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35 minutes ago, Rizlar said:

Must be missing something as I thought if you was a so called professional footballer the minimum requirement is that you can pass a ball , cross a ball and tackle but hey ho you always no best ?

i dunno why youve used a question mark

though if you think any players in division 3 cant do that, you're cracked

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11 minutes ago, Casino said:

bradley was only preston standard according to quite a few on here

Even you must admit that recruitment has been very poor recently. We needed to strengthen in January for this season and we have gone backwards. 
 

It’s looking like playoff at best now

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10 minutes ago, Whitestar said:

Would reaching the play off final be seen as progress?

Obviously, as it would be one step further than last season.

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34 minutes ago, Whitestar said:

Would reaching the play off final be seen as progress?

Marginal, but yes. I doubt it'd be seen as enough progress by many, though.

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Our defence is under pressure as we quite simply do not convert enough chances/half chances. Mcginlay alluded to it at the end of half time, apparently we shouldn't have been 3 up. Their goals, yes the first  a keeper error, but wonderful finishes, especially the second.

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1 hour ago, Whitestar said:

Would reaching the play off final be seen as progress?

I'm sure some would, but not anyone with any sense who can see what's put before them.

Performances improved, slightly; potential of the squad met, nowhere near.

Same issues as we have always had under Evatt:

• High possession rarely translates into multiple chances in a game. Risk v reward just isn't there in the way we play.

•Got a soft under belly and don't perform in big games.

•Too fixated on 3-5-2 even though more and more teams seem to be able to nullify us with ease.

•Flat track bullies, one trick ponies.

•Rarely the same level of performance for 90 mins, games fluctuate wildly.

I have completely focussed on the negatives on purpose, and I know Evatt has lots of positives too!. However all the above will be forgotten if we go up, and they won't if we don't, simple as.

The pressure and criticism will magnify next season if we're still in Third division as continue making same mistakes in formation, tactics and individual errors as we have this season., despite being 3rd. I'm not sure IE has as thick a skin as he likes to profess. 

I think an opportunity missed was the new coach, I really think we needed an experienced coach who had worked at a higher level to help IE out.

 

 

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3 hours ago, Cheese said:

All of our wing backs can pass a ball, cross a ball, and tackle, you drama queen.

Cheese be very careful slagging people off it is not called for I never slag anybody off as everybody is allowed an opinion wether you disagree or not !

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4 minutes ago, Rizlar said:

Cheese be very careful slagging people off it is not called for I never slag anybody off as everybody is allowed an opinion wether you disagree or not !

I'm not slagging you off, you bloody drama queen. Just pointing out your ridiculous exaggeration. Of course our Wing Backs can pass/cross the ball and put a tackle in. I am allowed to disagree with your opinion, especially if it's ridiculous.

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2 hours ago, Casino said:
1 minute ago, Cheese said:

I'm not slagging you off, you bloody drama queen. Just pointing out your ridiculous exaggeration. Of course our Wing Backs can pass/cross the ball and put a tackle in. I am allowed to disagree with your opinion, especially if it's ridiculous.

You never learn do you !

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40 minutes ago, nantwichwhite said:

Our defence is under pressure as we quite simply do not convert enough chances/half chances. Mcginlay alluded to it at the end of half time, apparently we shouldn't have been 3 up. Their goals, yes the first  a keeper error, but wonderful finishes, especially the second

We aren't taking enough chances recently you could argue, but we've still scored 66 goals this season (same as derby, 1 less than Barnsley). It's in the top 5 in the league. Generally we take our chances. And anyway not taking enough chances does not account for the amount of goals conceded. The defense aren't under a lot of pressure. No more than they have been at any point this season. We are just making more individual errors, and not defending well enough as a team. We've conceded 42 goals this season. (Derby 33, Portsmouth 31). Scoring goals isn't the issue. Conceding silly ones has been. 

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2 hours ago, RUREADY2ROLL said:

Even you must admit that recruitment has been very poor recently. We needed to strengthen in January for this season and we have gone backwards. 
 

