CBRammette

At the risk of moving this thread up - comments on this very familiar sounding.  

1Wildsmith 6

35Nelson 7

5Bradley 6.5

6Cashin 7

23Ward 8.5

8Bird 7

32Adams 7

4Hourihane 6

17Sibley 8

11Méndez-Laing 7

27Blackett-Taylor 6.5

25Gayle 7

10Waghorn 6

7Barkhuizen 5

12Smith 5

Enjoyed this afternoon after Tues. Sibbers and Ward were excellent. Very pleased for Sibbers as always. Brilliant from Ward to keep the ball alive and deliver for the third. I like Gayle so far - always looked like he would score that - makes me laugh alternating between bursts of speed and hobbling creaking at the seams.  I'm sorry though but I dont think I'll ever warm to Barks. May just be his body language but just never seems bothered and, other than that little touch to Adams, thought was poor but perhaps just me. 

Port Vale didnt employ the usual League 1 dark arts as badly as some. And for once well reffed on the whole. 

4 hours ago, Kathcairns said:

I live in breadsall estate, with a lot of greens and you never see boys playing football like the did when mine were young. Dont know if its parents not letting them play out or sitting playing video games all day. Sad really.

You mentioning your sons reminds me of my favourite ever forum moment - dont suppose anyone knows where it was and could repost the exchange? I would never find it 

6 hours ago, Foreveram said:

Seriously, why would you post on a thread about away tickets when you have posted that you have no interest in actually going to games.

No one is bullying you, just responding to your constant carping.

I started the away ticket thread to communicate and where possible help other fans with any information I might have, and quite frankly I find it insulting that you think I’m saying I’m a better fan than anyone else and I’m sure anyone looking at this thread is not looking for more Warne out jibes.

You say you won’t be bullied and then tell me to stick to commenting on the football.

How about you stick to posting up information from other sites, something you do that is actually useful and informative 🍻

 

As someone who can rarely make away games due to stuff going on this thread is invaluable when we can but I love reading it anyway. So thank you. My biggest hope of Cambridge away is looking v unrealistic this year. However I have a slight complaint as your away match minibreak travel reporting on matchday threads has lessoned of late. Perhaps a winter thing

6 hours ago, Elwood P Dowd said:

There is one point that needs to be clarified before I would even consider applying.

Are Tea and Chocolate Hobnobs  provided free at the meetings. Best get the important issues out in the open at the earliest opportunity👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Well you wont be allowed coffee from PW's machine so hope so

Saw this on twitter. If DC is looking for investors- although cant imagine Cocu has good thoughts about us. May be act of revenge!

2 hours ago, Ilkestonian said:

And that's fair enough too - if I lived that far from Derby then I might think differently but as I've only ever lived a bus ride away, travelling to and from home games has never been an issue.

I wasn't having a dig at anyone with my post so apologies if it came over that way, everyone has to make up their own mind based on their individual circumstances, I was just stating how I felt based on my personal circumstances.  

No-one thought you were. It is more difficult with a longish journey and work for midweeks to factor in. We have 4 season tickets - my son's off to uni so that will be mainly wasted and my mum's getting older and doesnt do most evening ones esp when cold so not sure what we'll do. Last night on way home thought no way if stay down and Warne stays but who knows

Oh no forgot we had to suffer it all again this week. Is there a worse road than the A14 after a defeat playing woeful football?

1Wildsmith 3

24Nyambe 6.5

7Barkhuizen 4

35Nelson 6.5

5Bradley 5

6Cashin 7 by far MoM

2Wilson 4 end product rubbish entire game

12Smith 6

17Sibley 5

32Adams 5

27Blackett-Taylor 5

11Méndez-Laing 5

8Bird 🐦 5

25Gayle 6.5 

10Waghorn 4

4 minutes ago, Ram-Alf said:

Wow! CB and you're one of the posters that comes across as optimistic, You travel very long distances to get to our games so I guess you've had enough of PW 😉

Yes I am optimistic - its a joke in our family that I am always positive about us. I still think we will somehow go up in autos for example. I really like him. I smile at some of his interviews. He seems a nice bloke. I think he cares. He does seem to have a bond with the squad (at times!). Clowes obviously likes him. I'm sure he's good to have around after the misery of admin. 
There was a time when Warne ball did seem to be working finally for parts of matches at least. But recently its grim on the pitch. You can excuse him somewhat with injuries. But I would rather we try and play positively and lose than that last night and lose. 
I think DC my forever hero by the way should look at the structure and personnel around the club. Ive said we're unlucky with injuries but who sanctioned the signing of so many injury prone or recovering players? How rigorous are our medicals? Who has the final say? Surely someone should say no at times? When other teams sign people they just seem to go in and play.  I know we are strapped who we can sign financially but prob not even that compared to dome in league.  I would have preferred some promising young lower league or even non- league players mixed in with the experience we had. I still expect CBT to work out for us but the situation seems odd on his signing. 
Then there is the constant chopping snd changes of players and where and how they are expected to play - one minute flavour of week and next not in matchday squad. 
I could go on and on

28 minutes ago, Curtains said:

The players gave 100 percent last night even the goalkeeper allegedly 

Yeah right - really noticed that 🙄

Some did to be fair

At least he didnt say 110%

Will never boo our team at end of match but was tempted last night. If we dont go up I would sack PW immediately. Season tickets will be down if fans are faced with another season of this football in league 1. If we do go up I would still sack him immediately. PW has shown nothing to suggest he will even consolidate us staying up in championship. I wouldnt want PW involved in any way in more player decisions at the club if it was my money. I would hope david clowes is planning for both scenarios and has someone who will give him good footballing advice. Having said that I will trudge for every home match, support team and manager whilst there and trudge home again, and even desperately try for at least one away. 

