Chester40 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Looking at the comments..they are more negative than the poll results. Think people are talking about their fears from their heads, but voting with their hearts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archied Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 45 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said: There has been plenty of time for rumours and suggestions, keeping in mind our financial state who do you fancy then? Not the first clue roy , but I am back to anybody but Martin ,the obsession on here over him needs curing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 18 minutes ago, Archied said: the obsession on here over him needs curing You do realise how obsessed you are with this don't you? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archied Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 1 hour ago, RoyMac5 said: You do realise how obsessed you are with this don't you? ? YES, ?,,, the constant Martin Martin only Martin can get you there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Err ram io Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Data analysis says if score 10% more goals and concede 10% fewer, then we will get 20% better results - 10th = 50% aka halfway 20% improvement 8th But 20 more points to the total would get Rams into the playoffs. Position 3 to 6th. An extra "X" factor would push from playoffs to automatics. If you win 3 extra games that gives 9 extra points over the season. So that "X" factor could come from our u23 squad links. The lads growing up through the u23 squad. So if we follow this logic where will a 20% better start get us - in the top 6 from the word go ? Possibly. Ever the optimist if we can improve little by little playoffs will be easy. 75% of voters in this poll say yes to playoffs or more. 25% say about the same as last year. That's 3 to 1 in favour of slight improvement. But will the improvement be enough. Brentford did well enough to be 3rd last year but beat us in a preseason game - if they are a 2nd-4th place team ....the Rams are a 5 th to 7th place team (ie playoffs again at best ?) Leeds were playoff material two seasons ago but automatic winners last season. We were nearly playoff material last year - that would be improved to nearly automatic Hope'fulls this year (aka solid playoff contenders). 10 more points over the whole season pushes a team up by 2-3 places. Then going from a basic place of 10th to 7th is possible. Going from 6th to 3rd is possible. Probably automatics is just beyond this team we currently have ? We can expect to be within the 3-7th bracket. Progression is 2020/21 playoffs 21/22 automatics Leeds did it in two seasons Can Derby expect to do it in two? Is Cocu better than Bielsa? Do the rams have the budget?? Answers on a postcard please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean (hick) Saunders Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 If we sign a quality winger, centre forward and Sibley turns into the player we hope then we should have a good season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 3 hours ago, Archied said: But there is no better than Chrissy surely? No but imagine if there was? Top 2 nailed on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Martin Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 On 30/08/2020 at 22:14, DCFClks said: We're not the best in the league, but we're in the top 1 Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampant Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Thought 11th before the start of the season. Absolutely no idea what I expect now. A nightmare season and relegation scrap? Maybe. Or a real slow burner where we get a full squad available, the new signings prove to be quality, the young guns improve further and we are the in-form side after xmas and finish top six. Not a scooby. Makes it interesting I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammy03 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 2 hours ago, Rampant said: A nightmare season and relegation scrap? If that's the case then cocu can go. I know we don't have a given right to be fighting at the top of the table every reason but that would just be unacceptable. We should be doing a lot better with this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheresOnlyWanChope Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 16 minutes ago, Rammy03 said: If that's the case then cocu can go. I know we don't have a given right to be fighting at the top of the table every reason but that would just be unacceptable. We should be doing a lot better with this team. Agreed. I think we will end up all right though. I think we badly need some better news on injury front to provide competition for places though. Oh and a striker. We seem to be stuck with under-performers with few options. we also need the defence to up their game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 There might come a moment when we should rest ALL the youngsters, as over-exposing them in a struggling side is putting too much pressure on them. when everyone is fit, we could revert to senior pros and get them back in the groove. the fact we have a lot of youngsters seems to be becoming an excuse for senior pros to not perform. marshall byrne. Wisdom. Clarke. Fozzy Shinnie Bielik/Rooney ibe. Holmes. Lawrence. Waghorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayram Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Going with my head over heart I think this will be a very disappointing season with a finishing position of around 15th/16th. I cannot see us picking up more than a couple of points in October and I can’t imagine that we will trouble the top 6 at any stage. I want to see the amount of youngsters in the matchday team reduced as the senior pros return to full fitness to take the unrelenting pressure off them and for them to be used sparingly to build their confidence. I would like the manager to understand that it’s ok to have a plan B and stop trying to force an elite level playing philosophy on our bog standard championship players and to instill some fighting spirit into the squad. If these things happen then who knows, we might start making progress up the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBRammette Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Just makes me more worried re EFL appeal and possible sanctions. Re youngsters there was a really interesting discussion on 5 live between 12 and 12.30 Lunchtime on friday about youngsters in sport with early success and the potential consequences of the expectation and how to manage. If its still on iplayer or anything worth a listen as made me think of the pressure on ours at the mo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWRam Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 12 points for the season, but I am not too optomistic about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Ram Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Went for 15th at the start of the season, be happy now if we achieve that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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