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Eíran won the Supporters Clubs Player of the Year trophy tonight. 
Photo courtesy of Jembie. 

Has taken over from Curtis Davies as the player who puts himself on the line game after game, and has Derby County in his heart.
 

It was only last season that a youth sat behind me said to his mate "is that Forsyth? I hate Forsyth, he's always been sh*t". Fozzy wasn't playing.
They walk among us, they really do.....

Irony being that he has made it very clear that he views himself as a champo player and that he didn’t come here to play L1 football all his contract…. And yet if we did get promoted I just don’t think he would be good enough and wouldn’t get game time 🤷

Fozzy came in for the Bolton game and played out of his skin and is simply much better than Bradley and 2 goals don’t change the fact he’s to slow and if we do go up Bradley would get skinned in the Champ.

Fozzy came in for the Bolton game and played out of his skin and is simply much better than Bradley and 2 goals don’t change the fact he’s to slow and if we do go up Bradley would get skinned in the Champ.

Fozzy came in for the Bolton game and played out of his skin and is simply much better than Bradley and 2 goals don’t change the fact he’s to slow and if we do go up Bradley would get skinned in the Champ.

Fozzy came in for the Bolton game and played out of his skin and is simply much better than Bradley and 2 goals don’t change the fact he’s to slow and if we do go up Bradley would get skinned in the Champ.

Something to really look forward to then. 😐

With extra fingers on my webbed hands should be fine!

I don't think he's been slagged off that much but he's been a disappointment given he came from the Championship.   In a back 3 he'd be 5th choice if Fozzy and Nyambe were fit - even on Saturday he didn't look as assured as Nelson and Cashin but he scored two goals and if he did that every week he'd get a free pass for his defensive lapses. 

I know 2 Luton fans, both of whom said 
- thanks for taking him, and
- can't play in a 3 as too slow when he gets pulled out of position.
Seems to have been a mixed bag. Probably ok when we're at home, on the front foot and not much actual defending to do. Otherwise, not so impressive.

You've got bluddy good eyesight! 😂

Forget young player, isn't Cashin one of the highest rated defenders of any age in League One? 

Difficult for me to say C86. I have not watched many of our performances of late, other than highlights, but notwithstanding I wouldn’t hold Paul Warne to account for any specific game in isolation, whether it Wycombe (A), Northampton (A), or Charlton (H). All 3 of them poor performances recently, with vital points lost, when a win could have created real pressure on teams around us.
I think he had really limited options on Wednesday, but part of that I feel is because he ‘breaks’ players. How many players have we had on the treatment table this season with niggling injuries to soft tissue, hamstrings, calf pulls, etc.  He works players too hard in my opinion, prioritising stamina and athleticism over ball retention and passing finesse. Fortunately we have a good, deep squad funded by Clowes, because we need it to cover for the number of injuries that are being sustained. Didn’t I read that he was saying on Tuesday how the players didn’t look right, and how some were jaded on Wednesday evening. I wonder whether he ever thinks it’s because he wears them out with his demands.
I am not a fan of his ‘tactics’ either - conceding midfield and hitting the ball quickly to the wings to get crosses in is ok, if we had a really decent (old fashioned) centre forward to get his head on most of the crosses, and if it wasn’t our only actual tactic (other than loading up at free kicks and corners). Seems to me that when the tactic isn’t working that we just try to do more of the same, but more quickly, with our players treating the football like it’s a hot potato.
In answer to @G STAR RAMand @YorkshireRam being second, per se, is not the problem, and he may well get us up. If he does it would be churlish for me not to say well done, you did your job. The players too. However, he disappoints me as I think we have the best squad overall in the league, and that the league is at its lowest quality for years. When I say in spite of Warne, I mean that I think a decent coach could have got this squad promoted by now, keeping the players fit through better rotation and the use of a few younger lads near the end of games, and playing a better brand of football suiting better the skill set of a number of our players. Rather than having a nail biting finish, we could and should be well clear of the third place team in my opinion.
And that is all it is, my opinion. Not concerned a jot if someone, or everyone, doesn’t agree with it, or doesn’t understand it. Equally I don’t feel the need to strongly debate it either. As you say I have been pretty consistent with my opinion on him since he joined, and I haven’t seen much over the last 18 months that that changes my viewpoint. 
 
 

That big fcker that was playing up front for Wycombe was playing non league until January… he turned our defence inside out on a number of occasions. Just couldnt hit a barn door with his nob in the lock. 

Have you seen some of the striking options we've trotted out?

Rather have him in the squad than Washington tbh.
I know he's still developing but think he'd be a better option 

If he goes 3 at the back at home with sonny bloody Bradley at the back I’ll show that bobble hat up where the sun don’t shine 

Once it’s not working for the wide men, we just don’t know how to change the play to go through the middle. We carry on doing the same patterns over and over. I think Warne doesn’t want touches in midfield in case we lose the ball and it’s 2 v 3. The job of Smith and Adams is to scrap for it and move it wide and not much else. The ball rarely got to Collins from midfield if at all. So predictable. Got to about 65 mins and I just thought we were never gonna score. 

1.26 am just got home after numerous road closures and diversions.
It's hard work sometimes. 

Wouldn't that be just lovely jubbly. A stress free final day of the season, not having to smash Simmo's Carlisle, and best of all, the final day fixture of Peterborough vs Bolton being a dead rubber.
Would it be too much to ask for to be able to then sit back and watch Leeds suffer play off heart ache again (remember the last time 😀😀😀) and Forest to be relegated - on the last day losing at Burnley?

We are in pole position. Embrace the final games, don't cower behind the sofa. 

I just boil it back down to the fact that we'd much rather be in our position than Bolton's or Peterborough's.
We know for a fact that 4 wins from here and we're up regardless of anything they do.
We also have softer fixtures on paper than either of them, with Bolton having Pompey & Peterborough, and Peterborough having Bolton to play and 7 games 21 days.
We'd have gladly taken this position at most points of the season if offered.
C'mon Derby, final push.
 

705 tickets left for Leyton Orient. 6 days to go.
Some extra tickets were added to the North stand yesterday.