DavesaRam

My opinion is he was better last game outside the box - it allowed Hourihane to be there and Barks. He played a better game providing chances and good passes, rather than trying to score them. So if not Smith is quite clear it would be someone else who is more likely to score!

I have also noticed that Smith is popping up in all sort of places in the last few matches. He was criticised in the Cambridge match for missing a good opportunity in the area. But at least the was getting into the area. Whether he has scored in the last 5 years or not, someone getting into the area when in the past we have left it largely deserted is bound to put pressure on the defence, and maybe force more errors. Long may it continue. And if no-one else is getting in there, why not Smith? 
I suspect that it is yet another stage in Paul Warne getting the t4am playing how he wants - Smith was involved in a number of our tasty moves, including his assist, so it is a great development. He is "creating" a new Louie Sibley, he has transformed Fozzy into a decent centre half (he used to have us worried when he covered there in the past!), and it seems that Smith is coming out of his shell, although there was precious little from Accrington Stanley to keep him in there! I like what I am seeing!

Was that push by Fozzy on their number 7 near the South East corner? If so, there was virtually no contact at all, although Fozzy would have felt a movement of air as the diver whooshed past his body"! And, As I said in my match report, it would have needed at least to more Derby players to be sent off to get things anything like even! 
There has also been no mention of the fracas involving David McGoldrick earlier in the match. Diddzy had turned his man while shielding the ball, at which point to Accy player simply dropped to the floor. And, as per the rules of EFL football the ref gave a free kick against us. Diddzy protested and was immediately surrounded by Accrington men all pushing, pointing, cajoling. Mxcoldrick pushed away a couple of pairs of hands from right in front of his face, and I  was sure he would get a red card for that. The ref didn't do that ( so he'll be in trouble come Monday morning, I m sure), but it was a very nasty, provocative moment.

Was that push by Fozzy on their number 7 near the South East corner? If so, there was virtually no contact at all, although Fozzy would have felt a movement of air as the diver whooshed past his body"! And, As I said in my match report, it would have needed at least to more Derby players to be sent off to get things anything like even! 
There has also been no mention of the fracas involving David McGoldrick earlier in the match. Diddzy had turned his man while shielding the ball, at which point to Accy player simply dropped to the floor. And, as per the rules of EFL football the ref gave a free kick against us. Diddzy protested and was immediately surrounded by Accrington men all pushing, pointing, cajoling. Mxcoldrick pushed away a couple of pairs of hands from right in front of his face, and I  was sure he would get a red card for that. The ref didn't do that ( so he'll be in trouble come Monday morning, I m sure), but it was a very nasty, provocative moment.

Regardless of Accy’s weakness I noticed a lot more pass and move, running off the ball and willingness in general. Over recent times we had an almost suicidal desire to stroke the ball around as if we had all the time in the world. Partnering that was the standing still waiting for the ball to arrive at our feet. There was a new urgency yesterday, reverse passes, slipping players in, weighted balls for players to run on to. I hope we can keep it it. It works ! 

So how come he “failed” to see Osula being dragged to the ground, and then prevented from getting back up again? It is more likely the delay was caused by a phone call from Steve Gibson telling the ref to ignore the fouls and just get on with waving the red card!

You seem to know your onions where the games rules are so not having a pop at you, You said as I did the ref was looking right at it, Why would the Ref need to consult with his assistants if he saw the whole incident...imo poor refereeing ?

He was probably looking straight at him when Osula was being bear-hugged and then wrestled to the floor and stood on. Good refereeing?

Didzy plays games like this like yer da joining in with u8s football training. 

