chadlad

My Mrs says she doesn’t want to go anymore, despite having a season ticket. We have both been ST holders for many years but neither of us is impressed with the anti football that Warne seems to want his team to play. How many others feel this way? How many young potential ST holders will drift away to the red side of the A52?
We are Derby I hear at every home game, it’s in our DNA. Yet I see very little on the pitch that reminds me of our great traditions of attractive passing football.
I will still be going to every home game but more in hope than expectation. Until Warne is gone I can’t see things changing anytime soon. I was shocked and surprised that LR wasn’t given more time, I already think that PW has been given too much time. The damage he is doing to our club will be long standing if he is allowed to continue in his job for very much longer.
 

He got his tactics right at Blackpool, Hit them on the break and we score 3, Today the tactic of missing out on our midfield to play it wide is a worry, You do your homework on the opposition as you should, But to be concerned about a team that hadn't scored a goal all season and only 1 point from their games shows me PWs tactics are way short of where they should be.
I'm neither a Warne in or out and unless DCFC do something so catastrophic with results he's here until the seasons end, My concern is PW and tactics are as confusing to supporters who are trying to understand what he's doing and saying🤷‍♂️  

1Wildsmith - 7 steady
24Nyambe - 8 - solid game 
35Nelson - 8 - dominant  performance.
6Cashin - 7 - getting back to his best.
3Forsyth - 7 - Mr Consistency.
Wilson - 6 
12Smith - 4 - nothing player, need Birdy back.
Bird - 6 great to see him back.
22Fornah - 9 my MOM, really like the way he plays.
11Méndez-Laing - 7 our most dangerous player despite one or two poor decisions.
10Waghorn - 5 bad miss from a free header, ran around…
Washington - 6
7Barkhuizen - 7 good player.
Sibley - 6 needs to be played in his best position 
9Collins - 6 ran around a lot but…

Slept on it ‘balanced’ thoughts
positives: 
1) first home game of the season I feel like I can say we never looked like losing. We were so in control we could have played for 900 minutes and not conceded which, even against weak opposition, hasn’t felt true this season before. 
 
2) Nelson looks better and better as the weeks go on. We’ve got a fantastic CB at this level and a player I hope can make the step back up with us when we need it. 
 
3) Nyambe is such an intelligent footballer but with all the physical attributes Warne would want from a player. Been a pleasure watching him. 
 
4) Forsyth is Forsyth. How he keeps going with 0 knees and a resurgence at left back after 2 years at CB. When Cashin looks like the weakest part of a back 4 (and he isn’t weak at all) you know you probably have the best defence in the division… 
 
5) Fornah showed everything you’d want from someone in his position yesterday he mopped absolutely everything up. Was always there when they broke the lines. My dad who doesn’t really comment on players in the game turned and said ‘that big lad in the middle is tidying everything up’. 
 
6) Barkhuizen has the pace but also some technical ability to go with it which makes the attack feel like it’s a little bit less kick and rush. 
 
7) we did dominate the match. Which is what I’d asked to be seeing at home. 
 
Negatives 
1) no one in the final third showed any sort of real quality at all. 
 
2) don’t want to single anyone out for having a stinker but there was one player who’d have been frustrated with his performance I think. A bit sloppy.  
 
3) I’m all for keeping the ball and recycling it if nothing is on (I’ve called for this and want to see it) but on some occasions, as Warne would say, the players needed to be a bit braver and trust their team mates with a firm pass forwards to them in the middle. Trust them to control it and move it on even if they have a few players around them because that’s how we’ll pull teams apart who are happy for a point. 
 
4) the balance up top isn’t right. I’d rather see a focal point with NML and Bark either side of them with an actual creator playing behind them rather than having 2 strikers. 

The last point which is neither positive or negative is that we held a team off at arms length who would have snapped your hand off for a point. Can we do this firstly away from home? Can we do this against a Barnsley or a Bolton etc? 

