Bris Vegas

I think the proof is in the pudding regarding the number of touches and passes Shinnie makes. He isn’t a controlling midfielder. He’s a far better player off the ball than he is on it.
Huddersfield midfielder Jonathan Hogg made 15 or so more passes than Shinnie over the 90 minutes. Hogg, playing for the away side in a team tipped to struggle, was far more active on the ball. Tells you a lot of how it will go until Bielik is back.

Unfortunately, with a spine of Davies, Stearman and Shinnie, we’re never going to be able to play the ball out from the back and through the thirds, regardless of who the manager is.
They just don’t have the ability to transition the ball quickly. Max Bird isn’t quite there yet either, and the same would apply for Jason Knight.
Until Krystian Bielik is back, expect a more direct approach. 
 

Unfortunately, with a spine of Davies, Stearman and Shinnie, we’re never going to be able to play the ball out from the back and through the thirds, regardless of who the manager is.
They just don’t have the ability to transition the ball quickly. Max Bird isn’t quite there yet either, and the same would apply for Jason Knight.
Until Krystian Bielik is back, expect a more direct approach. 
 

Unfortunately, with a spine of Davies, Stearman and Shinnie, we’re never going to be able to play the ball out from the back and through the thirds, regardless of who the manager is.
They just don’t have the ability to transition the ball quickly. Max Bird isn’t quite there yet either, and the same would apply for Jason Knight.
Until Krystian Bielik is back, expect a more direct approach. 
 

Jonathan Hogg would walk into our side as a creative midfielder. There is a reason he had several more touches and passes than both Graeme Shinnie and Max Bird. He really controlled it for them. 
 

Not a bad point considering the situation.
We must add more. This team as it is goes down unfortunately. I didn't see any coherent style of play. We looked toothless in the final third until Louie Sibley injected some much-needed urgency and forward running.
Our defending from set-pieces left a lot to be desired. Slack. There was little control in midfield too.
Huddersfield will feel they had the chances to win that. 
Forsyth had a really good game. Bird decent, and Sibley a really big threat.
Sorba Thomas for them looks a great find. He was signed from non-league in January! He looked head and shoulders the best player on the pitch today and gave Nathan Byrne all kinds of trouble.
 

Yeah he did during the Euros. Perhaps there is more space at wingback to drive forward.
I really like parts of his game. Almost as much as I liked Simon Dawkins. But unfortunately, both are heading in the direction of being deemed useless by a section of our supporters because they lack a killer goal threat.
And it's hard to disagree in this particular Derby side which is so short on goals. If Joz occupies one of the three forward positions, we can't really afford to have him there not contributing to goals.
So he either needs to find a goal scoring touch, play in a different position or leave for his own benefit.

Joz was fine until that one moment where he should have either shot or slipped in Forsyth overlapping down the left. He did neither, lost the ball, and then his confidence was zapped.
For 60 minutes his ball retention was far better than anyone else we had in the final third.
But he needs to add an attacking threat. If he doesn't, then he should perhaps consider a change of position to a deeper role, maybe either as a wingback or a deep, creative midfielder.
He has the atributes to hold the ball fine and move away from defenders. He can't kick the ball with any real purpose though!
 

Not a bad point considering the situation.
We must add more. This team as it is goes down unfortunately. I didn't see any coherent style of play. We looked toothless in the final third until Louie Sibley injected some much-needed urgency and forward running.
Our defending from set-pieces left a lot to be desired. Slack. There was little control in midfield too.
Huddersfield will feel they had the chances to win that. 
Forsyth had a really good game. Bird decent, and Sibley a really big threat.
Sorba Thomas for them looks a great find. He was signed from non-league in January! He looked head and shoulders the best player on the pitch today and gave Nathan Byrne all kinds of trouble.
 

It will be interesting to see if he has just played the best game he will play all season, or whether that is his natural level.
If it's his natural level he will be playing PL football next season. Or maybe he just did a Tom Lawrence (ironically against Huddersfield on the opening day) where he played so good but couldnt match those levels again.

Not a bad point considering the situation.
We must add more. This team as it is goes down unfortunately. I didn't see any coherent style of play. We looked toothless in the final third until Louie Sibley injected some much-needed urgency and forward running.
Our defending from set-pieces left a lot to be desired. Slack. There was little control in midfield too.
Huddersfield will feel they had the chances to win that. 
Forsyth had a really good game. Bird decent, and Sibley a really big threat.
Sorba Thomas for them looks a great find. He was signed from non-league in January! He looked head and shoulders the best player on the pitch today and gave Nathan Byrne all kinds of trouble.
 

Yeah he did during the Euros. Perhaps there is more space at wingback to drive forward.
I really like parts of his game. Almost as much as I liked Simon Dawkins. But unfortunately, both are heading in the direction of being deemed useless by a section of our supporters because they lack a killer goal threat.
And it's hard to disagree in this particular Derby side which is so short on goals. If Joz occupies one of the three forward positions, we can't really afford to have him there not contributing to goals.
So he either needs to find a goal scoring touch, play in a different position or leave for his own benefit.

Yeah he did during the Euros. Perhaps there is more space at wingback to drive forward.
I really like parts of his game. Almost as much as I liked Simon Dawkins. But unfortunately, both are heading in the direction of being deemed useless by a section of our supporters because they lack a killer goal threat.
And it's hard to disagree in this particular Derby side which is so short on goals. If Joz occupies one of the three forward positions, we can't really afford to have him there not contributing to goals.
So he either needs to find a goal scoring touch, play in a different position or leave for his own benefit.

