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Quite a few comments in this thread which must have been choked through gritted teeth.
Give it a rest, some of you. You know who you are.

This in spades. Many folk have such a fundamental misunderstanding of how to achieve success in football - it is all about thinking smart. Proper structure behind the scenes (so not dependant on one manager), an elite academy, hiring & firing in line with agreed values and style of preferred football & of course, savvy recruitment. Money helps but is not the dominant criteria & the idea we'd want a fan to sell us to a 'benevolent' billionaire who will of course have our best interests at heart, is naive in the extreme.
A club the size of Derby is perfectly capable of being a competitive side in the division above whilst operating sustainably - we will be top 5 in terms of crowd numbers & commercial revenue and only dwarfed income-wise by sides recently relegated from the Prem. From then on, it is a case of slowly building the squad for a Prem promotion push - buying cheap & selling expensive and developing own talent. This is not a short term fix though & I fear that is the crux of the OP's post.

And we all have of our interpretation of the games, which is of course valid. But the exact reason I personally find xG interesting as it removes my personal bias away and provides more objectivity, which I find makes it very useful. 
Fair enough if it isn't your personal cup of tea. 

Mate, folk aren't really wanting explanations because their minds are already made up and frankly, if folk can't see a use for statistical analysis in sports, then you're wasting your time trying to explain it. 

Yeah, I'm fighting a losing battle with many on here. Going to try keep fighting the good fight, purely because I think it's an interesting way to view our performances with biases removed, but I accept it'll always be dismissed by a lot of posters as it seems to make them irrationally angry or annoyed, not entirely sure why! 

I’m not a big fan of many stats but over a long period this is a good one eg for telling you how sharp you are in front of goal. ( Thought Collins looked pretty crisp in front of goal vs Fleetwood )

God that was appalling, was thinking about that the other day
He was fantastic when he came in at the end of that season and rightly won the shirt but was never going to find that form again because the fans literally would not let him

It reminded me of when Roos was here and some of our 'fans' used to sarcastically cheer whenever he caught a cross. Truly weird behaviour and I've never understood it.

I'm sorry but knowing someone's name is one of the first things you learn about someone. At the very least it shows how much interest a person has in someone.There are only 65 players in the first team, U21 and U18 squads. If I can recite them all, then the first team manager who works with them on a regualr basis, sees them in training and watches them in matches should also know their names too. These are people Warne should be hoping are ready for his first team squad in the near future so should be getting to know them already.
As others have said in another thread. It's only a recent occurance where the first team staff have been seen to take a more active interest in the U18s and U21s.

Whilst I was surprised we release those players due to a lack of depth in the U21 squad, it made sense as they were at an age where they needed regular football which they weren't going to get here, and despite a lot of early promise injuries perhaps limited that potential.
JBrown was sold in Jan 2022 whilst ABrown chose to go abroad at the end of the previous season (summer 2021).
I don't get the impression that anyone is suggesting the first team is filled with untried academy prospects. However, a lot of people are frustrated that they aren't used more. This was especially apparent in the striking department, when we had a lack of fit forwards who were performing well at the start of the season, with DBrown impressing in pre-season. This was then followed up after Weston had just scored and assisted on his debut, but then not used again despite only having 1 fit forward who is a yellow away from a 1 match ban. On other occasions its when we're 2 or 3 goals up with subs to spare, then we opt to bring experienced players like Bradley on rather than giving experience to youth.

Well there's more chance of him making the first team for Chelsea and Man U, than there is here so good luck to the lad.

It reminded me of when Roos was here and some of our 'fans' used to sarcastically cheer whenever he caught a cross. Truly weird behaviour and I've never understood it.

It reminded me of when Roos was here and some of our 'fans' used to sarcastically cheer whenever he caught a cross. Truly weird behaviour and I've never understood it.

It reminded me of when Roos was here and some of our 'fans' used to sarcastically cheer whenever he caught a cross. Truly weird behaviour and I've never understood it.

