Bald Eagle's Barmy Army

McDonald joins the scores getting. A 2nd assist of the afternoon for JML. 
25 minutes remaining.

That's a strong looking team but Sibley should be starting for the first team, not the under 23s.

I would have wondered whether Watson was too lightweight, but Coventry have a number of young players too,so it wasn’t a problem. 
Roberts is a disappointment but of course we play him on the wrong wing so we shouldn’t really be surprised that he heads infield and doesn’t cross it.  
I do like the look of Edmundson but Mengi is out of his depth. Could our own u23s really be any worse?

But realistically, what does Knight offer apart from running? There’s no creativity, he’s always on the floor and for a player who plays in a more forward position, there’s no goals. 
 
We rave about him like we do Buchanan but both are looking poor. 

No captain on the field today

But realistically, what does Knight offer apart from running? There’s no creativity, he’s always on the floor and for a player who plays in a more forward position, there’s no goals. 
 
We rave about him like we do Buchanan but both are looking poor. 

The most toothless I’ve seen from a Derby team. How can we go from fighting for every ball to looking like they don’t want to be there? 

The most toothless I’ve seen from a Derby team. How can we go from fighting for every ball to looking like they don’t want to be there? 

Changes needed to be made after 15 minutes. Why are we nearly 70 mins in and we still haven’t seen any changes 

You need better players to be able to change things for the better but I would always have Sibley on as he shootsssssss

If we win today I’m having warm apple pie. Well actually it’s left overs from last night. 

2nd half just kicked off. Still 1-0

U18s vs Boro
Roberts
Brailsford   Bardell   Grewal-Pollard   Maloney(U16)
Aghatise   Eze(T)
Clarke(T)   Ibrahim   Mothersille(L)
Lissah(T)
Subs: Evans(U16, GK), Moore, Rogers, Borkovic, Kelly
*May have got the positions of the trialists(T) mixed up.
 
20 minutes in and it's 1-0 (Mothersille)

This weekend's football:
Saturday
U18s vs Boro (H) @ 13:00 (5th vs 6th)
Sunday
U23s vs Liverpool (A) @ 13:00 (7th vs 8th)

Forest get Derby's dregs - I'm not sure they have anything we want.

Biggest game of the season this one. It's a must not lose game - I'd take a point now.

Biggest game of the season this one. It's a must not lose game - I'd take a point now.

I’ve seen several times over the past 10 or so games him hold on to the ball when people have showed for him or made runs. He then continues to run into players and gets  knocked off the ball so easy. He’s bang out of form and it’s nothing to do with the players around him. Not saying he’s a bad player at all, just out of form and needs to be a little more intelligent at times, however a bit like Holmes I’m not sure he has the footballing brain to do it unfortunately. 

Just 13 more wins should do it 

Coventry is the game we need to be going all out to win so I can see why Rooney mixed it up a bit 

Never seen a player get knocked off the ball so much, mind you it doesnt help that he tries to take the same player on 7 times all the time..

Ever since Rooney said Buchanan would play for England, he’s been rubbish 

Ever since Rooney said Buchanan would play for England, he’s been rubbish 

https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2021/03/marshall-and-clarke-surprise-ds-active-squad-in-week-of-action

I quite like them! Makes him feel more relatable, an aspect of their role which a lot of senior officers struggle with, imo.