Mr Tibbs

Outplayed for 10 minutes. Got into it for 3. They counter and score. Why did Smith seem to totally ignore Chaplin? Why did he choose to go towards a ball he was never ging to get and leave Chaplin in a dream position? After 30 minutes we got into it and played well for the rest of the half.

2nd half we played well. Looked dangerous without really being so, until Cashin nodded home only for the assistant ref to tell the ref he'd seen a foul.... he hadn't and later admitted he was wrong. That goal stands and you've got a totally different game on your hands. A draw or a win may well have been on the cards. They get another counter goal. Why was Smith ambling back rather than sprinting? When he eventually did decide he maybe should have been running rather than dawdling it was too late. 0-2. Played OK the rest of the game but to no avail.

Ipswich are good and are now on 7 wins on the bounce with 0 goals against. No disgrace losing to them but it was so unnecessary. Goals on the counter seem to becoming a habit. We need to rearrange to stop conceding them.

Hate to sound like a broken record but the ref wasn't at all good again and this time it was one of his assistants who pointed out the ghost foul that saw our goal disallowed. Having said that, another ref may have red carded Cash instead of a yellow. The penalty shout when Knight went down was rightly turned down. When Chaplin went down in our box and claimed a penalty should have seen him yellowed for diving. Didzy's yellow was correct as was White's, less sure about Smith's which was, IMO, debatable as a foul. They had 2 booked for time wasting, too little, too late. Clarke might have had a 2nd as well but was let off by the ref and then subbed off to avoid a second. He was off the pitch when he saw he was to be subbed off and should have stayed off and walked round the pitch back to the dugout. Instead he he wandered back onto the pitch at the North end and then took his sweet time walking almost up to halfway, turning right and heading, nice and slowly, to the dugout....

Playoffs are still a possibility but not a great one as we appear to have the hardest of the run-ins. Average League position of our opponents being higher than those of our rivals. If we make the playoffs great. Idem ditto if we win them. IMO we are in profit on the season. My forecast was midtable and anything better would be a welcome bonus. It's bonus time.

Yes Ipswich were dynamic in their approach to the game, they were physically stronger and quicker than us for much of the game. 
The thing the wrist slashers and manager out sections amongst us, seem to be ignoring is the fact we had a perfectly good goal disallowed. How the game would have unfolded at 1-1, no one can say. 
 If we had finished with a one all result, against what some believe to be the best team in the division, how many unused sharp objects would still be safely packed away in the bathroom cabinet
Lets also remember this was against a team that was strengthened in the January transfer window, is on a good run of form and is being predicted by some pundits to be top of the division come the end of the season.
Will the aforementioned sections please sit back and take a moment to reflect on where we as a football club are right now. We could easily not have a club to moan about.
Yes I, like every Derby fan wants to see us play sparkling football, to return to the Championship and higher as quickly as possible. But we are where we are, having to cope with the severe transfer restrictions imposed on upon the club.
For a team that was cobbled together of nothing at the start of the season, has it over or under achieved? 
I'm happy we are even in the mix for the chance of getting promotion. At the start of the season I just hoped we wouldn't be dragged into a relegation dog fight and been content for us to see the season out in mid-table mediocrity. Giving the club time to reorganize after a traumatic few years.

We generally have way more possession than teams we play under Warne. 
I don’t necessarily think that statements true either, given that we concede goals from our own corners! 

I think either style would work if your players apply themselves. We’re way off it. 

