Bris Vegas Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 18 hours ago, BodminRam said: Not sure why everyone is so negative about Plymouth. Every year they collapse after Christmas Name me a year this side of the millennium where this hasn’t happened to Derby chasing promotion. Billy Davies season went from 1st to 3rd McClaren 2013/14 fell off automatics with 1 win in 7 (with that 2-0 loss at Burnley) McClaren 2014/15 two wins in last 12 games went from 1st to 8th Clement got sacked in 2015/16 after 1 win in 7, went from 2nd to 5th In 2016/17 we started awfully, McClaren came back and we were in the top six then a winless run of 7 games and he was sacked. 2017/18 - We were 2nd under Rowett behind Wolves, big drop off with a 1-4 loss to Sunderland, finished 6th. 2018/19 - Going strong under Lampard, Mount gets injured and we win just one in 9 games after New Year. If anyone does 2nd half of the season drop offs, it’s Derby. Ram Logan Josh, Wolfie and RadioactiveWaste 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott129 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 It's interesting that not one person has voted for mid-table mediocrity. As things currently stand, we're only 3 points ahead of 7th place Wycombe (albeit with a game in hand). I guess it just goes to show what a good run of form can do for fans' optimism! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admira Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Next 6 league games have changed now with the Plymouth postponement: Cheltenham (A) Bolton (H) Port Vale (A) Morecambe (H) Wycombe (A) Lincoln (H) Comrade 86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistoldPete Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 59 minutes ago, Scott129 said: It's interesting that not one person has voted for mid-table mediocrity. As things currently stand, we're only 3 points ahead of 7th place Wycombe (albeit with a game in hand). I guess it just goes to show what a good run of form can do for fans' optimism! Also most people think we will win the play offs . Despite there being three other teams and the fact we are unlikely to be the team finishing third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKRam Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 41 minutes ago, admira said: Next 6 league games have changed now with the Plymouth postponement: Cheltenham (A) Bolton (H) Port Vale (A) Morecambe (H) Wycombe (A) Lincoln (H) With our momentum, and quickly dropping the propensity to draw I’m having 100% victories… and I’m sober till Friday so there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertRam Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Our numbers have come up ? hopefully injuries wont be our downfall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plymouthram Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 A few weeks back we were one of the teams in the league with 2nd or 3rd best least goals conceded. Now we have got the best record by none. What we did lack was goals for, which was quite low a few weeks ago. Now we have scored 33 putting us 8th best in goals for. The likes of Plymouth, Ipswich, Sheff Weds, Bolton, Barnsley, Wycombe, Bristol Rovers and Peterboro have all got squads thats been together longer than the Rams. Our squad was assembled approx 2 weeks before the season started. Thats why we are getting into a run, because the team has got better, it's finally tuned and firing in all positions. We are blessed with some good players that came to the club and could be good enough to still be part of a Championship team. We have the advantage of not many players coming in during the January window which won't imbalance the squad. I think this will be in our favour compared to the likes of Plymouth, who have so far signed 5 players. Ipswich have brought in 3, but Sheff Weds so far have brought in none. Looking at the next 6 fixtures we have 3 fixtures against teams currently in the top 10. During the same period the 3 teams above us also play 6 league games. Plymouth play Ipswich and Sheff Weds, Sheff Weds also play Ipswich. There's points to be dropped there by possibly all of the 3 teams. If we beat Bolton, Wycombe and Portvale the gap between us and the top 3 will get closer and we will still have a game in hand on 2 of them and 2 in hand over the current leaders. We currently have 22 league games to play, avoid injuries, beat the teams around us, could still mean an automatic position is up for grabs. kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong, Ellafella, Caerphilly Ram and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Ram Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 On 10/01/2023 at 14:49, admira said: Next 6 league games have changed now with the Plymouth postponement: Cheltenham (A) Bolton (H) Port Vale (A) Morecambe (H) Wycombe (A) Lincoln (H) Yep, not playing Plymouth now ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 On 10/01/2023 at 14:22, Bris Vegas said: Name me a year this side of the millennium where this hasn’t happened to Derby chasing promotion. Billy Davies season went from 1st to 3rd McClaren 2013/14 fell off automatics with 1 win in 7 (with that 2-0 loss at Burnley) McClaren 2014/15 two wins in last 12 games went from 1st to 8th Clement got sacked in 2015/16 after 1 win in 7, went from 2nd to 5th In 2016/17 we started awfully, McClaren came back and we were in the top six then a winless run of 7 games and he was sacked. 2017/18 - We were 2nd under Rowett behind Wolves, big drop off with a 1-4 loss to Sunderland, finished 6th. 2018/19 - Going strong under Lampard, Mount gets injured and we win just one in 9 games after New Year. If anyone does 2nd half of the season drop offs, it’s Derby. 19/20? 