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2 hours ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

In his post match interview Warne said something along the lines of they’d given Ward some painkilling injections at half time but

 So my physio friend (who used to work at Leighton Orient) says these days they wouldn’t do that if it’s a soft tissue issue. She thought most likely a knock on the bone which was tender and would settle down in just a few days.  Anyway, fingers crossed - he’s become an important part of the balance we’ve found in the last 4 or 5 games

4 hours ago, Simmo’s left foot said:

Doubtful with such a poor manager...

I won’t quibble with your assessment but with this squad I still think we’ll make it 😜 

2nd

2 hours ago, ap04 said:

A great example of the flaws of xG when used in isolation. It gives 0.15 or less for 3 of the goals (which should always measure 1),

This seems completely wrong to me. Either you measure quality of chances (which is what xG does) or you look at how many goals the teams have actually scored. But if in the xG calculation you give 1.0 for a goal scored, then you’re mixing the two up 

By the way I was interested to hear you say that Pompey’s missed chance (the ‘open goal’) was assessed at 0.1 on xG.  It seems very low at first blush, but combine height of ball, speed it came in, bodies in the box not to mention the winds and I suspect it’s closer to the truth than the 0.9 implied by the moronic Sky commentator 

3 hours ago, angieram said:

Can't underestimate the conditions they played in, either. As well as the rain the wind was swirling around, making judgement of bounce and pace so difficult. 

We were ten rows back and still wet through. 

The touchlines were borderline unplayable and I did fear it might be called off at times during the first half. Luckily the rain eased off enough to continue. 

 

 in the players ratings it’d be helpful if the bespectacled members of the travelling faithful could add an ‘at the game’ footnote so their votes can be disregarded 

33 minutes ago, Dcfcsr92 said:

Its a wet pitch and players slipping left right and centre you put press on them it make it hard im not on about having the ball but being behind the ball all the second half we gave them too much respect

Press a man hard on a pitch as waterlogged as that and as you approach he’ll push the ball to one side and watch you slide towards the bye line like a duck landing on a lake north of Toronto in February 

5 hours ago, Comrade 86 said:

Perhaps you prefer Russian novelists Comrade 🙂

Some great work by CBT. That was a big run out for him and if he’s not got any twangs he’ll come back stronger.
 

Very happy with that result 

Pretty good game management so far 

Don’t want this end to end stuff 

13 minutes ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

Quite like it. I know people will worry about midfield but Ward, NML and CBT backed up by Collins relentless work rate and bullying is a lot to keep Pompey honest. 

 I’d have started Tommo and kept CbT back. We don’t need a win and a draw is less likely with this line up. 0-0 at half time would be good 

We should have great expectations that we will show them hard times 

2 hours ago, NickPFC said:

Hi Rams fans,

Have been following your forum for a wee while and thought I'd stick my nose in.

Registering took a while but I got there in the end, so.

To quote Neil Young, 'Tonight's The Night'. I guess tonight's game isn't pivotal, but things might be a little clearer..

Last night's results didn't help either of our clubs, in the end it's in our own hands.

Main reason for joining Rams board is the family split that exists....I am Pompey, my son is Derby., He and I have had

little contact due to past ructions between his mum and I...Last time I saw him he was a part time Celtic fan. (He was

born in Scotland, where I lived and was married for some 20 years. I took him to see a couple of Pompey games but

he wasn't impressed, took him to my school where I was a goalie...unimpressed. It was only when my ex remarried that

the Rams bug seemed to bite. Dunno if picture will show on this thread.

Tonight will be interesting, even if it's a dull game. A draw would suit us fine and I have to say that our final games fill

me with some dread. We had a 'blip' earlier in the season and recovered. This time, any blip will not be recoverable.

I have followed Pompey for over 55 years (youngsters refuse to believe me when I tell them we have an innate ability

to mess up just as we're about to cross finishing line. (I guess this is what attracted me to Hearts when in Edinburgh,

very similar ground, fan base and fatal flaws!) How you can beat us....classified I'm afraid but we have some very obvious 

weaknesses you can exploit. Don't go into game looking for a point, teams that have done well at Fratton have come out

and taken game to us.

Why are we top of the league? Many fans mutter 'They're nothing special..have seen much better' These fans are often right.