Tbh I also thought we played well and on another day we could have won the game 3 or 4 to nil.
The stand out chance was Waghorn’s header in the 2nd half. He managed to put it wide when it seemed easier to score. Barkhuisen also had a great chance in the 1st half, plus Collins header in the 2nd half.
I for one feel much more encouraged by today’s performance than any other home game this season.
 

Tbh I also thought we played well and on another day we could have won the game 3 or 4 to nil.
The stand out chance was Waghorn’s header in the 2nd half. He managed to put it wide when it seemed easier to score. Barkhuisen also had a great chance in the 1st half, plus Collins header in the 2nd half.
I for one feel much more encouraged by today’s performance than any other home game this season.
 

Performance was much better but the final ball and finishing was missing massively, on another day we win that 2 or 3 nil. Waggys header was a sitter, he had to score. We seem to have struggled vs half decent teams who just sit in at Pride Park, even under McClaren we had games like today.
The booing after the game was at the ref, there were chants to him after the boos & he was booed again as he walked down the tunnel.
As for Warne's post match interview, what he actually said was we was getting joy down the sides (which we were) but then decided to try & force passes through the middle (which we did) but thats where all Cambridge numbers were so it didnt work & that we should have kept going out wide as that was working....not sure how anyone can disagree with that? Everytime we went through the middle we lost the ball, Waggy barely madr himself available but we looked a threat when we got the ball out wide.
Nyambe & Nelson looked rock solid at the back & Fornah was brilliant in centre mid, the sort of player we have been missing. Id be tempted with him & Bird in the 2 with Hourihane in the 10 as he has the quality on the ball to score or create around the edge of the box.
1 loss in 7, 3 clean sheets in a row & the squad starting to get back fit - lets see how we look when we have the likes of Bird, Hourihane, Ward & JJ fully fit & available.
I do however think some fans wont be happy regardless of what happens on the pitch whilst Warne is in charge. Even if we won the league they would moan about something.

Tbh I also thought we played well and on another day we could have won the game 3 or 4 to nil.
The stand out chance was Waghorn’s header in the 2nd half. He managed to put it wide when it seemed easier to score. Barkhuisen also had a great chance in the 1st half, plus Collins header in the 2nd half.
I for one feel much more encouraged by today’s performance than any other home game this season.
 

Tbh I also thought we played well and on another day we could have won the game 3 or 4 to nil.
The stand out chance was Waghorn’s header in the 2nd half. He managed to put it wide when it seemed easier to score. Barkhuisen also had a great chance in the 1st half, plus Collins header in the 2nd half.
I for one feel much more encouraged by today’s performance than any other home game this season.
 

Tbh I also thought we played well and on another day we could have won the game 3 or 4 to nil.
The stand out chance was Waghorn’s header in the 2nd half. He managed to put it wide when it seemed easier to score. Barkhuisen also had a great chance in the 1st half, plus Collins header in the 2nd half.
I for one feel much more encouraged by today’s performance than any other home game this season.
 

I don’t think even Warne knows our best X1 yet. However what we do have now is plenty of options and permutations to try. Clearly last season burnout was an issue and we seemed to concede late in games which told in the end; that detracted from the esprit de corps that a small squad brings. Whilst I haven’t been impressed with the quality of our recruitment, the fact we have Barks and Sibley back is a major boost. When Bird 🦅 gets back we will start to be very competitive I think. So, if we stay close to the top 10, I can foresee us getting into top gear as the final quarter of the season gets going. Patience and staying with the squad in terms of support will be a very key factor. We need to go up this season playing a brand of football that will enable us to continue momentum in the Championship and that is an area where for me Warne has an Achilles heel. Kick and rush will not be a style to hang the Derby County hat on. 

Passing guru? You are bizarrely trying to mock a former manager who is currently sitting sixth in the Championship, unbeaten since the opening day and who just took four points off former PL sides in the past two weeks.
Hull scored more goals against Sheffield Wednesday (a team we scored zero against under Warne last season) in one home game than we have in all our home league games combined this season.
I don’t really care about the no shots on target stat anyway. You can create golden chances and not shoot on target, or you can have ten shots on target all from range which barely causes the goalkeeper to flinch.
We simply barely create any chances under Warne and coincidentally the football is crap.
I much preferred the football we played under Rosenior, and we created far more golden chances (which we missed most of them).

