EulogyForEvolution

Me too. I've voted Nelson and Cash for pure consistency in an ever-changing back line. They've been colossal.

Looking at who we have available, we might have to go for something like this next game: Wildsmith Smith Nelson Cashin Elder Adams Thompson Ward Sibley Wilson Washington We don't have the attacking players available to afford having Ward, Sibley or Wilson in the fullback positions. I'm still not sure CBT is ready for a start - he showed glimpses yesterday when he game on, though. To put our injury crisis into perspective, here's a alternate eleven with players that are injured or suspended: Vickers Nyambe Bradley Rooney Forsyth Fornah Bird NML Barkhuizen Gayle Collins I think any team would struggle with so many players out.

Shocking game. Utterly s***. And f*** Sonny Bradley. I want him out of the club.

Yeah, Waggy just doesn't lead the line.

It's ridiculous if the EFL are holding this up. They have no right to be hand holding us now. We have a new owner, we took our punishment in the form of a 21 point deduction, relegation and narrowly avoiding liquidation. Were QPR restricted when they returned to the Championship after breaking FFP to get promoted (over us)? How about Everton, Forest or Man City by the Premier League? It feels like there are special rules that apply to us that no one else has to abide by.

Don't want him back on loan. Would much rather give our own players more game time. I'd understand him forcing a move to a big club...but Bristol City? It's insulting, frankly.

I really hope this happens. This is what I called for in the midfield thread a few days ago. We have good attacking options but they aren't free to get forward and do their thing because no one is doing the nasty stuff to allow them to stop looking over their shoulders. Love the idea of: Adams (DM) Thompson/Fornah (box to box engine) Bird/Hourihane/Sibley (number 10 or attacking mid) I've just got a feeling someone like Adams, in the mold of Eustace, will help knit it all together and we'll start seeing the benefits of our talented squad.

I think the problem with our midfield is that the players we have don't have clearly defined roles that they are there to carry out. Think about some of our best midfields in recent times, for example Eustace/Bryson/Hughes. Eustace would sit in the front of the back four, mop up and play simple passes. Bryson was the engine who would also be making late runs into the box and linking with the wingers. Hughes would play between the lines and look to spray passes around. They worked together as a unit. You see the same with all the best sides, whether they play a two or a three. What do we have now? Bird who sometimes sits back and sometimes plays almost as a 10. Hourihane who plays deeper than he used to because he doesn't have the legs to play his old role. Thommo, Fornah and Smith who play different roles every time they come on the pitch, mainly from the bench. I'd go as far to say that none of them suit the CDM role naturally and all of them are asked to play there. I'd like to see us bring in a player who can sit in front of the back four and turn over the ball. Then see Fornah or Thommo play as the midfield engine driving the ball on, and Bird or Hourihane playing between the lines. It's all square pegs and round holes at the moment.

That was the most f****** Derby County half of football I've ever seen.

Solid performance. Much improved. More of the same please 👍

Total dogshit. This squad is too good to be regularly turning in performances like that.