Well that couldn't have happened to a nicer John Coleman!!!I have been watching Deby County since the Derby County 5 Tottenham Hotspurs 0 in the Brian Clough years, and have never seen such a poor team. Absolutely the worst by several country miles, whose sole game plan was to gently drop to a sitting/recumbent position in order to claim a free-kick, and then push, cajole and finger point the Derby players and yell and whinge at the ref to get Derby players booked.
Our play was "exceedingly good" to part-quote a well known baker. Much as I wanted Osula to start in place of Collins, putting McGoldrick at the front paid huge dividends. He was able to have more influence on the match than he has done all season, simply from him playing just that little bit further forwards. His ability to hold the ball off his opponents, or take the ball off them, and to see passes that don't exist till he plays them is brilliant - there are times when it is as if he is just out there on his own, just him and the ball, showing what tricks he can do. We are incredibly blessed to have him. But the biggest impact was having Jason Knight doing his stuff where he should be doing his stuff! A number of people on here have said that he has taken pressure off Bird and Hourihane, who had one of his best games for us. I am also baffled how Cashin can give several inches away in height to virtually everyone he plays against, yet always wins his headers! And his passing ability is really good. And Fozzy - Wow! At one point late on in the first half the Accers actually managed to play a through ball into the area which almost put them through, until Fozzy decided that he ought to do something about it, and simply strolled across like a Rolls Royce cruising down Mayfair! Magnificent!
Performances were all high, with everyone scoring over 7, although how could anyone play badly against that lot? Even after the sending off Accrington Stanley struggled to make an impact, and probably needed a couple more Derby players sending off to even things out a bit. Indeed with a bit more luck we could have had a couple of goals after going down to 10 men!
Accrington's poor performance was accompanied by a ref who wanted to be worse than them, selfishly going for the "Worst Ref for a Derby County game 2022/23" award, and he won that badge comfortably. His decisions were poor virtually all the way through, and it became clear that he was easily influenced. As ever there were loads and loads of incidents, but the major ones were the unawarded penalties, one at each end, plus the Osula incident. The young lad was stupid to kick out - with a ref this bad, the last thing you do is give him bullets to shoot you with. BUT: the ref should have already blown for a penalty, because firstly Osula was hauled down backwards to the ground, and then held down and deliberately prevented from getting back up again - effectively two fouls. Ironically I had decided to quieten down my yelling at the ref on the basis that he could be the worst ref ever seen and it wouldn't matter! But it did, because we will now be missing Osula for 3 matches, presuming the red was for violent conduct. Who are we going to get to sit on the bench now?
Results elsewhere were OK, and ridiculously only a short time ago the top two were miles and miles out of sight, but now it is perfectly ok to start thinking that automatic promotion is possible! Who'd have thought it only 2 months ago?

Well that couldn't have happened to a nicer John Coleman!!!I have been watching Deby County since the Derby County 5 Tottenham Hotspurs 0 in the Brian Clough years, and have never seen such a poor team. Absolutely the worst by several country miles, whose sole game plan was to gently drop to a sitting/recumbent position in order to claim a free-kick, and then push, cajole and finger point the Derby players and yell and whinge at the ref to get Derby players booked.
Our play was "exceedingly good" to part-quote a well known baker. Much as I wanted Osula to start in place of Collins, putting McGoldrick at the front paid huge dividends. He was able to have more influence on the match than he has done all season, simply from him playing just that little bit further forwards. His ability to hold the ball off his opponents, or take the ball off them, and to see passes that don't exist till he plays them is brilliant - there are times when it is as if he is just out there on his own, just him and the ball, showing what tricks he can do. We are incredibly blessed to have him. But the biggest impact was having Jason Knight doing his stuff where he should be doing his stuff! A number of people on here have said that he has taken pressure off Bird and Hourihane, who had one of his best games for us. I am also baffled how Cashin can give several inches away in height to virtually everyone he plays against, yet always wins his headers! And his passing ability is really good. And Fozzy - Wow! At one point late on in the first half the Accers actually managed to play a through ball into the area which almost put them through, until Fozzy decided that he ought to do something about it, and simply strolled across like a Rolls Royce cruising down Mayfair! Magnificent!
Performances were all high, with everyone scoring over 7, although how could anyone play badly against that lot? Even after the sending off Accrington Stanley struggled to make an impact, and probably needed a couple more Derby players sending off to even things out a bit. Indeed with a bit more luck we could have had a couple of goals after going down to 10 men!
Accrington's poor performance was accompanied by a ref who wanted to be worse than them, selfishly going for the "Worst Ref for a Derby County game 2022/23" award, and he won that badge comfortably. His decisions were poor virtually all the way through, and it became clear that he was easily influenced. As ever there were loads and loads of incidents, but the major ones were the unawarded penalties, one at each end, plus the Osula incident. The young lad was stupid to kick out - with a ref this bad, the last thing you do is give him bullets to shoot you with. BUT: the ref should have already blown for a penalty, because firstly Osula was hauled down backwards to the ground, and then held down and deliberately prevented from getting back up again - effectively two fouls. Ironically I had decided to quieten down my yelling at the ref on the basis that he could be the worst ref ever seen and it wouldn't matter! But it did, because we will now be missing Osula for 3 matches, presuming the red was for violent conduct. Who are we going to get to sit on the bench now?
Results elsewhere were OK, and ridiculously only a short time ago the top two were miles and miles out of sight, but now it is perfectly ok to start thinking that automatic promotion is possible! Who'd have thought it only 2 months ago?

