Relegation watch

[CBRammette]

Doesnt it make you cross that just an odd point here and there that we have seemed to give away far too easily especially against those around us and we would be relaxed and safe?   Please please Derby players and management can you just step up at this key time and put a bit if a run together. COYR play with a bit of pride and spirit for the last few games

[Wolfie20]

Coventry 2 up

[Rev]

36 minutes ago, Coneheadjohn said:

Yes she is and she frequents this establishment ?.

She’s actually from the Wybourn which will only mean something to people who know Sheffield.

That a coincidence.

My wife thinks I hail from Whywereyoueverborn, must be nearby.

[Olton Ram]

2 minutes ago, CBRammette said:

Doesnt it make you cross that just an odd point here and there that we have seemed to give away far too easily especially against those around us and we would be relaxed and safe?   Please please Derby players and management can you just step up at this key time and put a bit if a run together. COYR play with a bit of pride and spirit for the last few games

Exactly this. There's been so many silly mistakes, lapses in concentration, sloppy play, etc. this season. We could easily be several points better off if we'd cut them out. This is one of the key things to focus on if we want to improve next season. 

[Rammy03]

48 points will do it this season. Not much of a relegation scrap now. It's us vs Rotherham.

[Spanish]

10 minutes ago, Olton Ram said:

Exactly this. There's been so many silly mistakes, lapses in concentration, sloppy play, etc. this season. We could easily be several points better off if we'd cut them out. This is one of the key things to focus on if we want to improve next season. 

every team thinks this though

[Carl Sagan]

It's clear three from four will be relegated and we are one of those four. But also the other three would rather be in our position. It's largely between us and Rotherham for the final place. If Wednesday or Wycombe overtake us from their current positions, we deserve the drop.

We have four games left. Every one is a cup final. Two wins will be enough. One win and a couple of draws may do it. Anything less and I think we're down. This is the moment we see what our players are made of. How much bottle they have. Are they shrinking violets or are they about to stand up and be counted?

Youth or experience? Attack or defense? What's going to save us?

[Rammy03]

6 minutes ago, Spanish said:

every team thinks this though

But especially Derby this season, every game has been tight. We very rarely get outplayed or battered by the opposition. We always lose by the odd goal due to sloppy mistakes. It's been a very strange season for us.

[Olton Ram]

4 minutes ago, Spanish said:

every team thinks this though

To an extent, but each team will have different things to focus on (e.g. giving away cheap penalties, picking up too many cards, not defending set pieces well enough, not finishing simple chances, etc.). Not sure what Norwich will think they should have done better this season though ?‍♂️

[Gaspode]

4 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said:

.....This is the moment we see what our players are made of.....

The squad is mainly a combination of glass and cheese - and almost steel-free. That’s the main reason we’re in our current situation.....

[Gee SCREAMER !!]

Just now, Olton Ram said:

To an extent, but each team will have different things to focus on (e.g. giving away cheap penalties, picking up too many cards, not defending set pieces well enough, not finishing simple chances, etc.). Not sure what Norwich will think they should have done better this season though ?‍♂️

Beat us at home probably

[CornwallRam]

If you extrapolate the points per game, the bottom three go down. It's slightly complicated by the fact that Wednesday's ppg is slightly higher than their current points total because of their deduction. We still finish above them though. We'll be safe, but only because Wednesday tried something dodgy with their stadium sale and got penalised for it.

I propose Nick De Marco as player of the season. 

[Gee SCREAMER !!]

3 minutes ago, Rammy03 said:

But especially Derby this season, every game has been tight. We very rarely get outplayed or battered by the opposition. We always lose by the odd goal due to sloppy mistakes. It's been a very strange season for us.

Had a few 4-0 Cardiff and Blackburn. The Cardiff one thanks to Rooney butchering of the side. Boro and Rotherham 3-0. More than the usual amount certainly.

[Gee SCREAMER !!]

1 hour ago, Scrumpyram said:

We don't by need to catch Coventry, simply stay ahead of Rotherham. That's all there is to it☹️

Silver lining a win for Barnsley today gives them breathing room in the playoffs. There going to need them points against Rotherham now. There local rivals as well.

[Tamworthram]

11 minutes ago, Rammy03 said:

But especially Derby this season, every game has been tight. We very rarely get outplayed or battered by the opposition. We always lose by the odd goal due to sloppy mistakes. It's been a very strange season for us.

There are probably plenty more were we’ve lost because we couldn’t score. 

[Spanish]

12 minutes ago, Olton Ram said:

To an extent, but each team will have different things to focus on (e.g. giving away cheap penalties, picking up too many cards, not defending set pieces well enough, not finishing simple chances, etc.). Not sure what Norwich will think they should have done better this season though ?‍♂️

the penalty miss against us at their place

[StantonRam]

What I take from today's results is that as someone just said above it's now us v Rotherham for who finishes 21st & 22nd.

Let's take a look at the run in.

Currently we are 4 points ahead but they have a better GD and 2 games in hand.

We play Preston on the 20th - a win would see us pull away but a draw is more likely IMO, Rams 44 pts Roth 39

They play Boro on the 21st - I think they will lose, Rams 44pts Roth 39

We play Brum on the 24th - another draw probably, Rams 45pts Roth 39

They play Barnsley also - they may well get a point, Rams 45pts Roth 40

They play Brentford on the 27th - I think they will lose, Rams 45pts Roth 40

They play Blackburn on 1st May, they may well win this as Blackburn will be safe by then and probably half asleep, Rams 45pts Roth 43

We play Swansea the same day, I think we will lose, Rams 45pts Roth 43, still not mathematically safe

They play Luton on the 4th May, they could get a point, Rams 45pts Roth 44

So it will as I suspected come down to the LAST DAY!

They play Cardiff, they may get a point, that will put them level on points with us BUT their GD will probably still be better, which means...

All we will need is a point against an already relegated Sheffield Wednesday...

Wazza will come in for some criticism because he will opt to play an attack minded team in a 3-4-3 or similar, but it will come up trumps because we will WIN and finish with 48 points!

After which thousands of Rams fans will consult their doctors with bleeding finger ends, no fingernails left and needing urgent surgery...

[Parsnip]

19 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said:

Youth or experience? Attack or defense? What's going to save us?

If anything it'll be Wednesday and Rotherham not getting any more points.

[Tamworthram]

1 hour ago, Scrumpyram said:

We don't by need to catch Coventry, simply stay ahead of Rotherham. That's all there is to it☹️

That is of course true but, with Coventry, Huddersfield and Birmingham picking up wins means staying ahead of Rotherham now looks like our only salvation. 

[Rammy03]

19 minutes ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

Had a few 4-0 Cardiff and Blackburn. The Cardiff one thanks to Rooney butchering of the side. Boro and Rotherham 3-0. More than the usual amount certainly.

How many games have been 1-0 either way?