Bris Vegas

I think it’s largely the thought of seeing Sheff Wed and Plymouth, two sides who looked better than the current Derby side, struggle to hit 50 points in the Championship.
I see us currently weaker than teams like QPR, Huddersfield and Wednesday so we will need to have a decent summer (or a manager who can excel on a budget) to give us a chance next season. 

So you think we are more of a technical side under Warne than a physical one?
At League One level we simply have better players than the rest. Yet largely we still don’t dominate possession and play through teams.
That’s not a bad thing. Warne will get us promoted this season, no doubts, and he deserves credit for that.
But claiming his style of play is more technical than physical is just laughable.

I think it’s largely the thought of seeing Sheff Wed and Plymouth, two sides who looked better than the current Derby side, struggle to hit 50 points in the Championship.
I see us currently weaker than teams like QPR, Huddersfield and Wednesday so we will need to have a decent summer (or a manager who can excel on a budget) to give us a chance next season. 

I think it’s largely the thought of seeing Sheff Wed and Plymouth, two sides who looked better than the current Derby side, struggle to hit 50 points in the Championship.
I see us currently weaker than teams like QPR, Huddersfield and Wednesday so we will need to have a decent summer (or a manager who can excel on a budget) to give us a chance next season. 

It will be interesting to see the type of player Warne wants. So far our signings under him scream physicality, which in fairness we did need after being a soft touch at times last season.
But next season, we will need more control to compete. Trying to just outwork and outrun teams at Championship level won’t work, but I’m sure Warne is aware of this having been relegated with Rotherham twice playing that way.

It will be interesting to see the type of player Warne wants. So far our signings under him scream physicality, which in fairness we did need after being a soft touch at times last season.
But next season, we will need more control to compete. Trying to just outwork and outrun teams at Championship level won’t work, but I’m sure Warne is aware of this having been relegated with Rotherham twice playing that way.

The original point I made was that more physical sides are better at set-pieces than technical sides. For some reason you claim this is drivel when it’s pretty evident, especially outside of PL level where the riches allow Liverpool and City to have players who possess both.
Warne evidently favors physicality over technical ability. The reason why Adams looks technical is because he is playing a league below. Derby’s players are better than most at this level, regardless of physical attributes. Adams didn’t cut it at Championship level with Cardiff yet League One appears a breeze for him. 
Warne has succeeded by getting us to at least match, often overcome the opponent’s physical attributes while seeing our higher individual quality come through. We have won countless games this season just through individual quality - the sort of quality the opponents don’t possess.
At Championship level we won’t be able to rely on that, because with a lower half budget, we’ll likely come up against opponents of better individual quality.

It’s difficult to be a good footballing side and good at set-pieces, especially outside of PL level.
I don’t mean this in a trolling way, but we were never going to be a good set-piece side under the McClaren days when we had decent footballing players like Hughes, Ward, Bryson, Dawkins, Russell etc. We simply didn’t have the height or physicality.
But you look at cloggers like Mick McCarthy’s Ipswich and of course they looked far more dangerous at set-pieces.
We know Warne is more McCarthy than McClaren. We know Warne will favor physicality over flair. So it’s refreshing to see us become decent at set-pieces, but no doubt it will come at a cost of flair, technical ability and fluidity on the ball - especially at Championship level when we get there.

So you think we are more of a technical side under Warne than a physical one?
At League One level we simply have better players than the rest. Yet largely we still don’t dominate possession and play through teams.
That’s not a bad thing. Warne will get us promoted this season, no doubts, and he deserves credit for that.
But claiming his style of play is more technical than physical is just laughable.

So you think we are more of a technical side under Warne than a physical one?
At League One level we simply have better players than the rest. Yet largely we still don’t dominate possession and play through teams.
That’s not a bad thing. Warne will get us promoted this season, no doubts, and he deserves credit for that.
But claiming his style of play is more technical than physical is just laughable.