The club has also missed a trick with the Paul Warne Bobble Hat! There may have been a few available just after he arrived, but they have been unavailable for ages. I asked at the club shop re a Christmas present, only to be told that they would be in stock by February. So we have missed an incredible opportunity to cash in on Warne mania, we have missed the Christmas bonanza and will have them available just as the weather starts to warm up and we don't need bobble hats.
After all, it is only a bobble hat, which are not difficult to manufacture. Given that there are potentially over 30,000 customers, surely a manufacturer could have produced these in a matter of days. So not only could we have had a load of funds raised, we could have had a great "unifying" of the fans, and a great marketing message, because a crowd covered in snow-storm bobble hats would have got loads of media coverage.
At least i can scratch my head about this one, because there isn't a bobble hat in the way!

Well that couldn't have happened to a nicer John Coleman!!!I have been watching Deby County since the Derby County 5 Tottenham Hotspurs 0 in the Brian Clough years, and have never seen such a poor team. Absolutely the worst by several country miles, whose sole game plan was to gently drop to a sitting/recumbent position in order to claim a free-kick, and then push, cajole and finger point the Derby players and yell and whinge at the ref to get Derby players booked.
Our play was "exceedingly good" to part-quote a well known baker. Much as I wanted Osula to start in place of Collins, putting McGoldrick at the front paid huge dividends. He was able to have more influence on the match than he has done all season, simply from him playing just that little bit further forwards. His ability to hold the ball off his opponents, or take the ball off them, and to see passes that don't exist till he plays them is brilliant - there are times when it is as if he is just out there on his own, just him and the ball, showing what tricks he can do. We are incredibly blessed to have him. But the biggest impact was having Jason Knight doing his stuff where he should be doing his stuff! A number of people on here have said that he has taken pressure off Bird and Hourihane, who had one of his best games for us. I am also baffled how Cashin can give several inches away in height to virtually everyone he plays against, yet always wins his headers! And his passing ability is really good. And Fozzy - Wow! At one point late on in the first half the Accers actually managed to play a through ball into the area which almost put them through, until Fozzy decided that he ought to do something about it, and simply strolled across like a Rolls Royce cruising down Mayfair! Magnificent!
Performances were all high, with everyone scoring over 7, although how could anyone play badly against that lot? Even after the sending off Accrington Stanley struggled to make an impact, and probably needed a couple more Derby players sending off to even things out a bit. Indeed with a bit more luck we could have had a couple of goals after going down to 10 men!
Accrington's poor performance was accompanied by a ref who wanted to be worse than them, selfishly going for the "Worst Ref for a Derby County game 2022/23" award, and he won that badge comfortably. His decisions were poor virtually all the way through, and it became clear that he was easily influenced. As ever there were loads and loads of incidents, but the major ones were the unawarded penalties, one at each end, plus the Osula incident. The young lad was stupid to kick out - with a ref this bad, the last thing you do is give him bullets to shoot you with. BUT: the ref should have already blown for a penalty, because firstly Osula was hauled down backwards to the ground, and then held down and deliberately prevented from getting back up again - effectively two fouls. Ironically I had decided to quieten down my yelling at the ref on the basis that he could be the worst ref ever seen and it wouldn't matter! But it did, because we will now be missing Osula for 3 matches, presuming the red was for violent conduct. Who are we going to get to sit on the bench now?
Results elsewhere were OK, and ridiculously only a short time ago the top two were miles and miles out of sight, but now it is perfectly ok to start thinking that automatic promotion is possible! Who'd have thought it only 2 months ago?