Would be good to see him and Bird as a pairing in CM. 

May be on dependent upon the fitness of Hourihane.

This topic makes me sad because I've just sat and thought really hard about it and there isn't a single thing.
That's not me over reacting, without agenda, the reality has just sunk in that absolutely 100% of the footballing side of our club is worse than it was.
I was bored at the match on Saturday. And barely felt the excitement of a 85th minute penalty because deep down I knew there was a chance that our players would be tired enough to give them a few chances. I still think it was a point stolen rather than 2 lost given how bad we were.
Pride Park is dead. That's not because the fans have just suddenly turned rubbish, it's because like me, once optimistic people are just expecting nothing.
It's the worst it's ever been. I'll never not go, but it's hard to get enthused and last week for the first time ever, it felt nice to have a weekend without Derby County being at the forefront of my Saturday.
I think I'm depressed by how bad it is. I was more optimistic when we were on the verge of going bust. 
And to end on a slightly more positive note, I still think this squad is good and should be a top two team, we just have a manager making them look dreadful and it'll only get worse. 

Rosenior’s last game in charge:
Yes, it was excruciating watching Derby dominate the ball and pepper the opposition goal with shots.
Give me long, rushed chaotic forward passes, 40% possession and one shot on target over that rubbish.

Yeah, must be awful - I assume their goals for column being comparable with others in top 6 is a misprint?

I thought that he looked our best player in the 1st half v Pompey. He looked like the only midfielder who was prepared to accept the ball and look for a pass instead of kicking it long. Showed some nice skill but picked up a silly booking and could easily had another so probably needs to calm down a little.
 
 

I thought that he looked our best player in the 1st half v Pompey. He looked like the only midfielder who was prepared to accept the ball and look for a pass instead of kicking it long. Showed some nice skill but picked up a silly booking and could easily had another so probably needs to calm down a little.
 
 

I thought that he looked our best player in the 1st half v Pompey. He looked like the only midfielder who was prepared to accept the ball and look for a pass instead of kicking it long. Showed some nice skill but picked up a silly booking and could easily had another so probably needs to calm down a little.
 
 

When you look like you may snatch a rather undeserved and unexpected 3 points, having gone 1-0 up in the 86th minute, but the manager's inability control his insatiable lust to revert to playing 3 CBs, thus giving the opposition time in front of your defence and more opportunity to get the ball into your box results in you collecting only one, you realise that no lessons have been learned, and never will be.

I voted as being on the edge but after yesterday I am now full blown Warne out.
Even the Mrs doesn’t want to go to matches anymore as she says that she is not enjoying it.
The absolute dross that is being served up as football will drive many fans away from the club if it allowed to continue.
Warne out!

I voted as being on the edge but after yesterday I am now full blown Warne out.
Even the Mrs doesn’t want to go to matches anymore as she says that she is not enjoying it.
The absolute dross that is being served up as football will drive many fans away from the club if it allowed to continue.
Warne out!

I voted as being on the edge but after yesterday I am now full blown Warne out.
Even the Mrs doesn’t want to go to matches anymore as she says that she is not enjoying it.
The absolute dross that is being served up as football will drive many fans away from the club if it allowed to continue.
Warne out!

Smith.. as in Korey Smith? You hammer a ton of players, not always incorrectly I’ll add, but him being one you like surprises me. He runs around doing the square root of nothing. At best he ticks away, but if we ever needed him to step up and win a game then we’d be waiting a long, long, long time. 
Two goals and 18 assists in the last ten seasons for a player who I wouldn’t even say is a defensive midfielder. 
 

Correct! Wildsmith had to come charging out of his area because we were disorganised again after giving the ball away again. 

doubting the referees honesty is a bit daft, his competence maybe.