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I know this will attract a lot of predictable comments/complaints... But The Apprentice is back, and me and the kids will be hooked as always. Good, amusing family entertainment, not to be taken too seriously. Week 1 was cringe TV of the very highest order. Few idiots and some irritating characters but enough who seem serious to make it interesting.

Warne has been saying we want a striker...and we haven't got one, yet it's his fault that we haven't signed one. It clearly isn't his responsibility. But fans are twisting it so its his football that is the issue? What ?...his team a few points from automatic promotion is the issue? Seriously, blame him for lots of other stuff. But clearly our financial situation is the issue and/or our recruitment team. Other fans are blaming Clowes, forgetting he's already £50 or £60milion down? Really poor attitude. It's disappointing. But, a bit of realism wouldn't go amiss. We end the window stronger than we started it. Players to come back. I'd prefer to see what happens, listen to the explanation and the plan now, but toys are out the pram as per I see.

If I were him, the fact we are desperately short of options and our only other striker is a workhouse, would suggest I have a decent chance of game time. We have decent crowds, are close to the promotion picture. Good for one final challenge of a career that's made me plenty of money but not exactly littered with trophies. Can't see I'd be overly excited but he may be decent for a few games.

Bit of a 'Beast and the Beast' fairytale story! If those 2 young studs don't bring the female crowds in....who will??

I made that point after that game too. We lost the midfield and were cut open at will. But we also created chances and were 'unlucky' in the end to lose against quality opposition. I enjoyed that game far more and felt more positive about our chances than after yesterday. Two great goals and some brief euphoria but we were so lucky that they missed from 2 yards- in that event there would have been even less to take out of the game. Surely lessons have been learned and we will sort the full back and midfield situation out. Probably by going 3 at the back. Also desperately need cover for Collins because he's fast becoming the horse from Animal Farm who will need boiling down for glue!

The performance was pretty dreadful, no hyperbole. We played our 'Get out of jail' card today. Won't get away with it again. Its probably been 4 games now where we just haven't turned up - and concerningly it feels like we aren't addressing the issues. The performance was poor, the players were both sloppy and had no options. Hard to see what we intended. Points-wise we are still in it, but the performances need to improve drastically before our luck runs out.

It was all a bit FiFa management today...because the idea was having Sibley and Wilson at full back gives us lots of attacking options, maybe even over lapping and tearing them to pieces!! In reality, Wilson had his worst game. Just kept trying to force it and losing the ball. CBT had no clue how /where to go and rarely got an opportunity to run with the ball. Sibley worked hard and did shrug his man off, but oh my he's slow to turn and loses his position. NML was really poor, only Barks had an 'average' game out wide. Forsyth and Niambe make us so much better its untrue and are better bringing the ball out and not turning it straight back over. 3 at the back is better for now though until we can get proper full backs in. Nothing came through the middle - at one throw in we had 7 Derby players within 10 yards. Every time we turned inside the passing was scruffy and we turned possession over. Collins was a (very hard working) by-stander for 80% of the game. Hourihane and Bird as a 2 was horrendous. Couldn't understand it at all. No options on the bench and just let a striker go on loan. An awful lot of injuries, quite a few to players with a history of it that we brought in regardless. Looking at the table, a defeat today would really have seen top 2 drifting away. I think Warne got lucky today and that hurts me to say because I want him to succeed. There needs to be a response because today I just couldn't see that result coming for most of it.

Really poor performance, no better than Tue really. Substitutions gave us a chance. Two good goals, other than that we were really poor. Created nothing, built nothing. So many misplaced passes again. Still had time to give them an open goal from 2 yards they manage to clear themselves! Very very lucky today. Anything other than admitting that and Warne is testing my patience. We were crap...but live to fight another day. Needs sorting ASAP.

Unfortunately I agree with every word. The most formless, half arsed performance since... well Tues! Worse than earlier in the season. The wheels need putting back on. Hourihane and Bird are just walking around. Just horrible this week. Needs addressing at half time urgently.

They are in Chester.

is Bird playing??

In a word Dull.

That's being kind.

Hang on.. you may be right 🤣🤣

Derby wasteful in possession.

There's a fine line between being annoying, aggravating... And too blatantly attention seeking.

Wilson and Sibley full backs? Hourihane, Collins, NML, CBT, Barks... That is very attacking. My interest is peaked again.

Every time I try to raise some positivity, I have flashbacks to Tue. Really was an incredibly flaccid, limp and unenjoyable performance...( Mrs Chester was non-too impressed either 🤣 ). 3 points and a decent performance or I'm seriously getting s**t-faced tonight and sulking for a week.

If she keeps setting them up like that, you'll keep putting them away...🤣

Not my answer to 'how do you eat your's ' ...but I take your point.

Jonas was a bit iucky imo. Technically she looked a bit snappier/cleverer with her punching, but Mayer never really appeared hurt and was hunting Jonas down, looked physically bigger and stronger and dominated her. Only one winner if it had gone on longer for me.

I have consistently argued for fans to stop overreacting, because the results and some performances have been good. What's concerning is that last night imo it's no overreaction to say it was possibly the most sloppy performance I can recall and in the circumstances as disappointing as it's possible to comprehend. The chance to go top and we literally appeared to have been on a stag do all weekend. Elder was decent going forward but defensively he was a liability at times and he was our MoTM. Hourihane misplaced so many passes it was bizarre. Bird is so passive. Wilson toiled energetically but created little. NML looked like he'd been working down the pit all day. Even after constant offside Collins kept running offside do he couldn't be passed to. Barks barely touched it. Sibley looked so weak, slow and pedestrian. Thompson tried hard but was a bit like an enthusiastic puppy. Cashin kept trying the same dangerous pass out, Nelson seemed off it... just all-around it was frustrating as anything. TJJ missed a good chance and did nothing else till he pulled up injured again. We need Fornah to be the player we think he is and get the game by the throat. Nyambe and Wildsmith need to come back. Put players back in their proper position and get the centre midfield taking the ball off the back instead of constantly looking wide. Fortunately Sat is a very good game to get back on track. No excuses to not win it and address the issues and go again.

So many poor performances it beggars belief. Sloppy beyond-comprehension passing, lack of energy, no creativity.... just limp, scruffy and head-shakingly bad. Shaun Barker saying much the same to his credit. Concerning performance in those circumstances.

Can't recall so many loose passes in a game ever.

Elder again giving way top much space away.