Although I rarely contribute to this site, reading some of the post during the last week or so, I was compelled to:
I would like to think I am as passionate a supporter as anyone on this forum, but hopefully are a little more realistic and balanced in my thoughts.
Firstly, thank goodness we still have a Club to support! Only a last minute intervention from David Clowes saved us. He deserves our support and backing for evermore.
From having hardly any players at all, we rapidly accumulated a set of out of contract players, mostly very experienced but ageing on the whole. Well Liam during this time. We started the season with a team which couldn’t have been match fit and started ok but not as we would have hoped, soon falling back on the division leaders points wise with too many draws.
Our saviour decided to make a change by replacing out Temporary Manager with a serial Division One winner in Paul Warne and his team. Probably surprised us all, but we were not blessed with knowing the inside details of the club.
This brought about a change in style, some say “long ball”, I don’t agree. Players certainly got fitter, as demanded to play in the new manager’s style. Who can not support that?
An early Away win followed - rare indeed. Gradually results improved and a tremendous unbeaten run followed where most fans were happy with the style of football, which at times was exhilarating and everyone thinking at least Playoffs were guaranteed.
A few warning signs were there, injuries to Chesters and Davies, players playing unfamiliar roles, Knight/Smith/Sibley etc. McGoldrick a little injury prone but scoring bucket loads at home. Our squad was basically very small, either very young and inexperienced or ageing with great experienced. We were scoring goals and keeping clean sheets, rising up the league but still not really making headway on the leaders.  We started to play some of the leading teams and were all a little shocked at losing at Barnsley having trounced the in the cup. We’ve been in the doldrums since.
Reasons:
Defensively - we have been making mistakes and conceding some soft goals, penalties etc
Midfield - we haven’t got a tackler in there, even Smith, put in there occasionally to add steel, is pretty lightweight. We are getting outfought in there. Despite some silky skills messrs Bird, Hourihan & White are not aggressive or quick enough - circa Ipswich.
Forwards - apart from Dobbin, this is our most ageing part of the team and shows signs of tiredness. We lack pace up front to frighten defences.
Our squad size allows little scope for genuine quality changes.
The January transfer window was disappointing, in not getting at least one more striker (apparently broken promise).
The Manager has tried to remain upbeat in my opinion despite the players performing so well in part of games but slipping away in the remainder. 
The future - we still have a very good chance of making the playoffs - our next few games are all winnable, which will increase our currently low confidence. We also need a bit of luck which has currently deserted us (Ref decisions etc etc). 

Bearing in mind where we started from - potentially no club, 5 players etc - we all ought to count our blessings as to where we are - albeit a little disappointed not to have done better. Are we currently ready to get promoted - probably not. 
I am not expecting the EFL to move their stance on our financial situation thus allowing payment for transfers etc. Our punishment was for 2 years and don’t forget all those creditors who lost money.
I am looking forward to seeing what Paul Warne will do during the summer. He will surely add height, aggression, pace all over the pitch to be able to play the way he wishes. He said Ipswich were the blue print for getting out of Division One - despite a few dark arts - they were good - and if we can play like that I wouldn’t moan.
Summary - regardless of how we finish the season (hopefully well) , let’s all try to be realistic in our views and assessments. Paul Warne deserves the right to produce his own team over a year or so - and even if you can’t support him personally, the support David Clowes decision. He deserves it.

 
 
 
 
 

Not really arsed about the result, expected a defeat and they delivered it. Ipswich were better in the moments that mattered. Can't see anything wrong with Cashin's goal though - be nice if we could get a decision like that in our favour. 
Another midfield better than ours. The question marks get bigger on Knighty, Bird and Smith being "very good" players in this division. When was the last time any of them left their mark on a game in a positive way. Knighty had a great game vs France by all accounts yet plays like that in League One? Somebody make it make sense. Bird looked terrible on the ball. 
Hopefully the clamour on here for Smith in midfield and Rooney at right back slips silently into the night. Exposed and punished again. 
Despite the sloppy start I don't think we were that bad. McGoldrick sorts his 50p head out and the ref/lino get a grip for the corner and who knows what result it ends up. Hopefully the flat track bullies return vs FGR, MK and Burton in the next few - we need it. 
Ipswich were good though - decent away performance. Probably chase the top two at this rate. Their fans were pretty quiet and all stunk of BO when encountered up close though - hopefully don't have to smell them again in the play offs. 

Not really arsed about the result, expected a defeat and they delivered it. Ipswich were better in the moments that mattered. Can't see anything wrong with Cashin's goal though - be nice if we could get a decision like that in our favour. 
Another midfield better than ours. The question marks get bigger on Knighty, Bird and Smith being "very good" players in this division. When was the last time any of them left their mark on a game in a positive way. Knighty had a great game vs France by all accounts yet plays like that in League One? Somebody make it make sense. Bird looked terrible on the ball. 
Hopefully the clamour on here for Smith in midfield and Rooney at right back slips silently into the night. Exposed and punished again. 
Despite the sloppy start I don't think we were that bad. McGoldrick sorts his 50p head out and the ref/lino get a grip for the corner and who knows what result it ends up. Hopefully the flat track bullies return vs FGR, MK and Burton in the next few - we need it. 
Ipswich were good though - decent away performance. Probably chase the top two at this rate. Their fans were pretty quiet and all stunk of BO when encountered up close though - hopefully don't have to smell them again in the play offs. 

We generally have way more possession than teams we play under Warne. 
I don’t necessarily think that statements true either, given that we concede goals from our own corners! 

I think either style would work if your players apply themselves. We’re way off it. 

