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# B4

Their “one-eyed” view of the football world is fascinating. And great how they classify the pyramid and put Derby among “the likes of….”. Ebou is clearly Championship level. I remember lots of “football” fans casting question marks over John Eustace in similar vein. 

Their “one-eyed” view of the football world is fascinating. And great how they classify the pyramid and put Derby among “the likes of….”. Ebou is clearly Championship level. I remember lots of “football” fans casting question marks over John Eustace in similar vein. 

Sorry, forgot to do this. ATG
1Wildsmith 6
35Nelson 7
5Bradley 8
6Cashin 7
2Wilson 8
12Smith 7.5
23Fornah 6.5
32Adams 8
10Waghorn 6
17Sibley 8
32Adams 8
4Hourihane 6.5 
9Collins 7
14Washington 6
11Méndez-Laing 7.5 
Couldn't choose a MOTM as such a good team effort.

Also mine was ATG 

Everyone there last night was too. 😲

I did wonder how many other messageboarders were there last night. Some of you are very reluctant to "come out"! 

I had a chat with Ebouuuuuuuuu too, who said “I am enjoying it immensely”. 😲

Everyone there last night was too. 😲

I had a chat with Ebouuuuuuuuu too, who said “I am enjoying it immensely”. 😲

I had a chat with Ebouuuuuuuuu too, who said “I am enjoying it immensely”. 😲

Everyone there last night was too. 😲

NML, pictured yesterday. 😲

Sorry, thought you were still talking about NML for a second 😲

Me giving Ryan Nyambe a bit of advice on how to handle those tricky wingers next season. 😂

What a brilliant night! Dan (B4) and Angie Vallance received the Alfreton supporters award.  I almost missed it as I was in the loo 😂 the glass award is lovely and will have pride of place in my parents house. The players looked visibly touched when it was announced Dan and Angie were being awarded posthumously. It was lovely to see so over 200 people there to celebrate DCFC and those who love the club. I had no idea what to expect but it was amazing. Lovely food and company. I had no idea the players and David Clowes would be there, so that was a lovely surprise. 

I think the combination works best. 4-3-3 so midfield doesn’t get overrun.
Difficulty there has been getting the right combination. Adams and Smith has worked well lately but in Bird’s absence we don’t have an automatic third (Thompson was okay on Saturday but Orient were rubbish)
If we had Bird with Smith and Adams for protection, we’d have quicker ball to the wide players so crosses are more effective.
Ideally we’d have slick first time passing, except our players have the limitations of League One quality so sometimes passes go astray. That’s not ideal in a tense, must win run-in so it doesn’t happen.
Pragmatism has worked this far. The target was promotion and we are within touching distance.
 

If we’d played football and used midfield all season instead of “whack it wide and cross it”, we’d have been top yonks and yonks ago.

League Table since October defeat at Stevenage - just for the current top 6

Interesting comments from Richie Wellens
 

1Wildsmith - 6 Nothing to do so hard to score above average. 
35Nelson - 7 Solid against a non existent front line, or was it our defence that made them non existent. 
5Bradley - 8 Solid against a non existent front line, or was it our defence that made them non existent, and gets .5 for each goal. 
6Cashin - 7 solid against a non existent front line, or was it our defence that made them non existent. 
2Wilson - 7.5 Played the wingback role well. Caused problems for them going forward and was solid defensively. I give him the .5 for the goal. 
12Smith - 7.5 - Player his role well and was part of the reason they were toothless. 
23Fornah - 6 No real time to get extra points than a 6 but was solid. His one run to move us up the pitch and not panic was a good sign we should be able to trust him. 
32Adams - 8 Solid as always but also a threat with through balls and wing runs. Sign him up. 
10Waghorn - 6 See Fornah
17Sibley - 8.5 My motm  Drove us forward and caused problems for them all game. Got an assist and should have had more returns for his input. Add on solid defensive work and you have the motm. 
16Tommo - 8 As important as Adams in that performance. 
4Hourihane 6.5 Steady when he came on and a good assist. 
9Collins - 7 Worked hard to no avail but his battle up top and work rate helped out massively. 
14Washington - 6 - Yes he got in to positions to score, but fluffed them. Shame as we could have done with the goal difference. 
11Méndez-Laing - 7 solid but wasteful with his chance. 
7Barlhuizen 7 Actually our best sub and created two good chances after only being on the pitch for a short time. 

To be fair, very few Derby fans could see goals in that line up and they were correct. Not to be churlish about a 3-0 win but we didn’t score from open play although we could’ve had 3 had chances gone in. But credit to the management team who saw the weakness in Orient’s back line.