Not a bad point considering the situation.
We must add more. This team as it is goes down unfortunately. I didn't see any coherent style of play. We looked toothless in the final third until Louie Sibley injected some much-needed urgency and forward running.
Our defending from set-pieces left a lot to be desired. Slack. There was little control in midfield too.
Huddersfield will feel they had the chances to win that. 
Forsyth had a really good game. Bird decent, and Sibley a really big threat.
Sorba Thomas for them looks a great find. He was signed from non-league in January! He looked head and shoulders the best player on the pitch today and gave Nathan Byrne all kinds of trouble.
 

Not a bad point considering the situation.
We must add more. This team as it is goes down unfortunately. I didn't see any coherent style of play. We looked toothless in the final third until Louie Sibley injected some much-needed urgency and forward running.
Our defending from set-pieces left a lot to be desired. Slack. There was little control in midfield too.
Huddersfield will feel they had the chances to win that. 
Forsyth had a really good game. Bird decent, and Sibley a really big threat.
Sorba Thomas for them looks a great find. He was signed from non-league in January! He looked head and shoulders the best player on the pitch today and gave Nathan Byrne all kinds of trouble.
 

That Sorba Thomas the young lad they signed from non league was absolutely brilliant 

Yeah he did during the Euros. Perhaps there is more space at wingback to drive forward.
I really like parts of his game. Almost as much as I liked Simon Dawkins. But unfortunately, both are heading in the direction of being deemed useless by a section of our supporters because they lack a killer goal threat.
And it's hard to disagree in this particular Derby side which is so short on goals. If Joz occupies one of the three forward positions, we can't really afford to have him there not contributing to goals.
So he either needs to find a goal scoring touch, play in a different position or leave for his own benefit.

Joz was fine until that one moment where he should have either shot or slipped in Forsyth overlapping down the left. He did neither, lost the ball, and then his confidence was zapped.
For 60 minutes his ball retention was far better than anyone else we had in the final third.
But he needs to add an attacking threat. If he doesn't, then he should perhaps consider a change of position to a deeper role, maybe either as a wingback or a deep, creative midfielder.
He has the atributes to hold the ball fine and move away from defenders. He can't kick the ball with any real purpose though!
 

Joz was fine until that one moment where he should have either shot or slipped in Forsyth overlapping down the left. He did neither, lost the ball, and then his confidence was zapped.
For 60 minutes his ball retention was far better than anyone else we had in the final third.
But he needs to add an attacking threat. If he doesn't, then he should perhaps consider a change of position to a deeper role, maybe either as a wingback or a deep, creative midfielder.
He has the atributes to hold the ball fine and move away from defenders. He can't kick the ball with any real purpose though!
 

He has the ball-striking ability of a 13 year old. I can’t remember ever seeing an attacking player so weak at actually kicking the ball.

Yeah he did during the Euros. Perhaps there is more space at wingback to drive forward.
I really like parts of his game. Almost as much as I liked Simon Dawkins. But unfortunately, both are heading in the direction of being deemed useless by a section of our supporters because they lack a killer goal threat.
And it's hard to disagree in this particular Derby side which is so short on goals. If Joz occupies one of the three forward positions, we can't really afford to have him there not contributing to goals.
So he either needs to find a goal scoring touch, play in a different position or leave for his own benefit.

Joz was fine until that one moment where he should have either shot or slipped in Forsyth overlapping down the left. He did neither, lost the ball, and then his confidence was zapped.
For 60 minutes his ball retention was far better than anyone else we had in the final third.
But he needs to add an attacking threat. If he doesn't, then he should perhaps consider a change of position to a deeper role, maybe either as a wingback or a deep, creative midfielder.
He has the atributes to hold the ball fine and move away from defenders. He can't kick the ball with any real purpose though!
 

Joz was fine until that one moment where he should have either shot or slipped in Forsyth overlapping down the left. He did neither, lost the ball, and then his confidence was zapped.
For 60 minutes his ball retention was far better than anyone else we had in the final third.
But he needs to add an attacking threat. If he doesn't, then he should perhaps consider a change of position to a deeper role, maybe either as a wingback or a deep, creative midfielder.
He has the atributes to hold the ball fine and move away from defenders. He can't kick the ball with any real purpose though!
 

Not a bad point considering the situation.
We must add more. This team as it is goes down unfortunately. I didn't see any coherent style of play. We looked toothless in the final third until Louie Sibley injected some much-needed urgency and forward running.
Our defending from set-pieces left a lot to be desired. Slack. There was little control in midfield too.
Huddersfield will feel they had the chances to win that. 
Forsyth had a really good game. Bird decent, and Sibley a really big threat.
Sorba Thomas for them looks a great find. He was signed from non-league in January! He looked head and shoulders the best player on the pitch today and gave Nathan Byrne all kinds of trouble.
 

Not a bad point considering the situation.
We must add more. This team as it is goes down unfortunately. I didn't see any coherent style of play. We looked toothless in the final third until Louie Sibley injected some much-needed urgency and forward running.
Our defending from set-pieces left a lot to be desired. Slack. There was little control in midfield too.
Huddersfield will feel they had the chances to win that. 
Forsyth had a really good game. Bird decent, and Sibley a really big threat.
Sorba Thomas for them looks a great find. He was signed from non-league in January! He looked head and shoulders the best player on the pitch today and gave Nathan Byrne all kinds of trouble.