Matchday Thread: Norwich v Rams

[ramAnag]

Well i'm actually going tonight, though with a Canaries fan, so will have to be restrained sitting in the home, so I'm looking forward to a goal fest, 3-2 to Derby!

Have to sit on your hands if that happens, Swale.

[Geoff Parkstone]

?Insance?? Instant or Insane?

Go on?you know you want to.

Take your pick!

[MadAmster]

Wishing you a full and speedy recovery GP.

[swaledale]

Have to sit on your hands if that happens, Swale.

I'll just give a subtle grin!

[Geoff Parkstone]

Have to sit on your hands if that happens, Swale.

At half time all I can say is that Swale has no need to worry about jumping up. A terrible half only cheered by the prospect of Leicester heading to 3rd duvision

[ramAnag]

At half time all I can say is that Swale has no need to worry about jumping up. A terrible half only cheered by the prospect of Leicester heading to 3rd duvision

He might get a game at this rate, GP. Embarrassingly bad so far.

[SithHappens]

Awful 1st half, slightly better 2nd. Looked like to energy had gone out the team. That's it now for play offs barring a miracle.

Another injury, looks like Murkins season will be over.

[MadAmster]

My thoughts...

Lots of players out. More playing with painkillers. One, maybe 2, still ring rusty following long injury layoffs. That thread we're hanging on by, is shredding. A fair few had poor 1st halves. We were better in the 2nd. Almost a carbon copy of the PP game earlier in the season. Changed to 352 at the end. Gave it a real go and came within 2 inches of the equaliser and had some more efforts well saved by their keeper including a double save late on. Our going for it left room for them to exploit as well and they had a couple of decent chances themselves. Poor penalty, good goal plus other chances, we could easily have been 3 down by HT. Really should have had more than just the equaliser in the 2nd half but their keeper earned his corn. Never like losing and I feel we may just have deserved a point last night. It wasn't to be. Onwards and upwards. 2 more games to go. Both opponents are top 9 on current form. Norwich were 7th. Neither game will be easy, especially as, with Murkin looking like he's out for a few weeks, we are down to the bare bones. I hope we don't lose both but, if we did, I'd still be happy with our season.

[MadAmster]

The thughts of a good friend of mine from Stockport...

So, the odyssey nears its end - but what an odyssey. Last night, a microcosm of our season. Outplayed in all departments in the first half by an excellent Norwich side who fully deserved their victory, but our sheer will and bloody mindedness refused to give in, and the group nearly rescued it.
We’ve had a couple of enjoyable seasons this century - 2014 (Bryson, Martin and deforestation), 2019 (Mount, Wilson, Tomori and Elland Road), but this one is one of those I’ll look back on with real joy - a group fighting and giving everything for each other, and their manager. A team, a “family”, a band of brothers - like 1986/7 with Arthur Cox 1995/6 with Jim Smith.
Teams that make you proud to be a Ram.

[ramAnag]

My thoughts...

Lots of players out. More playing with painkillers. One, maybe 2, still ring rusty following long injury layoffs. That thread we're hanging on by, is shredding. A fair few had poor 1st halves. We were better in the 2nd. Almost a carbon copy of the PP game earlier in the season. Changed to 352 at the end. Gave it a real go and came within 2 inches of the equaliser and had some more efforts well saved by their keeper including a double save late on. Our going for it left room for them to exploit as well and they had a couple of decent chances themselves. Poor penalty, good goal plus other chances, we could easily have been 3 down by HT. Really should have had more than just the equaliser in the 2nd half but their keeper earned his corn. Never like losing and I feel we may just have deserved a point last night. It wasn't to be. Onwards and upwards. 2 more games to go. Both opponents are top 9 on current form. Norwich were 7th. Neither game will be easy, especially as, with Murkin looking like he's out for a few weeks, we are down to the bare bones. I hope we don't lose both but, if we did, I'd still be happy with our season.

That’s fair. In truth probably the worst first half performance I’ve seen since…well Norwich at home back in October.
They could, and should, have been out of sight by half time and yet, as you say, we came within inches of an equaliser at the death.
All the signs of a team decimated by injury and running on empty, both in terms of personnel and energy levels and yet still we produced some sort of fight back, albeit ultimately unsuccessfully.

A word about the commentator. Not sure who it was, but repetitive and uninformed are the adjectives which spring to mind. Seemed to revel in our failings, but not one word about the number of absent players or those returning from long term injury. The best commentators do their research, the one yesterday evening hadn’t a clue.