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Praying this is real 
 

Praying this is real 
 

Praying this is real 
 

Praying this is real 
 

Praying this is real 
 

Praying this is real 
 

Praying this is real 
 

Praying this is real 
 

Praying this is real 
 

Praying this is real 
 

Praying this is real 
 

Defenders passing it through the thirds rather than limping it long. Washington looking like a footballer when the ball is played to him not 5 metres over his head. Max bird scoring more. 
 
tears of joy 

Football on the deck + passing through midfield = results for this group of players.
Enjoyed that. Enjoyed last Tuesday.

Must confess I did enjoy watching that. Clearly the opposition were very limited but that's not Derby's fault.
What struck me tonight was how comfortable we looked with the ball - pop passes, plenty of movement & patience when in possession. That mentality gave us control of the game very quickly & thereafter they couldn't stop us slicing through them. We have the players to play this way regularly & I want us to have the same principles away from PP with oppo midfielders closing down quicker than Northampton's did tonight - not the hot potato rubbish we've seen in recent weeks.
Shout out to Conor Washington who I thought was very good with his movement, touch & work rate - great finish too. A deserved MOM for Max Bird though who looked like a mini Frank Lampard that first half in particular. Two immaculate finishes & maybe the start of a breakout season for him in terms of goalscoring.
Pleased also for Dajaune Brown getting his first minutes of first team action & hopefully his debut sees him kick on to be a regular first team squad member.
 

Just seen mentioned on insta that Bradley and Nelson completed over 200 passes between them tonight.
If true that's incredible, that's more than the entire team managed not too long ago.
I hope this new tactic I'll tentatively call "football" catches on, and we keep using it for the rest of the season.

Good performance against one of the worst teams we've seen at Pride Park in recent years, but you can only beat what's in front of you. We absolutely must follow this up now and go into games with attacking intent, rather than approaching them as if we're the underdog.

Thank God Warne bought Collins on. For a minute there was nothing to moan about! 

Why the hell bring Collins on?
What's he going to learn from that?
Surely at 4-0 up, even Warne dare risk playing Brown.
Jeez.

Brings Collins on instead thats a stinker from him 

We do not do well against physical teams who press us, this team is giving us all the time in the world to pass

*glues season ticket back together 

Its amazing what happens when we aren’t hoofing the ball down the wings and are playing it on the floor in the middle park.
these players are more than capable.
 

Obviously much improved, well done Warne. 
 
Massive caveat - these are an absolutely horrendous side. Can’t remember a team this bad at pride park in some time. 

And the award to bellend post of the year goes to …….  
People had every right to moan with how we’ve played this season and the way to answer the moaners is with games like this 

There's always one 🤦‍♂️