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At the game:
31Vickers - 7 - did nothing wrong, good distribution, one excellent save
35Nelson - 4 - positioning sometimes poor, passing average at best, not very mobile, tried hard!
5Bradley - 3 - worrying, hoping he just needs game time - has he played in a 3?
3Forsyth - 8 - aggressive, pursued opposition to deny them space and time, bossed the defence
6Cashin - 7 - game of two halves - passing was off in first half, improved a lot in 2nd half
2Wilson - 4 - lacked confidence to try to beat his man, dithered with ball at his feet and caused a couple of B'pool break-aways
23 Ward - 7 - improved us when he came on, showed some pace and desire
12Smith - 6 - average, better second half
8Bird - 6 - first half poor but major improvement second half and found some good spaces - too late!
4Hourihane - 4 - anonymous
16Thompson - 6.5 - worked very hard and tried to get involved, end product still the issue
20Elder - 5 - not much threat going forward really, 2nd goal was unlucky
14Washington - 5 - not up to speed yet, made a few decent runs, lacked supply
10Waghorn - 6 - worked hard and nearly scored but lacked supply from midfield
9Collins - 6 - worked hard but has to drift wide or deep to get involved 
Brown - 6 looked pacey and strong - needs supply
Crowd - 4/10 - fine to have an opinion but booing is very negative and unlikely to motivate the team. Got behind team in second half

After 3 games I've been pleasantly surprised by the style of play from our opponents so far. - very similar to the Championship
Decent footballing sides and not the expected sh1thousery that I'd heard about - and no constant long balls, long throws or time wasting.
However, this week we play against a Steve Cotterill side & a Scott Brown side - so my opinion may have changed by Saturday night

He's a generous bloke, £1.2m for a robotic surgeon to Derby Hospital that helps the city, saved lives and pumped millions into the football club.
People can dissect his running of the club and they will, but honestly having talked to him on many occasions, he's a decent guy that does care.
I would receive calls just to check up how I was doing during my bad days with anxiety. Was hard to read that he was going through his own health issues.
I'll get hammered for this post but I'm gutted for the guy with how this is ending. Always will.
Won't ever feel comfortable reading people laying into him as a man, but accept that others haven't been as lucky I have to have been able to see that side of him.

Nightingale too 1959

Nightingale too 1959

Blame Keogh
 

Blame Keogh