roboto

I just want to nip this in the bud before everyone gets into the habit of getting players' names wrong. For example, Korey-Smith in the match ratings thread...

Sonny Blu (given names) Lo-Everton (surname). So BLE doesn't make sense as an acronym for him. If you were to shorten it to initials then SBLE, but I personally think it's easier to just write Sonny, as we're unlikely to have anyone else at the club with that first name.

Harry. Fecking. Maguire…

Did they confirm which players we had to sell the sell-on clauses for? Kaide Gordon and another?

1 minute ago, kevinhectoring said:

Would love to see something like this. Only qn is whether Curtis is fit enough 

The centre of a back 3 is usually the one that needs to do the least running. Someone that can command the line and use experience to make blocks and head away long balls and crosses. Cashin has the energy to be more mobile on that left side (Roberts and Fozzy also fit this position. I'm more concerned about Chester's fitness, but hopefully he can get up to speed quickly and do a job. Stearman and Rooney as cover on the right side.

If he sets up 3-1-4-2 like he has with Rov'rum recently then I'd like to see one of Smith or Bird as the solo CDM (Smith when physicality is needed, Bird if we want someone to play the QB role) then pair Knight with Hourihane/Sibley further ahead.

I still think our squad is more suited to a 3-4-2-1 with Sibley and McGoldrick behind Collins for the attack. I'm excited to see what this new chapter will be like.

Hopefully PW can hit the ground running and put some people's minds at ease with regards to his tactics.

Yes, Rotherham did play long ball when he first started, but it seems as though he was phasing that out as he built his squad and acquired better quality players. With the team he has here then I hope he gets the tactics right to suit their skill levels.

Being a former fitness coach, I hope it sees the team being able to put in high quality performances for the full 90 mins.

15 hours ago, David said:

Taking the player off was the sensible choice which I would like to think most managers would have taken, not to discredit Rooney here, it’s just common sense for the players safety.

Last thing you want is a player that feels like he has been racially abused going 2 feet into a challenge with the guy breaking his leg in anger. 

I do wonder if we will see players mic’d up further down the line, something small around the shirt collars to be used in evidence for situations like this and communications with the ref. 

Pushed through a respect the ref initiative.

I don’t know, might sound crazy now, but 15 years ago imagine if someone had suggested the use of VAR to look at goals.

It's not a crazy idea, pretty sure the technology is there that won't obstruct the player at all. Perhaps the device can be fitted within the stats tracking units that all players wear these days (in the back of the shirts or with those sports bra style tops).

6 hours ago, YouRams said:

Fingering 

I guess now everything is on the internet you don’t need to go fingering through the yellow pages or flicking through the Thomson local for the number of some good company…

I think Rosenior spoke about using a 3-box-3 (basically a hipster name for 3-4-3) when Rooney first got the job permanently. It wouldn’t surprise me if he gives this formation a go from the start of our next match.

Wildsmith

Chester    Davies    Cashin 

NML    Knight    Hourihane    Barks

Mcgoldrick    Sibley

Collins

Chester and Cashin would need to cover some wide areas and NML and Barkhuizen would need to be able to work hard in defence and attack.

Knights energy in the double pivot with Hourihane should get the best out of both of them with Bird  coming on to replace any of the midfield four and Knight moving to cover where needed. Smith also could fit in any position in the four and offer some physicality.

McGoldrick and Sibley would be a nightmare to defend against with Collins being a focal point. Dobbin could also play in either of these slots.

C’mon Liam. Give this one a shot.

1 hour ago, Ghost of Clough said:

For those slating Bird, these are the player rating at the time he was subbed off.

This is where we’re going wrong tactically. The arrow is pointing to our goal!

Yes Conor!

Love some of the earlier comments about taking him off. The guy is like Lawrence, frustrating but can change a game with a single kick 

3 at the back?

Barkhuizen and Robert’s as wing backs?

McGoldrick leading the line with Sibley?

I can’t work it out

1 hour ago, Sparkle said:

Last night the EFL and premiership were discussing cancelling all games in the next ten days - it’s not like this sort of thing happens often 

Hopefully after they judge the mood around the weekend cancellations, they'll not bother cancelling games for the next week too.

My FPL team was having a bit of an injury crisis, so this could help.

But realistically, they shouldn't be cancelling all these events. This season is already messed up enough with the World Cup in the wrong place (geographically and seasonally).

People are going to work as normal today. Kids are in schools as normal. Why should sports events be cancelled this weekend?

I understand halting some stuff yesterday when the news dropped, but UEFA matches still went ahead without issue.

