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Sounds like Dobbin had had another good game tonight to follow up from his performance on Saturday. He is going to be a big threat at this level when he is fully fit.

Yet another clean sheet

Yet another clean sheet

There is a link a few pages back

Yet another clean sheet

Yet another clean sheet

Yet another clean sheet

Yet another clean sheet

Straight to penalties, no extra time

Sounds like Dobbin had had another good game tonight to follow up from his performance on Saturday. He is going to be a big threat at this level when he is fully fit.

Sounds like Dobbin had had another good game tonight to follow up from his performance on Saturday. He is going to be a big threat at this level when he is fully fit.

Sounds like Dobbin had had another good game tonight to follow up from his performance on Saturday. He is going to be a big threat at this level when he is fully fit.

Sounds like Dobbin had had another good game tonight to follow up from his performance on Saturday. He is going to be a big threat at this level when he is fully fit.

No Mendez Laing on the bench. Hopefully just rested and not injured.

Tyler Walker, Macauley Bonne, Saido Berahino , 1 of those 3 for the strikers role
 

We’ve signed a player in James Collins who scored 25 goals for Luton last time he played in League 1, he then bagged 15 in the championship the following season. Had a bad time at Cardiff but several factors there namely the manager who brought him in they got rid of. Proven at this level and will get goals because he does the right things

I wonder if we could attract Lyle Taylor, while we are on the subject of Florest players.

I knew the point of the statistic, but I am getting a bit fed up of statistics. You can bend them any way you wish. It’s like you now promoting Sibley because of an ‘assist’. Come on, it was a good pass to Hourihane, but hardly an assist given the nature of the goal. That goal was all about Hourihane’s touch, creating a yard of space and ultimately his shooting prowess. The truth is I don’t dislike Sibley, but if you discount one ‘wonder 90 minute performance’ two years ago, his number of goals and assists don’t look overly great, even if he was dribbling in all of them at close to 80% (which he rarely does).  I really can’t see why so many get carried away with thinking Sibley is the solution.

Mentioned Wilks at the start of the summer, would be a brilliant signing at this level imo.

Rosenior said we are close to some signings in the presser 

I think if I was Rosenior I’d be stressing the need for composure in the future third. We ‘earn’ the right to play a lot of the time and seemingly always have a pass to a player in space, but you can look at all our attacking players today and say they got in good positions and then lost the ball.
Case in point is Sibleys missed chance, it’s harsh to point him out but I think it’s a clearer example than say Hourihane missing a through ball or something like that. Anyway the ball is difficult for Sibley to control which I can appreciate, but the keeper has commited before he’s had his shot. Sibley has the ability for a bit of nous and composure and to get the ball away from the keeper at that point rather than hitting it at him, but that’s the part of his game he needs to learn quickly. I could say similar with Barkhuizen too.
Aside that I can find very little fault in our performance aside possibly Roberts needing to gel better with the side. 

Just under 5 weeks ago we had 5 players, this virtually new squad will take time to gel and get better. Steve Cotterill's teams are always hard to score against, even last season they only conceded 51 goals even though they finished in 18th position. The fixtures have not been kind to us, having played up until tonights game against teams that finished in the top half of the table barring Barnsley who came down with us. Rams fans please have faith, it's a long season and not a sprint.

OK, so who's cutting up their season ticket cards? ?
Is that 7 points from 4 games after a late preseason and a dozen new players? 
4 points from the next 2 and we'll be a point ahead of where I expected. 

4 games gone. Only 2 goals conceded which is great considering we have two very good defenders not even on the pitch for the last two games. 
 
Sort things out in the final 3rd and there’s no question we can make top 6 this season. 

And honestly, if anyone can explain to me what they think Rosenior got wrong to make them think he needs the sack, I'm all ears.
Can't believe I'm hearing calls like that this early on. Its as if none of you have ever actually watched football before this season