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I do like to get a feel of how away fans forums see up and coming matches against Derby.
There’s currently nine pages of doom and gloom regards Saturdays fixture on onevalefan.
…………………………..Ouch! 😁
 
Let’s pull no punches. We are crap.
Our options are severely limited. Our confidence is shot. If we concede, we generally fold like a pack of cards. The fans are separated from the club. We are coming off the back of playing one of the worst clubs in the league, who we happened to let them have 20 shots at our goal. We can’t defend. We have a striker who, quite frankly, needs a change of a career, because a footballer he most certainly isn’t. We’re relying on kids and loanees to get us out of this. Our subs are absolute gamechangers. Sadly they change the game for the opposition. And we are about to go up against a raucous 25,000 crowd, in their back yard, going for promotion.
I mean, honestly, what could go wrong?!!
 

Let’s put this fixture into some kind of perspective before the clubs pre match press conference.
League 1 form guide………last four matches.

League 1 form guide………last six matches.

League 1 form guide……….last eight matches.

League 1 form guide……….last ten matches.

 
Currently the worst performing club in League 1.
As for predicting the starting 11………………I’ve given up on that one! 👍😁
 

This is assuming Nyambe is injured...

Wildsmith
Smith - Nelson - Cashin - Sibley
Bird - Adams - Hourihane
NML - Gayle - CBT

Subs: Vickers, Wilson, Bradley, Thompson, Fornah, Barks, Waghorn

CBT has looked like he hasnt seen a football in his life, hope it's just a blip,

Smith filling in at RB to get some much needed solidity,

Nelson and Cashin (who I think are statistically the best partnership in the league) back together, no idea why Warne played him as a LB, almost as if he pulled his name out of a hat,

Hourihane has to start if fit, regardless of him becoming somewhat of a scapegoat - the long ball to Gayle will not work, he's not that kind of player. Hourihane there to come and collect each and every short pass from Wildsmith, something which was almost non-existant on Tuesday,

Very strong bench.

 

Who will win? The team that folds like a pack of cards when they go 1-0 down or the team that folds like a pack of cards when they go 1-0 up?

……there’s no vote pal.😃

Brilliant!
@David, You're in.
Congratulations.  

A mate of mine watched Vale away to Cheltenham recently and he said they were utter sh*t, stealing a living, not even trying, etc. So this just has to be a win. I think getting into them early, getting a goal, and keeping the pressure up has to be the aim. They will fold.

I'd like to see an attacking line-up with CBT and NML running at them, wingbacks pushing on, Adams bossing the midfield and shielding the CBs, Bird causing problems (for Port Vale) in the middle. Gayle has given glimpses of his touch & movement, which should keep them occupied. I guess Wilson will be at RWB, I'd go for Sibley on the left.

I'll also be sacrificing a fatted calf to the mighty sun god Ra to try and encourage Pompey, Bolton, and Barnsley to drop points.

Wildsmith
                         Ward   Nelson   Cashin   Sibley 
                                             Adams.  
                                  Bird                 Hourihane 
             Mendez-Laing            Gayle             Blackett-Taylor

                                             

All archived on the Beeb, used to work years ago, not anymore. 👍😁
 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/rams/derby_county_interviews.shtml

Let’s put this fixture into some kind of perspective before the clubs pre match press conference.
League 1 form guide………last four matches.

League 1 form guide………last six matches.

League 1 form guide……….last eight matches.

League 1 form guide……….last ten matches.

 
Currently the worst performing club in League 1.
As for predicting the starting 11………………I’ve given up on that one! 👍😁
 

Had time to calm down a bit now after yesterday to give my honest opinion.
First 20 minutes of the first half, I thought we looked good. It was all us, but we didn't create any chances at all. Scored from a corner. 
We go in at half time and you just think come out and get the second goal. But we started so poorly. Despite us being poor, we were still ok and Charlton did not look dangerous at all. 
Then Wildsmith decides to give the most ludicrous penalty away you will see (exactly the same as Oxford away) unforgiveable. Clearly not learnt his lesson. You cannot legislate for that at all. As soon as Vickers is fit, he would be going back in. Then i'd be looking for a new number 1 in the summer. 
Then it just gave them hope, when they had none. Another mistake and another goal.
I was ok after the Barnsley game, thought it was tight, neither team created a lot. Both scored a set piece. The difference was they scored a really great finish, Neither keeper had anything to do. Draw would have been fair.
But last night, we are playing against a team that has not won for 18 games. Regardless of the fact that they have good players and are underperforming. I cannot remember their keeper making a save or us testing him at all. At no point did I think we would score in open play, we could still be out there now and not scored. Which against a team 20th in the league is unacceptable. 
Warne comes out after every game saying we moved the ball to slow, we weren't brave enough on the ball. Yet every game we do it again.
I am not a fan of Warne or the football. You can forgive the football if we win games. But last night was hideous and inexcusable.
I saw people moaning he took Smith off. But Smith was blowing out his arse and was done after 50 odd minutes. Not sure why Thompson didn't get on to replace the energy vacated by Smith. Really not sure why Cashin was left back either. 
We simply have to win the next 3 games. All winnable. But my biggest concern is that we just are not creating any chances at all. 2 games in a row now I can't remember the opposition keeper having to make a save. Even last night if their keeper had made save after save and we were creating chances. You would have come out thinking, its one of them days, Gave 2 poor goals away but we are creating chances so carry on like that and we will be fine. 
The best I have seen us play this season was the second half at Oxford. We were on the front foot, brilliant. That's what we need.
We have nothing to lose now, I want to see us come out, create chances and put teams to bed.
Sitting on a 1-0 lead at home is criminal and has cost us so many points this season. 3 last night, 2 against Wycombe, 2 against Shrewsbury. 
We aren't sacking Warne now. So we have just got to get behind them and hope we can do enough to get up. 
 
