Cheltenham Town (A) Sat 14th Jan

[hintonsboots]

41 minutes ago, Millenniumram said:

f*** me that game aged me about 10 years. Thank god it’s over and we’ve got the 3 points. 

I’ve only just removed the bike clips .

[PistoldPete]

Stats suggest the game was quite even. Didn’t seem like it we should have been out of sight. A bit sloppy really but it’s still another 3 points. 

[DavesaRam]

14 minutes ago, Crewton said:

?? 

Faulty Towers - possibly the best episode, along with the "Thrashing his car with a tree" episode.

[DavesaRam]

4 minutes ago, hintonsboots said:

I’ve only just removed the bike clips .

How is the carpet where you were standing at the time?

[Brammie Steve]

3 minutes ago, DavesaRam said:

Faulty Towers - possibly the best episode, along with the "Thrashing his car with a tree" episode.

Just don't mention the war!

[DesertRam]

That was the toughest match we've had for a while PW was right

about them being a battle at home

Onwards and upwards

[Caerphilly Ram]

25 minutes ago, TINMANTED said:

dont know whether cashin has a knock,but certainly dibz and dobbin together was not needed,and upset the game

I think it was who they replaced that upset the balance rather than those two coming on. If Collins and Barkhuizen had gone off leaving 3 in midfield I think we would have seen the game out more comfortably. However it’s a moot point, we dug in and won away, it’s not always going to be smooth so it’s a good habit to keep picking up points regardless of performance (which was pretty good anyway, Cheltenham were game opponents)

[richinspain]

11 minutes ago, DavesaRam said:

Faulty Towers - possibly the best episode, along with the "Thrashing his car with a tree" episode.

And the rat. And the dead body. And the.......... They were only 12 episodes, and I think that every one of them was/is a classic.

[DavesaRam]

In the glorious Brian Clough era I would go home after watching a match without singling anybody out for playing badly - we just didn't do it. The worse was criticising John McGovern for the un-human way he ran about the pitch, and Alan Hinton for the aggressive, physical way he would challenge for the bal ..................... oh wait. He was called "Gladys" for a reason.

I have fast got to the same position with this squad - they are all heroes, with each one contributing to the best of their ability. I was even glad that Colin Hourihane was in the team today, even though for a number of games he had largely been a waste of space. And it was actually a great header for the first goal!

We were so on top for much of the game, and should have scored 6 or 7, given the great opportunities we kept carving out for ourselves, but the substitutions changed everything. I know Collins seems to have trouble focussing on a barn door let alone a set of goalposts at the moment, but we certainly missed all the other un-noticed hard work he does for the team. And shifting Jason Knight perhaps wasn't the tactic of the year, either. But we won, yet again, and until that last "where's my butt plug" 15 minutes, Wildsmith was probably quite bored.

But we still won, and looking at the League table is actually quite enjoyable - getting closer to the top three and with games in hand. The future is looking good. COME ON YOU RAMS!!!

[Tamworthram]

I was suprised the village idiot was allowed out without his carer. For some bizarre reason someone near the middle of the side section tried a couple of times to start the Billy Sharp song. 

[Eddie]

1 hour ago, plymouthram said:

Have you just finished off the last bottle of christmas sherry

He's on the meths now. When that's gone, it'll have to be the Cinzano Bianco.

[sage]

We need to improve our game management when 2 or more goals up. The last 20 mins were a s**** show today.

Keep the ball. Don't over commit.

 

[Matchday Fred]

Any win is a good win, and this one could be a season changer. We came from behind, carved out lots of chances, and won away from home on what no doubt was a difficult pitch against a team looking for a big scalp. Huge confidence should be drawn for all of those reasons.

[Caerphilly Ram]

Sharing out the media duties…

 

 

[MightyRam]

4 hours ago, RadioactiveWaste said:

Bird is the word 2-1 to the good guys.

Why aren’t we singing that?! There’s only one max bird is a bit lame when there is a classic tailor made for him. “Bird, Bird, Bird, Bird is the word.”

[Wistaston Ram]

Just back, very entertaining game and a good advert for League 1, just could have done without the heart stopping defending in the last 15 minutes. Managed to contain myself in the home end, although when Bird's shot hit the back of the net, I yelled out 'wow, what a goal'. Thankfully everyone around me agreed! My cover was blown when Barks scored but it didn't matter, everyone was pretty friendly.  Really good away day on par with Accrington.  Quite impressed with Cheltenham who gave us a good game and tried to play football. I liked their number 32 (Broom) who played in left midfield and gave Bird a torrid time.

[MightyRam]

3 hours ago, DavesaRam said:

We were never going to get a peno. (A) we are Derby County, and (B) the ref could easily have given Fozzy a red, and didn’t.

Should have been a red and a pen.

[B4ev6is]

Charge for league 1 title is on we are coming for you Wednesday all top 3 teams.

[Steve How Hard?]

2 minutes ago, Wistaston Ram said:

 Quite impressed with Cheltenham who gave us a good game and tried to play football. I liked their number 32 (Broom) who played in left midfield and gave Bird a torrid time.

We should try and sign him to play the sweeper role. 

[FKANorwichExile]

Thought they were actually one of the more threatening sides we've played this season, they should stay up comfortably and will beat some of the bigger teams on the way.

Bodes well that we didn't play particularly well and still could have had 4 or 5, too.