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57 minutes ago, NottsRam77 said:

Great point, i was watching Ipswich the other day and thought exactly this 

players surprise u sometimes. 

Best example of this in my opinion was Geraint Williams. 
He was just a bit better than the opposing midfielders when we played bottom of the table 3rd division teams. 
He was just a bit better than the opposing midfielders when we played top of the table 3rd division teams. 
He was just a bit better than the opposing midfielders when we played 2nd division teams. 
And then he was just a bit better than the opposing midfielders when we made it to the top flight and played 1st division teams. 

He never appeared truly a class above the level he was playing at, yet he clearly was. 

8 hours ago, oodledoodle said:

Never heard of him.

He’s not up to much. Couple of good games, red card waiting to happen, injury prone, and won’t step up to the championship. No way should we be negotiating to buy him. 
 

[Come on, we can do this. A couple more posts of this type and they’ll be paying us to take him!]

If you want one with the flag

10 hours ago, Chester40 said:

What a brilliant interview.

Anyone who has been negative must admit he's a class act here.

Get the f*** in.

I really didn’t like his early interviews, which were a bit cringeworthy IMHO. But over the last year they have got better. This one I really enjoyed. Very self deprecating, and becoming clear why the players have responded so well to his approach. 
One thing that is clear - his insistence on bringing in “players with character”, which many laughed at when he kept mentioning it, has been the key to our promotion. 
It will be interesting to see how he develops as a manager in the championship. My suspicion is that we’ll retain a strong core of hard work and running, but it will be augmented with a little more flair. 

“Not renaming the road between Derby and Nottingham”

Fair enough. But the M1 between Derby and Rotherham can now be the “Paul Warne Way”. 

They simply can’t be relied on. Did they not read the script? They were clearly going to blow it so I put a few quid on Bolton to soften the blow.

Where was the capitulation, the wilting under pressure, the missing in action?????

There are certain things you can rely on as a Derby supporter and I feel badly let down. How am I going to pay for my summer holidays now?

YOU RAAAAAAAAMMMMMSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!

 Best £50 I ever lost 😄

20 hours ago, Ewe Ram said:

I hope he’s watching, a la Steve Bloomer. 

What a great image. 
“B4 is watching, helping the fight.
Guiding our heroes in the black and the white….”

Come on South stand, you know you can sing that. 

4 hours ago, Ellafella said:

Powell, S, Powell, B. Periplotkins, …

Andy Quy

2 minutes ago, Premier ram said:

Thought he was immense yesterday especially 2nd half , well done Sonny

I agree. I’ve been so frustrated with the way he ducks under the ball for headers, but yesterday he was immense. I don’t think he lost one, and he really powered through them. 

8 minutes ago, Bris Vegas said:

Offside is offside.

It doesn’t matter how you draw it up, whether daylight between attacker and defender or not, it is simply on or off.

It’s incredibly harsh but get rid of VAR and you end up with Coventry in the final via an offside goal.

We either accept humans (officials) make errors (something that managers, pundits, fans etc. can’t seem to do) or we use technology.

Many prefer the days of none VAR. but I also remember in the days of no VAR teams like Man Utd would bully referees and you’d never get a decision at Old Trafford.

That’s true. And I accept that wherever you draw the line, there will be millimetre decisions. 
My point was that this isn’t what the offside rule was for. It was to prevent persistent goal hanging with a defending team just hoofing the ball up to a player who was dawdling near the goal. 
This seems to be against the spirit of that. 

Coventry goal against Manchester United. Attacker’s left little toe nail was 1/2cm closer to the goal.

Surely that isn’t what the offside rule is for? 

Just now, strawhillram said:

If we lose 2-0 and they win 2-0 we are level

And they go up on goals scored

For all we were “under the cosh” Cambridge didn’t really have any chances. 
I hate the retreat into defend a lead mode, but we are very good at it. 

Something weird with Wildsmith today. 

Why is Collins playing defensive midfield?????

2 minutes ago, YouRams said:

Don't know if it's been mentioned but looks like they've shortened the pitch massively 

I believe that’s not allowed - pitch has to  stay same size all season. 

3 minutes ago, Kernow said:

Shrews always have been my favourite small mole-like mammals classified in the order Eulipotyphla. 

I always preferred hedgehogs, but am prepared to revisit that in another hour’s time, depending on results. 
Come on you Shrews

I groaned when I saw he was starting. But all the frustrations I’ve had with him were absent today.

He was an absolute rock.

He actually jumped to win headers rather than that weird thing he does where he’ ducks under the ball.

He passed the ball to or in front of our players.

He seemed to do less of the wrestling in the penalty area at corners and looked so much more effective as a result.

He looked a leader out there today, and I’m ashamed I doubted him. 

16 minutes ago, jono said:

Sibs looked like Sibs Mark 1  from 2 years ago and hungry as anything. And he CAN tackle !

Interesting. First few minutes he got caught in possession, couldn’t seem to get past his man, and couldn’t shield the ball. 
I found myself sadly reflecting on how our once most promising junior player has seemed increasingly lost as the season has gone by. I was ready to give up on him. 
And then “something” happened. I’m not totally sure what the “something” was, but something seemed to click. I think it was when he received the ball deep after about 20 minutes and instead of trying to muscle his way past, he shimmied, cut inside and was suddenly in acres of space. From then on I thought he looked dangerous every time he had the ball, and was definitely in the top three players on the pitch. 
Let’s hope he can build on this. 

I’m looking forward to all the  tactical geniuses who called this a sackable formation and no chance of any goals, coming on here and admitting that they got it wrong. 

18 minutes ago, SKRam said:

I’ve just turned 59, I’d fancy playing Derby here 

I’m 59 with an artificial knee and I think I could do a job 😂

14 minutes ago, alram said:

to be in this position we really cant throw it away now

I didn’t know whether to clap, laugh, or heart this. 

Interesting one for Bolton today. Looking at the form for the last 6 away league games, they’re right at the bottom!

https://thefishy.co.uk/formtable.php?table=3&tab=tab-away

But they’re playing against Bristol Rovers, who over the last 6 home games have only the 17th best record.

https://thefishy.co.uk/formtable.php?table=3&tab=tab-home

The form table would suggest a dull nil nil draw.

6:0 to Bolton it is then!
 

7 hours ago, ap04 said:

In the game I saw we scored 2 goals and created nothing else of note in 90 minutes.

Portsmouth on top of their 2 goals missed an open goal, had a 1v1 saved by Wildsmith's legs and the penalty incident at the end. Calling the above an even game and a fair draw is a bit of a stretch.

Can I suggest you try something like basketball instead. Might be a bit easier for you to follow, where the tactics aren’t too taxing - just run from one end to the other, shoot, turn round and defend the other team’s attack. 

19 minutes ago, Comrade 86 said:

Climb out of your own arse. You're not half as smart as you think you are and folk are sick to death of your BS.

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.