Heisenberg Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 (edited) Saturday 17th February 2024. 3pm kick-off. Back on home soil as we look to stretch the unbeaten run to 5 games. I fancy Barkuizen to come back into the starting 11 for this one off the back of him scoring last night. Hopefully Collo’s knee(?) isn’t too sore and he’s passed fit enough to feature. Another 3 points on the board would do just nicely! UTR! 🐏 Edited February 14 by Heisenberg Title change SKRam, angieram, Caerphilly Ram and 5 others 2 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram a lamb a ding dong Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Uninspiring 0-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BramcoteRam84 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Buoyed by the positive performance and result last night, think we’ll see largely the same team and we’ll have a positive result, and hopefully a good performance like last night although Stevenage will make this one ugly game of football Comrade 86 and Ellafella 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blondest Goat Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 We've got better players than stevenage so let's set the team up to take the game to them and outplay them. None of this setting up to counter their threat or getting drawn into a battle with them. S8TY, DavesaRam, Grumpy Git and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Wildsmith Wilson Nelson Cashin Elder Bird Adams Hourihane Mendez-Laing Collins Barkhuizen Subs: JThompson, Bradley, Ward, Sibley, Smith, Thompson, Blackett-Taylor BramcoteRam84, DerbyAleMan, DiggerB and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inter politics Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Quite a physical side so wouldn't surprise me if Bradley plays. Is Nyambe okay? whiteroseram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 46 minutes ago, Blondest Goat said: We've got better players than stevenage so let's set the team up to take the game to them and outplay them. None of this setting up to counter their threat or getting drawn into a battle with them. I think we'll have to battle with them mate. I don't think we'll have a deal of choice as if we don't at least front up and earn the right to play our football, then this will likely go the same way as the last time we met. That said, I'm hopeful that'll not be the case as we are a slightly different team and we will know what we need to do. In all honesty, I'm just hoping the officials will not allow this to descend into a free-for-all where we get kicked all over the park. We don't seem to get much protection, do we, so while I agree that we can play better than Stevenage, I suspect this will be about who wants the most and I doubt it'll be easy on the eye. Caerphilly Ram, Blondest Goat, jono and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerbyAleMan Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ghost of Clough said: Wildsmith Wilson Nelson Cashin Elder Bird Adams Hourihane Mendez-Laing Collins Barkhuizen Subs: JThompson, Bradley, Ward, Sibley, Smith, Thompson, Blackett-Taylor Spot on unless Nyambe is fit, lets go 433, and play them off the park, we have enough to get the 3 points, and us as fans need to stay with them, as Stevenage will come and try to upset us, and play the dark arts, so patience could be required, but if we get a early break through, don't be surprised if we don't get another 3-0 victory. Edited February 14 by DerbyAleMan Comrade 86, Caerphilly Ram, SKRam and 2 others 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 1 hour ago, Ghost of Clough said: Wildsmith Wilson Nelson Cashin Elder Bird Adams Hourihane Mendez-Laing Collins Barkhuizen Subs: JThompson, Bradley, Ward, Sibley, Smith, Thompson, Blackett-Taylor This, unless Nyambe is fit DerbyAleMan, Caerphilly Ram, Ghost of Clough and 1 other 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerphilly Ram Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 41 minutes ago, DerbyAleMan said: Spot on unless Nyambe is fit, lets go 433, and play them off the park, we have enough to get the 3 points, and us as fans need to stay with them, as Stevenage will come and try to upset us, and play the dark arts, so patience could be required, but if we get a early break through, don't be surprised if we don't get another 3-0 victory. I was thinking earlier the crowd could have a huge part to play on Saturday, not that it doesn’t normally, but against a side known for their strong arm approach I think backing the lads throughout AND applying pressure if and when the ref inevitably doesn’t protect our players will be even more necessary jono, SKRam, Comrade 86 and 3 others 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavesaRam Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 I'm looking forwards to the difference Adams will make until the ref sets out to book him for daring to bring a bit of steel into our midfield, whilst allowing Stevenage to wander around whacking us with lead pipes. I am expecting this to be really ugly, but look to a touch of class here or there to swing the match in our favour. Decent match officials would be nice, but we've had one set this season already, so that's that then. whiteroseram, DB83, SKRam and 3 others 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 