17th and 27 points at half way. Climbed up to 7th with 6 games to go and finished on 64 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram@Lincoln Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 (edited) On 10/01/2023 at 14:49, admira said: Next 6 league games have changed now with the Plymouth postponement: Cheltenham (A) Bolton (H) Port Vale (A) Morecambe (H) Wycombe (A) Lincoln (H) Previously I said: Cheltenham (A) - Win - 3 points Bolton (H) Tight win - 3 points Port Vale (A) - Draw - 1 pointPlymouth (A) - Lose - 0 points Morecambe (H) - Big win - 3 points Wycombe (A) - Draw - 1 point Lincoln (H) - Win - 3 points 14 points from the next 18 for me. Swapping out Plymouth away for Lincoln at home, I'll add that as a win. Edited January 13, 2023 by Ram@Lincoln Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodley Ram Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Cheltenham a 3pts Bolton h 1pts Port Vale a 1pt Plymouth a 0 (we will lose at some point) Morcambe h 3pts Wycombe a 3pts ------------------------------------ 11pts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodley Ram Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 On 10/01/2023 at 14:31, Scott129 said: It's interesting that not one person has voted for mid-table mediocrity. As things currently stand, we're only 3 points ahead of 7th place Wycombe (albeit with a game in hand). I guess it just goes to show what a good run of form can do for fans' optimism! Play offs for me, I think the top 2 will be two from Ipswich, Plymouth and Shef Weds. Final finish for us 4/5th. Its a lot better than I thought at the start of the season. I hate the play offs, its a Lottery Scott129 and uttoxram75 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 5 minutes ago, Woodley Ram said: Play offs for me, I think the top 2 will be two from Ipswich, Plymouth and Shef Weds. Final finish for us 4/5th. Its a lot better than I thought at the start of the season. I hate the play offs, its a Lottery Well, it’s an opportunity to show that a team can perform under pressure. The two tie system should get the best two into the final. Thereafter, it’s who performs at Wembley in front of a big crowd. I’d love to think we might be there this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott129 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 5 minutes ago, Anag Ram said: Well, it’s an opportunity to show that a team can perform under pressure. The two tie system should get the best two into the final. Thereafter, it’s who performs at Wembley in front of a big crowd. I’d love to think we might be there this year. I think this is the best-equipped team we've had to do well in the play-offs. Just be really hard to beat - which happens to be what we're good at - and you're in with a chance. uttoxram75 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plymouthram Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Why is a few of you talking about play-offs when we have nearly half this season to play. Lets be more positive and aim for the top two places. Reggie Greenwood and willipa 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 42 minutes ago, plymouthram said: Why is a few of you talking about play-offs when we have nearly half this season to play. Lets be more positive and aim for the top two places. I think winning the FA Cup may stretch us a bit. Ellafella 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plymouthram Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 2 minutes ago, uttoxram75 said: I think winning the FA Cup may stretch us a bit. Teams have done the double before uttoxram75 and Reggie Greenwood 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 Quick bump on this one. Amended schedule as below and maximum points taken from first 2 of 6. In the immortal words of Ted Lasso, BELIEVE! Cheltenham - WON Bolton - WON Port Vale (A) Morecambe (H) Wycombe (A) Lincoln (H) jono, SKRam and Caerphilly Ram 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plymouthram Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 It's interesting to see the next 4 fixtures the top 6 have, starting with Tuesday night Cheltenham V Sheff Weds, Exeter V Barnsley, Ipswich V Morecambe, Bolton V FGR and Derby away to Port Vale. That will see us with only a game in hand over Plymouth, Sheff Weds Ipswich and Bolton with Barnsley still having a game in hand over us and 2 games in hand over the others. Cup weekend sees only Charlton V Bolton, a game the Trotters need to win because by then they will have played the most games on the other top 6 teams. Wednesday the 1st Feb is Oxford V Barnsley, thats putting Barnsley down to only one game in hand over the other rivals but by then played the same as the Rams. Saturday 4th Feb is Bolton V Cheltenham, Cambridge V Ipswich, Derby V Morecambe, Portsmouth V Barnsley and Sheff Weds V Plymouth. Saturday 11th Feb is Barnsley V Cambridge, Ipswich V Sheff Weds, Peterboro V Bolton, Plymouth V Portsmouth and Wycombe V Derby. Then Tuesday 14th its Bolton V MK Dons, Bristol Rovers V Ipswich, Oxford V Plymouth, Port Vale V Barnsley, Sheff Weds V Morecambe and the Rams at home to Lincoln. After playing Lincoln at home we will have one game in hand over Argyle and I think the current 14 point gap will have shrunk. Cheltenham have now lost 4 matches on the bounce (are they due a draw/win on Tuesday night?) Dare I state we could be above Ipswich after these 4 matches (Their 4 games are Morecambe(H), Cambridge(A), Sheff Weds(H),Bristol R(A)). Come away from Port Vale with 3 points and I believe we will close up on at least 2 of the 3 teams above us. jono and Comrade 86 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plymouthram Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 56 minutes ago, 86 Hair Islands said: Quick bump on this one. Amended schedule as below and maximum points taken from first 2 of 6. In the immortal words of Ted Lasso, BELIEVE! Cheltenham - WON Bolton - WON Port Vale (A) Morecambe (H) Wycombe (A) Lincoln (H) Looking at the 2 away games, they could be tricky, but Port Vale have lost 3 of their last 5 league games and Wycombe have lost 2 of their last 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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