Kathcairns

Me and my dad went to Bournemouth away in 84 and didn't get back till 3 days later, it was ages before he was allowed out again!

Fair play to Pompey- u guys have been (one small wobble aside) the most consistent team all season and deserve to go up. Your Jan spending/recruitment was good and has paid dividends. It’s not about playing nice football in this league- it’s just about winning games and escaping to the Championship. You guys have done that well.

Pompey fan in peace, I personally think you boys will win all your remaining games from what I saw the other night you have enough to do it and you won’t need to sit back like you did in the second half. I personally like Paul Warne he comes across as an honest guy not like that arrogant Ian Evatt really praying that they stay down. Wycombe losing today was your best result but they are no great shakes. I was worried when we went there on Good Friday as they were on a bit of a run but we won comfortably. Teams that  play on the front foot against us we usually beat as we did against Peterborough the previous week who also were on a run of 5 straight wins. Teams that park the bus we struggle to break down like Shrewsbury yesterday we huffed and puffed all game and were fortunate to come away with 3 points. Most of us still are not taking it as given that we are going up, lose to Bolton then we have Barnsley on the Tuesday lose that and it will be twitchy bum time definitely do not want to go to Lincoln on the last day needing 3 points. Anything can happen this Saturday against Bolton but we won comfortably at Fratton 3-1 so it would be good to win that will give us 2 home games to seal the Championship. Anyway good luck Derby are to big a club like us to be stuck in Div 1.

I hope no matter what, we come out fighting against this bunch of thugs, this is a huge test for us, they will kick and scrap and play by the league one outhouse rules, we need to fight and match them, then we will earn the right to play and our quality should shine through, but we HAVE to match their work rate before we can play.....massive game come on you mighty Rams!

He doesn’t get many goals but the player I would like to see, in similar circumstances is Cashin.
I think he deserves it and would enjoy it.

Don't forget young Dajaune Brown who has the ability to develop much more - he's only 18 but has huge potential

We are in pole position. Embrace the final games, don't cower behind the sofa. 

It's telling that you use the words horrible, unsettling and sick to describe your emotions at this point in time - would you rather us be in Bolton's position than ours at this stage in the season?
You've already started dwelling on an outcome that may not even transpire. 
I remember driving back from Wembley after Fester had done us thinking the world had ended not knowing that we would get promoted later on with a new stadium too.
Try and embrace what's happening at the moment, if we don't go up this season then so be it. As I discovered with the playoff defeat against Fester it's not the end of the world. 
 

I just boil it back down to the fact that we'd much rather be in our position than Bolton's or Peterborough's.
We know for a fact that 4 wins from here and we're up regardless of anything they do.
We also have softer fixtures on paper than either of them, with Bolton having Pompey & Peterborough, and Peterborough having Bolton to play and 7 games 21 days.
We'd have gladly taken this position at most points of the season if offered.
C'mon Derby, final push.
 

They may have scored 5 in 2 of their games Bolton but they have also only won 6 games since the January window closed. 15 games played, drew 6 and lost 3. +9 GD.
For comparison, we've won 8 and drawn 2 of our 13 games. +11 GD

Absolutely! My dad said recently that according to Dan we would already be in the championship 😂 I’m loving it on his behalf. We’ve got to keep the positive thoughts going 

I think we'd be entering into rallying cry territory as we head into the final four games. He'd be bloody loving it.

Never mind the result today….
It was and is still in our own hands.
Win 4 games and were promoted!
 
When we start relying on favours from other clubs or hoping for results is when it starts going downhill…

If we win our remaining games we are promoted regardless of what Bolton etc do. Here is hoping 👍🏼🤞🏼

The EFL have been taken over by a mystery person going by the name ap04 and at an Extraordinary General Meeting it has been decided that the 2023/24 league table will now be decided on xG rather than points accumulated.

They docked us too many points previously and we're due some back?

I'd be onboard for that

A colleague said to me "you're up now arent you" this morning - then treated him to a long lesson on the years of Derby disappointment and blowing it at the last moment. Feel he will never mention football to me again 😂
Please Derby 🤞🤞🤞

I would have come on last night but I'd had a few 'settlers' before the game and followed up with a couple of glasses of wine when I get in to decompress  - so was less capable of typing than usual.
Proper game of football last night - not sure whether the conditions were a leveller or just added to the spectacle - but suspect both sides were happy with the draw, whilst wondering what might have been.
I thought you were set up really well (credit to both Warne and the players for executing) - you looked better than any of the other top sides who we've hosted this season.  I genuinely hope we both make it up via the automatics.
Take care of yourselves, Rams.  Hopefully see you all next season in the league above.

Was there last night , great game , 2 good sides , fantastic atmosphere, good luck for the rest of the season mate, smash Bolton for us please

Forget young player, isn't Cashin one of the highest rated defenders of any age in League One? 

People if you've got nothing to do that day, get a ticket. That games just as important as all the others. 

https://efl.com/news/2024/april/03/efl-awards-2024--shortlists-revealed/
 
Our nominees:
NML - League One POTS
Dajaune Brown - League One Apprentice of the Season.
I’m surprised Ferguson is nominated for manager of the year, and Cashin must play badminton, or some other sport, because I don’t know how he hasn’t got a nomination for young player.

Hi, Pompey supporter with our take on lasts nights game. I think the weather made the game less of a spectacular affair but the players, from both teams, put on a really good display. I thought Derby adapted to the conditions better than Pompey where the conditions negated the effectiveness of our wingers Lane and, especially, Kamara. I suppose you could say the same for Blackett-Taylor & Mendez-Lang, both players I would have liked Pompey to have signed. I think Derby quite possibly had the greater attacking threat on the counter in the first half whereas ours was a little laboured due to not being able to adapt to the conditions. I read with interest of the disagreement with your managers choice of the tactics in the second half. However, without a wonder goal he may well have got it right. Closing players down in those conditions was risky as slipping on the surface could let players in. Portsmouth usually play a closing down game but not so much last night. I think overall a draw was a fair result last night which probably benefits us more than your lot. 
I think the controversial situations were fairly evenly spread out. There was a handball leading up to our equaliser and I think VAR might have ruled out our first goal. Handling the ball by the keeper is a sending off offence normally but I think the ref got it right by allowing for the conditions. I don't think it was a 'nailed on penalty' because I think our player was looking to go down anyway, but on another day it could be given.
I thought it was a proper game of football from two famous old clubs. It was good to see the ground full with a decent away following that made themselves heard, which is normally difficult at Fratton Park. The game, allowing for the conditions, was a good advert for League One where both teams look ready for the Championship. 

Hope you good people make it back .✊