Not really arsed about the result, expected a defeat and they delivered it. Ipswich were better in the moments that mattered. Can't see anything wrong with Cashin's goal though - be nice if we could get a decision like that in our favour. 
Another midfield better than ours. The question marks get bigger on Knighty, Bird and Smith being "very good" players in this division. When was the last time any of them left their mark on a game in a positive way. Knighty had a great game vs France by all accounts yet plays like that in League One? Somebody make it make sense. Bird looked terrible on the ball. 
Hopefully the clamour on here for Smith in midfield and Rooney at right back slips silently into the night. Exposed and punished again. 
Despite the sloppy start I don't think we were that bad. McGoldrick sorts his 50p head out and the ref/lino get a grip for the corner and who knows what result it ends up. Hopefully the flat track bullies return vs FGR, MK and Burton in the next few - we need it. 
Ipswich were good though - decent away performance. Probably chase the top two at this rate. Their fans were pretty quiet and all stunk of BO when encountered up close though - hopefully don't have to smell them again in the play offs. 

Not really arsed about the result, expected a defeat and they delivered it. Ipswich were better in the moments that mattered. Can't see anything wrong with Cashin's goal though - be nice if we could get a decision like that in our favour. 
Another midfield better than ours. The question marks get bigger on Knighty, Bird and Smith being "very good" players in this division. When was the last time any of them left their mark on a game in a positive way. Knighty had a great game vs France by all accounts yet plays like that in League One? Somebody make it make sense. Bird looked terrible on the ball. 
Hopefully the clamour on here for Smith in midfield and Rooney at right back slips silently into the night. Exposed and punished again. 
Despite the sloppy start I don't think we were that bad. McGoldrick sorts his 50p head out and the ref/lino get a grip for the corner and who knows what result it ends up. Hopefully the flat track bullies return vs FGR, MK and Burton in the next few - we need it. 
Ipswich were good though - decent away performance. Probably chase the top two at this rate. Their fans were pretty quiet and all stunk of BO when encountered up close though - hopefully don't have to smell them again in the play offs. 

This post ☝️ is embarrassing

Last season we were a band of brothers ( and sisters) fighting for the cause.
More people this year expecting glory.

Unfortunately his face will never fit with a lot of the football hipsters, the same hipsters that would most likely have drooled over the appointments of Erikkson and Capello. 

Here we go again. It’s tactics, it’s Warne. You point to a specific game please where the tactics have changed and it’s aligns with Cashin and Fozzy’s downturn in form and our downturn in form. Because I can’t see it.
What I can see is Cashin has been making more mistakes with the ball, his passing long and short has been metronomic, he’s been able to break the lines much as Keogh used to, recently they’ve been cut out, he’s giving the ball away more. He miskicked a couple of times on Saturday. I think his form has dropped but I agree with you his form hasn’t dropped off a cliff he’s still a 6/7 out of 10 not the 7/8 he has been.
To suggest Cashins form is linked to playing a more in your opinion “Warne style” of football - sorry I think your looking for things to fit your Warne narrative. Shrewsbury, Plymouth first half, Saturday first half we had a lot of the football which wouldn’t say to me we’ve made a tactical change to start lumping it.

Hourihane's a weird one. Really frustrating watching him and whoever is his oppo is get dominated despite their talent, but his numbers are fantastic. There's no doubt the quality is there, it's the rest of what he brings where there are question marks for me.
If he plays the remaining 9 games he'll likely be close to 10 goals and should get over 10 assists. Seen nothing from Thommo to suggest he's capable of getting anywhere close to those numbers. I'm all for blooding the youngsters but we've got to have a bit of substance as well. 
Same sort of vein to what Tom Lawrence was for us the last few years. Loads of questions around his general play at times, missing for consecutive games but he would win you a game out of nothing. As miserable as the football and goal scoring was under Wazza, if we didn't have Tom chipping in it would have been even worse. 

Thankfully been out all day so only had to catch up on the petulant rage in here and not live it minute by minute as it happened. 
Biggest take aways; 
Warnes crap for not changing things at HT (when we were putting in one of the best performances of the season away from home). 
Play Rooney and Thommo who have been liabilities more than reliable when playing this season. 
Can’t be arsed to read anymore. This threads a farce. You’d think we’ve actually had a good team and good football to watch for the majority of the past two decades considering the opinions in here. Entitled b*******. 
No doubt Warme and the team can do better. But f****** hell. Have a word.
 
