collins is not

TEAM PERFORMANCE  4 below par,we cause our own problems being toothless up front

i get the feeling of a rinse and repeat of last season,where warne was forced into changes through injury and hit on a formula that took us on an unbeaten run,but couldn't wait to get back to his preferred 3 at the back that had been failing before the forced change and ultimately cost us a chance of the play offs.here we are again,on a good run through forced changes,yet trying the stuff that hasn't worked now we have a few players back.the football has not been good this season,but i am prepared to endure it whilst picking up points,but it looks as though warne has learnt very little from last season,and is happy to go back down the same route

5 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

And that is why the first half, although there was not much in the way of end product, was better. We scored from a cross into the box - on the floor.

warne will be gutted

this was always going to happen at 1.0,we got what we deserved,should have been good enough to bury this rubbish

was hoping to see a game of football,and ended up watching that,why do we insist on crossing to defenders when trying to score and set pieces?

FINALLY

3 hours ago, RadioactiveWaste said:

I'd love it if we beat them.

I developed a real loathing for their chairman during the bad times. I loathed him more than I loathed Gibson.

 gump level loathing,but includes gibson for me