Kathcairns

He’s one of our own ! Young Jack O’Connell paid us a visit yesterday, he was sat just in front of me and was with his mum, he was loving the atmosphere from the South Stand and it was great to see him, I had a chat with him and asked if he had a spare £60 million. Good to see him maintaining his roots ! Top lad !

More new faces around us today but also some regulars missing. All very odd. Decent atmosphere again. Not impressed with the nationalist stuff though. 

Remember this.
At half time, when you went from one end of the Popside to the other, but the back of the terrace was already full, some random bloke would shout "We are the Rams", then everyone would join in "Oh yes we are the Rams", then everyone would jump up and down and move forward at the same time, allowing those at the back to sneak in.
The atmosphere on the Popside and the Colombo terrace was amazing, whatever was happening on the pitch.
Those days are long gone now.
I guess 'the bounce' is the nearest modern day equivalent.

Difference is Lawrence paid for his crime Keogh was paid for his

Think thats being a bit hard on angieram.

Love the old songs, the john o hare one as well, they are probably to tame for fans today.

You’ve got a point there Roy. I reckon the adrenaline was pumping at high pressure against Reading. Today was a workmanlike performance against a possession loving side. It wasn’t great but considering the events of the last 10 days or so I reckon the lads are allowed the odd quiet game. They aren’t machines and can’t be on a beserker every time. It just doesn’t work like that. 

I agree. I really hope we don’t waste the potential he has trying to shoehorn him into various positions just to utilise his pace. 

The kid is an attacking full back who troubles teams with the game in front of him where he can gather momentum and burst past people. 
That’s a totally different skill set to receiving with your back to the game, playing high up being marked by full backs or rolling inside to play in pockets like an inside forward / 10.
 

I too thought we looked leggy early doors.  
After 20 mins, we got into the game and didn't really look like conceding. 
Hard fought point, could nitpick but overall happy enough.

Strange how we all have different views. I had huge admiration for Swansea and the way the kept the ball and pressed us in the first half hour, but they didn’t really do much with it despite our back foot timid display. For me it was an absorbing match - and that unusual for me as I am a goal addict. I was disappointed with Stretton early on, slow to react and slow off the mark but he was gradually improving. There was some great defending and some near howlers. Allsop dominated his box, full of intelligence, anticipating problems and snuffing them out. Thought Dylan Williams did brilliantly both in attack and defence .. Since his debut, which was all willing endeavour but a bit short on horsepower, he seems to have got stronger. It’s going to be a feature of this season .. Many of these players are young and if handled right the growth in ability and resilience will be more visible every game .. We are seeing it already ! 
 
Once again a ref that gives a yellow card score of 3 - 0 to the opponents, presumably because they fell over more often and moaned more effectively. Fozzies was joke … just 2 players fighting for a ball that went out of play. Doubt there was a foul and never a yellow 
Second half reshape helped and Swansea tired. We had the best chances, they had most possession. Draw is a fair result but if Tom had stick one away we’d have earned it by sheer graft. 

Id agree with this. 
The amount of yellow cards we are running up for innocuous challenges is ridiculous.
Another bug bear of mine is how full backs seem to have become the latest protected species, there is liberally no point chasing one back towards his own goal, they literally just have to fall over and are guaranteed a free kick, as their left back showed today. 

You don't think that some of them looked tired? It's not surprising in such a small squad with lots of pressure on them.

Joint best defence in the league - if only we could score a few more goals...but clean sheets will be so vital to our campaign

We would have lost this last year. Second best team and we took a point. Take what you can get when you are tired and do not play well. Third best defence in the league. Chipped a point off two bottom three teams. 35 games to go.

Would've taken 4 points from Swansea and Reading at home at the start of the week.
I did think the win v Reading was a big effort so expected us to be a bit leggy today and not surprised Swansea dominated the ball. I'm pleased our stubon streak is still solidly in place.
international break to get rested and find a new sugar daddy.

2 games in a week probably exposes the shallow nature of our squad but would have taken 4 points before we kicked off on Weds. COYR

Point gained on Peterborough, Barnsley and Cardiff.
Not the best display but we kept a clean sheet and go into the break to rest some very tired legs.
It'll do for now.
 
COYR

Got to look on the bright side, clean sheet and another point chipped off the 12, that’s 33% in two games.

A hard earned point. Not unhappy.
Oh for a goal scorer.
A decent 2nd half display. #COYR

We’ve conceded the fewest goals in the Championship ?

glass half full from the comments on the game it seems we would have lost that last season.

Not the best or the worst performance ever. Stayed solid under constant pressure for 90 minutes and restricted them to very few if any real chances.
Probably the beat chance(s) of the game came to Lawrence who couldn't score with three direct shots.
Overall a well deserved and welcome point on the board.
We will be alot happier in the end than Swansea!

I'd settle for a 3-0 win but will reluctantly take 0-0 ?

It is a remarkable defensive statistic & the approach has been entirely correct. Make sure we are difficult to beat & then build out from that. 
With regard to improving our attacking threat, its obviously a tough one given the limitations of our squad. Given we know Baldock isn't likely to score many, I feel we need to give Stretton plenty of game time to see if he can develop into a regular scorer. There's also an argument for us moving to 3-5-2 when Kazim returns with Stretton or Baldock playing off him...this would keep us defensively solid but give us more & varied outlets up top.
Listening to Rosenior in the week highlighted just how hard the coaching team are working with the players to improve them & the team dynamic. I was struck by his comment about 8 of the squad achieving sprint PBs & Im guessing the coaching will also extend to decision making & situational awareness. We've already seen great strides in how we knock the ball around & our discipline...the next stage is getting so good at that we routinely cut the opposition open. That creates more chances & you'd think, more goals.

Stretton was a bit unlucky today in that we just didnt have the ball and had no control of the game apart from either side of half time. We seem to say after every game that we missed decent chances - knight and Lawrence certainly did today...I still have a hope that Stretton could get a run of goals once he gets settled into the side..he was pretty isolated today so hopefully will see more of a threat from him if he can stay in the side. 
I agree though - this isnt a new issue it was the same last year although, we are certainly creating a lot more chances this season. I havent given up hope that Stretton might be the one if he goes on one of those goalscoring runs - he always looked a natural goalscorer albeit in the 23s..I might just be clutching at straws though. Hopefully new owners in January will get a couple of experienced strikers in as a boost.