1Wildsmith - 7 - Great save in the first half. Quiet game aside from that.
24Nyambe - 7 - Solid as usual, never stops running. Looks the fittest player in the squad by a mile.
35Nelson - 7 - Hardly put a foot wrong.
6Cashin - 7 - Same as Nelson.
17Sibley - 7 - Had a good game, unlucky to not score. Somehow was our best attacking player in the first half while play left back.
4Hourihane - 5 - Anonymous. Part of a midfield that was thoroughly beaten once again.
7Barkhuizen - 5 - Linked up well with Nyambe but was overall poor. Seemed scared to take his man on.
2Wilson - 6 - Did alright when he came on.
12Smith - 4 - Had a dreadful game. Misplaced passes, dispossessed easily. Worst player on the pitch.
22Fornah - 7 - Looked great when he came on. Big part in the 2nd goal.
8Bird - 6 - Quiet game. Only gets a 6 because he was marginally better than Hourihane.
5Bradley - 5 - Beaten for the goal.
11Méndez-Laing - 8 - Quiet first half but a brilliant 2nd half. Looked a threat everytime he had the ball. Carried us on his back.
9Collins - 5 - Invisible for most of the game but had zero service. His only notable contribution was ruining a counter in the first half by blasting a cross 30 yards over everyones heads.
10Waghorn - 6 - Similar to Bradley in that he had little time but he had a few moments where he looked calm and composed which we badly needed.
ATG.

It reminded me of when Roos was here and some of our 'fans' used to sarcastically cheer whenever he caught a cross. Truly weird behaviour and I've never understood it.

It reminded me of when Roos was here and some of our 'fans' used to sarcastically cheer whenever he caught a cross. Truly weird behaviour and I've never understood it.

It reminded me of when Roos was here and some of our 'fans' used to sarcastically cheer whenever he caught a cross. Truly weird behaviour and I've never understood it.

For me the performance didn't really matter that much yesterday, it was all about getting the win for B4 and getting into the top six, so job done in that respect. Something I would like to say though is when Bradley was about to come on, there was an audible groan from those around me. I get that he hasn't had the best of starts, but I just wish we could be a bit more supportive, rather then expecting the worst from him every time. A confidence boost will surely help him improve his game, and isn't that what we all want really?

I’ve got it ,,,,,,, let’s do away with the first team and concentrate on developing youngsters 😂😂😂,
good win yesterday, in to the top 6 ( hull dropping out ) , closer to the autos than last season ,,,, who cares 😂😂😂😂😂

Jesus Christ you’ve just made Roymac sound like a happy clapper

He was also the player who forced Bristol backwards immediately before Fornah won it back for our winner. He was our 4th best player according to Whoscored with 7.03, behind Cashin, Mendez-Laing, and Fornah. It surprised me he rating was so high, but looking at the stats... he had the joint most shots on target, joint most key passes, most tackles, most interceptions, 3rd best pass accuracy, and the most fouled player.

He played the ball out of defence that led to the opening goal….I think. Did other bits too, I thought he played his part as did the rest

First half was awful and I actually thought we deserved to be losing. Second half while we didn’t play great was a massive improvement, we should’ve put the game to bed before they equalised but great character to win it - brilliant cameo from Fornah. 
 
Put ourselves in a decent position with some very winnable games coming up, starting Tuesday against vale, we need an away performance!!
COYR!!!! 🐏 🐏 🐏 

Ambition is the word of the day. 
 
Sitting outside the play offs isn’t bad at all in isolation. We have no devine right to get automatic promotion and there’s murmurs of Barnsley fans not happy with Collins whose record is the same as ours. 
 
Personally I’ve seen enough to not like Warne as a manager. Tactically average at best. Recruitment poor on his watch. Plus the football is a mix bag.
I was all for wanting him gone before our upturn in fortunes. In fact I still want him gone but it would be an odd decision to do it now. It should’ve been done after Stevenage. 
 
Think we’re stuck with him until the end of the season. If we get promoted great. If not I hope he either walks or gets the sack and I doubt many fans would disagree.