cannable

Funny you mention charisma though… I bet Sven’s better thought of than Southgate despite having a better squad and not even making a semi (Ulrika aside)

Keogh was great at playing out, not having that

Keogh was great at playing out, not having that

Keogh was great at playing out, not having that

Keogh was great at playing out, not having that

Keogh was great at playing out, not having that

Keogh was great at playing out, not having that

Keogh was great at playing out, not having that

Keogh was great at playing out, not having that

Keogh was great at playing out, not having that

Keogh was great at playing out, not having that

Keogh was great at playing out, not having that

Keogh was great at playing out, not having that

Keogh was great at playing out, not having that

Keogh was great at playing out, not having that

A one-footed Bucko

Sounds like it f***** him up too. By all accounts it sounds like he was never the same after.

The best, not even argument, more an explanation for Bairstow wicketkeeping was from Mark Butcher.
Stokes knew he wouldn’t be able to bowl much so wanted Bairstow to replace himself as the all-rounder.
It’s Stokes over Foakes, not Bairstow over Foakes.

The best, not even argument, more an explanation for Bairstow wicketkeeping was from Mark Butcher.
Stokes knew he wouldn’t be able to bowl much so wanted Bairstow to replace himself as the all-rounder.
It’s Stokes over Foakes, not Bairstow over Foakes.

Chris Woakes is an excellent seamer in the age of Jimmy and an excellent all-rounder in the age of Stokes.
What a cricketer.

Still think he was vastly under-appreciated as a left-back for us. 
In his first two seasons he was the best arguably the best left-back in the division, only Charlie Daniels really would also be in contention.
He came back from his first two ACL injuries to win his place back from Olsson who had been Blackburn’s POTS before joining us.
He then fought off £3,000,000 signing Scott Malone, who himself was coming off of being named in the league TOTS and a season in the Prem to keep his starting place before his third ACL.
I never got it. He’s one of those players that when he has a stinker he has a STINKER but they were always only ever once or twice a season.

Caved in and spent £240 for a ticket for Saturday 😂

Bielik in that 10 ish game spell in 20/21 was easily one of the best spells of games a player has had for Derby in the past 15 years, like you said, he single-handedly kept us up with amazing performances. The performances against Swansea, Brentford and Bournemouth were incredible. 
Thorne was quality, but he didn't drag us through games like Bielik did, he fit seamlessly into the team, but the team was already good. We were perfectly capable with Eustace in the team too. But as soon as Bielik was injured in 2021, we only won 4/20 games.
In the 13 games Bielik played in 20/21, we scored 11 goals and conceded 5 at 1.62 points per game.

Hmmm… depends though. Thorne made the best Derby side in 25 years look better.
Bielik absolutely bossed games single-handedly for a Derby team that would have been relegated but for his ten game intervention.

Hmmm… depends though. Thorne made the best Derby side in 25 years look better.
Bielik absolutely bossed games single-handedly for a Derby team that would have been relegated but for his ten game intervention.