BOB BIGGS

2 hours ago, valakari said:

Im sure Hourihane is off to Villa coaching the kids..maybe i'm wrong..

Collins is not Championship standard.

Smith is too slow

Waggy not up to that level anymore

I'd keep Gayle..he has class, just need to keep him fit

Fozzy can still be amongst our best defenders.defo another year

Sibs and Thommo..definitely keep both of them..oh and Wildsmith..top keeper he is!

Barks..im not a fan

John- Jules..always injured so probably not..

I'd try to offload Bradley ..just think he makes too many mistakes.

I think i'd try to get Adams here on a permanant, and sign Brannigan to play with him...then we need a top goalscorer..that Connor Chaplin from Ipswich or Sammy Schmodics from Blackburn

Szmodics is rated at around £4m so I think we can forget that unfortunately. 

13 hours ago, Eddie said:

Newcastle 0 Derby County 1, 13 September 1969.

Roy McFarland scored the winner to shut up the Geordies around us yelling about Jimmy Smith.

The significance of the game was that, for the first time in my lifetime, Derby County went top of Division 1 that day.

The following week, we thrashed Tottenham 5-0 at Derby in front of the biggest crowd ever at the Baseball Ground. Everyone of a certain age remembers that game, but the Newcastle one sticks in my mind just as much.

I was at that one too! First time in the North East. I had no idea then that I would spend most of my adult life in the region. Not the friendliest of welcomes and even the spraying of the presumed Chemistry Lab sulphuric acid over the fence didn’t put me off😎

As you say, top of the League after the game. Kept fairly quiet until back on the Ramaway😄

1 hour ago, Zag zig said:

Millwall away play off semi final, everyone that went had a story to tell after; the football was pretty good too.

Blimey, memories for sure. I travelled down from Northumberland for that one. Haven’t been back since😎

2 hours ago, Macintosh said:

Thinking we won't be in a position to pay fees or have to, and we plan for one season at a time, no more than two-year deals. Strikers: Danny Welbeck, Jay Rodriguiz, Chris Wood or Oli McBurnie could be possibilities. Matt Ritchie, Seamus Coleman, Jack Cork, Ryan Fredericks, Ben Mee, Aaron Cresswell all of these are out of contract from PL teams and may be within our reach at a pinch. Obviously Will Hughes but he will be snapped up. Next division strikers: Kelechi Iheanacho, Aaron Connolly, Sam Gallagher, Jamie Vardy, Scott Hogan, Tyrese Campbell, Lukas Jutkiewicz, then Alex Mowatt, Jaydon Bogle, Stuart Armstrong, Axel Tuanzebe, Adama Traoré, Chris Willock, George Saville, Bradley Dack, Sam Morsy, Josh Windass. Not forgetting Ben Gibson, that would be funny. Players that impressed: Harrison Burrows, Jonson Clarke-Harris, Devante Cole, Liam Moore, James Husband, Shaun Rooney, Femi Azeez. Some from abroad. Some top loans. Spoilt for choice. 

And will David Clowes be actively looking to sell the club? Would Mike Ashley be wanting to come back in? Is there a deal to be had with naming rights for the stadium, and can we get a big deal for shirt sponsorship? 

 

 

I was having a good weekend until you mentioned Mike Ashley 😎

I think and hope not. 

11 minutes ago, Crewton said:

Nigel had a habit of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. We'd get in a promising position and he'd do something that ended any chance of threatening the playoffs. We owe him a debt of gratitude for steering us through the post-Jewell years, but his reluctance to play Eustace to anchor the midfield, or to listen to other opinions, undermined his record. He may have been harshly sacked in some eyes, but he had an amazing degree of leniency from GSE compared to what he'd have got from other club owners.

I agree with that to some extent. It’s just a pity we didn’t achieve promotion as a result of his departure. 

14 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said:

I was at Brighton away a few weeks before Nigel got sacked . We won 2-1 and played some scintillating football. It was clear to us that the manager had brought in some very good players . Later , other managers benefited from his hard work . They were given extra funds that made the difference.

