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Tonights attendance 7754 (1163 from Derby)
 
……….well done to one and all. 👍🐏

Tonights attendance 7754 (1163 from Derby)
 
……….well done to one and all. 👍🐏

Tonights attendance 7754 (1163 from Derby)
 
……….well done to one and all. 👍🐏

Tonights attendance 7754 (1163 from Derby)
 
……….well done to one and all. 👍🐏

Tonights attendance 7754 (1163 from Derby)
 
……….well done to one and all. 👍🐏

Tonights attendance 7754 (1163 from Derby)
 
……….well done to one and all. 👍🐏

Tonights attendance 7754 (1163 from Derby)
 
……….well done to one and all. 👍🐏

Tonights attendance 7754 (1163 from Derby)
 
……….well done to one and all. 👍🐏

I like the look of that.

4-3-3!

Didn’t work Saturday. Never will.
Even if Ward or Sibley get into wide areas, who can they cross it to?
Collins on his own against two defenders or NML who can’t head it?
Need to go 4-3-3 and let them worry about us.
Two central defenders is enough at this level. Three get in each other’s space.

Started against Cheltenham, subbed after an hour.  Those stalwarts of the player ratings thread gave him a score ranging from 3 to 6 with a mode average of 4.
Signed on the 22nd of January, now in his fourth week at the club.
We spend time chasing and signing an out and out winger with a good reputation at this level throughout this league when playing in a front three, once signed we move to playing two up front.
……………no wonder the kid looks cheesed off.
 

I think it comes down to a lack of clear plan on how signigns will fit into the side. We had the same in the summer byt signing 2 RWBs and a LB to play as wing backs. The LB struggles at LWB then the RWBs pick up injuries. We sign a RB, shift to 4 at the back and the LB looked settled when he eventually had a couple of starts. The RWBs no longer simply slot in the side as both lack defensive qualities Warne wants to see at RB, or are either not quick enough or lack end product to play at RW.
Our CF targets varied in style. Mark Harris, Rhodes, etc.. 
No we've gone to 352 without a recognised LWB and only 1 forward, despite starting a winger at CF, having 2 wingers on the bench and another who has regularly played there this season.

He was straight into the team for the home game against Cheltenham, played 64 minutes.
I can't blame you form forgetting he was on the pitch though, his teammates didn't seem to realise either.
He didn't get involved, hovered around the halfway line for most of the match waiting for balls that never came his way. On the rare occasion he did see the ball he looked OK, but didn't / couldn't use his pace (perhaps due to the injury) and there was one noticeably poor pice of control where he kicked the ball too far ahead of him, although it's possible that's something he'd normally make up for with his pace.

Pinched from the BBC live text feed.
 
Agree….…..it did get rather repetitive at times👍🐏
 
85'
Offside, Derby County. James Collins is caught offside.
49'
Offside, Derby County. James Collins is caught offside.
45'
Offside, Derby County. James Collins is caught offside.
39'
Offside, Derby County. James Collins is caught offside.
28’
Offside, Derby County. Nathaniel Méndez-Laing is caught offside.
27'
Offside, Derby County. Conor Hourihane is caught offside.
20'
Offside, Derby County. James Collins is caught offside.
13'
Offside, Derby County. Nathaniel Méndez-Laing is caught offside.

Well I feel your pain and frustration for those that went or watched on TV, We've lost 9 points from winning positions after 85 mins that I can remember, There's something wrong with DCFC, We're 2nd and Shrewsbury are/were 6th from bottom and we struggle, The same with Cheltenham and Charlton, I doubt very much our players go out to under perform, PW said he got the tactics wrong...sorry PW but that's not your job to get things wrong, We should be putting teams like Shrewsbury to the sword...but failed, Have we got that ruthless streak in us? I don't think we have...imo.
PW would have have had STFC watched and yet he admits he called it wrong with the starting 11, Well I've a very good memory and I reckon it's not the 1st time PW has called it wrong this season, Our players are playing to instructions, Those instructions are not very good, This team should be doing better than it is...and yet we're 2nd 🤷‍♂️, It's a very good job that this division is so poor that we can still get autos...wake up DCFC.

That's the result of playing it from back to front too quickly with players not able/quick enough to get themselves back onside after pressing and ending up behind opposition defenders.

As for our poor displays at Pride Park…………I wouldn’t panic just yet! 👍🐏
 

As for our poor displays at Pride Park…………I wouldn’t panic just yet! 👍🐏
 

As for our poor displays at Pride Park…………I wouldn’t panic just yet! 👍🐏
 

Overall very good, but those dropped points have all been with goals against in the last five minutes (or even worse in injury time).  See those games out and we're a point behind Portsmouth (I know, I know, if my Aunty had bollox she'd be my Uncle and all that but could be so much better with more composure and killing teams off when in front).  Shouldn't complain too much, I agree, but we're so close to  having the perfect 10 that it makes it all the more frustrating!

It's not a goal until I see that bespectacled little guy doing a fist pump......

Dwight Gayle League appearances 
2023/24 season 0 goals in 10 games 
2022/23 season 3 goals in 35 games
2021/22 season 0 goals in 8 games.
2020/21 season 1 goal in 18 games.
2019/20 season 4 goals in 20 games.
Five years, 8 goals, 91 games.
Goal every 11.3 games
 
Craig Forsyth League appearances 
19/20 season 3 goals in 22 games
20/21 season 0 goals in 21 games
21/22 season 3 goals in 26 games
22/23 season 0 goals in 26 games
23/24 season 3 goals in 24 games
Five years, 9 goals, 133 games.
Goal every 14.7 games.
 
………………I’d rather stick Fozzy up front! 👍😁

From the Beeb.
GOAL - Nottingham Forest 1-1 Bristol City
What a tie!
Superb response by Bristol City as they get themselves back on level terms.
Skipper Jason Knight prods home after an assist by Haydon Roberts.
The Championship club are being backed by a few thousand travelling fans and they're making all the noise.
 
……………….👍🐏

From the Beeb.
GOAL - Nottingham Forest 1-1 Bristol City
What a tie!
Superb response by Bristol City as they get themselves back on level terms.
Skipper Jason Knight prods home after an assist by Haydon Roberts.
The Championship club are being backed by a few thousand travelling fans and they're making all the noise.
 
……………….👍🐏