Kernow

The Championship is continuing to be an absolutely mental league.

Unbelievably we currently find ourselves closer to 10th than to the relegation zone. I don't think we're out of it yet, then again nor are about 10 teams, however we've given ourselves a really good chance to have a really boring, nothing to play for end of the season.

It's sad that he might play his whole Derby career without a fan in the ground. He'd be even more of a cult hero without the restrictions.

Preston & Blackburn goals would turn today into a pretty decent one, all things considered.

Well tomorrow is now an absolutely massive game for us...

3 minutes ago, Mostyn6 said:

Is this guy related to the mods? A few years ago they were all wanting to be famous for BanningMe. 

There's still a few hours of the transfer window left... a lot can happen 

3 minutes ago, Heisenberg said:

Steve Nicholson says we want him.

How many loans are you allowed to register? 5 in a match day squad and 7 in total?

5 in the squad. I guess if they're all loans then one of the CBs will have to sit-out at a time. It's not really necessary to have two CBs who can only play in that position on the bench anyway.

Can't imagine he'd get much game time here so it makes sense.

CKR, Gregory, Waghorn, Stretton and Duncan probably all ahead of him once fully fit.

Another good signing then!

Roberts-CKR-Jozwiak could be a pretty decent front three.

@rynny claiming the title change:

Mod Wars to change the title.

1 hour ago, Ellafella said:

Absolutely. Wazza thinks our team/squad is "too nice" and wants us to be "uglier" to the opposition. Wazza understands the psychology of football better than most having learned under Fergy who, lets face it, could out-psyche the likes of Keegan, Benitez, Wenger and to a degree Mourhino quicker than he could point to his wristwatch and stare menacingly at the referee. 

I think most would agree with that to be honest, not just Wayne himself. The Rowett season aside, we've generally tried to place "nice" football which is pleasing to the eye for pretty much the last 8 years(whether that's actually happened or not is another matter).

It's good to see us take an aggressive, energetic approach with players like CKR more than happy to bully the poo out of anybody he comes up against. We've been on the wrong side of teams like that for too long, so it's good to see that's the way Rooney seemingly wants us to play instead.

Scattergun.

Will be interesting to see how many we actually get and in which positions. *If* it's four in, then I'd hope/imagine CB, CDM, Winger and CF.

Looking down the table for ya...

Good news. Rotherham can overtake Forest while we pull away in the coming weeks.

@TigerTedd a little harsh on Hull seeing as this is their first season down there and they're currently top! But other than that, I'd generally agree.

League One would be "exciting" for some because we'd face a lot of new teams, new grounds for many people if we can go etc., however it really wouldn't be worth the potential long-term setbacks. We'd lose out financially and be forced to sell our best players and probably replace with lower quality. Our best hope would be to runaway with the title and use the momentum to progress in the Championship too, but that sort of thing doesn't happen too often, especially nowadays.

5 hours ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

Two posts shamelessly nabbed from Twitter.

Yellow card for you both.

I refuse apologise for sharing an amusing anecdote at Leeds' expense for those uninvolved with the world of Twitter.

I did it for the people, and a few likes.

Spare a thought for one of Leeds’ opposition analysts today. Bielsa got him to watch the first three seasons of The Only Way is Essex for nothing. 

I'd still like to think there are going to be (at least) three worse teams than us this season.

Based on tonight's performance, and to be honest the majority of the last month or so, there should be plenty of teams worse than us this season, including Birmingham who were one of the worst teams we've faced this season. They look a bit like we did at the start of the season so they certainly need something to turn around.

Of our next four games, we face Sheff Wed (22nd), Rotherham (23rd) and QPR (19th). We should be able to have a much better indication of how deep into this relegation battle we really are in just a few short weeks.

Ben Hamer > Roy Carroll > Robbie Savage > Brad Jones >>>>> Brice Samba

14 minutes ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

That was most bizarre, giving him a high five when he scores.  Had the whistle just gone for the end of the game as he scored ? Only thing I can think of. If not that's a major kick in the balls to his teammates and inexcusable.

Nope, the goal was scored in the 87th minute so at least 6 or so minutes before the final whistle.

I would be absolutely livid if one of our lot did that. Unacceptable at any time let alone when you need every single player to give their all to get out of the position they’re in.

Not even two goalkeepers could save Forest from slipping closer to the relegation zone today.

2 minutes ago, Spanish said:

Interesting to see whether Rooney rests him next game.  Squad rotation is important with this compressed season and he was out of gas

I think he might go with him again for an away game against a side like Brentford. His physical presence provides a good outlet when we're undoubtedly going to be spending a lot of time in our own half. I doubt he'll last the whole game, but he should be able to make an impact still.

7 minutes ago, WestKentRam said:

Didn't have the rub of the green today but couldn't fault his effort and also intelligence standing in front of Millwall's keeper in a non-offsidey way to obstruct his view of Knight's shot and goal that CKR  could see was incoming.

I've just watched Sky Sports' highlights back again and didn't notice that first time round. I thought it was really intelligent play from him to position himself in front of the keeper, to impede him without fouling.

That kind of experience and quick thinking is vital if we want to pick up points. He essentially took the keeper out of the game in a legal way, to prevent him having any chance of recovering to block Knighty's follow up. CKR is growing on me game after game.