The club has also missed a trick with the Paul Warne Bobble Hat! There may have been a few available just after he arrived, but they have been unavailable for ages. I asked at the club shop re a Christmas present, only to be told that they would be in stock by February. So we have missed an incredible opportunity to cash in on Warne mania, we have missed the Christmas bonanza and will have them available just as the weather starts to warm up and we don't need bobble hats.
After all, it is only a bobble hat, which are not difficult to manufacture. Given that there are potentially over 30,000 customers, surely a manufacturer could have produced these in a matter of days. So not only could we have had a load of funds raised, we could have had a great "unifying" of the fans, and a great marketing message, because a crowd covered in snow-storm bobble hats would have got loads of media coverage.
At least i can scratch my head about this one, because there isn't a bobble hat in the way!

Few mins in Hourihane gets wiped out. Nothing 
Hourihane does sort of the same 5 mins later... Yellow. 
Awful referee. 
We should have scored more nur93 points is the aim of the game. 

You must have missed the Finn Harps game.

Loved todays game the work rate of the players is exceptional, including the subs. As much as it looked easy that result was built on the team pressing, covering and then busting a gut to get in the box. 
 
The interviews with Barks and Warne speak volumes to me about the positivity and togetherness of the club at the moment. Yes we need some more bodies but even if no one comes in during the transfer window I think this squad can go all the way. UTR

Could have been 8 - 0.
Struggling to think of a worse side to ever visit Pride Park in honesty.
At least since 22nd March 2014 anyway.

Todays edition of Ref Gripe
Totally  understand split second decisions that any human can get wrong. Totally understand being conned by play acting, Totally understand (even though it’s character weakness) being pushed in to a card decision by one set of players. This is life and humanity 
What I don’t understand is why, when I am 30 yards further away than the well placed ref, with eyesight 25/30 years weaker I can see a player wrapping his arms round an opponent’s waist or do a two handed shove in the back but somehow the ref can’t see it or he chooses to ignore it.
Todays ref was dire and the linesman on the east stand side was as useful as a chocolate teapot
 
 

