Colm

Going a bit too far for my taste. Would rather win by fair means.
 

It was really important not to allow Peterborough any momentum for an unlikely comeback. I remember how Mings having lengthy treatment squashed any chance of us equalizing in the Villa playoff final. Wildsmith's game management is a massive bonus for us. I understand many "purists" on here will disagree, but I admire his professionalism. I don't want us to be plucky losers. 

It was great situational awareness imo. Opposition stood around for a few minutes after the goal at a time when their eager to go at us again. Warne can get his message across to the players in the meantime in prep for the last 5 mins of the match.

Thommo was immense and (along with Waggy) is the difference maker in this team. Energy, composure, skill AND end product!
Shout outs to Nelson, Washington and Fozzy too. This is one of the best attacks we'll come up against this season, and even though there were wobbles, we largely defended well.
This was Warneball at its peak; an out press, out run, counter-fest where we'll score more than you. Oh, and the build-up to the corner Cash scored from was glorious too.

Draw your own conclusions 

Absolute snip! 🐏

Watching Waggy making time to speak with both of the new lads when he could have been milking the crowd reaction says everything you need to know about his position in the squad. What a man!

Warne got lucky that we had an ex-player turn up for a testimonial and happen to have some fitness. Doubt he would have signed him from the ‘open market’ 

Who would have thought it? A settled pro who has almost always played above this level and enjoys the team he plays for could come good? 
 
It’s almost as if Fozzy knew what he was talking about pushing to bring Waghorn back 

A hat-trick on his 500th appearance in club football. I didn't want to sign him, but was clearly wrong. Maybe he's the one this season? Get in, Martyn Waghorn!

Please don't find the post where I didn't want him, I've change me mind!

Going to flick through the discussions on here about Waghorn and have a really good laugh.

Waghorn is too good for this league haha 😂  he's the 20 goals a season striker we thought we'd never get. Great signing from Forsyth. 

He’s on Nemesis at Alton Towers laughing at us right now.

You going Alton Towers mate? 

Midfielders don’t necessarily have to be centrally by the way. In my opinion we need 2 midfielders. Having Bird, Hourihane, Thommo, Smith and another Midfielder is good going. Having 2, especially with the way injuries have gone against us already this season is welcomed. Also the stick that Hourihane is getting is unjustified, one of the best players last Saturday and made some crunching tackles, he’s by far our most technically gifted player and is a threat from set pieces. He is slow but that’s why you get legs around him 

Ironically, that's just what we've got. Bodies. They're not a functional midfield. Bring anyone we can in to improve the team or we won't achieve a thing. Smith isn't good enough anymore, Hourihane isn't good enough anymore, could we potentially mask their deficiencies with some more athletic players around them? Maybe, but they're both gone at the end of the year regardless.

There are so many other threads where you can discuss formations ffs get off this thread and take it there. 
 
Sick of thinking there’s been a rumour I’ve missed to come and read about whether Fozzy was LB or LWB. 
 
it’s in the title of the thread folks… 

Am I the only one that was irked by these comments?
Whose fault is it exactly if we are not a top three team in this league?
Perhaps I’m being arrogant/entitled/both but Derby County should be a top one team in League One and if we’re not the manager is also heavily responsible for this. 

Anyone that saw/heard the clip knows what he's done. He shouldn't be near a football pitch in this country ever again. Regardless of legal verdict, why would you actually want such a vile individual associated with our club? Absolutely warped way of thinking

Yes, we come top by average age, but if you took loans out of that list I don't think we'd be top then. What's most interesting to me is the fact that other teams have all been utilising the loan market and we've not made any moves in that regard at all.
We've been told (or led to believe) that the best players will become available for loan towards the end of the window, but is this actually true?
I was kind of expecting Portsmouth level activity over the summer. A couple of cheap signings, some loans, some frees and a low average age. But for whatever reason, it hasn't happened. Couple of weeks of window left before we really hit the panic stations.

When we sign players, I normally have a look at what the fans at their previous clubs are saying about them, maybe skim over their pages on whoscored, transfermarkt etc to get a feel for what they might be like.
Luton fans said Bradley's legs had gone.
Peterborough fans said Ward struggles to beat the first man with his crosses, and isn't comfortable at wingback.
Elder seems to have never played wingback before in his career.
Nelson was part of the (I think) worst defence (by goals conceded) in the Championship last season.
And that's just from 5 minutes googling.  You do have to wonder who's scouting these players.
 

If it wasn't for him, you wouldn't be able to start this topic.

My personal opinion is not to criticise clowes.
Hes the reason we have a club. Hes running it sustainably so we dont have this threat again.
Sure the decisions hes made may not pay off but thats normal in life and business.