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Derby v Stevenage FC - Match Day Thread
ramsbottom replied to Heisenberg's topic in Derby County Forum
Exactly this. Warne and the players got pelters in the reverse fixture for not being able to cope with their style. So on Saturday he sets us up to counteract it. Going way back, everyone was up in arms with McClaren for having no plan B and only having one formation, now we have a boss who can set up in many ways, with whatever players he has at his disposal, and is still able to win games, yet still gets abuse from some quarters. The bloke can't win... -
I have no idea why people don't rate/like him. If we'd brought back Chris Martin in the summer, and had the exact same output fans would be creaming all over themselves, saying how good he's been. I reckon it's just a case of his face not fitting. I for one love the lad, he's everything you want in a League 1 striker.
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What you're suggesting could work but Warne seems reluctant to play an actual midfielder in the No 10 bar Bird earlier in the season, he's much preferred NML or John-Jules (!!??!?!) in behind Collins. Personally I'd like to see us with a proper 3 in the middle, Bird holding then Hourihane with Thompson/Fornah pushing on but I think that in turn will isolate Collins even more. We've looked at our best when he has someone in behind him. Whatever the formation I just want the midfielders to be in midfield, so many times we build up play and both of them are tucked in between the full back & winger and yards from each other, which doesn't help with picking up 2nd balls cause they're nowhere near their positions when the ball breaks into that area. Cheltenham were picking up our clearances from their long balls so easily and if they had more creative players, they'd have done some real damage...
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Where do you think we'll finish this season?
ramsbottom replied to IslandExile's topic in Derby County Forum
I'm gonna say 4th, and lose in the PO final. It's The Derby Way... -
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Does Warne deserve the vitriol aimed at him?
ramsbottom replied to Bob The Badger's topic in Derby County Forum
The past few weeks have started to remind me of late stage Clough Jnr, where you were either for him, in the belief that he'll get the squad firing, or you were saying he should go as he should be doing a lot better with the players he had at his disposal. I think the majority of fans have the former outlook, but that's only because we've been winning, and being 4th without ever really being on top form (Oxford away being the exception) can't be sniffed at. For what it's worth I'm willing to give him more time, because you can see in flashes what he's trying to do, (I don't think for a second he's wanting us to swing it in from the side line 30 yards out, more flash it across from the edges of the box) but it does make you wonder why he's been unable establish what he wants after a full pre season, and half of it gone. -
This is the thing. At the moment I don't think Warne is too fussed about playing through midfield, they're just there to pick up the scraps and cover for the full backs bombing on. The back four are doing the distribution for them...
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Looks good on paper. I wonder if 3 at the back will work better with Nyambe being more mobile than Bradley? Something needs to change, cus we can't have too many more repeats of last night. And when I say a few, I mean none...
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One thing I didn't get was when Ward came on, why was NML still on corners?? TBF to the lad, his dead balls are very good, and there keeper was iffy all game. Why were we leaving them to Nat when he barely cleared their man at the front post?
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See below Once Nyambe's back we'll hopefully see Wilson pushed forward and NML moved in behind Collins. We know he's not a natural No 10 but a lot of our unbeaten run was with him more central.
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I don't think it's even worth investing in another midfielder because they'll still be asked to play in the same way, which is to recycle the ball as quickly as possible and get it to the wide players. There's nothing wrong with that in theory but it's just not working. I don't know if I'm the only one to have noticed but Bird & Hourihane are never really in the middle of the field, they're always operating miles apart from one another. When either of them managed to play a 1-2 it's rarely with each other, and more likely to be either a full back or winger
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Turns out you had nothing to worry about. Me on the other hand 😬
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Like you I was sceptical about Poutine but then I had some from a van at Bustler market and it was a game changer. But I'm not going as far as @David and whacking fish into the mix. battered sausage maybe... Back to the point of the thread, taking into account we haven't played to our maximum 95% of the season, we've had plenty of injuries, and the fact we supposedly have a s**** manager is pretty outstanding...
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I watched him at Macclesfield last season and he was the best player on the pitch, by miles. Surprised someone higher up didn't go in for him...
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Similarly with James Berry, he's destined for bigger & better things. The lad can play
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Revel Morrison is without a club. Worth a punt til the end of the season...
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There's nobody in our squad that would've been able to turn and shoot the way he did against Oxford.
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Let's not forget that he isn't a No 10, he's a main striker or wide forward. Until he has a good run of games in those positions we shouldn't be writing off just yet. The one change I was hoping Warne would make the other night was swapping him and NML. The praise he got at Ipswich shows he's capable at this level when fully fit.
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Got to say I'm quite fearful of playing them on Saturday. Jordan Love looks the real deal...
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I'm not really sure what point you're trying to make considering we have one of the oldest squads in the division. It's also good to see Rams fans fondness for writing off signings after the briefest of glimpses is alive and well 🙄
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I stand corrected on this point, I thought Hugill was further up when they broke
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If it ain’t broke, which at that point it wasn’t, why fix it?? What if Warne had made those changes and they still equalised, he’d be absolutely slated for going negative. I get the feeling with some fans he’s damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t…
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Considering we were 2 goals to the good, and very rarely being threatened. What changes were people demanding??
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Exactly a couple, not 1 on 1. That's school boy basics...
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Seddon is about 10 stone wet through, there's no way he should be out muscling NML like he did. People can't pull Elder apart for his error and not appoint some blame for their first at Nat's door. It was sloppy.