Well that couldn't have happened to a nicer John Coleman!!!I have been watching Deby County since the Derby County 5 Tottenham Hotspurs 0 in the Brian Clough years, and have never seen such a poor team. Absolutely the worst by several country miles, whose sole game plan was to gently drop to a sitting/recumbent position in order to claim a free-kick, and then push, cajole and finger point the Derby players and yell and whinge at the ref to get Derby players booked.
Our play was "exceedingly good" to part-quote a well known baker. Much as I wanted Osula to start in place of Collins, putting McGoldrick at the front paid huge dividends. He was able to have more influence on the match than he has done all season, simply from him playing just that little bit further forwards. His ability to hold the ball off his opponents, or take the ball off them, and to see passes that don't exist till he plays them is brilliant - there are times when it is as if he is just out there on his own, just him and the ball, showing what tricks he can do. We are incredibly blessed to have him. But the biggest impact was having Jason Knight doing his stuff where he should be doing his stuff! A number of people on here have said that he has taken pressure off Bird and Hourihane, who had one of his best games for us. I am also baffled how Cashin can give several inches away in height to virtually everyone he plays against, yet always wins his headers! And his passing ability is really good. And Fozzy - Wow! At one point late on in the first half the Accers actually managed to play a through ball into the area which almost put them through, until Fozzy decided that he ought to do something about it, and simply strolled across like a Rolls Royce cruising down Mayfair! Magnificent!
Performances were all high, with everyone scoring over 7, although how could anyone play badly against that lot? Even after the sending off Accrington Stanley struggled to make an impact, and probably needed a couple more Derby players sending off to even things out a bit. Indeed with a bit more luck we could have had a couple of goals after going down to 10 men!
Accrington's poor performance was accompanied by a ref who wanted to be worse than them, selfishly going for the "Worst Ref for a Derby County game 2022/23" award, and he won that badge comfortably. His decisions were poor virtually all the way through, and it became clear that he was easily influenced. As ever there were loads and loads of incidents, but the major ones were the unawarded penalties, one at each end, plus the Osula incident. The young lad was stupid to kick out - with a ref this bad, the last thing you do is give him bullets to shoot you with. BUT: the ref should have already blown for a penalty, because firstly Osula was hauled down backwards to the ground, and then held down and deliberately prevented from getting back up again - effectively two fouls. Ironically I had decided to quieten down my yelling at the ref on the basis that he could be the worst ref ever seen and it wouldn't matter! But it did, because we will now be missing Osula for 3 matches, presuming the red was for violent conduct. Who are we going to get to sit on the bench now?
Results elsewhere were OK, and ridiculously only a short time ago the top two were miles and miles out of sight, but now it is perfectly ok to start thinking that automatic promotion is possible! Who'd have thought it only 2 months ago?

Well that couldn't have happened to a nicer John Coleman!!!I have been watching Deby County since the Derby County 5 Tottenham Hotspurs 0 in the Brian Clough years, and have never seen such a poor team. Absolutely the worst by several country miles, whose sole game plan was to gently drop to a sitting/recumbent position in order to claim a free-kick, and then push, cajole and finger point the Derby players and yell and whinge at the ref to get Derby players booked.
Our play was "exceedingly good" to part-quote a well known baker. Much as I wanted Osula to start in place of Collins, putting McGoldrick at the front paid huge dividends. He was able to have more influence on the match than he has done all season, simply from him playing just that little bit further forwards. His ability to hold the ball off his opponents, or take the ball off them, and to see passes that don't exist till he plays them is brilliant - there are times when it is as if he is just out there on his own, just him and the ball, showing what tricks he can do. We are incredibly blessed to have him. But the biggest impact was having Jason Knight doing his stuff where he should be doing his stuff! A number of people on here have said that he has taken pressure off Bird and Hourihane, who had one of his best games for us. I am also baffled how Cashin can give several inches away in height to virtually everyone he plays against, yet always wins his headers! And his passing ability is really good. And Fozzy - Wow! At one point late on in the first half the Accers actually managed to play a through ball into the area which almost put them through, until Fozzy decided that he ought to do something about it, and simply strolled across like a Rolls Royce cruising down Mayfair! Magnificent!
Performances were all high, with everyone scoring over 7, although how could anyone play badly against that lot? Even after the sending off Accrington Stanley struggled to make an impact, and probably needed a couple more Derby players sending off to even things out a bit. Indeed with a bit more luck we could have had a couple of goals after going down to 10 men!
Accrington's poor performance was accompanied by a ref who wanted to be worse than them, selfishly going for the "Worst Ref for a Derby County game 2022/23" award, and he won that badge comfortably. His decisions were poor virtually all the way through, and it became clear that he was easily influenced. As ever there were loads and loads of incidents, but the major ones were the unawarded penalties, one at each end, plus the Osula incident. The young lad was stupid to kick out - with a ref this bad, the last thing you do is give him bullets to shoot you with. BUT: the ref should have already blown for a penalty, because firstly Osula was hauled down backwards to the ground, and then held down and deliberately prevented from getting back up again - effectively two fouls. Ironically I had decided to quieten down my yelling at the ref on the basis that he could be the worst ref ever seen and it wouldn't matter! But it did, because we will now be missing Osula for 3 matches, presuming the red was for violent conduct. Who are we going to get to sit on the bench now?
Results elsewhere were OK, and ridiculously only a short time ago the top two were miles and miles out of sight, but now it is perfectly ok to start thinking that automatic promotion is possible! Who'd have thought it only 2 months ago?

