Rams vs Reading Matchday Thread

[brady1993]

2 minutes ago, Archied said:

I’m one who has to say that he has surprised me , I just couldn’t see him getting us playing the way he has this season , all credit to Rooney he is doing a very good job and we look very decent , full of pressing and energy , passing and moving well and well organised , if we had a touch more up top we would be very dangerous 

Couldn't agree more. I didn't see it coming at all.

I've said it before but in a weird way the management team have done better and better the harder and more dire the job.

[Gone]

What another fantastic battling performance, creating chances as well. Morrison, Knight, Lawrence and Shinny ran the midfield. And Fozzy, the amazing Fozzy, delighted for him brilliant today. When the whistle went and at the end when the Players came over the the SS, that’s what going to footballs all about wow ! 

[1967RAMS]

Just got home and can’t wait for Saturday ( long, long time since I’ve felt this way). Great effort, great support, great spirit and atmosphere. The quality wasn’t too shabby either. Which corner of the ground shall we put the Rooney statue in?? 

[Mucker1884]

That was what I'd call "A convincing 1-0 win".  Nothing scrappy about that.  Not even nervous in the last 5 mins+ added time.

Extremely proud of everyone connected with the club right now.  Time for us all to keep the faith.  ?

 

[DarkFruitsRam7]

Best bit of tonight was when we started singing White Christmas!

[jono]

Anyway .. moaning about the ref never helped anyone.

What a cracking game of football. Reading played some great stuff, mobile, lots of first touch .. their number 14 and 21 worked as a duo, pass and move, 47 and 10 were handfuls with good skills, the big lad that came on later caused problems .. but our lads snuffed them out with some skill of their own and above all and brilliant display of team play and tenacity. All of them, to a man digging in, biting ankles, saving throw ins, great goal keeping. I couldn’t help but chuckle in the second half when Curtiss Davis was playing a sublime defence splitting pass. I am enjoying watching this team play football … a lot !

[LazloW]

Good game. Played well. Awful ref. Decent atmosphere. Enjoyed it. ‘Nuff said. 

[Rammy03]

I can't believe that there was only 18,000 there. Looked and sounded a lot more. I thought about 25,000

[ollycutts1982]

Great character being shown by each of the players. All I ask from any Derby player is 100% commitment. The current crop are going above and beyond this. 
 

Last season we would have definitely lost the West Brom game and not beaten Stoke or won the game tonight. 
 

My only hope this season was a siege mentality and Rooney seems to have got this. We will lose games but I’m enjoying being a Rams fan again. 
 

UTR

[sage]

3 minutes ago, 1967RAMS said:

Just got home and can’t wait for Saturday ( long, long time since I’ve felt this way). Great effort, great support, great spirit and atmosphere. The quality wasn’t too shabby either. Which corner of the ground shall we put the Rooney statue in?? 

Agreed. I'm enjoying this season (the actual games) more than any other season for years.  

[Grumpy Git]

3 minutes ago, Rammy03 said:

I can't believe that there was only 18,000 there. Looked and sounded a lot more. I thought about 25,000

Disagree, the East stand looked deserted on TV.

[Rammy03]

1 minute ago, Grumpy Git said:

Disagree, the East stand looked deserted on TV.

Maybe you're right, but I wouldn't have thought we were 15,000 short tonight

[minesahartington]

1 hour ago, DerbyRam! said:

Absolute masterclass tonight, especially Shinnie, won every ball, put his heart on the line. Still a beautiful footballer to have at the heart of every team.

Yes and creative. Great cross, couple of superb throughballs. Will the myth of his negativity finally pale. Probably not

[LazloW]

That is a surprisingly low attendance, both in terms of what it felt like being there and the Twitter noise there’s been about filling the ground. Oh well. 18000 did well.

[cannable]

FOZZZZZZZZY

[minesahartington]

The tune Wayne is getting out of his team of young uns, old uns and cast offs is amazing really. Well done lad

[MaltRam]

Another special match. Sheer guts, great bits of play at times. Loved every second. Hoarse.

Special mentions for MoM Fozzy, and Steadman and Allsop slotting in seamlessly.

Bird and Shinnie immense, and when we did get forward we carried a bit of threat.

[Carl Sagan]

9 minutes ago, Rammy03 said:

I can't believe that there was only 18,000 there. Looked and sounded a lot more. I thought about 25,000

How much of an impact did the traffic issues have? Do we deserve a club if so few go in our hour of need? I didn't go but I don't own a car and can't get back to London after a midweek game. But I feel guilty. Will more come if these battling performances continue? Yet the crowd, when reduced to these numbers as in times gone by, is at their most supportive of the team. As gates swell, it often mutes them, and the moaners return. Is it better right now to have the hard core players and fans in it together? Us against the world.

[Big Trav]

If Rooney keeps us up/ battles hard and stays with us he could definatly be up their in terms of managers we’ve had. Maybe even in a couple years he could easily push Jim smith and cloughy at the top. A true gentleman and legend 

[Tamworthram]

11 minutes ago, Grumpy Git said:

Disagree, the East stand looked deserted on TV.

it didn't feel deserted and I was in it.