It’s looking like playoff at best now

signings have been fine

if we have gone backwards, its because we have lost player after player to injury

for some perspective, im pretty sure you (and youre not alone) have never had a good word for williams and victor, yet we were sitting nicely in the league

if, as you would argue, they were being carried by others, is it any fucking surprise that when the others (the carriers) are missing the team looks to have got worse

 

fwiw, baxter, who i knew was fantastic for this level, has been the biggest issue by a long way

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Dont think theres anything wrong with our wing backs.

Our problems are stupid mistakes that are costing us goals and having 4 strikers on the books that dont score any goals.

Bod is crap. Vic is crap. Jerome is 95 and Collins is here to be a link up man. Trouble is hes linking up to utter shite.

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50 minutes ago, Arrested development said:

We aren't taking enough chances recently you could argue, but we've still scored 66 goals this season 

we really should be at least 10 more than that

3 or 4 in the last couple of games :)

i made the point that saturdays first should have been little more than consolation and its not colemans fault that it wasn't

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2 minutes ago, Casino said:

we really should be at least 10 more than that

3 or 4 in the last couple of games :)

i made the point that saturdays first should have been little more than consolation and its not colemans fault that it wasn't

You are right in some ways but Coleman has played 9 games in at least 4 of those - Northampton, Wycombe, Blackpool and Exeter has come flying off the line and ended up in no man's land. Having a keeper that does that affects the defence.

At Blackpool the fact we only scored 1 first half but missed 3 or 4 sitters gets forgotten in the shambles second half. 
 

The fact is that Baxter is a great keeper for this level (although he had plenty knocking him early season) so losing him was never going to be easy, the fact the injury came as linesman delayed flag is just annoying.

However  for next couple of weeks Coleman is our best option, he has also made some great saves (as he did at Blackpool and Wigan) the level of abuse on social media and a lesser extent on here is fucking pathetic. Holding polls on Facebook to chose who plays Saturday ??? FFS it is not the X Factor. 

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59 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Do you honestly believe none of our Wing Backs can pass a ball?

That’s better Cheese see being civil is nice I shall explain I am wrong to say they cannot pass as we are the best team in the league at the chuckle brothers pass to me to you over 2 - 3 yards what I should have stated the final ball in the last third at best is poor . 
Williams is quick can score the odd goal and take a throw in but defending he’s poor he looks frightened to put a foot in as for Ogbeta not seen enough of him but what I have seen his final pass isn’t the best. 
Ashworth is the best of a poor bunch at least he can tackle and scores the odd goal and his final ball is better than the others! 

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1 minute ago, Rizlar said:

That’s better Cheese see being civil is nice I shall explain I am wrong to say they cannot pass as we are the best team in the league at the chuckle brothers pass to me to you over 2 - 3 yards what I should have stated the final ball in the last third at best is poor . 
Williams is quick can score the odd goal and take a throw in but defending he’s poor he looks frightened to put a foot in as for Ogbeta not seen enough of him but what I have seen his final pass isn’t the best. 
Ashworth is the best of a poor bunch at least he can tackle and scores the odd goal and his final ball is better than the others! 

Ashworth went from nowhere near the team to a promising new comer , scoring and taking decent corners to back out of the squad very quickly. 3rd or even 4th choice. Not sure why. 

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3 minutes ago, Ani said:

Ashworth went from nowhere near the team to a promising new comer , scoring and taking decent corners to back out of the squad very quickly. 3rd or even 4th choice. Not sure why. 

Agree don’t understand unless he’s been injured . 

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18 minutes ago, Ani said:

Having a keeper that does that affects the defence.

 

spot on, completely agree

i like iredale so not picking him out, but im fairly sure his reaction to their first was - what the fuck is he doing out there

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2 minutes ago, Casino said:

spot on, completely agree

i like iredale so not picking him out, but im fairly sure his reaction to their first was - what the fuck is he doing out there

And rightly so.

They kick off and the ball is in our net 8 seconds later.
Diagonal to their left wing, Jones gets nowhere near the header, Toal wasn't awake to the run in behind him, so Coleman (wrongly) decided the best plan was to run towards the striker.

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