Well that couldn't have happened to a nicer John Coleman!!!I have been watching Deby County since the Derby County 5 Tottenham Hotspurs 0 in the Brian Clough years, and have never seen such a poor team. Absolutely the worst by several country miles, whose sole game plan was to gently drop to a sitting/recumbent position in order to claim a free-kick, and then push, cajole and finger point the Derby players and yell and whinge at the ref to get Derby players booked.
Our play was "exceedingly good" to part-quote a well known baker. Much as I wanted Osula to start in place of Collins, putting McGoldrick at the front paid huge dividends. He was able to have more influence on the match than he has done all season, simply from him playing just that little bit further forwards. His ability to hold the ball off his opponents, or take the ball off them, and to see passes that don't exist till he plays them is brilliant - there are times when it is as if he is just out there on his own, just him and the ball, showing what tricks he can do. We are incredibly blessed to have him. But the biggest impact was having Jason Knight doing his stuff where he should be doing his stuff! A number of people on here have said that he has taken pressure off Bird and Hourihane, who had one of his best games for us. I am also baffled how Cashin can give several inches away in height to virtually everyone he plays against, yet always wins his headers! And his passing ability is really good. And Fozzy - Wow! At one point late on in the first half the Accers actually managed to play a through ball into the area which almost put them through, until Fozzy decided that he ought to do something about it, and simply strolled across like a Rolls Royce cruising down Mayfair! Magnificent!
Performances were all high, with everyone scoring over 7, although how could anyone play badly against that lot? Even after the sending off Accrington Stanley struggled to make an impact, and probably needed a couple more Derby players sending off to even things out a bit. Indeed with a bit more luck we could have had a couple of goals after going down to 10 men!
Accrington's poor performance was accompanied by a ref who wanted to be worse than them, selfishly going for the "Worst Ref for a Derby County game 2022/23" award, and he won that badge comfortably. His decisions were poor virtually all the way through, and it became clear that he was easily influenced. As ever there were loads and loads of incidents, but the major ones were the unawarded penalties, one at each end, plus the Osula incident. The young lad was stupid to kick out - with a ref this bad, the last thing you do is give him bullets to shoot you with. BUT: the ref should have already blown for a penalty, because firstly Osula was hauled down backwards to the ground, and then held down and deliberately prevented from getting back up again - effectively two fouls. Ironically I had decided to quieten down my yelling at the ref on the basis that he could be the worst ref ever seen and it wouldn't matter! But it did, because we will now be missing Osula for 3 matches, presuming the red was for violent conduct. Who are we going to get to sit on the bench now?
Results elsewhere were OK, and ridiculously only a short time ago the top two were miles and miles out of sight, but now it is perfectly ok to start thinking that automatic promotion is possible! Who'd have thought it only 2 months ago?