Many of our performances have been sub-optimal BUT the one aspect that has run through most games is a newfound

belief that, even if we o 0-2 down, the situation is recoverable. Games last 95 minutes or so these days...we manage to keep

believing the situation is retrievable. It's this that has sent us to the top...plus a pretty stingy defence, a creative midfield

and strikers who, on their day can tear any League One side to shreds. Last game against Wycombe their left back wanted

to go off suffering from 'twisted blood'. (Gag borrowed from Man Utd, George Best joke.) On their day, Kamara and Yengi,

supported by Bishop and Saydee are a real handful.

Lat night's results went pretty much according to form but previous games have shown all the maths and super computers

in the world simply cannot predict what will actually happen.

I hope you guys go up....Derby are a 'proper' club, part of the game's history BUT...so are we. Nobody has a divine right to be

'top of the tree'.....Anyone else remember the hushed tones from tv pundits when the mighty Man Utd were relegated?

It was as if there had been a death in the family.

Treat both success and failure as imposters....keep supporting your club. Good luck to all Rams making the journey down..

I see a few travelled down over the weekend and have already sampled some of our local beers.

All the best Rams...., Nick 

 

 

Nice one.

Hope your defence tonight has as many gaps in it as your message !

1 hour ago, Comrade 86 said:

Both Max and Dwight are on the mend; I think Max is expected to be back in a game or two, while Dwight's prognosis is not so clear,

Will miss Max greatly when he’s gone but if Ward Wilson Adams Smith and Tommo stay fit I’m not sure I’d bring him back as a starter in our remaining games 

4 minutes ago, Foreveram said:

Morning, I know you like a match day breakie photo, I’ve been working on my presentation 😂

Missing just 3 things. Coffee, tomatoes and statins 

I’d feel a lot more confident if our manager’s first name was Paolo and if he had an ‘h’ in his surname and one of those Portuguese squiggles over the ‘n’   

6 minutes ago, Jimbo Ram said:

Have you been on the 🍸 😉

I’m putting my phone away now

7 minutes ago, Rammy03 said:

Paul Warne has said we'll be going for the win as we intend to in every single game. The man doesn't do draws

Maybe he’s saying that to John Mousinho and not to you   I’m guessing it’s what Arteta said to Pep in the Saturday press 

1 hour ago, Jimbo Ram said:

So it’s in our hands, as we have a better GD…

if it’s down to GD, IS it in anyone’s hands? Or nobody’s? Or everybody’s?

 it sounds a bit like martinis: one and you’re anybody’s. Two and you’re everybody’s. Three and you’re nobody’s  

2 hours ago, Bob The Badger said:

But I don't care if we go up

I don’t care if we go up ?

OR 

I don’t care, if we go up ?

(Commas save lives - let’s eat, Grandma)

On 31/03/2024 at 07:16, Mucker1884 said:

I noticed that.  I smiled and applauded.

This is not a time for honour and morality.  Now is the time we need to join the masses, and sh***ouse our way to victory!  😁 

… don’t disagree but it is a shame  people on here get up in arms when other teams (or their mascots) do it. 
(I assume she meant discreet not discrete) 

On 30/03/2024 at 11:26, ramit said:

IMO we have to go for it and try to win the game, getting three points closer will put pressure on Portsmouth, something they may not be comfortable with and if we keep winning most games, we'll be like terriers on their tails just waiting for a stumble.  Yep, it's a lot of if's and maybe's but could happen and the chance for it starts by winning that game.

We Are Coming For You Pompy

Hmmm   I don’t so much care if we’re first or second - the imperative is to get out of this league. I think that means we start Adams and Smith, maybe even Tommo and play it safe. There’s always a chance Cashin or Nelson will get on the end of a set piece or Ward will score from a fk ( or corner!).  Last thing we want is to concede 3 and erode our GD advantage. 

2nd

We need to be creative about investment. We have a manager who is obsessed with American football. We should propose a series to Netflix. The premise would be that a goofy English football manager (from the lower leagues) is inexplicably hired by a major US football franchise, only to achieve massive success against all odds.  PW would be made exclusively available to Netflix for the unexpired period of his contract and DCFC would enjoy 50 of the profits from the series, to be credited to DCFC’s P&S account and deployed in hiring a manager with championship expertise and a host of talented players.
 

it’s not rocket science

8 hours ago, Oldben said:

Here they point out why cashin was our best player on the field.

Agree with everything you say about Cashin but in his quiet way Nelson was just as fab. So hope Fozzie makes a comeback. Those 3 could be the best defence in the championship