Guest Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Bumper crowd expected and I’m off to this one too. Caged tigers from the off and we can hand out a damn good thrashing! Hopefully our penultimate home game of 22/23! Sliding IN to the playoffs like: 🐏❤️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 8 minutes ago, Diego said: Bumper crowd expected and I’m off to this one too. Caged tigers from the off and we can hand out a damn good thrashing! Hopefully our penultimate home game of 22/23! Sliding IN to the playoffs like: 🐏❤️ I'm pleased David saves his energy for actually scoring the goals, rather than celebrating them, these days. He can save the kneeslide for the winner at Wembley! SKRam, Mimester and jono 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Only 890 tickets left for home fans, 63 in the East stand and only 4 left in the West stand, although I expect today they will start adding all the seats they don’t normally sell. Portsmouth have sold their allocation of over 3,000 so this one should be a complete sell out. Mimester, Bald Eagle's Barmy Army, Derby4Me and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiggerB Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Unchanged team and formation and I fancy NML to find his scoring boots down the back of the sofa in the week. Carl Sagan, Caerphilly Ram and jono 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Some extra tickets have now been added ( 300+) including a few in the South stand and some in the East stand including the two next to me that have been empty all season. SKRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Wildsmith Forsyth Davies Cashin Knight Hourihane Bird Roberts Mendez-Laing McGoldrick Barkhuizen Just the one change for me with Barkhuizen in for Sibley, who I thought was the most wasteful in the final third last weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathcairns Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 17 minutes ago, Millenniumram said: Wildsmith Forsyth Davies Cashin Knight Hourihane Bird Roberts Mendez-Laing McGoldrick Barkhuizen Just the one change for me with Barkhuizen in for Sibley, who I thought was the most wasteful in the final third last weekend. Personally i think Sibley needs to start. Mimester, Dordogne-Ram, JustOneBiblicalKazim and 5 others 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 1 minute ago, Kathcairns said: Personally i think Sibley needs to start. Need to deliver more output if he does Rambling and Tamworthram 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinhectoring Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 15 minutes ago, Millenniumram said: Just the one change for me with Barkhuizen in for Sibley, who I thought was the most wasteful in the final third last weekend. Fair enough. But Sibley, Didzy and NML are still getting used to playing together. My hunch would be to stay with Sibley. He knows how to score and I think we’ll see better from him in terms of connection with the others. But if it’s not working then Warne needs to make changes in a proactive way angieram, jono, Jimbo Ram and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathcairns Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 6 minutes ago, Millenniumram said: Need to deliver more output if he does At the end of the day it will be warnes choice not ours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboto Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 It'll be an unchanged starting XI unless there's some injuries we aren't currently aware of. Kathcairns, Tamworthram, EtoileSportiveDeDerby and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Daly Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 50 minutes ago, Millenniumram said: Wildsmith Forsyth Davies Cashin Knight Hourihane Bird Roberts Mendez-Laing McGoldrick Barkhuizen Just the one change for me with Barkhuizen in for Sibley, who I thought was the most wasteful in the final third last weekend. What more - or less wastefulness - do you expect Barkhuizen to contribute i-Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeds Ram Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 I'd hope for an unchanged formation. Perhaps experiment with Smith in the middle instead of Hourihane and either push him further up as part of the three, dropping sibbo into left mid at the expense of roberts or leave him on the bench entirely. I think we really need to win this one, as i don't fancy our odds against Sheffield Wednesday if they have anything to play for on the final day. Looks like it'll be a full house with Portsmouth bringing a full allocation as well so should make for a cracking atmosphere. Ironic this is our final home game of the league 1 season, doesn't seem so long ago this was the first game of our ill-fated season back in the big time. DesertRam, Ram Logan Josh and ariotofmyown 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 3 minutes ago, Leeds Ram said: I'd hope for an unchanged formation. Perhaps experiment with Smith in the middle instead of Hourihane and either push him further up as part of the three, dropping sibbo into left mid at the expense of roberts or leave him on the bench entirely. I think we really need to win this one, as i don't fancy our odds against Sheffield Wednesday if they have anything to play for on the final day. Looks like it'll be a full house with Portsmouth bringing a full allocation as well so should make for a cracking atmosphere. Ironic this is our final home game of the league 1 season, doesn't seem so long ago this was the first game of our ill-fated season back in the big time. It's got to be the same team and same shape. The balance seems to be there since the change to this formation. Hourihane is in the best form of his season at the moment so it doesn't make sense to put Smith in there instead. Miggins, Premier ram, 1977 Ram Raider and 15 others 7 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImARam2 Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 14 minutes ago, Leeds Ram said: Perhaps experiment with Smith in the middle instead of Hourihane Why would you want to "experiment" now? Hourihane has had two very decent games last week vs Exeter & Burton, and apart from Burton hitting the post and the header over the bar near the end, Derby should have been out of sight by at least three more goals by FT. Two wins with the same players and formation has proven the right balance and should continue. SKRam, Caerphilly Ram, JustOneBiblicalKazim and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldben Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/league-one/derby-county-vs-portsmouth_game_161784.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavesaRam Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 I’ll be back for this one after missing the whupping of Burton because of my son’s wedding. It was brilliant, but he, my daughter and myself all missed being in the Saaarff Stand! See you on Satdee! admira 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeds Ram Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Ghost of Clough said: It's got to be the same team and same shape. The balance seems to be there since the change to this formation. Hourihane is in the best form of his season at the moment so it doesn't make sense to put Smith in there instead. I feel against better teams we still lack the sufficient defensive solidity with both hourihane and bird that may be needed. Once or twice Burton did capitalise on Hourihane's inability to manage the middle when he sat deep and we lost the ball quickly. I think Smith could perhaps add a little extra bit in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinhectoring Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 2 hours ago, roboto said: It'll be an unchanged starting XI unless there's some injuries we aren't currently aware of. Well apparently Curtis was already out of the wheelchair Monday morning and he sheds the zimmer frame tomorrow. He should be fine without a stick on Saturday jimtastic56 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 16 minutes ago, Leeds Ram said: I feel against better teams we still lack the sufficient defensive solidity with both hourihane and bird that may be needed. Once or twice Burton did capitalise on Hourihane's inability to manage the middle when he sat deep and we lost the ball quickly. I think Smith could perhaps add a little extra bit in the middle. Burton had 6 shots in total. 1 - Long shot from 25 yards which dribbled along the floor towards Wildsmith 2 - Davies failed to incept the pass which deflected off Cashin (the shot which hit the post) 3 - Long shot from 30 yards which didn't have enough pace on it to cause real issue. You could argue Hourihane wasn't close enough to his man, but he obviously did enough to make the attacker think a more than hopeful shot was the best option. 4 - Did the freekick from 35 yards count as a shot? 5 - The tame header resulting from the freekick counted as a shot too 6 - Header from a corner which went over the bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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