Well that couldn't have happened to a nicer John Coleman!!!I have been watching Deby County since the Derby County 5 Tottenham Hotspurs 0 in the Brian Clough years, and have never seen such a poor team. Absolutely the worst by several country miles, whose sole game plan was to gently drop to a sitting/recumbent position in order to claim a free-kick, and then push, cajole and finger point the Derby players and yell and whinge at the ref to get Derby players booked.
Our play was "exceedingly good" to part-quote a well known baker. Much as I wanted Osula to start in place of Collins, putting McGoldrick at the front paid huge dividends. He was able to have more influence on the match than he has done all season, simply from him playing just that little bit further forwards. His ability to hold the ball off his opponents, or take the ball off them, and to see passes that don't exist till he plays them is brilliant - there are times when it is as if he is just out there on his own, just him and the ball, showing what tricks he can do. We are incredibly blessed to have him. But the biggest impact was having Jason Knight doing his stuff where he should be doing his stuff! A number of people on here have said that he has taken pressure off Bird and Hourihane, who had one of his best games for us. I am also baffled how Cashin can give several inches away in height to virtually everyone he plays against, yet always wins his headers! And his passing ability is really good. And Fozzy - Wow! At one point late on in the first half the Accers actually managed to play a through ball into the area which almost put them through, until Fozzy decided that he ought to do something about it, and simply strolled across like a Rolls Royce cruising down Mayfair! Magnificent!
Performances were all high, with everyone scoring over 7, although how could anyone play badly against that lot? Even after the sending off Accrington Stanley struggled to make an impact, and probably needed a couple more Derby players sending off to even things out a bit. Indeed with a bit more luck we could have had a couple of goals after going down to 10 men!
Accrington's poor performance was accompanied by a ref who wanted to be worse than them, selfishly going for the "Worst Ref for a Derby County game 2022/23" award, and he won that badge comfortably. His decisions were poor virtually all the way through, and it became clear that he was easily influenced. As ever there were loads and loads of incidents, but the major ones were the unawarded penalties, one at each end, plus the Osula incident. The young lad was stupid to kick out - with a ref this bad, the last thing you do is give him bullets to shoot you with. BUT: the ref should have already blown for a penalty, because firstly Osula was hauled down backwards to the ground, and then held down and deliberately prevented from getting back up again - effectively two fouls. Ironically I had decided to quieten down my yelling at the ref on the basis that he could be the worst ref ever seen and it wouldn't matter! But it did, because we will now be missing Osula for 3 matches, presuming the red was for violent conduct. Who are we going to get to sit on the bench now?
Results elsewhere were OK, and ridiculously only a short time ago the top two were miles and miles out of sight, but now it is perfectly ok to start thinking that automatic promotion is possible! Who'd have thought it only 2 months ago?

Well that couldn't have happened to a nicer John Coleman!!!I have been watching Deby County since the Derby County 5 Tottenham Hotspurs 0 in the Brian Clough years, and have never seen such a poor team. Absolutely the worst by several country miles, whose sole game plan was to gently drop to a sitting/recumbent position in order to claim a free-kick, and then push, cajole and finger point the Derby players and yell and whinge at the ref to get Derby players booked.
Our play was "exceedingly good" to part-quote a well known baker. Much as I wanted Osula to start in place of Collins, putting McGoldrick at the front paid huge dividends. He was able to have more influence on the match than he has done all season, simply from him playing just that little bit further forwards. His ability to hold the ball off his opponents, or take the ball off them, and to see passes that don't exist till he plays them is brilliant - there are times when it is as if he is just out there on his own, just him and the ball, showing what tricks he can do. We are incredibly blessed to have him. But the biggest impact was having Jason Knight doing his stuff where he should be doing his stuff! A number of people on here have said that he has taken pressure off Bird and Hourihane, who had one of his best games for us. I am also baffled how Cashin can give several inches away in height to virtually everyone he plays against, yet always wins his headers! And his passing ability is really good. And Fozzy - Wow! At one point late on in the first half the Accers actually managed to play a through ball into the area which almost put them through, until Fozzy decided that he ought to do something about it, and simply strolled across like a Rolls Royce cruising down Mayfair! Magnificent!
Performances were all high, with everyone scoring over 7, although how could anyone play badly against that lot? Even after the sending off Accrington Stanley struggled to make an impact, and probably needed a couple more Derby players sending off to even things out a bit. Indeed with a bit more luck we could have had a couple of goals after going down to 10 men!
Accrington's poor performance was accompanied by a ref who wanted to be worse than them, selfishly going for the "Worst Ref for a Derby County game 2022/23" award, and he won that badge comfortably. His decisions were poor virtually all the way through, and it became clear that he was easily influenced. As ever there were loads and loads of incidents, but the major ones were the unawarded penalties, one at each end, plus the Osula incident. The young lad was stupid to kick out - with a ref this bad, the last thing you do is give him bullets to shoot you with. BUT: the ref should have already blown for a penalty, because firstly Osula was hauled down backwards to the ground, and then held down and deliberately prevented from getting back up again - effectively two fouls. Ironically I had decided to quieten down my yelling at the ref on the basis that he could be the worst ref ever seen and it wouldn't matter! But it did, because we will now be missing Osula for 3 matches, presuming the red was for violent conduct. Who are we going to get to sit on the bench now?
Results elsewhere were OK, and ridiculously only a short time ago the top two were miles and miles out of sight, but now it is perfectly ok to start thinking that automatic promotion is possible! Who'd have thought it only 2 months ago?

