Rampage

Hutchinson better than Joz so far.

Sibley is safer defensively than Jozwiack.

They have us cornered.

There is always the FA Cup. Being nice it dipped in front of Allsop and bounced up over him. Harder to save than commentator suggested. Could be a five niller.

2 minutes ago, Rampage said:

Same guy unmarked at far post for next corner. Hello.

Two nil now

Same guy unmarked at far post for next corner. Hello.

Free header of the century for their CH

One nil down.

1 hour ago, i-Ram said:

He might have got wind of stormy times ahead. Certainly a lot of dark clouds now.

It is raining puns but every cloud has a silver lining. We must remain hail and hearty about our present situation.

3 hours ago, Sport Billy said:

"Christmas time" 

No good playing him a few games in quick succession at Xmas. End of Xmas rush in my opinion. Mid/late Jan and ease him in. He gives everything so no unnecessary tackles please.

15 minutes ago, Rample said:

I worry about 3 or 4 of our players playing 3 times in a week. Can't be risking CKR or Davies on a Mickey Mouse cup game.

Need to try a couple of others out in pro games too, bearing in mind how threadbare our squad is.

For me it's

Allsop

McDonald Stearman Forsyth Shinnie

Bird Hutchinson

Ebosele Sibley Morrison

Stretton

Bench: Roos, Byrne, Davies, Williams, Brown, Watson, Lawrence

 

 

Do not risk Davies in this one.

Do we appear to be in more of a mess after this program, about the same or do we now have a better understanding what is going on without being in more of a mess. What will EFL think of this. Who knows.

Surely Wayne would value beating the Nevilles et al.

11 minutes ago, ollycutts1982 said:

Apologies I didn't realise that was the rule, I once had a friend called David if that counts?

I don't mind being tarred, feathered and paraded round Derby on a lead by Ewie should we lose.

What time does the parade start.

1 hour ago, LeedsRam1999 said:

My team would be:

                        Allsop

Byrne  Cashin   Davies   Buchanan 

            Thompson Shinnie 

Ebosele    Sibley    Morrison 

               Stretton

This team is by no means weak but preserves some of our first teasers for Peterborough away.

1 hour ago, RamsFan10 said:

                    Allsop

Ebosele Davies Stearman Forsyth

       Hutchinson Shinnie

    Jozwiak Morrison Sibley

                 Stretton 

I believe all of these count as professional players. I think it’s wise to rest where we can given our lack of a squad. Would like to keep Jozwiak in to build up confidence with hopefully a good performance against easier competition, but I think Wayne will go with Lawrence. Horrible to say but going out of the cups early this season wouldn’t be the worst thing, although I’m a strong believer in the momentum that wins can bring.

Stay in the cup this time and give more practice to young players

30 minutes ago, Coconut said:

If that's all you took from the post I don't know what to say. 

If there's little to no prospect of a player's performances improving, due to a number of factors including the fans being on his back then persisting with them doesn't seem beneficial to anyone.

Do you see any potential for a massive turnaround in fortunes for Jozwiak in our current setup? I don't.

Shortly after arriving at the club, I seem to remember Joz saying that he preferred playing attacking football but thought that we were playing mainly defensive football.

On 07/08/2021 at 19:42, rammieib said:

I want to like Jozwiak but it’s difficult to. That moment he was running through and was too scared to shoot sums him up.

Ravel, Tom and Louis? He won’t do it because of the defensive cover but Id like to see it.

Worth a try when we are losing the game and do not look like scoring.

1 hour ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

I doubt this will be true if we're in a scrap. Wazza will be safety first all season.

I agree.

57 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said:

Rooney has told Sibley that young Louie is not part of his plans. I really don't see what Sibley can do to change that. The fault lies with the manager not the player and it's the manager who needs to change his ideas.

 Like many other issues. We will see what happens.

43 minutes ago, rammieib said:

Imagine being a pro footballer abs told you’re only good for the last 30 minutes of a game.

For a developing player, 30 minutes is better than no minutes. You then have to do enough to get more minutes.

1 hour ago, Bald Eagle's Barmy Army said:

If we can get this takeover completed before the end of the transfer window, we’ll all be saying it was better latte than never. 

An opinion well expressed. 

1 hour ago, Raich Carter said:

Another perspective and some mitigating factors (in no particular order):

• COVID19
• Backed his managers
• Cancer treatment 
• Blaggers trying to takeover the club 
• Selling academy players not necessarily his choice (i.e. they can go if they want to via tribunal)
• Sam Rush

I'm not saying he hasn't made mistakes but my take on it is he showed ambition but due to a number of factors, it clearly didn't work. I think it's harsh to be say everything he's done is wrong. It's not like he tried to rob the club as previous owners have. He took a shot... he missed. If we had Clough here playing durge-ball you'd all be moaning about the lack of ambition probably. 

 

We are trying to sign players.

We are trying to solve the issues with EFL.

We are trying to get taken over. 

Not a great deal we fans can do to aid these issues being resolved.

Let us get behind the team and enjoy the football as much as we can.

47 minutes ago, jono said:

You know what is great about this thread … we aren’t quite as threadbare as we thought we were.

Looking at everyone’s suggestions .. Bielik to come back later in the season. Knighty and Buchanan on the mend. The Sibley question, Watson starting to look more than elementary. Alternatives of Joz and Festy …. We are slow up top but that aside we have a team 

Watson is better than Holmes was.

1 minute ago, angieram said:

No not free. There are several levels of membership which have replaced the old home and away memberships. We were away members anyway so became members. It said one of the things we would get are extended highlights, but I haven't checked that out yet.

Details are here.

https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2021/08/all-new-Derby-county-membership-is-here-for-202122-season

Thanks Angie.

3 hours ago, angieram said:

I think the extended highlights are available to members only this season. Which might have been an enticement but not if other clubs are providing them foc! 

Is membership free. How do you become a member of said membership.