 

Thankfully been out all day so only had to catch up on the petulant rage in here and not live it minute by minute as it happened. 
Biggest take aways; 
Warnes crap for not changing things at HT (when we were putting in one of the best performances of the season away from home). 
Play Rooney and Thommo who have been liabilities more than reliable when playing this season. 
Can’t be arsed to read anymore. This threads a farce. You’d think we’ve actually had a good team and good football to watch for the majority of the past two decades considering the opinions in here. Entitled b*******. 
No doubt Warme and the team can do better. But f****** hell. Have a word.
 
 

In the recent interview in Marketing Derby, which many people will have read, David Clowes said that he hoped to see Derby established in the Championship sometime within the next 5 years.
I don't think therefore that he's basing his plans on instant promotion, and he'll definitely give Warne a full season, so all that fans agitating for change will do is stir up a load of negativity around the club which is entirely uncalled for.

Something needs to change now. Steve McClaren and Chris Martin are getting older every year, and the window is closing on fulfilling my ultimate derby county fantasy 

Thankfully been out all day so only had to catch up on the petulant rage in here and not live it minute by minute as it happened. 
Biggest take aways; 
Warnes crap for not changing things at HT (when we were putting in one of the best performances of the season away from home). 
Play Rooney and Thommo who have been liabilities more than reliable when playing this season. 
Can’t be arsed to read anymore. This threads a farce. You’d think we’ve actually had a good team and good football to watch for the majority of the past two decades considering the opinions in here. Entitled b*******. 
No doubt Warme and the team can do better. But f****** hell. Have a word.
 
 

Thankfully been out all day so only had to catch up on the petulant rage in here and not live it minute by minute as it happened. 
Biggest take aways; 
Warnes crap for not changing things at HT (when we were putting in one of the best performances of the season away from home). 
Play Rooney and Thommo who have been liabilities more than reliable when playing this season. 
Can’t be arsed to read anymore. This threads a farce. You’d think we’ve actually had a good team and good football to watch for the majority of the past two decades considering the opinions in here. Entitled b*******. 
No doubt Warme and the team can do better. But f****** hell. Have a word.
 
 

Thankfully been out all day so only had to catch up on the petulant rage in here and not live it minute by minute as it happened. 
Biggest take aways; 
Warnes crap for not changing things at HT (when we were putting in one of the best performances of the season away from home). 
Play Rooney and Thommo who have been liabilities more than reliable when playing this season. 
Can’t be arsed to read anymore. This threads a farce. You’d think we’ve actually had a good team and good football to watch for the majority of the past two decades considering the opinions in here. Entitled b*******. 
No doubt Warme and the team can do better. But f****** hell. Have a word.
 
 

Thankfully been out all day so only had to catch up on the petulant rage in here and not live it minute by minute as it happened. 
Biggest take aways; 
Warnes crap for not changing things at HT (when we were putting in one of the best performances of the season away from home). 
Play Rooney and Thommo who have been liabilities more than reliable when playing this season. 
Can’t be arsed to read anymore. This threads a farce. You’d think we’ve actually had a good team and good football to watch for the majority of the past two decades considering the opinions in here. Entitled b*******. 
No doubt Warme and the team can do better. But f****** hell. Have a word.
 
 

Thankfully been out all day so only had to catch up on the petulant rage in here and not live it minute by minute as it happened. 
Biggest take aways; 
Warnes crap for not changing things at HT (when we were putting in one of the best performances of the season away from home). 
Play Rooney and Thommo who have been liabilities more than reliable when playing this season. 
Can’t be arsed to read anymore. This threads a farce. You’d think we’ve actually had a good team and good football to watch for the majority of the past two decades considering the opinions in here. Entitled b*******. 
No doubt Warme and the team can do better. But f****** hell. Have a word.
 
 

Thankfully been out all day so only had to catch up on the petulant rage in here and not live it minute by minute as it happened. 
Biggest take aways; 
Warnes crap for not changing things at HT (when we were putting in one of the best performances of the season away from home). 
Play Rooney and Thommo who have been liabilities more than reliable when playing this season. 
Can’t be arsed to read anymore. This threads a farce. You’d think we’ve actually had a good team and good football to watch for the majority of the past two decades considering the opinions in here. Entitled b*******. 
No doubt Warme and the team can do better. But f****** hell. Have a word.
 
 

Looking round here, I think I may have found myself on the entitled Newcastle United fans forum in error.
I’ll try again to find the DCFC fans forum. You know- the one for supporters of the club that nearly went out of business. They had 5 players left. They sold their best up and coming talent. Rooney left them in the lurch. They found themselves in League 1 with a number of young lads and players in their 30s. Somehow, they’re managing to stay in a playoff position despite everything that’s happened. I remember in the 1980s it took two attempts to get out of the ‘3rd division’.
Anyway- I’ll keep searching.