CBRammette Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 3 hours ago, eddielewis said: From a quick look of their weekend fixture vs Charlton the pitch didn't seem to be in a good condition. Nathan Jones described the pitch as 'rustic at best' and 'they haven't watered it in 8/10 years' and it didn't allow for free flowing football. It definitely got a good watering today! I think this will be trickier than many seem to think after appointing Gary Monk they have steadied -still erratic but beat Wigan and Barnsley recently. And you know Derby....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB83 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 4 hours ago, littleover ram said: Do Cambridge have any kind of footballing rivalry with Oxford? I think they have more Cambridge-Peterborough and Oxford-Reading rivalries… happy to be corrected if I’m wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB83 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 As for the game… we couldn’t beat Cambridge at home, so I have zero confidence that we can beat them away. Same with Carlisle… they’ve already won 3-1 away at both Bolton and Peterborough… I fully expect them to do the same at PP. I’ve been known to be wrong, of course, but… … … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKRam Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Savour it relish it. And enjoy it! (Well the build up at least). Free day, no work, hungover from Friday ale so it’ll be a big build up on the sofa. Someone mentioned open ticket sales for this, hope there’s no bother! SSA Caerphilly Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Wildsmith Nelson Bradley Cashin Wilson Adams Thompson Sibley Bird Collins Mendez-Laing Subs: Vickers, Smith, Hourihane, Barkhuizen, Blackett-Taylor, Waghorn, Washington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 4 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said: Wildsmith Nelson Bradley Cashin Wilson Adams Thompson Sibley Bird Collins Mendez-Laing Subs: Vickers, Smith, Hourihane, Barkhuizen, Blackett-Taylor, Waghorn, Washington I’d go with this but I’d put Thompson ahead of Bird so he can utilise his best attribute - his pressing. I’d also drop Hourihane off the bench for Fornah just to stop Warne putting him on. Has to be tempting to go back to 433 with Barkhuizen fit again and CBT there. Wouldn’t be against that. Dropping Bradley, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BathRam72 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 9 hours ago, Comrade 86 said: There's a Varsity game, but I've not really heard any of the locals talk of rivalry between the two clubs. They hate Swindon though! 🤣 Having lived near Swindon for a good few years, I can see why. Comrade 86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 7 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said: Wildsmith Nelson Bradley Cashin Wilson Adams Thompson Sibley Bird Collins Mendez-Laing Subs: Vickers, Smith, Hourihane, Barkhuizen, Blackett-Taylor, Waghorn, Washington I don't think I'd be dropping Korey Smith anytime soon. He's playing the most effective football of his Derby career. I'd stick with Saturday's line-up, safe in the knowledge that we have potential game changers on the bench. SKRam, DE56Ram, r_wilcockson and 15 others 2 14 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidd10 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 54 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said: Wildsmith Nelson Bradley Cashin Wilson Adams Thompson Sibley Bird Collins Mendez-Laing Subs: Vickers, Smith, Hourihane, Barkhuizen, Blackett-Taylor, Waghorn, Washington What is the thought process on dropping Smith? Very interested to know. McMuffin and r_wilcockson 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 2 minutes ago, Sidd10 said: What is the thought process on dropping Smith? Very interested to know. To get Bird back in the side whilst keeping Adams and Thompson in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapeTownRams Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Surely it can’t and won’t be the third part of the awful away day trilogy after The cobblers and Wycombe !?😳😳 i fear for the worst if I am honest. Small, bobbly, dry pitch. Cambridge scrapping for their lives …. Has all the makings.. Strange thing is that we really in many ways want Cambridge to win mid week and Port Vale to lose as that really guarantees Cambridge survival and then they would maybe be less fired up against us. But then again we need Port Vale to go into their game with Bolton on Saturday not effectively having been already relegated and with something to fight for…..🤷 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McMuffin Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said: To get Bird back in the side whilst keeping Adams and Thompson in there... But our midfield is better than it has been all season with Adams and Smith? leave Bird on the bench! (Or even better in a cage) That way he can’t F it up for us. Can you imagine if he started and we got battered in midfield again. Edited April 16 by McMuffin Hector was the best, David Graham Brown, S8TY and 1 other 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 7 hours ago, DB83 said: As for the game… we couldn’t beat Cambridge at home, so I have zero confidence that we can beat them away. Same with Carlisle… they’ve already won 3-1 away at both Bolton and Peterborough… I fully expect them to do the same at PP. I’ve been known to be wrong, of course, but… … … Football isn’t that straightforward though is it? We couldn’t beat Peterborough, Oxford, Wigan and Charlton at home but we beat them all away. Consequently, whilst I fear a draw, I don’t think there are any grounds to have “zero” confidence that we can beat them purely because we couldn’t beat them at home. Caerphilly Ram, SKRam, FlyBritishMidland and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WystonRam Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 7 hours ago, DB83 said: I think they have more Cambridge-Peterborough and Oxford-Reading rivalries… happy to be corrected if I’m wrong though. Oxford main rivalry is with Swindon Town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Warne pretty much admitted that Bradley‘a inclusion on Saturday was because his coach Matt H had identified a weakness Orient had from corners. Cambridge won’t be as obliging. I’d revert to 4-3-3 Wildsmith Wilson Nelson Cashin Sibley Smith Adams Thompson Barkhuisen Collins Mendez-Laing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 (edited) 8 hours ago, DB83 said: As for the game… we couldn’t beat Cambridge at home, so I have zero confidence that we can beat them away. Same with Carlisle… they’ve already won 3-1 away at both Bolton and Peterborough… I fully expect them to do the same at PP. I’ve been known to be wrong, of course, but… … … That’s the spirit ! Well done that man. Edited April 16 by jono Mimester, WharfedaleRam, Comrade 86 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 Ram Raider Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 37 minutes ago, Tamworthram said: Football isn’t that straightforward though is it? We couldn’t beat Peterborough, Oxford, Wigan and Charlton at home but we beat them all away. Consequently, whilst I fear a draw, I don’t think there are any grounds to have “zero” confidence that we can beat them purely because we couldn’t beat them at home. Exactly Tamworth. Cast your mind back to the Frank season. We lost to the Dirties three times and only beat them once (away). Tamworthram, Patrick Rams and Rammy03 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Dave Mackay's championship season we lost 3-0 at Carlisle who eventually finished bottom. Clough's Derby team were top of the league in September 1969 and subsequently lost away at Sheffield Wednesday, who were bottom. Football has always been inexplicable at times. SKRam and Patrick Rams 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 56 minutes ago, Crewton said: Dave Mackay's championship season we lost 3-0 at Carlisle who eventually finished bottom. Clough's Derby team were top of the league in September 1969 and subsequently lost away at Sheffield Wednesday, who were bottom. Football has always been inexplicable at times. That loss at Sheffield Wednesday was my first away game, travelling in convoy down the M1 on Trent double decker buses. It was the week after we had thrashed Spurs 5-0 Patrick Rams and Crewton 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinhectoring Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 19 hours ago, littleover ram said: Do Cambridge have any kind of footballing rivalry with Oxford? There’s a philosophy football match I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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