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I may get pelted by virtual rotten fruit for pointing this out, but after the Play Off Final win under Billy Davies the police shut every pub in Derby City Centre for 2 hours to avoid any 'over-exuberance'.

With Warne's managerial background being at Rotherham (no disrespect to Rotherham intended) his managerial tactics evolved based upon managing a smaller club, less resources, less player-pulling power and often being the underdog in any football match. As such his tactics were based not on how can I get my team to out-pass / outplay the opposition, but more on how to counter them. I suspect that he didn't have that much experience of matches where teams would try to counter his tactics. I think this year we have seen Warne growing as a manager, we still see that he sets up his team to counter the strengths (real or supposed) of opposing teams, and also he has struggled where teams are countering our play of getting the ball wide by doubling up on our wingers. However, he is becoming more rounded in his tactical approach, with a lot of the play being along the floor or attempted pin-point long balls down or across to the wing. Yes, we still hoof it, but only when a side effectively closes us down. I was sceptical of Warne when he first came, in fact I started the first thread questioning his tactics after his debut home game and whether our possession-based team could deliver them, but this season (more so than his first) he has learnt and developed how to progress from managing a smaller football club with limited expectation to a bigger club with a high expectation level. I am hoping for the same development next season if we get promoted, especially starting to mix it up in the midfield area which we will definitely need in the Championship.

There was a group of lads in the west stand, one of them dressed in a Derby strip (shirt, shorts and socks). I got chatting to them in the concourse at half time, turns out it was a stag do, the groom, dressed in the strip, was a Leyton Orient fan and after the match they were heading to Nottingham for a night out. Class😀

Excellent win and all round performance. Sibs had a good game and I had to eat humble pie in front of the missus for my pre-match assessment of Bradley - Lordy, she's had a great day! This win deserves more than 19 pages😀

I wish a plague of haemorrhoids on them.

From that angle it looks as if the ball glanced Cashin's shoulder on the way through

punctuation is the difference between: Helping my uncle, Jack, off a horse. and helping my uncle jack off a horse

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"Opposing players may not approach closer than 2 m (2.2 yd) to the point on the touch-line from which the throw-in is to be taken. " Bielsa used this tactic when taking Leeds up. IMHO more managers should use it, especially in an opponent's half - about 4 out of 5 throw-ins go back to the thrower-in to hoof clear, having a man on them stops that and piles on the pressure.

Cracking entertainment tonight, and a fantastic atmosphere with a truly ring-wrenching last ten minutes. How will Adam’s be playing in a 3pm kick off on Saturday as he is observing Ramadan?

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Won me £40🤗. Cheers Forest

As the missus said in the first half "I've missed the banter" when the Stevenage fans were giving it some in the first half, and the Home fans responded when Evans managed to haul himself out of his chair. Dire game, but a great 3 points.

When the ball was played to Hugill, he dummied Elder by making out he was going to stop and collect the ball, Elder went to stop and slipped a bit when he realised the dummy. Good play by Hugill all round

One of my favourite parts of the game was when Cashin was 'proposed' by fellow team mates to start the post-match bounce.

If we do there'll be Wales of despair.

B4 DCFC cheerleader. RIP lad. Oh Lordy, what sad news.

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