BOB BIGGS

That’s two good/determined and disciplined games in a row after Northampton.
lots to be happy with and relieved  Collo can play 60 mins plus we will need him against Wycombe  
CBT is helping the team whilst NML goes through a spell of less impactful form 
if we can get those two performing well at the same time 
The only posts that have distracted me from feeling good about the point gained tonight have been those that have been a little bit OTT
one poster in particular i felt over did it with the expletives. I like that our forum doesn’t really have swear words .. at least not aggressively directed at another poster anyway 
Bris hasn’t dampened any of my enjoyment and I’m surprised others have allowed him to seemingly dampen there’s. I don’t like censorship and I don’t like .. self appointed policing (not talking about mods)
whilst I don’t agree with all he says @Caerphilly Ram is an example to us all regarding staying polite/ respectful and objective (most of the time 😂)when messaging with those who propose a view that he doesn’t share.
 
Ebou Adams well played
Corey Smith really good input over the past 5 or so games since his return
great that I’m feeling a touch of disappointment with a draw when I would have bitten your arm off for a point pre kick off
Please let us go up via the automatics and please let it not go to the last game of the season (I think we all know it will!) 
nelshin player(s) of the season for me 
 

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

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

That’s hugely disrespectful to @ the running man whose post about sacking the manager has undoubtedly galvanised Warne into a brilliant tactician and led us to glory against Lincoln, Bristol and Bolton. You’ll be saying next that Adams had made a difference. Lay off it 

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👏

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👏

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👏

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👏

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👏

What would bring you joy in football? It appears beating a promotion rival in what was essentially an evenly balanced game isn’t the answer. Here’s how I saw it as someone who likes seeing their team win football Matches, with some of the stats I can find online to support my view…

- The team we all (supposedly) support showed grit and determination to earn a key result yesterday, big plus for me there.

- The possession stats are fairly even (44% to us 56% to them) which backs up what I saw during the game, they had spells with the ball and we had spells with the ball.
- The attempts on goal, well we had 10 shots with 3 on target and they had 6 shots with 3 on target, so they didn’t create massively more than we did in terms of attempts which tallies with what I saw yesterday.

- 6 corners and 1 yellow card a piece, pretty balanced there.
- we made a total of 280 passes with 62% accuracy, they made a total of 385 with 67% accuracy so they won there…I did however notice our players intentionally standing off their defence and allowing them to have the ball which seems a tactical decision to allow them the ball, so my simple observation there is we allowed them to pass it more and they didn’t do much with it…
- the stats I’ve found say we had 1 big chance each and missed 1 big chance each…. Balanced again.
- we had 3 blocked shots, they had 1. Our keeper made 3 saves, theirs made 2. So while our keeper was busier they blocked some of our efforts which could have resulted in their keeper making more saves…
- we made 9 interceptions to their 3 and 32 clearances to their 25, backing up the work our defence did to keep them out.
- we scored 1 goal, they score 0.
So in summary, as I thought yesterday and still today having looked over the numbers, it was a balanced game between two teams at this level, both had chances, both defended well, each side approached the game slightly different to the other and we scored from a set piece to win…. Hooray! 

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👏

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👏

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

I actually don’t agree. I think without 3 standout teams outplaying the majority of the rest of the league it’s actually proving to be a more competitive league this season, sides are more closely matched at the top end of the table illustrated by the smaller gap between the sides. Last season it was almost always between 3 sides for automatic promotion, this season it’s been less clear with us, Barnsley, Bolton, Posh, Portsmouth and Oxford all competing at various points. 
I’ve never signed up to this idea that the league is somehow “easier”, it is what it is, 24 teams competing for points across a 46 game season and relative to that we’re currently the second placed side.

I think having Gayle has made a huge difference.

I think having Gayle has made a huge difference.

I think having Gayle has made a huge difference.

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 doubt anyone cares to be honest😄

I doubt anyone cares to be honest😄

Don't put the blame on the fans and look at your crap tactics you clown.

Clever stuff from warne : Anything can happen in div 1 and our wonderful fans should just have fun, enjoy the ride etc …
No, No, no
it’s too far a cry from what he said beginning of the season: failure to achieve promotion in this div this season with this squad is … failure. 

I’m still warne out and always will be.

We've been over this so many times. But you clearly cannot grasp it and feel you have to surface whenever the first team win a game.
Ok, here it is again, please try to understand it this time....
We do not "hate" Warne.
We just believe he should do better with the squad he has, the resources that he has available and make better use of the academy.
We do not agree with many of his team selections, his tactics or his substitutions.
Yes, we beat a very poor, low lying Port Vale, rah, rah, rah but can you look further than that - at the longer term future of the club?

PV are a team to fear. We need to set up to counter their threat. Hopefully we can sneak a goal from a random piece of luck.