Well that couldn't have happened to a nicer John Coleman!!!I have been watching Deby County since the Derby County 5 Tottenham Hotspurs 0 in the Brian Clough years, and have never seen such a poor team. Absolutely the worst by several country miles, whose sole game plan was to gently drop to a sitting/recumbent position in order to claim a free-kick, and then push, cajole and finger point the Derby players and yell and whinge at the ref to get Derby players booked.
Our play was "exceedingly good" to part-quote a well known baker. Much as I wanted Osula to start in place of Collins, putting McGoldrick at the front paid huge dividends. He was able to have more influence on the match than he has done all season, simply from him playing just that little bit further forwards. His ability to hold the ball off his opponents, or take the ball off them, and to see passes that don't exist till he plays them is brilliant - there are times when it is as if he is just out there on his own, just him and the ball, showing what tricks he can do. We are incredibly blessed to have him. But the biggest impact was having Jason Knight doing his stuff where he should be doing his stuff! A number of people on here have said that he has taken pressure off Bird and Hourihane, who had one of his best games for us. I am also baffled how Cashin can give several inches away in height to virtually everyone he plays against, yet always wins his headers! And his passing ability is really good. And Fozzy - Wow! At one point late on in the first half the Accers actually managed to play a through ball into the area which almost put them through, until Fozzy decided that he ought to do something about it, and simply strolled across like a Rolls Royce cruising down Mayfair! Magnificent!
Performances were all high, with everyone scoring over 7, although how could anyone play badly against that lot? Even after the sending off Accrington Stanley struggled to make an impact, and probably needed a couple more Derby players sending off to even things out a bit. Indeed with a bit more luck we could have had a couple of goals after going down to 10 men!
Accrington's poor performance was accompanied by a ref who wanted to be worse than them, selfishly going for the "Worst Ref for a Derby County game 2022/23" award, and he won that badge comfortably. His decisions were poor virtually all the way through, and it became clear that he was easily influenced. As ever there were loads and loads of incidents, but the major ones were the unawarded penalties, one at each end, plus the Osula incident. The young lad was stupid to kick out - with a ref this bad, the last thing you do is give him bullets to shoot you with. BUT: the ref should have already blown for a penalty, because firstly Osula was hauled down backwards to the ground, and then held down and deliberately prevented from getting back up again - effectively two fouls. Ironically I had decided to quieten down my yelling at the ref on the basis that he could be the worst ref ever seen and it wouldn't matter! But it did, because we will now be missing Osula for 3 matches, presuming the red was for violent conduct. Who are we going to get to sit on the bench now?
Results elsewhere were OK, and ridiculously only a short time ago the top two were miles and miles out of sight, but now it is perfectly ok to start thinking that automatic promotion is possible! Who'd have thought it only 2 months ago?