derbydaz22

I think midfield should be the priority.
Bird’s contract is running down and he is potentially on the way out and Smith and Hourihane are fading fast and can’t perform consistently at the level required, only really when the opposition’s tactics and the playing conditions are favourable.
Fornah, Thompson, Fapetu and Robinson are good prospects for the future, but we need a player to come in and hit the ground running.

Striker, left winger and a Hourihane replacement. If we can do that, we have a proper chance. 

Striker has to be top priority especially after losing wash to injury. Collins does an ok job in my opinion and not as bad as some make out, but an upgrade on him is needed to push on. Probably need 2 strikers now (with loans if needed) with wash out for a long period and JJs injury record. We also need a combative and mobile midfielder, someone who would compliment both Bird and Fornah.
If we can start to dominate the midfield area along with a striker with real presence I think we could easily make the automatics😊
Another wide player in the mould of NML would be nice and got to remember we’ve seen virtually nothing of Ward yet or Elder to cover the left back area.

If we can keep this run going mate then playing well and dominating games should soon become the norm

This appears to be a positive spin on the situation post, have I logged on to the right forum this morning? 🤨

I love lists like this, thanks for compiling. 
My hope is Stevenage and Oxford will fade - the latter in particular are suffering from losing a good manager. In that respect, other top 8 teams who play them now may have the advantage over us.
I just want Stevenage to fade because I don't like their playground bully persona! 
The rest appear to be in and around it on merit so our biggest advantage is that they'll be taking points off each other over the next few weeks. 
We have to keep winning to capitalise on this. 

We should be doing better and the fact we are 6th shows just how poor this year's league 1 is...Stevenage and Oxford above us.
But, credit where it is due, Warne has managed to claw us back into 6th with a real shot at top 2, with a decent run of games approaching, let's just hope he manages to keep it going.
 

A good post and the difference in terms of Derby are we have managed to get 2 more wins out of potential draws the losers are the same.
I do feel this season the league does feel easier and if we do not gain promotion it would be a massive blow to be honest

Best post in this thread!!

Just because we're winning doesn't mean we can't improve. Did you call Pep silly for signing Haaland? They'd already won the league.

Did I call him silly? So you think we are playing well and dominating games because I don’t. Silly me.

Did I call him silly? So you think we are playing well and dominating games because I don’t. Silly me.

Listen up everyone! We need the all the positivity you can muster on Saturday. We need a sea of black and white and strong voices. If it ain’t going our way, get behind the lads and build them back up! Bring all the B4 energy. Wave the scraves and flanges. Sing your hearts out and clap until your hands sting in the 38th minute.
COME ON YOU RAMS!!!!!!  WE ARE DERBY, SUPER DERBY, SUPER RAMS!!!!!
YOU ARE OUR B4 OUR ONLY B4!!!!!! 

It’s like saying Man City would struggle with the team they have in league one. 
 
We’re playing football not rugby. Get it on the floor, pass it around and create opportunities to score. Football is simple. 

Yes. We've seen plenty.

Get him in the concourse then 🤣

To be fair Weston's been training all week. He can now serve a Balti Pie and a White Coffee in under a minute.

Inside if its raining.

They're really not are they. Not wanting to spend another year in this turgid league, especially as it will be harder to get out of next year with the clubs dropping in, is rather different to demanding premier league titles and European titles. 

Just picking up on your Weston comment. The crisisism isn't that Weston should be playing full 90s. There were two very clear opportunities to use him in the last 2 games.
The first was against Barnsley. We were 3-0 up after 80 mins played and still had 1 sub break to use (3 subs remaining). Weston absolutely should have been brought on. At worst, it would give Collins (our only fit forward) a little rest. At best, Weston feels rewarded and has the chance to earn a more permanent role in the squad.

Totally agree.  I'm not one screaming and shouting for a change of manager but some people's refusal to admit that we have seriously under-performed in 2023 with the resources at our disposal and the excuses they make to absolve the manager of any blame completely baffles me.  

We are in the third division and we should be winning every game because the other teams are not very good. Even the better teams are the ones we expect to beat comfortably in the championship - sorry but we massively underperformed on far too many occasions considering what we have available compared to other clubs - yes I know we can’t win every game but we should be looking like we would.

I very rarely comment on here. I very rarely view here in fact, I don’t know why… perhaps it can be just a little depressing here at times. Maybe I’m too much Mr. Grumpy. But I saw the news on Twitter on Sunday and immediately looked for this thread. And reading all the tributes really made cry, because whether we posted here 10 times per day, or 10 times per decade, we still all knew of B4. I wasn’t even going to comment, but gosh, sometimes a person you didn’t even know really gets to you. Sometimes you just see the person you wish you could be, and I know that B4 was the first to commiserate when any other forum member had a loss, so I just wanted to join the chorus of forum members in thanking B4 for his wonderful contributions, his passion, his positivity, and his brilliant outlook on life. He has contributed to DCFC life in a way that few of us fans ever will. B4, you will be sorely missed by many many people. Rest well.

It is a very important point and I would be surprised if it hadn't been a topic of conversation with the owner.
DC will not get maximum value from the investment in Cat 1 players if there is virtually zero opportunity to showcase their capabilities.

how is that an upgrade?