 

Technically it isn't of course but this kind of feels like a must win game (and win it reasonably comfortably) in order to restore some degree of confidence for the players and fans that we could continue to challenge for an automatic promotion place or, at least, be competitive in the play offs.  

Something we seem utterly incapable of at the moment.
Hindsight's a wonderful thing, but even before the kick-off last night, both my son and I were staggered at the lineup, given the attacking talent we had on the bench. This, for a home fixture against a team at the wrong end of the table with a dreadful winless streak. 
Neither of us is given to irrational knee-jerk reactions, being intelligent and level-headed men, but both of us have concluded that a change has to take place.  We know it won't be this season, so we'll suck it up and support the players, but we need to have a change at the helm in the Summer - whatever division we are in (League 1, most likely).  As others have said, attendance will continue to slide and this will impact revenues, given the turgid, lackluster and unexciting fayre being served.  Something is clearly not working, given the talent on paper at PW's disposal.  This group of players simply can't be so bereft of ideas; it must be down to how they are being coached to play the games. This league is a dire standard and whilst yes, we are still 2nd, I don't think that's because of our superiority, but rather the failings of others.
For the first time in my 60+ years of following this great club, I have never felt this despondent.  We will only get so many 'get out of jail' cards dealt and we must be near the end of them now.  We shouldn't have to rely on luck, but that's the only hope left right now for me.  If we do manage to limp out of this League, we'll face an even bigger challenge without some material change! 

The ball control and passing are woeful at times. Do they just do set pieces in training?
And throw ins? Lost count of the times we threw to an unopposed Charlton player. Ludicrous.
I’m telling you, Sonny Bradley messes that team up. Take him out, let Cashin and Nelson do what they did so well. Play two proper full backs and have six players ahead of them who can create goals. It’s not rocket science.

Here’s an insightful tactical appraisal of the first 45 minutes pinched from the Charlton forum! 👍😁

“Their brand of shyte is marginally more creative than our brand of shyte. Utter shyte nonetheless. This league is just, well, utter shyte.”

Here’s an insightful tactical appraisal of the first 45 minutes pinched from the Charlton forum! 👍😁

“Their brand of shyte is marginally more creative than our brand of shyte. Utter shyte nonetheless. This league is just, well, utter shyte.”

Here’s an insightful tactical appraisal of the first 45 minutes pinched from the Charlton forum! 👍😁

“Their brand of shyte is marginally more creative than our brand of shyte. Utter shyte nonetheless. This league is just, well, utter shyte.”

Here’s an insightful tactical appraisal of the first 45 minutes pinched from the Charlton forum! 👍😁

“Their brand of shyte is marginally more creative than our brand of shyte. Utter shyte nonetheless. This league is just, well, utter shyte.”

Here’s an insightful tactical appraisal of the first 45 minutes pinched from the Charlton forum! 👍😁

“Their brand of shyte is marginally more creative than our brand of shyte. Utter shyte nonetheless. This league is just, well, utter shyte.”

Here’s an insightful tactical appraisal of the first 45 minutes pinched from the Charlton forum! 👍😁

“Their brand of shyte is marginally more creative than our brand of shyte. Utter shyte nonetheless. This league is just, well, utter shyte.”

Here’s an insightful tactical appraisal of the first 45 minutes pinched from the Charlton forum! 👍😁

“Their brand of shyte is marginally more creative than our brand of shyte. Utter shyte nonetheless. This league is just, well, utter shyte.”

Here’s an insightful tactical appraisal of the first 45 minutes pinched from the Charlton forum! 👍😁

“Their brand of shyte is marginally more creative than our brand of shyte. Utter shyte nonetheless. This league is just, well, utter shyte.”

Here’s an insightful tactical appraisal of the first 45 minutes pinched from the Charlton forum! 👍😁

“Their brand of shyte is marginally more creative than our brand of shyte. Utter shyte nonetheless. This league is just, well, utter shyte.”

Here’s an insightful tactical appraisal of the first 45 minutes pinched from the Charlton forum! 👍😁

“Their brand of shyte is marginally more creative than our brand of shyte. Utter shyte nonetheless. This league is just, well, utter shyte.”

Here’s an insightful tactical appraisal of the first 45 minutes pinched from the Charlton forum! 👍😁

“Their brand of shyte is marginally more creative than our brand of shyte. Utter shyte nonetheless. This league is just, well, utter shyte.”