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My prediction is that all the top 7 teams will drop points and wobble. I'm hoping that Northampton was our wobble. If we bounce back with a win on friday and hopefully at least a draw at Pompey then we can hopefully hold second place. What we need is for us to wobble less than those below us! COYR.
I'm sticking my neck out to say second place on 90 points.

Missed 3 great chances. Was a foul for the goal and they score with their one attack.
Somehow we are actually very unlucky... whlst still playing really poorly at times.
Bradley not tight enough to his man for the cross. Whilst Northampton are giving us no room to cross. 
 

Again though too many long balls and not helped by players trying to run in behind so encouraging a long ball …I’d say at least 50 per cent of our long balls have gone to Northampton. 
The usual Hourihane haters moaning about Hourihane but he’s been no worse than anyone else and is at least trying to calm people down when they get on the ball 
take Bradley and Sibley off for Korey Smith and CBT 
 

Really bad half of football. Build up is way too slow and predictable. Continue like this and we will lose. Needs changing at half time, Northampton look like they want this more.

To think that this is a professional game of football lol it’s so poor it’s like a park game ….

If only Carlsberg were involved too 😉😂

Better still, we win our next 3, whilst Pompey come  a cropper at Wycombe and against us, putting us top next friday (by 1 point)  and 4 points clear after the Pompey game (with them having a game in hand).
#livingthedream

🤷‍♂️ It's not too different to what we did vs Bolton?
Adams went to AM when Gayle came off
Both wing backs were subbed.
Waghorn not fit enoguh for a full game, so will need to be subbed for Washington
Thompson came off the bench to play CM
The only real difference is not bringing Blackett-Taylor off the bench. He's played as a more traditional winger in the recent sub apps, despite us starting with our current version of a front 2.

Wildsmith
Nelson, Foz, Cash
Ward, Smith, Adams, Sibley
NML, Waghorn, CBT
 
 
It's Blackett-Taylor time

To deal with injuries to three players and to deal with Hourihane’s lack of mobility against a three man midfield, one of the best and most in-form in the division.
We know that tactics are not just about the set up and the XI from kick off. It’s how you adjust and respond to what happens in the game.
Something that Warne has been criticised for not doing often enough before.
If it was only 0-0 but Bolton had played the better game, why didn’t Evatt bring on fresh legs to make Bolton’s advantage count?
 

I’m confident we’d be 1 place higher in the league if we had him all season. The balance he’s added has made such a difference, it’s not just Adams that looks like a good player, but everyone around him has got ‘better’ too.

How come there was only 5 minutes extra in the first half as the players left the pitch on four occasions to have a pedicure or something similar which added up to over ten minutes on their own 

But apart from all that?

Eight for everyone from me today. Exactly what was needed. 

10 for all the Lincoln and Exeter players though

We played well first half . Brizzle look toilet tbh . Ref is a knobber as usual .

We played well first half . Brizzle look toilet tbh . Ref is a knobber as usual .

You need too adopt this face if/when Derby score:…

I'll be there. Heading over to my son's for lunch and a 45-minute walk from there to the ground. No chance of away tickets, so I'll be standing amongst the Pirates on the side terrace.
Hoping for plenty of rams goals for me to practice my non celebration!
COYR

Not much preparation time with 3 games every week. It’s ok I’ve got the Italian international, Latte ready to come on.

Poor formation for an away day breakfast plate imho; sausage should be between the defensive beans and rotated to prevent the midfield scrambled egg being encumbered with defensive duties. Egg should be deployed further forward and ahead of the hash-browns, with the mushrooms out wide but given license to cut in and play as a number 10. Really don’t believe the combination of fried & scrambled eggs ever works; they’re just too similar. At least one of the slices of toast should’ve been given a starting position to give added structure to the team, supporting the bacon which appears somewhat isolated and awkwardly placed in the way of the hashbrowns. Bizarrely part of the beans seem to currently be deployed as a wing-back…I can’t see that working at all. I’m liking the look of the fresh orange on the bench but not sure it’s got enough in the tank to last the whole 90 minutes. Just don’t think that line-up is going to cut the mustard today. Really need the lad Brown on there too, just to spice it up a bit. 

Even when we scrape a win it’s fairly poor football !!

I have no complaints with Warne playing 3 at the back today. Bradley was decent last week and it would have been harsh to drop him. He defended well again today. Maybe Sibley could’ve played LWB as Elder is too defensive for that position, but after last week it was understandable for him to play higher. I thought Sibley was like the old Sibley for the first half hour too, harrying everything until he hurt his foot.
We are just so toothless up top for obvious reasons. 2 sloppy mistakes cost us, but there was very little in the game and they barely troubled us either. My main issue was the start of the second half, we were terrible. The passing was appalling, from everyone. Wildsmith included. Also, Wilson gets into some great positions but he has to deliver more once there. A frustrating one. 

Nothing quality from the wing backs.  Why beat a player once when you can go round him three times then get tackled Mr Wilson.
Adams looked as poor as he has good thus far, looked a yard of the pace and his passing was rather dodgy. Awful picking up for their second.  We lost some aggression further up when Sibley went off. Wildsmiths distribution was abhorrent so we needed to keep it down and play through and took the constant easy back pass option. 
Overall, we looked second best in a game we had to get a result from against an efficient but not overly special side. The usual when it really matters. 
 

Doesn't matter who we play week in week out the opposition move the ball much better than we do.  I know passing isn't the be all and end all but we make getting up the pitch look such hard work.  I just want to watch us get the ball down and play some nice football for once.  If you do that more often than not you will win.

There’s some good teams that play good football. I’m not saying I want Derby to play exciting football I’d rather get out this league. What I am saying on this game and others the back 3 doesn’t work. Mendez is not a striker he’s way better out wide. Get a back 4 and move to a 433