McLaren and Clough won the same amount of promotions too😎. I’d a lot of time for both but in terms of success, we didn’t achieve anything by sacking Clough. Just better to watch at times under SM but as you say, Clough’s teams had their moments too. And as for Rush, well…..why did we bother with him?

1 hour ago, CBRammette said:

If tomorrow is a good day, I just hope we can all just enjoy it 

Not a chance unfortunately. Too many are in entrenched positions. They’ll be sharpening their knives whatever happens. 

1 hour ago, CBRammette said:

2 hours ago, maxjam said:

Its utterly ridiculous. 

We've been crying out for stability for years, the moment we start actually doing well and potentially finishing in the automatic promotion positions for the first time in god knows how long, some fans are wanting PW sacked and are happy to take a punt on whoever - could be better, could be worse - may come in next.

If it was them lot up the road, I'd be falling over laughing.

That’s the main point. Who is this mythical manager who will solve all ills? If he’s so good, why would he join us? Presumably, he’s in League 1 or 2 or is a present Championship manager who wants to stake his reputation on coming here and building a team? Or is it a manager currently working on Europe? 

Or….don’t these people know and just want to see the back of PW at any price and with any outcome? I can’t think who would want that though. 😎

4 hours ago, NottsRam said:

Trust me, if we are around bottom 4 or 5 it will be well before Xmas that the negatives start!

First half of first match I’d guess😎 

11 minutes ago, alexxxxx said:

That JR goal...

I was right behind it😄😄

5 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

Could have been better.

Warnock would have won at least 16 of the 15 I presume😄

12 hours ago, Mick Brolly said:

Not having a good day? Never mind I think everyone else is.

I came down for one of my rare 400 mile return trips. Nerve wracking,  Bolton are a good team but we defended brilliantly. 
 

I’ve been watching the Rams for 60 years. What a great result even if it was tough going. So every Rams fan would love it….? Not the bloke in front of me who “can’t wait to get Warne out of the Club”. I suspect he was disappointed that we won as it didn’t suit his agenda. I have a word that describes him and others like him. I’ll leave it to you all to decide what it is😄

Well done to all players and management for finding a way to continue to pick up points and keeping us in the mix👏

1 hour ago, The Running Man said:

It feels like PW read the post I made after Charlton talking about how the manager isn't going to change things so we need to change the manager and said "f*** you guy on the internet - I CAN change things" and suddenly we are playing entertaining and attractive attacking football. It's been good. With a couple of different decisions from players yesterday, we'd have been rolling them over. Was good to watch.

I think having Gayle has made a huge difference.

11 minutes ago, Bris Vegas said:

Did you watch the game at PP? We sofa fans had the benefit of replays.

Both yellows for their defender were ridiculous. One for handball when it hit him from two hards away, the second Hourihane dived.

Gayle also handled the ball for the penalty.

Gayle’s opening goal looked offside too.

11 minutes ago, Bris Vegas said:

I doubt anyone cares to be honest😄

1-1 ( NML)

2-0 to us ( NML)

1-0 to them

6 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said:

For the Warne thread I suppose, but as I've said before, 90-95% of managers would have us in a better position. With no striker, Warne benches our most dangerous attacking midfielder? He got lucky.

He always gets lucky when we win according to some on here. That’s the 20th time out of 33 games. I wonder if it is just luck………….😎

0-0

What I like about him is the fact that he gives everything and scores goals. 
 

i don’t expect anything more than that from a centre forward in Division 1.

51 minutes ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

I genuinely think it’s a myth that we don’t score varied goals. We’ve scored goals from set pieces, counter attacks, neat build up play, wing play and sheer pot luck all season. 

Don’t let the facts get in the way of a good moan😎

1 hour ago, Crewton said:

Well, I thought "what the hell".. ..

I’m not sure….😎

1-0 to them on the basis that I’ve got nearly every result wrong this season😎

1-0 to us ( Collins) 

1 hour ago, Anag Ram said:

Perhaps we should have an hour after each game in which no one is allowed to post.

Simmer time!

Good idea. And an hour before the game kicks off. By the time I’ve read all the gloom about the wrong team having been picked, I presume it’s just a matter of time before we lose the game. Strangely, it hasn’t been turning out that way for some reason😎