Horse racing postponed today along with the test match. Also the last 3 stages of the Tour of Britain have been cancelled. A lot of money down the drain the event organisers and those working within the sports that have been cancelled, and the change of plans to the fans and spectators who won't be able to change bookings at the drop of a hat.

Limited edition. If you got them you are lucky ? 

Sibley found his way inside more often than not and fozzy covered the left wing area.

Sibley did show flashes, running through three fouls at one point, but not enough.

Im not trying to single him out and I agree with those that say dobbin should’ve come on instead of Thommo at that point in the match. But this is all in hindsight, and we move on.

10 hours ago, MackworthRamIsGod said:

The Substitutions were wrong also. He brings Sibley on, but leaves no one up front for him to play off.

Collins was still up top when Sibley came on, then Osula came on to replace Collins a little while later.

The substitutions weren’t great but I don’t think we can let Sibley off the hook because of formation. McGoldrick was simply much more effective today and we lost control of the midfield when he went off. Sibley should’ve been an outlet for the midfield, but was ineffective once again.

Thompson had a nightmare and I feel that Rooney is currently a better option for DM cover on current form as well as being more imposing physically.

Those first two subs (Sibley and Thompson) were the turning point in my opinion.

I think it’s been mentioned already, but the first two subs from us totally changed the game (for the wrong reasons for us).

McGoldrick was bossing it and Hourihane doesn’t work well in that position.

Sibley (out of position etc etc…) wasn’t as effective as he had been recently and Dobbin was brought on too late.

Hope LR learns from this one. It stings, but we have a lot of games left and with Collins now finding the net and Didzy getting fitter we will bounce back next time.

4 minutes ago, Bris Vegas said:

Plymouth are the best side we have played this season. They’ve arguably looked the more threatening.

Yet we are 2-0 up.

Weird.

 

They aren’t parking the bus like some of our other opponents have and we’ve moved quicker in transition. Perhaps the quality and experience of McGoldrick is helping the midfield work together.

12 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said:

It's about opinions and you're entitled to think this. Just as I'm entitled to mine (and naturally believe I'm right). I'm furious the person I consider our best player and the player, if the manager believed in him, who could be the best midfielder outside the Prem by the end of the season, is again the first and easiest person for the manager to drop. Absolutely furious.

Great we're winning. But that doesn't make it the right decision.

I understand that you are infatuated with Louie, but Derby County is a team and the squad are working together well so far (with or without your beloved Sibbo on the pitch).

Its boring reading every post from you mention what we all know you think about Sibley and some of your recent ramblings regarding Rosenior’s choices are just making some readers like me ignore the posts of someone who I think was once a thoughtful and insightful poster on here.

Give it a rest for a bit. We know your feelings on the situation. If we lose a few where Sibley could’ve made a difference then you can tell us all that you were right all along.

7 hours ago, roboto said:

Todays the day. Collins getting his first goal for us.

I can feel it in me bones.

Think Carlos Richards is going to be more involved with u21 and first team squad this year.

Todays the day. Collins getting his first goal for us.

I can feel it in me bones.

38 minutes ago, sage said:

Would Delap and Gordon have wanted to leave if the club was being run properly. 

Delap left while we were in a great position with the academy. The lure of Man City was too good for him to turn down.

Kaide also left while the academy was in good shape, and has seen his brother come through and then settle into a lower league team, so probably thought it would be beneficial to make a move to a top academy team to see if it helped his career progress even further.

1 hour ago, sage said:

We did develop our own but had to sell off the family silver to pay the bills. 

We may not see an academy player break into the first team for a few years. 

Point 1 - The players we have lost from the academy, that were around the first team, were players we had got from other teams quite recently and we didn't really do too much with their development. I think Festy was the longest serving player from the academy who left this summer. We couldn't stop the sale of Kaide Gordon or Liam Delap due to the nature of how the youth system and contracts currently work, but they also both left before we were in admin.

Point 2 - We've got academy players on the cusp currently. Darren Robinson being the most prominent, but Carlos Richards and Bartosz Cybulski have been involved with the first team this season and Ola Ibrahim and Osazee Aghatise are there or thereabouts with their development too. We don't have a lot of players at academy level at the moment so I do expect the recruitment team to actively be looking for players to add to these squads through the season to help bolster, and hopefully we can give a chance to the next Plange/Ebiowei too. Jake Rooney looks to be a signing with this in mind. Signed and announced for u21s, but he's looked ready for first team football each time he's had his opportunity.