14 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said:

Felt really sorry for Gayle last night . He has the build of a 10 year old kid , yet Wildsmith continued to launch every free-kick,  near the half way line , into the box 20 foot up in the air . Warne now thinks Bradley is some sort of lethal weapon ( after his goal Saturday) but the knock downs didn’t come.

I think the whole Bradley thing sort of sums PW up totally

1 minute ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

Come on, I'll have a go.

The early minutes sounded promising. Did things start to slip after nyambe was injured?

Dont bother - i tried also but was just called blinkered etc by other posters. But I dont actually give a 💩 about any of it tonight as today my son got a medical school offer after 2 years of trying and I couldnt be prouder

7 minutes ago, DRBee said:

Blinkered view. So nothing to do with Warnes coaching or the style of play he demands. We lost the passing game when Rosenior was ditched and it has to be said that some of Warne's incoming players struggle to pass effectively

I'm not blinkered. We're going backwards and cant bear his style of play if you can even call it that. However the players on the whole played atrociously also tonight. Ten year olds would do better for a throw in

5 minutes ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

We miss Collins for sure, we can’t seem to get everyone fit at once either, losing Nyambe will be a blow and Elder keeps threatening to show what a good player he could be for us then gets injured.
I’m not trying to censor the conversation on Warne, I’m not stupid or naive enough to think he won’t be discussed after the last two games, I just think there’s more to it than solely blaming Warne when it’s bad and praising the players when it’s good. He got some things right tonight and he got a lot wrong, but I genuinely don’t blame Warne for Wildsmith’s rash challenge to concede the pen, but others seemingly do. Even with the change in shape, Wildsmith doesn’t have to make that challenge. It’s just hard to discuss the detail of game with an attempt at objectivity when some people are so intent in slating Warne.

You are right its not Warne's fault for example that none of our players seemed to get the ball to another Derby player from a throw in. Or pick out a white shirt or make a correct decision 

56 minutes ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

I’ve given up trying to understand it or argue with it. My only complaint really is it spoils my enjoyment of the forum. I come on the matchday thread to talk about the game with other fans, and while I appreciate Warne is a big part of that, the strong feelings some have against him take over everything and there’s then no chance to discuss anything else. 

I think its to be expected tonight after that really. I never thought I'd say it but boy are we missing Collins all over the pitch. There were some nice touches from Gayle though 

On 23/02/2024 at 21:05, secretsquirrel said:

Agree but I think they will be loads of games moved whichever on this new deal

Each season, Sky Sports will broadcast a minimum of:  

328 Sky Bet Championship matches 

248 Sky Bet League One matches 

248 Sky Bet League Two matches 

That is our thoughts re renewing same as you. Not even just changes to midweek - later/earlier on saturdays or sundays will also be difficult for us. Think we have thought we'll renew next year and see how many we cant make putting off decision for a year

33 minutes ago, angieram said:

Not bad, but disappointing. 

They were a strong team, we got brushed off the ball too easily, our passing was off. They pressed very well - and it seemed to unsettle us. 

They looked beatable early doors, a bit jittery themselves but we never really pushed on after our goal.

I'm not a big fan of NML down the middle, Hourihane was lightweight in midfield (though his early deliveries were good.) 

Despite this, we more than matched them for attempts on goal, but they scored a great goal from a clearance, where was the defensive midfield? 

Then a header that looped over Wildsmith. 

One or two of our players were carrying injuries sustained during the game, we really don't seem to be having much luck on that front lately.

Or in front of goal - some poor decision making in the final third.

I hope we return to a back four on Tuesday, we looked far more balanced after Nyambe came on. But of course by then we were chasing the game and they defended their lead well.

Thanks Angie

2 minutes ago, Ram-Alf said:

Yes the cucumber sandwiches were soggy, The sausage rolls were under cooked, The pop was flat, The birthday cake was far too hard and what was this all about...50 my arse 😉

 

There were cucumber sandwiches but no sausage rolls - it was a cream tea! C'mon 😂

6 minutes ago, Ramarena said:

It was poor and a big opportunity missed against a team who worked hard but didn’t offer a huge amount in the final third. 

I think the thing that is most annoying is a mixture of the players not turning up, tactics being behind the curve and them clearly being a team we can beat.

There’s still plenty to play for, but this was disappointing and concerning.

Thank you

Ok just got in from friend's 50th birthday afternoon tea and know nothing as no reception or wifi at venue - was it bad?

Price freezes cant last forever with the increasing basic costs to the club. Its fair.
Whether we as a family renew or not really depends on our thoughts re new TV deal and crystal ball as to what that might mean re varying kick off times. Travelling from Cambridge and work commitments means an increasing number of non Sat 3pm matches would hugely affect whether its viable or just pay as we go.  

4 hours ago, Grumpy Git said:

Do you know about Group Save (not a lot of poeple do)?

https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/tickets-railcards-offers/promotions/group-save/

Yes but thank you. Too much for mum though by train when she comes