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2019:2020 POTY was Matthew Clarke!!?? I can’t remember him or even that happening. That’s really blindsided me. All the others: Shinnie, Vydra, Hughes, Keogh etc I remember why and how they were the voted for a good season - but can’t even remember him as a derby player. Weird. im going for Nelson. Solid as several rocks. Not a foot wrong all season

I was sat in the east stand towards the north end - in line with our back 4 in the second half - and it was a joy to watch As most others have said Cashin and Foz were amazing. Mopped up everything and read the game brilliantly. I felt we invited more pressure than was healthy, but my god they dealt with it. Cash revving up the crowd in the last 10 mins was immense. Felt like 32,000 voices singing was double the sound of the normal 27k. What a noise. What a buzz. cacophinous and raw. Brilliant. At the time, really questioned bringing on Smith for Gayle when we had Waghorn on the bench but that actually gave us our best run of play for the last 20 minutes of the 1st half. Felt like we were on top. The 3 subs at half time seemed to disrupt that a bit, but apparently for precautious reasons. So if you think about it, we had 4 injury subs in the 1st half and still won the game in the 2nd. That’s the kind of thing promotion winners do. 🐏

What formation are we playing?

I don’t know how to phrase or suggest this without seeming like I’m trying to damn with faint praise or imply a negative that could still come right/bear fruit, but… Sibley? As our Lynchpin attacking threat.. I started this season with that feeling I usually get with a couple of players every season and that’s: give him a run of 10 games and he’ll come good/light up/become the messiah/save the day etc I feel like that moments passed for me for Sibs. I know he’s not had a consistent run in a specific role, but, he’s not shown enough. I kinda see why he’s not the first name on the team sheet. Whereas before I was just hoping he would grow in confidence game by game and become our mbappe or something. feels like the dream has died, for me at least anyway. however - his best (and most consistent) spell was arguably at left back and now he has a chance to light it up there i see why we can’t just drop elder after one average game where he dropped a massive clanger. But maybe Sibley is the left back we’ve been waiting for? Fozzys true heir?? I dunno it’s Wednesday and I’m drinking rhubarb gin

Also, why does Barks always look like he needs a good steak, some broccoli and a sun bed! Get the lad to Hoar X hall tout suite (and yes the ‘tout suite is not their honeymoon suite!!)

Yeah. Agree with that I don’t understand why we can’t just shake up the attacking play just sometimes and play to feet through the middle. With bird and Tommo etc we have players that could do it not every attack- just sometimes

I actually think Burton deserve a bit of credit theyre certainly not the worst team we’ve played against elder has some responsibility for their second goal but it takes skill to score those having just come on on you’re debut and Seddon was a nuisance and took his goal well they didn’t really offer much other than that - although defended well at times nothing more than an average league one team, but in such a bad league this year they could’ve been worse

Someone help me out here every game we play ok and some not bad stuff for first half normally scare the bejeezus out of the opposition full backs with pace and power pepper them with endless crosses roughly 30% of which amount to something then we switch off between minutes 55 and 75 then pepper them some more most of the time it comes off sometimes it doesn’t is that pretty much ‘warne ball’? Every game the same pattern of play? rinse wash repeat is that the game plan?

Also- Sonny Bradley having his best game in a rams shirt

Don’t want to be damning with faint praise because that was a markedly better performance than many this season. We seemed to be coherent, attacking and defending as a unit and players were doing their individual jobs well. but Exeter were pap. we should be putting a sword to teams like that. Glad we did. Under the circumstances that was 2 feet in the right direction. Just need to maintain that now and we’ll be happier fans and picking up points.

Has anything been said officially by RD or Ed as to how long he’s going to away from commentary for? Has he left totally or just taking time out? Hopes he's well. No disrespect to Dom, but I miss him

I’ve been pretty patient so far. ’give him til Christmas’ ‘new team with injuries needs time’ but after a 2 week break with players back and fit and still we can’t pull a decent performance together I am starting to lose faith. the fundamental point is, with the players we have, we should be really tonking very average league one teams. maybe not winnng every game. But certainly not losing and playing badly. does feel a bit end of Clough/start of Mac 1 territory i kinda hope Warne pulls it around but it does, right now, feel like he’s not got any answers.