As we near the business end of the season, with 14 games to go, the path to automatics is becoming more distinct: win 11 and we're likely promoted; win 10 and it's very much in the balance; win 9 and it's the playoffs for us. Those 14 games are split 8 home and 6 away: H Stevenage A Barnsley H Charlton H Port Vale A Bristol Rovers H Reading H Bolton A Northampton H Blackpool A Portsmouth A Wycombe H Orient A Cambridge H Carlisle We used up one life last Saturday by only drawing at home to Shrewsbury. If we want automatic promotion, in this mediocre division draws are effectively defeats unless playing Bolton or Portsmouth. For this match we need to step it up in home, as we should be hoping/expecting to win 7 out of the 8 remaining home games, and then 4 out of the 6 remaining away games. It isn't quite "must-win" but it very nearly is. Let's hope the crowd gets behind the lads, and the lads give the crowd strong reason to get behind them. Come on you Rams! Hector was the best, Ram@Lincoln, I know nothing and 4 others 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellafella Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 (edited) 4 hours ago, BramcoteRam84 said: Buoyed by the positive performance and result last night, think we’ll see largely the same team and we’ll have a positive result, and hopefully a good performance like last night although Stevenage will make this one ugly game of football Precisely; with Steve Evans as Bandit Tuco… Edited February 14 by Ellafella Comrade 86, BramcoteRam84 and SKRam 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gee SCREAMER !! Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 1 hour ago, Caerphilly Ram said: I was thinking earlier the crowd could have a huge part to play on Saturday, not that it doesn’t normally, but against a side known for their strong arm approach I think backing the lads throughout AND applying pressure if and when the ref inevitably doesn’t protect our players will be even more necessary I don't think the players do this enough themselves. Roll around a bit more to get a couple of early yellows, then a bit of handbags and some ref screaming in a pack of 4 for the next foul can be vital. The refs are that bad you have too force your own decision in this league. Been on the end of far too many awful reds dodgy penos and undeserved bookings to not play the game over the last 3rd of the season. Caerphilly Ram, DavesaRam, Carl Sagan and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 1 hour ago, Carl Sagan said: As we near the business end of the season, with 14 games to go, the path to automatics is becoming more distinct: win 11 and we're likely promoted; win 10 and it's very much in the balance; win 9 and it's the playoffs for us. Those 14 games are split 8 home and 6 away: H Stevenage A Barnsley H Charlton H Port Vale A Bristol Rovers H Reading H Bolton A Northampton H Blackpool A Portsmouth A Wycombe H Orient A Cambridge H Carlisle We used up one life last Saturday by only drawing at home to Shrewsbury. If we want automatic promotion, in this mediocre division draws are effectively defeats unless playing Bolton or Portsmouth. For this match we need to step it up in home, as we should be hoping/expecting to win 7 out of the 8 remaining home games, and then 4 out of the 6 remaining away games. It isn't quite "must-win" but it very nearly is. Let's hope the crowd gets behind the lads, and the lads give the crowd strong reason to get behind them. Come on you Rams! Mendez said something in his interview about being set a target of 10 wins, I think? Carl Sagan and Caerphilly Ram 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 14 minutes ago, angieram said: Mendez said something in his interview about being set a target of 10 wins, I think? Weird thing for him to say especially publicly. The target should be 14 wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiggerB Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 2 hours ago, angieram said: Mendez said something in his interview about being set a target of 10 wins, I think? Wasn’t that 10 goals, 10 assists for the season Angie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram@Lincoln Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 37 minutes ago, DiggerB said: Wasn’t that 10 goals, 10 assists for the season Angie? Right at the start, "All we can do is keep winning. The gaffer's given us a target of 10 wins and that's another one ticked off." Which suggests that Exeter wasn't the first win of the 10 targetted by Warne. SKRam, DiggerB and angieram 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKRam Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 13 minutes ago, Ram@Lincoln said: Right at the start, "All we can do is keep winning. The gaffer's given us a target of 10 wins and that's another one ticked off." Which suggests that Exeter wasn't the first win of the 10 targetted by Warne. Mention for how good the pitch was to play on too…..hint for Pride Park improvement please I’m sure. Grumpy Git 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerphilly Ram Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 (edited) What are you doing to me @Owen87ITK?! 😭 Edited February 15 by Caerphilly Ram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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