ilkleyram Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 some good things from this season: we are safe for another year. Another year to look forward to without the premiership nonsense the good run - we played better football during it than we have for many years Alberto Bueno - on form and in the mood he was/is wonderful to watch John Brayford - my player of the season; consistent and good throughout The board - 10/10 for not sacking NC when it would have been easier to do so. It takes balls to ignore the crowd, and better a board with balls than not. Time will tell whether you are right or not. And for holding season ticket prices, yet again. Mr Savage - well done on finding a new career; thank you for your effort and the occasional glimpse that you are a better footballer than your reputation suggests; thank you for showing everyone that skill without effort is a waste of talent. And above all, for at least appearing to enjoy playing professional football for a living Nigel Clough - for dignity throughout and for dragging a performance out of the team when we needed it most (v Swansea). And for your honesty (sometimes too much) Kris Commons - not for going, though that's tempting - but for some moments of sublime skill, for trying a bit harder than before and for the goal against the S**m last year Shaun Barker - for playing through no end of pain/discomfort, I would imagine James Bailey - well done on making the step up. Don't forget that the second season is harder Steve Davis - on coming back from a horrendous injury and consistently trying hard Ben Davies - my goal of the season (so far) Daniel Ayala - he can be good when he's older and if he keeps developing Paul Green - I like having a current international during international weeks. Good luck with the recovery, Greenie. Gordon Guthrie - for another year for the ultimate of all club servants The Club - for all its efforts in the wider community Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Thank you for a positive post! If we were not going to get promoted, building a young squad and cutting the wage bill was a good tactic in my opinion. Lets see how we push on in the summer. COYR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorksopRam Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Makes me wee how all the 'Board Out' Badboys soon crawled away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crozzling Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Makes me wee how all the 'Board Out' Badboys soon crawled away. Are you happy with only just scraping survival at the bottom of the table? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorksopRam Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Are you happy with only just scraping survival at the bottom of the table? No, are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 In my view, the positvies are Brayford, the Oct-Nov form and doing the double over the dirties. Hopefully we can go back to the football we were playing in October November time and mount a decent challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GboroRam Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Are you happy with only just scraping survival at the bottom of the table? If the alternative is not scraping survival, then yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorksopRam Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 If the alternative is not scraping survival, then yes. Yeh, thats what I meant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48 hours Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 some good things from this season: The board - 10/10 for not sacking NC when it would have been easier to do so. It takes balls to ignore the crowd, and better a board with balls than not. Time will tell whether you are right or not. And for holding season ticket prices, yet again. - and for sticking to a very tight budget ! No.1 positive for me - STABILITY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfb Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Positives - at the moment...... we didnt go down! The board offering a cashback deal if we're not happy with the summer signings... lets hope that we are happy, or is that being pessimistic ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asanovic Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 some good things from this season: we are safe for another year. Another year to look forward to without the premiership nonsense the good run - we played better football during it than we have for many years Alberto Bueno - on form and in the mood he was/is wonderful to watch John Brayford - my player of the season; consistent and good throughout The board - 10/10 for not sacking NC when it would have been easier to do so. It takes balls to ignore the crowd, and better a board with balls than not. Time will tell whether you are right or not. And for holding season ticket prices, yet again. Mr Savage - well done on finding a new career; thank you for your effort and the occasional glimpse that you are a better footballer than your reputation suggests; thank you for showing everyone that skill without effort is a waste of talent. And above all, for at least appearing to enjoy playing professional football for a living Nigel Clough - for dignity throughout and for dragging a performance out of the team when we needed it most (v Swansea). And for your honesty (sometimes too much) Kris Commons - not for going, though that's tempting - but for some moments of sublime skill, for trying a bit harder than before and for the goal against the S**m last year Shaun Barker - for playing through no end of pain/discomfort, I would imagine James Bailey - well done on making the step up. Don't forget that the second season is harder Steve Davis - on coming back from a horrendous injury and consistently trying hard Ben Davies - my goal of the season (so far) Daniel Ayala - he can be good when he's older and if he keeps developing Paul Green - I like having a current international during international weeks. Good luck with the recovery, Greenie. Gordon Guthrie - for another year for the ultimate of all club servants The Club - for all its efforts in the wider community Good post. I'd also like to include the emergence of Frank Fielding, who could turn out to be one the best goalkeepers outside the Premier League - certainly based on his outstanding performances for DCFC, I'd rather have him in goal than Daddy's Boy down the 52... Bring on next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Amazing how it is regarded as a good thing that we stayed up, I remember the beginning of the season how so many fans were stating that a mid table finish was a certainty and a promotion push was not out of the question. Taking out a purple patch, this has been a truly dire season, in which both Management and board has contributed, it is a very blinkered view to think otherwise. Time will tell whether we have the team in place to take us forward, I personally do not believe that it will happen, and we will have another season that sees us make a backward or sideways step, I hope to be proved wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastKentRam Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Some people are easily pleased, almost everyone at the start of the season stated that a mid table finish would be satisfactory. Survival is pleasing based on the last couple of months but the bigger picture is that this has been a terrible season where both the board and manager havent performed. There's been plenty of positives as said above, but there's been far more significant negatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Amazing how it is regarded as a good thing that we stayed up, I remember the beginning of the season how so many fans were stating that a mid table finish was a certainty and a promotion push was not out of the question. Taking out a purple patch, this has been a truly dire season, in which both Management and board has contributed, it is a very blinkered view to think otherwise. Time will tell whether we have the team in place to take us forward, I personally do not believe that it will happen, and we will have another season that sees us make a backward or sideways step, I hope to be proved wrong. I will bet you £100 we finish higher than 19th next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asanovic Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Amazing how it is regarded as a good thing that we stayed up, I remember the beginning of the season how so many fans were stating that a mid table finish was a certainty and a promotion push was not out of the question. Taking out a purple patch, this has been a truly dire season, in which both Management and board has contributed, it is a very blinkered view to think otherwise. Time will tell whether we have the team in place to take us forward, I personally do not believe that it will happen, and we will have another season that sees us make a backward or sideways step, I hope to be proved wrong. Who were those supporters? I certainly wasn't one. We have stayed up selling our best striker in August, and one of the most talented players we've had in years half way through the season, without replacing them. It's blinkered to have expected more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smalley Ram Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Amazing how it is regarded as a good thing that we stayed up, I remember the beginning of the season how so many fans were stating that a mid table finish was a certainty and a promotion push was not out of the question. Taking out a purple patch, this has been a truly dire season, in which both Management and board has contributed, it is a very blinkered view to think otherwise. Time will tell whether we have the team in place to take us forward, I personally do not believe that it will happen, and we will have another season that sees us make a backward or sideways step, I hope to be proved wrong. But you can't take out the purple patch as it was part of our season. That argument could be worked the other way - "if you took out the crap patch .... blah blah". We stayed up - there was some good stuff , some brilliant stuff and some crap stuff with the rest being very ordinary. One thing it hasn't been (and rarely is for a Rams fan) is boring. The summer could be an interesting time and I am already looking forward to next season. UTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkRam Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 I've been looking forward to next season since late December Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnClement Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 This sounds like clutching at straws. All teams have enjoyed a lot of good moments or even whole games including the bottom 3, but if you are 19th NOT enough of them and presumably the 18 teams above us have all had more good things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 some good things from this season: we are safe for another year. Another year to look forward to without the premiership nonsense the good run - we played better football during it than we have for many years Alberto Bueno - on form and in the mood he was/is wonderful to watch John Brayford - my player of the season; consistent and good throughout The board - 10/10 for not sacking NC when it would have been easier to do so. It takes balls to ignore the crowd, and better a board with balls than not. Time will tell whether you are right or not. And for holding season ticket prices, yet again. Mr Savage - well done on finding a new career; thank you for your effort and the occasional glimpse that you are a better footballer than your reputation suggests; thank you for showing everyone that skill without effort is a waste of talent. And above all, for at least appearing to enjoy playing professional football for a living Nigel Clough - for dignity throughout and for dragging a performance out of the team when we needed it most (v Swansea). And for your honesty (sometimes too much) Kris Commons - not for going, though that's tempting - but for some moments of sublime skill, for trying a bit harder than before and for the goal against the S**m last year Shaun Barker - for playing through no end of pain/discomfort, I would imagine James Bailey - well done on making the step up. Don't forget that the second season is harder Steve Davis - on coming back from a horrendous injury and consistently trying hard Ben Davies - my goal of the season (so far) Daniel Ayala - he can be good when he's older and if he keeps developing Paul Green - I like having a current international during international weeks. Good luck with the recovery, Greenie. Gordon Guthrie - for another year for the ultimate of all club servants The Club - for all its efforts in the wider community Well posted, Ilkleyram, lets take all of the positives forward to the next season and with the promise of new additions to the squad, take the league by storm. COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 But you can't take out the purple patch as it was part of our season. That argument could be worked the other way - "if you took out the crap patch .... blah blah". We stayed up - there was some good stuff , some brilliant stuff and some crap stuff with the rest being very ordinary. One thing it hasn't been (and rarely is for a Rams fan) is boring. The summer could be an interesting time and I am already looking forward to next season. UTR Your right, you shouldnt, but I was trying to find some positives from the season, the problem is that the crap patch was for the majority of the season, hence why we are as low as we are. This season has been predictable, started the season off well, played some good stuff, then due to both selling players, failing to replace and the lack of investment into a squad resulted in a terrible run, I cannot see how a move backwards on last season can be seen as anything but failure ? Last season we were bemoaning the lack of a striker, this season we have gone backwards at a rate of knots and have lacked cover in many positions, how can people praise the board for this is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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