So you think we are more of a technical side under Warne than a physical one?
At League One level we simply have better players than the rest. Yet largely we still don’t dominate possession and play through teams.
That’s not a bad thing. Warne will get us promoted this season, no doubts, and he deserves credit for that.
But claiming his style of play is more technical than physical is just laughable.

So you think we are more of a technical side under Warne than a physical one?
At League One level we simply have better players than the rest. Yet largely we still don’t dominate possession and play through teams.
That’s not a bad thing. Warne will get us promoted this season, no doubts, and he deserves credit for that.
But claiming his style of play is more technical than physical is just laughable.

So you think we are more of a technical side under Warne than a physical one?
At League One level we simply have better players than the rest. Yet largely we still don’t dominate possession and play through teams.
That’s not a bad thing. Warne will get us promoted this season, no doubts, and he deserves credit for that.
But claiming his style of play is more technical than physical is just laughable.

Corner County 3-0 Leyton Orient
That was a decent all round performance. And as expected, rivals dropped points elsewhere.
The draw at Wycombe was a good point.
A win at Cambridge and Carlisle will be a big party.

Corner County 3-0 Leyton Orient
That was a decent all round performance. And as expected, rivals dropped points elsewhere.
The draw at Wycombe was a good point.
A win at Cambridge and Carlisle will be a big party.

Corner County 3-0 Leyton Orient
That was a decent all round performance. And as expected, rivals dropped points elsewhere.
The draw at Wycombe was a good point.
A win at Cambridge and Carlisle will be a big party.

Corner County 3-0 Leyton Orient
That was a decent all round performance. And as expected, rivals dropped points elsewhere.
The draw at Wycombe was a good point.
A win at Cambridge and Carlisle will be a big party.

Derby have been excellent today. Best home performance in months.
Elsewhere, it’s a shame Posh look done. Ideally we want them to have something to play for against Bolton at the end of the season.
With a fixture pile up, you can see them resting all their better players against Bolton for the playoffs.

I have zero confidence in Warne being a success at Championship level.
I don’t think he is at the level of Nigel Pearson, let alone a Bielsa or Farke.
And as Derby aren’t going to have the biggest budget in the Championship, far from it, we’re going to need somebody great to ultimately have us challenging at the top of the table.
But maybe Clowes just doesn’t want to take the risk.
Maybe keeping Warne on a moderate wage and surviving in the Championship with a bottom half wage budget is enough to make profits provided 25,000+ fans are willing to suck it up.
 
 

I have zero confidence in Warne being a success at Championship level.
I don’t think he is at the level of Nigel Pearson, let alone a Bielsa or Farke.
And as Derby aren’t going to have the biggest budget in the Championship, far from it, we’re going to need somebody great to ultimately have us challenging at the top of the table.
But maybe Clowes just doesn’t want to take the risk.
Maybe keeping Warne on a moderate wage and surviving in the Championship with a bottom half wage budget is enough to make profits provided 25,000+ fans are willing to suck it up.
 
 

Nice of Liverpool to supply Atalanta with 11 cones and their own stadium to do some midweek training in England.

I didn’t see anything of the game so can’t comment on performance.
But a point isn’t a bad result at all.
No way do Posh and Bolton win all their remaining games (stating the obvious as they play each other) but neither will claim maximum points.
3 wins from the next 3 and we will go up in 2nd place. 

Just looked at Posh’s fixtures.
Wow, from the 29th of March to the 27th of April (last game) they will have played 9 games. They have 5 games in the next 17 days.
They will be burned out.
 
 

I didn’t see anything of the game so can’t comment on performance.
But a point isn’t a bad result at all.
No way do Posh and Bolton win all their remaining games (stating the obvious as they play each other) but neither will claim maximum points.
3 wins from the next 3 and we will go up in 2nd place. 

I didn’t see anything of the game so can’t comment on performance.
But a point isn’t a bad result at all.
No way do Posh and Bolton win all their remaining games (stating the obvious as they play each other) but neither will claim maximum points.
3 wins from the next 3 and we will go up in 2nd place.